UPDATED. The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped half a million, as surging cases in Latin America and the United States prompted some authorities to reconsider lifting lockdown measures.
SWEEP. An elderly woman wearing a protective face mask sweeps a street in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, on May 27, 2020. File photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP
The latest figures came as protesters in cities across Brazil – and as far away as Stockholm, London and Barcelona – held demonstrations against President Jair Bolsonaro, who has said the virus is akin to a"little flu" and railed against stay-at-home measures. In nearby Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his country had gone through a"profound shock" as he prepared to unveil a large stimulus program.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted French President Emmanuel Macron for talks as planning continues for the EU's own massive recovery fund. President Donald Trump is under growing bipartisan pressure to set an example by wearing a face mask as his health secretary warnedCalifornia's governor had already ordered some areas to reinstate stay-at-home orders ahead of closing bars in Los Angeles and 6 other counties on Monday.
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