Greece reported the first case of the coronavirus in the Moria camp for migrants on the Aegean island of Lesbos. The migration ministry said the facility would be locked down for two weeks as health inspectors tested other residents.
Living conditions at the camp have been decried by human rights groups as it hosts nearly 12,000 people, four times its capacity of 3,000. The patient is a 40-year-old man from Somalia who left after securing refugee status but “returned illegally to Moria and had been living in a tent outside the camp’s perimeter,” the ministry said.
In other news around the world:
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Direct international flights to Beijing, the capital of China, will gradually resume, officials said Wednesday, with service from Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark, Austria, Sweden and Canada.
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At the Vatican, Pope Francis welcomed his first general public audience since the pandemic struck more than six months ago. St. Peter’s Basilica had been closed to visitors since mid-March as the virus exacted a heavy toll on Italy. Francis said that it was “beautiful” to encounter people “face to face and not screen to screen,” referring to his virtual audiences.
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Hungary reported a daily record on Wednesday, with 365 new cases. The country, which has had relatively few cases — 6,257, according to a New York Times database — has barred most foreign travelers and is making returning citizens isolate themselves.
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After mass demonstrations in Berlin last weekend against the government of Germany’s coronavirus regulations, the city decided to require masks at large protests. Now, organizers say they’re planning a large event, timed for the 30th anniversary of German reunification on Oct. 3, at Lake Constance in the south.
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Also in Germany, the state of Saxony will allow 8,500 fans — one-fifth of the stadium’s capacity — to attend a soccer match between RB Leipzig and Mainz 05 on Sept. 20. The country’s top league shut down in March, but restarted to finish its season without fans present; RB Leipzig persuaded local and state authorities that it could limit the risk of infection if it kept the crowd small, required masks and sold no alcohol.
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After nearly three decades of economic growth, Australia officially fell into recession after its economy shrank 7 percent in the second quarter, the government said on Wednesday. The drop in quarterly G.D.P. is the largest since record-keeping began in 1959.
Reporting was contributed by Trip Gabriel, Michael Gold, Anemona Hartocollis, Sheila Kaplan, Thomas Kaplan, Juliana Kim, Niki Kitsantonis, Isabella Kwai, Ron Lieber, Benjamin Novak, Richard C. Paddock, Tariq Panja, Gaia Pianigiani, Roni Caryn Rabin, Matt Richtel, Campbell Robertson, Christopher F. Schuetze, Michael D. Shear, Dera Menra Sijabat, Daniel E. Slotnik, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Eileen Sullivan, Jim Tankersley, Katie Thomas, Neil Vigdor, Mark Walker, Allyson Waller, Katherine J. Wu, Noah Weiland and Elaine Yu.
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