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Europe’s tourism revival is running into turbulence only weeks after countries reopened their borders, with rising infections in Spain and other nations causing increasing concern among health authorities over people bringing the coronavirus home from their summer vacations. As quoted by APNews.com, Monday ( 27/07), the European countries started opening up to each other’s tourists in mid-June, but recent events have shown that the new freedom to travel is subject to setbacks. Over the weekend, Britain imposed a 14-day quarantine on travelers arriving from Spain, Norway ordered a 10-day quarantine for people returning from the entire Iberian peninsula, and France urged its citizens not to visit Spain’s Catalonia region. In Austria, the lakeside resort town of St. Wolfgang shortened bar opening hours after an outbreak was detected on Friday. By Monday, 53 people had tested positive, including many people working in the tourism industry//AP

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Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans are at stake as White House officials launched negotiations late Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer on a new coronavirus aid package that’s teetering in Congress ahead of looming deadlines. As quoted by AP News on Tuesday (28/07) while Senate Republicans struggled to roll out their own $1 trillion proposal, Pelosi implored the White House and GOP lawmakers to stop the infighting and come to the negotiating table with Democrats. Aid runs out Friday for a $600/weekly jobless benefit that Democrats call a lifeline for out-of-work Americans. Republicans want to slash it to $200 a week, saying that the federal bump is too generous on top of state benefits and is discouraging employees from returning to work//AP News

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Moroccan authorities announced a ban on entry and exit from eight cities of the kingdom due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. Entrance into the cities of Casablanca, Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Berrechid, and Settat is prohibited starting Monday night (July 27). According to a press release from the Moroccan Interior Ministry and Health Ministry received by Sputnik, the decision was made in connection with a significant increase in recent days in the number of cases of coronavirus in these cities. Moreover, the majority of citizens do not comply with precautions, such as social distancing, wearing masks, and using disinfectants. The decision does not affect those who urgently need medical attention and employees of enterprises that have received special permits from local authorities. Freight transport is also not subject to the ban//sputnik

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North Korea has reported what it describes as the country's first suspected case of coronavirus. State media said a person who defected to South Korea three years ago last week returned across the demarcation line with Covid-19 symptoms. Leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency meeting with top officials, imposing a lockdown in the border city of Kaesong. News agency KCNA said a runaway who went to the south three years ago - a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus - returned on 19 July after illegally crossing the demarcation line. On Sunday (26-7), a South Korean military official said there were "high chances" that an individual had illegally crossed into the North and that an investigation had been launched//bbc