NEW YORK: United States coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) deaths passed a quarter of a million people on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as New York announced it would close schools to battle a rise in infections and protests in Europe against restrictions turned violent.

America has now registered 250,029 fatalities, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University, by far the highest national death toll.

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