WHO warns that the displacement of others in Beirut would likely increase the spread; 4 new instances in Auckland; Australia suffers the deadliest day
France will step up police checks to ensure that others wear a mask where necessary and respect social distance amid a new wave of COVID-19 infections, a government spokesman said Wednesday, Reuters said.
“We are at a turning point (…) We will mobilize police forces to make checks,” Gabriel Attal told reporters on a stopover on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
“But it’s not the police who are afraid (…) he’s worried about the virus, which hides and pollutes,” he said.
Israel will review the Russian COVID-19 vaccine and start negotiations to buy it if it turns out to be a “serious product,” Israel’s fitness minister said, according to a Reuters report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that it is the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing. His fitness minister on Wednesday rejected claims that the vaccine is unsafe.
Reporters from Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein:
We closely monitor each and every report, regardless of the country
We already have the reports from the Russian Research Center on the progression of the vaccine.
If we are convinced that this is a serious product, we will also review negotiations to begin.
But I don’t need to idiot anybody. The professional staff of the ministry paints there continuously. The vaccine may not arrive tomorrow.
Singapore reported 42 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, its lowest number in about 4 and a half months, Reuters reports.
The city-state crashed in mid-April after major epidemics in the overcrowded dormitories of migrant staff took their workload to one of Asia’s highest.
At the same time, Indonesia reported 1,942 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections shown in the country to 130,718, according to the knowledge of the government’s Ministry of Health website.
The Southeast Asian country also added 79 new deaths, bringing the total to 5903, the number of DEATHS from COVID-19 in Southeast Asia.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said allegations that the Russian COVID-19 vaccine were uncertain were unfounded and competitively motivated, Reuters said the Interfax news agency mentioned.
On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing.
The use of a mask is mandatory on Wednesday in all public places in Brussels as the number of COVID-19 infections increased, Reuters reports.
The Belgian capital, home to the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, recorded an average of 50 instances consisting of a population of 100,000 consistent with last week’ day, making it one of the most affected cities in Europe.
Everyone in the city, which has a population of 1.2 million, will now have to wear a mask in parks, streets or other public places, as well as in personal spaces available to the public, the regional government said.
Until now, masks were mandatory in crowded public spaces and enclosed sites, such as grocery shopping malls.
Polio vaccination campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the last two countries where polio is endemic in the world, after an “increase” in cases.
The pandemic ended campaigns in both countries in March and showed cases that have now reached 34 in Afghanistan and 63 in Pakistan, where cases were reported in parts of the country in the on-the-go past of the disease.
According to the Afghan Ministry of Health, the maximum of this year’s new cases have been recorded in the southern provinces. “It’s a wave,” said Akmal Samsour, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
Added:
This is because we have not conducted a door-to-door vaccination crusade in the last 3 months because the ministry involved that volunteers who vaccinate young people would contribute to the spread of the virus [Covid-19].
After the coronavirus left about 50 million young people without the polio vaccine, polio immunization systems restarted in 3 provinces of Afghanistan in July, with a momentary crusade covering nearly part of the country scheduled to begin this month. In Pakistan, a first circular of vaccinations took place at the end of July, covering some 780,000 young people, with a national crusade planned later this month.
Pakistan’s government said a three-day crusade would be introduced in the country’s top districts, such as a five-day crusade in Karachi, Peshawar, Khyber and Quetta.
Victoria recorded her highest number of deaths on the night of Covid-19, with 21 deaths and 410 new instances announced on Wednesday, while Prime Minister Daniel Andrews expressed fear of ongoing cases of aged care and death, as well as an increase in disability cases among fitness workers. Array and in regional areas.
Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the largest accumulation of infections in 3 days, Reuters reports.
Victoria reported 21 deaths, two more than the deadliest days after this week, and 410 new cases in the last 24 hours. The new instances end a three-day streak with new infections below 400 and generate hope that a momentary wave in Victoria will simply stabilize.
An infection organization in Melbourne, Australia’s Victorian capital and second-largest city, forced the government last week to impose a night-snout, tighten restrictions on people’s day-to-day lives, and order the closure of much of the state’s economy.
Victoria’s Prime Minister Daniel Andrews said that while the number of cases was reduced, the effect of the new strict blocking measures was not yet evident in the figures.
He reporters:
We all know that a week is the life cycle of this virusArray … and our experts remain convinced that this will reduce the numbers.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Wednesday that the Russian COVID-19 vaccine had been sufficiently tested, Reuters reports.
But Moscow’s resolution to grant approval before the final judgments are over has raised concerns.
Radio Spahn Deutschlandfunk:
It can be harmful to start vaccinating millions, if not billions, of other people too soon, as this may end up with the acceptance of vaccination if there is a problem. That’s why I’m very skeptical about what’s happening in Russia.
I would be satisfied if we had a premium vaccine, but in everything we know, and that is the basic problem, that is, the Russians do not tell us much, this has not been sufficiently proven.
Spahn added that it was crucial, including a pandemic, conducting proper studies and testing and making public the effects of giving people confidence in the vaccine.
If you need to know more about the UK economy that is entering the internal crisis recorded, check out the business blog.
The UK economy has officially been in recession for the first time since the 2008 currency crisis, as the coronavirus pandemic plunged the country into the most domestic recession ever recorded.
The Office for National Statistics reported that gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic prosperity, fell by 20.4% in the 3 months through the end of June, the largest quarterly drop since comparable records began in 1955.
After a 2.2% drop in the first quarter, figures see that the UK economy collapsed into recession after the March epidemic and the government imposed a national blockade to involve it. Economists see two consecutive quarters of GDP decline as the technical definition of a recession.
However, monthly economic figures show that the UK economy continued to leave the June pandemic, with blocking measures gradually softening and a repressed call to drive a build-up in customer spending. GDP grew by 8.7% during the month, faster than expected by the City’s economists.
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