PARIS 16 Aug (ANA) - France will propose face masks in workspaces as it grapples with a coronavirus rebound to more than 3,000 in the past 24 hours - a post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row. 

 

The UK has imposed a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from France.

 

South Korea's new cases jumped to 279 on Sunday, rising above 200 for the first time in five months, due mainly to sporadic local infections in the greater Seoul area.

 

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that stringent coronavirus regulations would be eased on Monday as the country's infection rate falls. 

 

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 21 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, while more than 13 million people have recovered. At least 771,000 people have died.(ANA)

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