More than 24 million international people have been diagnosed with coronavirus and 15. 6 million have recovered. More than 821,000 have died, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins University.
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Harinder Kaur wasn’t surprised when other people slammed the door in her face as she walked into neighborhoods in the northern state of Punjab, armed with a smartphone and a long list of questions similar to fitness and travel.
The 28-year-old fitness employee was ordered to go door-to-door to villages in Patiala district and receive assistance in filling out the state’s COVID-19 tracking application with ‘thousands of main points’ that other people did not need. share, from your digestive condition to your mobile phone numbers.
“The other people were just hostile,” said Kaur, who is one of more than a million accredited social fitness activists, or ASHA workers, on the front lines of India’s war to involve the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Brazil has asked the Chinese government to provide the effects of laboratory tests that have detected lines of the new coronavirus in the wings of birds exported through the South American country, according to a statement sent to Reuters through the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.
The request was made at an assembly in Shenzhen city, Guangdong province, where Brazilian agricultural attachés met with local fitness and industry officials on Tuesday, he said.
In response, according to the statement, the Chinese participants said that the effects are being maintained through the Guangdong fitness authorities, who attended the meeting.
The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered its rules on who gets tested for COVID-19 this week, saying that people who have been exposed but are not showing symptoms may not want to be tested. be tested.
This is a reversal of their previous recommendation, that verification is for all close contacts of other people diagnosed with COVID-19.
Irishman Phil Hogan has said he resigned as European Union industrial commissioner over controversy over alleged violations of the COVID-19 rule on a recent vacation to his home country.
“It was clear that the controversy over my recent stopover in Ireland was a distraction from my paintings as an EU commissioner and would undermine my paintings in the key months to come,” Hogan said in a statement.
France’s fitness ministry said it recorded 5,429 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, a new high after the lockdown and a spike of new infections unmatched since the outbreak peaked in early April.
The total number of other people affected by the virus in France now stands at 253,587 more.
The fitness ministry said cumulative COVID-19 death and hospitalization figures on Wednesday were not yet available due to a technical problem.
Qatar has made the decision to reopen all mosques in the country for daily and Friday prayers starting on September 1, said a member of the Supreme Crisis Management Committee.
He said it would be a component of the fourth and final phase of a plan that began June 15 to gradually lift restrictions on coronaviruses.
A new study investigating the immune responses of men and women to the new coronavirus may shed new perspective on why men are more likely to be seriously ill with COVID-19, the researchers said.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, it is clear that men, especially older men, are at a much greater threat of dying from the virus than women of the same age, yet scientists have not yet been able to know. precisely why.
A new study published in the journal Nature noted that, globally, men account for about 60% of deaths from COVID-19 and looked at whether differences in immune responses may be the reason.
“What we found is that men and women do indeed expand other types of immune responses to COVID-19,” study leader Akiko Iwasaki, a professor at Yale University, said in a video.
The immunity specialist said that “these differences possibly underlie a greater susceptibility to the disease in men. “
Norway has said it will impose a 10-day quarantine on all other persons arriving from Germany and Liechtenstein from 29 August due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in those countries.
Similar restrictions will also be imposed on others in two other regions of Sweden, Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Spain reported 3,594 new coronavirus infections as it struggled to involve a wave of contagion that peaked at about 8,000 cases last Friday.
The country has recorded the number of cases in Western Europe since the start of the pandemic six months ago and the largest resurgence after the lifting of one of the continent’s strictest locks opposing the spread of COVID-19.
The most recent daily accrual was down from the 4,000 or so instances recorded a day earlier, based on current knowledge of the Health Department, bringing the cumulative total to 419,849.
Romanian theatres and cinemas can reopen from 1 September with social estating restrictions and protective masks, while the return of indoor restaurants depends on the number of new coronavirus cases in the region, the president said.
Romania has reported just over 1,000 new cases a day since the end of July, leading to 81,646 cases shown since the pandemic hit the country last February.
The Jordanian government is due to impose a 24-hour lockdown on the capital Amman and the city of al-Zarqa on Friday, in response to the strict measures it attributes to involve the virus this year. The “total lockdown” is aimed at slowing the spread of the virus and allowing medical groups to monitor as many suspected cases as possible, government spokesman Amjad al-Adaileh said. All businesses will be closed and no one will be able to leave their home for 24 hours because of some essential workers.
A chemical used in an insect repellent can kill the coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19, according to an initial from the British Defense Laboratory.
Scientists at the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) discovered that citriodiol, the active element in repellants like Mosi-guard, had antiviral properties if combined with the virus in the liquid phase and on a surface.
“Mixing a viral suspension with a Mosi-guard spray or decided parts resulted in relief in SARS-CoV-2,” he says.
Ukraine has temporarily banned a maximum of foreigners from entering the country until September 28, and has ended lockdown measures until the end of October to involve a recent spike in coronavirus cases.
