{"id":21857,"date":"2020-08-20T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases"},"modified":"2020-08-21T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T17:23:07","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=21857","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: Russia to start vaccine trials on 40,000 people; Europe reporting 26,000 new cases a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases?page=with:block-5f3e72688f089b3b72ad0b35#block-5f3e72688f089b3b72ad0b35\">Russia to start mass testing of vaccine<\/a> next week; WHO warns about high<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases?page=with:block-5f3e460b8f089b3b72ad08ab#block-5f3e460b8f089b3b72ad08ab\"> average of new cases<\/a> in Europe; Africa CDC reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases?page=with:block-5f3e65e68f08bdfe18d91120#block-5f3e65e68f08bdfe18d91120\">drop in new cases<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/20\/global-report-south-korea-fears-fresh-nationwide-outbreak\">South Korea fears fresh nationwide outbreak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/20\/three-quarters-of-new-zealand-public-intend-to-get-covid-vaccine-study-finds\">Three quarters of New Zealand public intend to get vaccine, study finds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/20\/chinese-state-media-dismisses-attacks-on-wuhans-huge-pool-party-as-sour-grapes\">Chinese media dismisses attacks on Wuhan\u2019s pool party as \u2018sour grapes\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/uk-coronavirus-covid-19-england-students-gcse-results-btec-controversy-live-news\">UK coronavirus live: latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-08-20T17:21:54.933Z\">6.21pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Madagascar\u2019s health minister has been fired as part of a government reshuffle<\/strong>, a month after he butted heads with the president for seeking outside help for coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Ocean island-nation saw Covid-19 cases surge in July as hospitals raised concern about lack of beds, leading health minister <strong>Ahmad Ahmad<\/strong> to write a letter asking international agencies to send medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-08-20T17:06:48.935Z\">6.06pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Republic of Congo next Monday will reopen air borders that it closed in late March<\/strong> to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Land, river and sea borders will remain closed, except for the transport of cargo, which has been authorised.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/aug\/20\/coronavirus-live-news-france-italy-spain-hit-record-post-lockdown-cases\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia to start mass testing of vaccine next week; 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