Health and Healthcare Systems

COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 18 June

Beijing reports 21 new cases.

Image: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

  • This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected.
  • Top stories: More cases in Beijing, financial fears and confirmed cases in Brazil approach 1 million.

1. How COVID-19 is affecting the globe

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2. New Zealand records third new case

New Zealand has recorded a third new case of COVID-19, after being among the first countries to declare itself free of the virus.

The newest case is a man who arrived from Pakistan - via Doha and Melbourne - on 11 June and is now in quarantine.

Confirmed cases by district health board. Image: Ministry of Health, New Zealand

This latest case comes after two women, who'd arrived from Britain and were allowed to leave quarantine early on compassionate grounds, also tested positive.

The country's borders remain closed, except to returning citizens and some exceptions for business and compassionate reasons. The government, in response to the case of the two women, has suspended all exemptions to quarantine rules.

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3. A warning on museum closures

UNESCO data suggests around 90% of the world's 95,000 museums closed their doors during the pandemic, writes Sabrina Sholts, Curator of Biological Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Estimates suggests that a third of museums could downsize after the pandemic - with 13% not reopening at all.

The greatest risk of permanent closure is in African, Arab and Pacific countries, with the associated losses to culture, history and science. Their value is hard to capture, explains Sholts. But "by seeing the ways that museums are tackling the greatest global challenges of this moment, their unique and vital role in society becomes clearer, and their potential decimation becomes darker".

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