Updated 3:23 p.m. ET, July 7, 2020
- Brazil’s president has tested positive for Covid-19. The country is second only to the US in numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths.
- At least 24 US states have paused or rolled back reopening plans as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. In hard-hit Florida, some hospital ICUs have hit capacity.
- International students in the US may have to leave the country if their universities switch to online-only courses, immigration officials announced.
- Australia closed the inter-state border between Victoria and NSW as result of a steep rise in Melbourne’s Covid-19 cases.