Latest COVID-19 development around the globe

South Korea will extend intensive prevention and sanitation guidelines indefinitely until the daily number of new cases of the new coronavirus drops to single digits, the country's Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said on Friday. The announcement came as new virus cases rebounded to over 50 on Friday, after the appearance of a series of new clusters in the capital Seoul area.

Australia has effectively eliminated COVID-19 in some parts of the country, its chief medical officer said on Friday. Australia has recorded 38 cases of the novel coronavirus over last week. Australia's federal government stepped up pressure on state and territory leaders on Friday to reopen internal borders, a step viewed as key to reviving the country's coronavirus-hit economy.

Germany: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 258 to 185,674, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. The reported death toll rose by eight to 8,763, the tally showed.

Mexico has reported 4,790 new COVID-19 cases and 587 additional deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 133,974 cases and 15,944 fatalities. Mexico has the fourth largest caseload of COVID-19 in Latin America, following Brazil, Peru, and Chile, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Singapore reported 422 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Thursday (Jun 11), including five cases in the community, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore to 39,387. The vast majority of the cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily preliminary release.