Latest on the novel coronavirus outbreak

The novel coronavirus has spread across China and beyond.

June 2

Outside China

- The number of COVID-19 cases in the US tops 1.8 million, reaching 1,804,206: Johns Hopkins University

- US health experts and government officials warned that large street protests over racial inequities and excessive police force could worsen the spread of the coronavirus

- Russia will start giving patients its first drug approved to treat COVID-19 next week 

- Poland scraps school reopening plan as COVID-19 cases top 24,000 

- COVID-19 has not changed in terms of transmissibility or severity: WHO officials 

- Mexico's coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000

- Chile's cases exceed 100,000

China

- Chinese mainland reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, all from overseas 

- Eight COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

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