Speaking at a televised closet gathering, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal also said he is expected to take a resolution on Thursday on banning public primaries in September.
“The accumulation of coronavirus infections that we have noticed in recent weeks forces us to act more decisively,” Shmygal said.
Shmygal said the decisions were made in reaction to a call for Israel to spare an influx of Hasidic Jews traveling to the central Ukraine city of Uman for an annual pilgrimage, fearing it could be a point hot virus.
The 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit of business and political leaders was cancelled in January due to the coronavirus pandemic, and organizers plan to postpone the occasion until early next summer.
“The expert advice is that we (organize the event) safely in January,” the WEF said in a statement.
Britain’s main Gatwick airport said it was cutting up to six hundred jobs, or 24% of its workforce, due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gatwick, owned by VINCI Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners, said on Wednesday that only about 20% of flights operated last year and would now begin formal inquiries about the cuts. Works.
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Germany must eliminate mandatory loose coronavirus tests for returning travellers who brought in this month to prevent new cases from accumulating, said its fitness minister, raising capacity constraints in countries. Laboratories.
Free testing was conducted in the first week of August after new coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000 per day threshold for the first time since May, widening fears of a return to painful padlocks.
A rule that requires travelers returning from spaces that Germany considers hot spots to be quarantined for 14 days. Mandatory for those travelers will remain in place.
Lebanon’s acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the country was in danger of exhaustion from the country’s coronavirus outbreak after an increase in the number of cases following the large explosion in the capital Beirut on August 4.
“The number of instances is expanding considerably, and if this continues, we will lose control of this epidemic,” Diab said in a statement through the Supreme Defense Council.
Lebanon recorded 525 new COVID-19 infections and 12 deaths on Tuesday. The country saw an increase in infections after the catastrophic explosion in the capital this month.
The death toll in Iran from the new coronavirus has increased from 119 to 21,020, the ministry of fitness spokeswoman told state television, and the total number of known cases amounted to 365,606.
Sima Sadat Lari said 2,243 new cases had been known in the past 24 hours in Iran, up from 2,213 the day before.
“Unfortunately, we have faced an increase in coronavirus infections in recent weeks. I urge everyone to travel unnecessarily, ”said Lari.
Thailand will delay human trials of its coronavirus vaccine due to limited production capacity at the facility, said a senior official, but hopes to resume testing until the end of the year.
Thai fitness officials had planned to check the vaccine in humans until October, but they have to wait several months as factories are at full capacity, said Kiat Ruxrungtham, director of Chulalongkorn University’s vaccine progression program.
Qatar has experienced a steady rate of coronavirus infection worldwide, but one of the lowest mortality rates due to extensive testing, a young population and significant spending on health care.
With 40,702 instances consistent with millions since the onset of the pandemic, Qatar is followed through Bahrain, which has registered nearly 29,000 instances consistent with millions, and San Marino with more than 21,000.
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A 61-year-old Palestinian died in the Gaza Strip after contracting the coronavirus as the government suppressed a pandemic epidemic in the besieged enclave.
The man had suffered from ailments in the past and was wearing a respirator, the fitness ministry said.
Meanwhile, new local instances were detected on Wednesday, bringing the total to 15.
A complete blockade was imposed throughout the Palestinian territory after the government showed that the first cases of the coronavirus affected the community.
Myanmar has extended the lockdown on conflict-ravaged Rakhine state to cover 4 other municipalities, disrupting the movement of around a million people as the number of coronavirus cases increases.
One hundred new infections, the jump in a day without getting married, were shown in Myanmar in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 574, and Rakhine state recorded the largest.
The state capital, Sittwe, has been under lockdown and overnight curfew since the weekend, and on Wednesday the order was extended to 4 municipalities elsewhere: Kyaukphyu, An, Taungup and Thandwe.
Russia: 970,865 (4,676), 16,683 deaths (115)
Germany: 236,429 (1,576), 9,280 deaths (3)
Philippines: 202,361 (5,277), 3,137 deaths (99)
Indonesia: 160 165 (2306), 6944 deaths (86)
Pupils will be required to wear masks in non-unusual spaces in England’s secondary schools in places where local closures are closed, said Gavin Williamson, the UK’s education minister, after a government revocation to mandate their use.
Ministers had ruled out the need for academics to wear masks in the corridors despite the updated recommendation of the World Health Organization, but the government has now said that the mask should be used in schools in limited places to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Principals in other regions will also have the discretion to wear masks in their schools for students 11 to 18 years of age.
A momentary wave of coronavirus pandemic could hit France in November, a government adviser told local media, as the city of Marseille tightened restrictions to combat the epidemic.
Marseille authorities said on Tuesday night that bars and restaurants will have shorter opening hours and the mandatory mask worn in the southern port city will also be extended between August 26 and September 30.
“We say hello for a moment in November,” Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the clinical council that advises the government on the pandemic, told France 2 on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan signed an agreement for Russia’s first prospective anti-COVID-19 vaccine once clinical trials are completed, the Central Asian nation’s government said.
