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A28 WORLD NEWS
Monday 22 June 2020
Temperature hits

100 F degrees in

Arctic Russian town

In this handout photo provided by Olga Burtseva, children play
in the Krugloe lake outside Verkhoyansk, the Sakha Republic,
about 4660 kilometers (2900 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, A man, wearing a protective face mask as a measure to curb the spread of the new coronavirus,
Sunday, June 21, 2020. walks past a mural depicting a tug-of-war between health workers and Brazil's President Jair
Associated Press Bolsonaro aided by a cartoon-styled coronavirus character, with a message that reads in
MOSCOW (AP) — A Sibe- The town of about 1,300 Portuguese: "Which side are you on?," in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2020.
rian town with the world's residents is recognized by Associated Press
has recorded a new high cords for the most extreme Brazil tops 1 million cases as
widest temperature range the Guinness World Re-
amid a heat wave that is temperature range, with a
contributing to severe for- low of minus-68 degrees C coronavirus spreads inland
est fires. (minus-90 F) and a previous
The temperature in Verk- high of 37.2 C (98.96 F..) By MAURICIO SAVARESE coast, but a rising curve in two weeks as an incentive
hoyansk hit 38 degrees Cel- Much of Siberia this year Associated Press the south. for people to stay home.
sius (100.4 F) on Saturday, has had unseasonably high SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's In the Brazilian country- Fábio Junqueira said the
according to Pogoda i Kli- temperatures, leading to government confirmed on side, which is much less measure was needed after
mat, a website that com- sizable wildfires. Friday that the country has prepared to handle a cri- a spike in COVID-19 cases
piles Russian meteorologi- In the Sakha Republic, risen above 1 million con- sis, the pandemic is clearly that filled 80% of the city's
cal data. more than 275,000 hect- firmed coronavirus cases, growing. Many smaller cit- 54 intensive care beds. The
The town is located above ares (680,000 acres) are second only to the United ies have weaker health city has had nearly 300 cas-
the Arctic Circle in the burning, according to Avi- States. care systems and basic es of the disease, plus three
Sakha Republic, about alesokhrana, the govern- The country's health minis- sanitation that's insufficient fatalities.
4,660 kilometers (2,900 ment agency that monitors try said that the total now to prevent contagion. In Rondonópolis, only 300
miles) northeast of Moscow. forest fires.q stood at 1,032,913, up more "There is a lot of regional miles away from Tangará
than 50,000 from Thursday. inequality in our public da Serra and home to a
Iran’s currency hits The ministry said the sharp health system and a short- thriving economy, health
age of professionals in the authorities closed the local
increase was due to cor-
lowest value ever rections of previous days' interior," said Miguel Lago, meatpacking industry after
underreported numbers.
executive director of Bra-
92 cases were confirmed
against the dollar Brazilian President Jair Bol- zil's Institute for Health Pol- there. The city of 144,000
sonaro still downplays the icy Studies, which advises inhabitants counted 21
risks of the virus after nearly public health officials. "That deaths from the virus and
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's 50,000 deaths from COV- creates many health care more than 600 cases. The
currency has dropped to ID-19 in three months, say- deserts, with people going mayor has also decided to
its lowest value ever at ing the impact of social long distances to get at- limit sales of alcoholic bev-
190,000 rial for each dollar isolation measures on the tention. When they leave erages.
amid severe U.S. sanctions economy could be worse the hospital, the virus can Even regions once consid-
against the country. than the disease itself. go with them." ered examples of success-
The Iranian currency has Specialists believe the ac- The cattle-producing state ful efforts against the virus
tumbled from a rate of tual number of cases in of Mato Grosso was barely are now struggling.
32,000 rials to $1 at the time Brazil could be up to seven touched by the virus when Porto Alegre, home to
of Tehran's 2015 nuclear In this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 times higher than the offi- it hit the nation's biggest about 1.4 million people,
deal with world powers. file photo, an Iranian money cial statistic. Johns Hopkins cities in March. Sitting far had success in slowing the
changer holds currency with
The rial unexpectedly ral- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's University says Brazil is per- from the coast, between virus' spread over the last
lied after President Donald image in Tehran, Iran. forming an average of 14 the Bolivian border and three months. But now its
Trump's decision to with- Associated Press tests per 100,000 people Brazil's capital of Brasilia, its mayor is considering in-
draw the U.S. from the nu- each day, and health ex- 3.3 million residents led a creasing social isolation
clear deal and reimpose lion worth of gasoline and perts say that number is up mostly normal life until May. measures after ICU occu-
crippling trade sanctions similar products to Venezu- to 20 times less than need- But now its people live un- pancy in the city jumped
over two years ago. ela. ed to track the virus. der lockdown and meat to 80% this month.
Last week, Senior Vice It was a way to bring mon- Official data show a down- producers have dozens of "We were already making
President Eshaq Jahangiri ey into its cash-starved Iran ward trend of the virus in infected workers. projections for schools to
said that Iran's oil revenues and put its own pressure Brazil's north, including the In Tangará da Serra, a city come back," Mayor Nelson
have plummeted to $8 bil- on the U.S., which under hard-hit region of the Ama- of 103,000 people in Mato Marchezan Jr. told The As-
lion from $100 billion in 2011. Trump has pursued maxi- zon, a plateau in cases and Grosso, the mayor de- sociated Press. "Now the
Iran recently sent five tank- malist campaigns against deaths in the countries' big- cided Friday to forbid the trend is to impose more re-
ers with at least $45.5 mil- both nations.q gest cities near the Atlantic sale of alcoholic drinks for strictions." q