Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs


A woman carries a baby at a crowded stadium filled with people waiting and hoping to use the government's transportation assistance program to return to their outlying provinces on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at a stadium in Manila. Hundreds of people who were stuck in the capital due to travel restrictions during the lockdown stayed at a crowded stadium as they wait for free rides back to their provinces. - AP

PARIS/BEIJING/NEW DELHI, July 28 (AFP): Officials around the world reintroduced a raft of restrictions on Tuesday -- from beach closures to quarantine measures -- to try to tamp down coronavirus hotspots as the official global death toll passed 650,000.

European countries trying to repair the economic damage caused by the earlier lockdowns struggled to balance keeping the lifeline of tourism open while guarding against new flare-ups of infection.

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