The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter<\/a> where all stories are free to read.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s decision to give emergency authorization for convalescent plasma as a treatment for novel coronavirus patients \u2014 touted as a historic breakthrough by President Trump on Sunday \u2014 is raising doubts among some experts who say the therapy hasn\u2019t been adequately tested.<\/p>\n \u201cThe urgency of the crisis has elided with a false sense we should skip over rigorous studies of interventions because we don\u2019t have enough time,\u201d Peter Bach, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering\u2019s Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, told The Washington Post. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n Here are some significant developments:.<\/p>\n August 24, 2020 at 2:47 AM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Thirteen people died in a stampede after police raided a nightclub in Peru for violating lockdown restrictions on Saturday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n Peru has one of the world\u2019s highest coronavirus death rates per capita<\/a>, and has enacted a nationwide nighttime curfew<\/a> and a strict ban on large gatherings in response to the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n On Saturday, neighbors called to report a noisy gathering in the capital of Lima, according to Reuters.<\/a> When police officers showed up, roughly 120 partygoers rushed toward the only exit, causing some to be trapped, asphyxiated or trampled in the chaos, according to authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel sorry for the relatives \u2026 but also anger and indignation with the businesspeople who organized the event,\u201d Peruvian President Mart\u00edn Vizcarra said, according to the Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n Peru ordered bars and nightclubs to close in March, and the country\u2019s Interior Ministry said in a statement Sunday<\/a> that the club\u2019s owners had been arrested.<\/p>\n An additional 23 partygoers were detained in the raid. Fifteen of them have since tested positive for the coronavirus<\/a>, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n Some witnesses claimed that police fired shots and hurled tear gas at the confined crowd, the Associated Press reported. <\/a>The Interior Ministry said no tear gas or weapons were used.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n By <\/span>Antonia Farzan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n August 24, 2020 at 2:11 AM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n TOKYO \u2014 Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest serving prime minister on Monday, but there was no celebration of his record 2,799-day tenure. Instead, Abe spent the morning at the hospital, as concerns mount that his health may be faltering.<\/p>\n Abe\u2019s motorcade was filmed bringing him to Keio University Hospital in Tokyo, with Japanese media reporting he was receiving the results of a seven-hour checkup<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n That in itself is hardly a reason to write the long-serving leader\u2019s political obituary. But persistent reports have suggested the 65-year-old Abe is exhausted after a stressful few months coping with the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic and rising public unhappiness with his leadership. Others have suggested he could be suffering from a return of the ulcerative colitis that cut short his previous term in office in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n By <\/span>Simon Denyer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n August 24, 2020 at 1:16 AM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n BEIRUT \u2014 An alarming spike in coronavirus cases since the devastating explosion at Beirut\u2019s port is compounding Lebanon\u2019s misery at a time when the country was already laid low by overlapping financial, economic and political crises.<\/p>\n Since around 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate were ignited Aug. 4<\/a> by a still-unexplained blaze in a warehouse at the port, the total number of coronavirus<\/a> infections has more than doubled \u2014 to 12,191 as of Saturday \u2014 prompting the government to order a partial lockdown that went into effect Friday.<\/p>\n The jump has been attributed in part to the mass panic that gripped Beirut in the aftermath of the blast, which wrecked three Beirut neighborhoods adjoining the port and inflicted damage and injuries for miles beyond. Tens of thousands of injured and traumatized people surged onto the streets without thought of wearing masks or social distancing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n By <\/span>Liz Sly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n August 24, 2020 at 12:30 AM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
13 people die in stampede after police raid nightclub in Peru<\/h2>\n
Japan\u2019s Shinzo Abe visits the hospital again as health concerns intensify<\/h2>\n
Coronavirus surge in Lebanon compounds the misery in a battered country<\/h2>\n
North Carolina clears some athletes to resume activities; football returns Monday<\/h2>\n