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European Union leaders battled to save a beleaguered €750 million (US$860 million dollars) COVID-19 recovery package at a summit on Sunday (Jul 19), as global deaths soared past 600,000 and Hong Kong raised the alarm about its growing outbreak. The United States - the worst-affected country by far - ended a week in which it registered its highest figures for new cases for three days running, taking its total towards 3.7 million infections and 140,00 deaths. The virus has now infected more than 14 million people worldwide. With clusters cropping up from Spain to Australia, officials were again facing the dilemma of imposing lockdowns to protect public health or loosening restrictions to save struggling businesses//CNA