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As of Friday morning, there were 22.7 million infections shown with COVID-19, however, evidence shows that tens of millions in countries like India would now have been infected.
There were 794,000 deaths attributable to the disease.
Here are the latest news from around the world at night.
United Kingdom
Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said the increase in infections elsewhere meant that travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago would have to be quarantined for two weeks.
Britain recorded 1,182 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, the highest overall moment since 21 June, according to government figures.
Britain also reported six other deaths in the 28 days following receipt of a positive coronavirus result, bringing the total number of deaths to 41403.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has tightened restrictions on the duration of meetings in the face of the accumulation of new COVID-19 cases.
From next week, meetings will be limited to another 15 people, compared to 30, while indoor meetings in personal housing are now limited to six other people from two households, compared to the previous 10.
Events such as weddings, devotees and sporting events would possibly be more vital if there is strict social estrangement.
The British Department of Health reported Thursday that 51 other people had tested positive for COVID-19.
No further deaths were reported, however, the region’s health minister, Robin Swann, said the rate of reproduction, or the number of other people inflamed for each positive case, probably around 1.3. Each time the reproduction rate exceeds 1, the epidemic increases.
Germany
The German fitness government can cope with the growing number of infections today, Reuters told the deputy director of the Robert Koch Institute of Infectious Diseases, but suggested that others do everything imaginable to help against the trend.
The number of new daily instances in Germany has expanded since early July and has accelerated in recent weeks, due to holidays and others returning from vacation in countries where the threat of contracting the virus is high.
On Thursday, the number of cases shown increased from 1707 to 228,621, marking the largest increase since April 26.
Italy
Italy has reported 845 new coronavirus infections in the more than 24 hours, the ministry of fitness said Thursday, marking the biggest build-up since May, when the government relaxed its uncompromising blocking measures.
Italy, one of Europe’s most affected countries, controlled to involve the epidemic after an uptick in deaths and cases between March and April. However, he has noticed a steady buildup of infections over the next month, and experts blame other people’s holiday and nightlife-related meetings.
Spain
With the outbreak of coronavirus cases and less than two weeks of school holidays, opposition parents, teachers and politicians in Spain are in government plans to reopen classrooms.
“Don’t get confused: things are going well,” the head of fitness emergencies Fernando Simón told the press.
Pablo Casado, leader of the conservative Opposition People’s Party, accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the left of letting the country guess the reopening of schools.
“No circle of single Spanish relatives knows what will happen to their children when the school year begins,” he said. “We cannot allow a whole generation of young people to have delays in school due to a lack of planning.”
In Madrid, where more than 1,000 new cases were reported on Thursday, the regional government has ruled out delaying face-to-face classes, putting pressure on executing families.
Africa is beginning to “bend the curve” of COVID-19 infections as measures such as masking and social estrangement slow the spread of the pandemic on the continent, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Although the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Africa slows in the early stages of the pandemic, the infection rate has accelerated gradually, particularly in South Africa, which now accounts for more than its number of more than 1.1 million cases. .
On average, there are symptoms of a decrease in new infections in Africa over the more than two weeks, said John Nkengasong, director of CDC Africa.
“So I think it’s a sign of hope that we’re slowly starting to bend the curve. We took this news with cautious optimism,” he said.
India
Nearly 30% of the population in the Indian capital of New Delhi has become inflamed with the new coronavirus, according to a serological survey of another 15,000 people conducted through local government, a figure indicating that the number of contagions is much higher than those recorded.
Thailand
Thailand tried to allay fears of a momentary wave of coronavirus infections on Thursday, after a woman tested positive after being quarantined about two months ago on her way from abroad.
Thailand spent 87 days without national transmission, however, news that a woman tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Bangkok, which returned on 24 June, has raised fears of a new outbreak in a country that has so far saved the point of contagion elsewhere. .
Viet Nam
Vietnamese police arrested four men accused of defrauding more than 5,000 Americans seeking to buy COVID-19 protective devices online for nearly one million U.S. dollars, the Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.
United States
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday doubled his commitment to reopen schools for face-to-face learning next month, a day after the city’s teachers’ union said its reapture protocol was inadequate to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“We’ll make sure those schools are ready. And if we think they’re not, they may not reopen,” de Blasio said Thursday.
Compared to De Blasio’s threshold of a 3% COVID-19 infection rate for schools to close again, the city’s positive verification rate on Thursday is 0.88%.
On Wednesday, New York City teachers threatened to strike or take legal action unless the city government met express protection requirements, such as a stricter COVID-19 control plan and protocols to isolate academics with symptoms of the virus.
More parties and occasions at indexed homes on Airbnb, the short-term home rental company said Thursday as it tried to meet strict social estrangement criteria to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new regulations come with a 16-year occupancy limit, and hosts or visitors seek to circumvent regulations against an Airbnb network ban and even lawsuits, the company said Thursday.
“The introduction of a global holiday and occasion ban is of public health interest,” Airbnb said in a statement, adding that the ban applies to all long-term bookings.
Johnson-Johnson targets its experimental coronavirus vaccine in up to 60,000 volunteers in a complex trial that is expected to begin in September, according to a U.S. government database. About clinical trials.
The trial is reportedly being conducted at approximately 180 sites in the United States and other countries, adding Brazil and Mexico, according to data published in Clinicaltrials.gov August 10.
A Chinese mining company claims to have immunized its workers in Papua New Guinea as opposed to the virus.
Singing is no more threatening than talking about the option to spread the new coronavirus, British scientists said Thursday, adding that volume is the ultimate life threat factor.
Reuters / Newshub.