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The global case count has now exceeded 13 million, with around a million cases having occurred within just the past 5 days. Half a million people have been killed by the disease since it emerged. Nearly half of all worldwide cases have occurred in the Americas. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned today that the "old normal" will be unobtainable for the foreseeable future. "Let me be blunt, too many countries are headed in the wrong direction, the virus remains public enemy number one. [...] If basics are not followed, the only way this pandemic is going to go, it is going to get worse and worse and worse. But it does not have to be this way.” The "basics" to help contain the virus include physical distancing, hand washing, wearing masks, coughing etiquette and staying at home when sick.
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