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  What you need to know

  
  

  • Covid-19 has infected more than 2.5 million people and killed at least 176,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 44,000 people have died in the US.

  • President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the US, as the nation battles coronavirus.

  • Germany canceled Oktoberfest.

  • Go here for latest updates from the US.

     

    New study shows hydroxychloroquine didn't work against Covid-193:51

     

      The coronavirus blame game has reached a new level after Missouri announced it was suing China over the crisis. The US state is seeking damages for what it described as a campaign of “deception” and insufficient action to halt a “preventable” pandemic — allegations Beijing strongly denies.

     

    At least 6,105 people have been confirmed to have the virus in Missouri and at least 229 have died, according to numbers from Johns Hopkins University.

     

    Schmitt, in his official role as attorney general of Missouri, filed the civil lawsuit in federal court in the eastern district of Missouri.

     

     

     

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