Stories for October 6th 2020

Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina with the highest rate of positive Covid-19 tests, according to Our World in Data

Argentina has the world's highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Trump returns to the White House telling Americans “don't let the virus dominate your lives”

President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after checking out of the hospital where he was treated for the disease.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
IMF admits Brazil's economy is doing better than forecasted, but warns about debt and a second Covid-19 wave

Brazil's economy is set to shrink by 5.8% in 2020, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, revising up an earlier forecast but warning the country faced “exceptionally high” risks.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
US Southern Command: Efforts to oust Maduro “have worked” though “not so fast”

International efforts to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “have worked,” Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said Monday but added that it will take time to get results.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Controversy in Mexico over under reporting Covid-19 infections and deaths

Mexico on Monday reported a sharp increase in the daily number of coronavirus infections and deaths, breaking previous records due to what the government said was a change in methodology.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
One in ten people have been infected with coronavirus, and the disease continues to spread, WHO report

Roughly one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world's population vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease it causes, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:32 UTC
Mike Pence and challenger Kamala Harris will debate separated by a plexiglass barrier

US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will be separated by a plexiglass barrier during their debate on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter said, in an effort to lower the risk of coronavirus transmission.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:31 UTC
Guatemala turns back a caravan of 3,500 Hondurans migrants heading for US

Guatemala has sent back almost 3,500 Honduran migrants from a caravan that was heading to the United States over concerns they might spread COVID-19, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Nobel in Medicine for discovering the virus Hepatitis C: US and British scientists

Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The winners are US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice and British scientist Michael Houghton.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
China's Didi and WhatsApp team up in Brazil to compete with Uber

Brazilian ride-hailing service 99, controlled by China's Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd, has partnered with WhatsApp to accept orders on the chat platform owned by Facebook in a move that would allow users to summon cars without using another app.