Look, the Auckland blockade has run until Sunday. Credits: Video – Newshub; Image – Getty.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed the FDA’s “emergency approval” of a coronavirus remedy that uses blood plasma from recovered patients, a day after accusing him of obstructing the deployment of vaccines and remedies for political reasons.
According to Worldometer, there have been 23.6 million COVID-19 infections worldwide, while another 814,000 people have died as a result of the disease.
Europe
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday asked parents to send their children back to school after the summer holidays, which he sees as a key step in helping the country and its economy get out of the lockdown.
In the coming days, the French government will take Britain’s resolve to impose 14 days on all arrivals from France.
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin has asked EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan to give the public absolute assurance that he violated COVID-19 regulations when he went to a golf dinner that caused outrage in his local Ireland.
Americas
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil exceeded 3.6 million after reporting 23421 new cases and 494 more deaths on Sunday, while Mexico reported 226 more deaths, ending the week with 3,723 deaths, the lowest overall in more than two months.
Peruvian government officials have convicted a nightclub owner after at least thirteen other people were crushed or suffocated when revelers tried to flee a party attacked by police for violating restrictions on coronaviruses.
Asia Pacific
South Korea’s capital, Seoul, ordered the use of masks in public and indoor places for the first time while fighting for construction in cases.
Tokyo reported new cases on Monday, its lowest low in a day since July 8.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has finished closing the country’s largest city until the end of this week and has brought the mandatory use of a mask on public transport across the country.
Australia’s most populous state at the time, Victoria, has reported 15 deaths in the last 24 hours and 116 cases, the lowest buildup of new infections in seven weeks.
Middle East and Africa
Some Israelis, fearing quarantine after being accidentally near a coronavirus carrier, become untraceable in public by changing their cell phones in “airplane mode” or using prepaid “recorder” SIM cards instead.
Saudi public sector painters will repaint on the floor on August 30, state television reported on Saturday, and mentioned to the Ministry of Human Resources, which will ease additional restrictions on coronaviruses.
Medical developments
Some 172 countries are committed to the WHO-led COVAX plan, designed to make certain vaccines fair to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said, but more investment is urgently needed.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Sunday that it is authorizing the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a remedy for the disease.
Italy presented human trials of a vaccine on Monday, joining a global effort to expand the reaction to the virus.
Economic impact
Stock markets won direct consultation for a moment on Monday, as hopes for a solution to the coronavirus increased threat assets.
Nigeria’s economy rose 6.1% in the last quarter of 2020, as blockades on its two major cities and low oil costs wreaked havoc.
Irish customer confidence declined in August after local closures and tighter national restrictions, which, according to survey authors, may lead some to think again about the length of the outage.
Reuters