{"id":22289,"date":"2020-09-01T14:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/sep\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-states-cant-pretend-pandemic-is-over-french-cases-rise-50-in-august"},"modified":"2020-09-01T14:31:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:31:48","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-india-adds-nearly-2m-cases-in-august-france-cases-rise-50-in-one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=22289","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: India adds nearly 2m cases in August, France cases rise 50% in one month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/sep\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-states-cant-pretend-pandemic-is-over-french-cases-rise-50-in-august?page=with:block-5f4d8e4b8f088598bc5368fb#block-5f4d8e4b8f088598bc5368fb\">India\u2019s economy shrinks nearly 24%<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/sep\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-states-cant-pretend-pandemic-is-over-french-cases-rise-50-in-august?page=with:block-5f4d9bff8f08c135b2863ba4#block-5f4d9bff8f08c135b2863ba4\">Hong Kong launches mass testing<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/sep\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-states-cant-pretend-pandemic-is-over-french-cases-rise-50-in-august?page=with:block-5f4d8af68f088598bc5368d7#block-5f4d8af68f088598bc5368d7\">WHO says states can\u2019t \u2018pretend pandemic is over\u2019<\/a>. Follow the latest<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/31\/coronavirus-us-passes-6m-cases\">US tops 6m cases as some states post record daily totals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2020\/aug\/31\/covid-vaccine-tracker-when-will-a-coronavirus-vaccine-be-ready\">When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/31\/portugal-may-go-back-on-uks-quarantine-list-as-covid-cases-rise\">Portugal may go back on UK\u2019s quarantine list as cases rise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/29\/covid-19-world-map-which-countries-have-the-most-coronavirus-cases-and-deaths\">World map: which countries have most cases?<\/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=\"2020-09-01T05:31:48.519Z\">6.31am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>World Health Organisation Director-General <strong>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong> has taken issue with the opinion that high death rates from Covid-19 are not a major concern if it is mainly the elderly dying with the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting someone to die because of age is moral bankruptcy at its highest, and we shouldn\u2019t allow our society to behave this way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-09-01T05:25:42.903Z\">6.25am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> began a mass coronavirus testing programme Tuesday overshadowed by fears that <strong>China<\/strong> is using the scheme to harvest DNA, while the number of infections in the <strong>United States<\/strong> surpassed six million.<\/p>\n<p>The voluntary initiative is offering free tests to millions of Hong Kongers as authorities worldwide continue efforts to stamp out an illness that has now killed almost 850,000 and infected over 25 million.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/sep\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-states-cant-pretend-pandemic-is-over-french-cases-rise-50-in-august\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s economy shrinks nearly 24%; Hong Kong launches mass testing; WHO says states can\u2019t \u2018pretend pandemic is over\u2019. 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