Coronavirus live news: Fauci says US must 'stop nonsense'; South Africa cases top 300,000

Dr Fauci predicts US will meet end-of-year vaccine target; Ireland advises against all travel; Canada approaches zero daily deaths. Follow the latest updates

Canada’s efforts to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases have put the country on the cusp of zero deaths from Covid-19 for the first time since March, but officials see worrying signs of a new spike as provinces lift restrictions, Reuters reports.

For months, Canadians followed strict public health rules on social movement as the 10 provinces quickly shut down large parts of the economy, ramped up testing and boosted space in intensive care units.

Some provinces curbed internal journeys while Ottawa barred international visitors, closed the land border to non-essential travel with the United States, which has become a global pandemic epicenter, and deployed military staff to hard-hit nursing homes.

Everyone is preparing for a potential spike in cases ... I think that’s inevitable.”

US president Donald Trump issued a rare rebuke of his senior adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, saying he should not have written the scathing USA Today opinion piece about Dr Fauci. Navarro, a trade adviser who at times has expanded his reach within the Trump White House, wrote:

Dr Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.

Well, he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn’t be doing that. No, I have a very good relationship with Anthony.

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