The government did not specify how many doses of the vaccine it plans to purchase or at what price. He said the vaccine would be manufactured so that at-risk Kazakh citizens would be distributed less.
The vaccine, named “Sputnik V” in homage to the world’s first satellite introduced through the Soviet Union, was hailed as effective by the Russian government and scientists after two months of small-scale human testing. But Western experts have been more skeptical.
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Myanmar has reported a hundred new cases of the new coronavirus, its biggest leap since the onset of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health did specify where the new instances had been discovered.
The most recent cases occurred in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, the western state where clashes took place between the army and the rebels and where the Rohingya were driven from their homes by a brutal military crackdown 3 years ago.
Closure and curfew have been imposed in the city.
The Myanmar Red Cross has been operating in the region since March so that others can cope with a potential epidemic.
Australian researchers doing anti-coronavirus antibody treatments say they hope to begin human trials in early 2021.
Wai-Hong Tam, a researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, told news firm Reuters that the team had made progress in identifying the most potent antibodies to neutralize the virus’s peak protein and prevent it from entering human cells.
Tam says antibody treatments would be most helpful for the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.
Australia will rack up defense spending across A $ 1 billion ($ 716. 80 million) in the government’s new bid for the coronavirus-stricken country’s economy.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the cash will be used to modernize army facilities and provide more paid jobs for some 27,000 reservists.
Many of the amenities to improve are found in fire-ravaged spaces before this year.
Australia could enter recession for the first time in 30 years due to the pandemic.
Doctors in South Korea were ordered to repaint after starting a three-day strike on Wednesday, and the number of new cases of the coronavirus has surpassed 300.
Trained doctors and other doctors have gone on strikes in recent weeks, but a large-scale strike through race members has forced the country’s top five general hospitals to restrict hours and postpone planned surgeries.
“The government does not yet have the option of taking legal action, such as an order to open businesses so as not to endanger the lives and protection of citizens,” Health Minister Park Neung-hoo told reporters. “We urge all inmates and medical colleagues to return to work immediately. “
Physician associations oppose government reforms that would come with educating more medical students, opening more public medical schools, and expanding telemedicine options. They say the money would be spent on existing apprentices’ salaries and situations, so they are willing to work outdoors in Seoul.
The country reported 320 new cases on Wednesday, and nearly 20% of the cases in the more than two weeks came from unknown sources, according to Yonhap.
Malaysian Minister of Plantations and Commodity Industries Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali is expected to be questioned by police on Wednesday after not meeting a mandatory two-week quarantine on his return from a business to Turkey.
Mohd Khairuddin was fined 1,000 ringgit ($240) for not entering quarantine after returning on July 7.
Malaysians were enraged not only by his breach of quarantine rules, but also by the fact that he was allowed to travel abroad at a time when Malays are not allowed to leave the country.
A guy who returned from India in July and broke his quarantine was jailed for five months and fined 12,000 ringgit ($ 2,880), while a 72-year-old Woguy who had eaten lunch in violation of quarantine orders was jailed for one day. and a fine of 8,000 ringgits ($ 1,920).
Mexico and China have published their most recent data on coronavirus.
Mexico has shown 4,916 new cases of the disease and 650 more deaths, bringing its total to 568,621 cases and 61,450 deaths.
China, for its part, has reported 15 new instances on the continent, all in other people who have returned from abroad; the continent has not submitted instances transmitted to the country in 10 days; it also had 14 new asymptomatic instances, which are not included in the cases shown. The death toll remains unchanged at 4634.
Kim Jong Un has called on North Korea to intensify efforts to save him from coronavirus.
State news firm KCNA said an assembly of the political bureau “assessed some flaws in the state’s emergency anti-epidémic paintings to the incursions of the evil virus. “
North Korea has not reported any reported cases of the virus, but has imposed a strict lockdown on the city of Kaesong after a man showed symptoms of the disease. Subsequent tests were inconclusive, according to the WHO.
The University of Cambridge has said it will begin clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine imaginable in the autumn of the UK (September to December) after securing an investment of 1. 9 million pounds ($2. 5 million) from the UK government.
Scientists working with the vaccine, called DIOS-CoVax2, use genetic sequences of all known coronaviruses to refine an immune reaction and possible side effects.
“We are looking for cracks in his armor, elements of the virus that we can use to build the vaccine in order to steer the immune reaction in the right direction,” said Jonathan Heeney, director of the University’s Laboratory for Viral Zoonoses.
There are already 30 vaccines in human trials.
The southern Australian state of Victoria reported the deadliest day of the pandemic with 24 deaths and 149 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
Melbourne, the state capital and Australia’s second-largest city, is halfway through a closure and a six-week curfew as it battles a resurgence of the disease.
Almost 64 of the deaths occur among the elderly living in nursing homes.
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