World Coronavirus Dispatch: Aussie PM urges inquiry into origin of Covid-19

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The world’s nations must do all they can to understand the origins of Covid-19, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday, comments that could worsen tensions with China. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Morrison said an inquiry into the roots of the virus would minimise the threat of another global pandemic.

“There is a clear mandate to identify the zoonotic source of the COVID-19 virus and how it was transmitted to humans,” said Morrison. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 32,566,695

Change Over Yesterday: 335,772

Total Deaths: 988,965

Total Recovered: 22,488,380

Nations hit