A man wearing a face mask and visor to protect against coronavirus during voting in the second round of the municipal elections in France (Michel Spingler/AP)The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed the 10 million mark worldwide, according to US experts. No positive cases were found in Beijing’s beauty and barber shops in a further sign that the Chinese capital’s recent outbreak has been largely brought under control. The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that 40 of the newly reported cases were domestically infected, while 22 others came from overseas. There were 175 new cases, taking the overall count of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country where Europe’s outbreak first exploded to 240,136. German authorities renewed a lockdown in a western region of about 500,000 people in the past week after about 1,300 slaughterhouse workers tested positive for coronavirus.

Source: Irish Independent June 28, 2020 11:37 UTC