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Coronavirus live news: New Zealand health minister quits, as WHO says Middle East at 'critical' point

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David Clark resigns after controversy over handling of Covid-19; Middle East records 1m cases amid easing and return of tourists; California rolls back reopening of bars. Follow all the latest updates

China reported on Thursday three new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 1, compared with three cases a day earlier, the health authority said.

Two of the new infections were imported cases, the National Health Commission said in a statement, while the capital city of Beijing reported one new case. There were no new deaths.

NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern has concluded her press conference on the departure of health minister David Clark, saying he would not be reappointed to the role if she was elected for another term.

Clark’s role as health minister had become “a distraction” from the government’s efforts to fight and contain COVID-19, that beating the pandemic had to be the priority.

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