Mexico No. 3 in virus deaths; storm could hinder US response
(WorldNews Japan)

Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast on Saturday is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus. Hurricane Isaias` imminent arrival forced the closure of some outdoor testing sites even as Florida reached a new daily high in deaths, and other states in the path of the storm prepared emergency shelters that comply with social-distancing measures. “We had to put safety first,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Friday. Meanwhile, Mexican health officials on Friday reported 688 new deaths, pushing the country`s confirmed total to over 46,600. That put Mexico just...