Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2020

A two-month-old baby dies of COVID-19 in Michigan, the youngest known fatality in the state thus far. (MLive.com)

An additional 150 million children live in multidimensional poverty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The analysis by UNICEF and Save the Children is based on shortcomings in education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and water. (PTI via The Week)

US Attorney General William Barr told prosecutors to aggressively charge people arrested at recent demonstrations across the US, even suggesting including a sedition charge, usually reserved for those who have plotted a threat that posed imminent danger to the government. (The Guardian)

The economy enters recession for the first time since 1987 after the country’s GDP declined by 12.2% between April and June, amid a nationwide lockdown and travel bans due to COVID-19. (BBC)

Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces that temporary restrictions will be in place in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Northumberland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, and the County Durham council area effective at midnight tonight due to “concerning rates of infection.” Almost two million people in North-east England will be banned from meeting with other households. (BBC)

Portugal reports a record increase of 770 new cases and ten deaths, thus bringing the cumulative total to 66,396 confirmed cases and 1,888 deaths. Today also marks the official start of the 2020/2021 public school year, which began with in-person classes nationwide. (DGS)

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposes a €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) stabilization fund by the European Central Bank to revitalize the Belarusian economy amid the protests. (AFP via France 24)

 

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