South Korea reports worrying new spike in cases

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South Korea reports worrying new spike in cases. Thursday’s resurgent spike of 79 new cases is linked to workers at a logistics warehouse in Seoul.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is preparing a new set of guidelines to be issued this weekend, possibly extending the lockdown in worst-hit areas, as it promotes economic activity. An increase in cases has also been reported in some of India’s poorest eastern states, as migrant workers returning to native villages from large cities have begun arriving home on special trains.

A Pennsylvania Democratic lawmaker joined colleagues on his side of the aisle in lambasting a Republican lawmaker for keeping them in the dark about testing positive forRep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, delivered an epic Facebook Live rant on Wednesday about the exclusion, saying state House Republicans called for in-person committee meetings to argue that business sectors were safe to reopen even as they knew they had been exposed to the virus.

 

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frog8043

COVID -19 has legalized racism, discrimination and segregation. Black people are in serious trouble.

realDonaldTrump

79 cases? LMAO.

I wouldn't worry about South Korea, they were far more proactive in dealing with the first round. The problem will be if this happens in the US, the US leadership is poor.

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