The global death toll of COVID-19 on the brink of 1 million on Monday, less than a year since the new disease was first reported in central China before spreading to Europe, then shaking up the United States.
President Donald Trump has announced a plan to distribute 150 million tests, which one expert called “inadequate. “
In what was once the epicenter of the virus, New York reported an accumulation of instances over the weekend, watching its first day with more than 1,000 new instances for the first time since June. Most of the new instances are concentrated in the southern portions of the state and in New York.
“The key to these groups is to attack them quickly,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday at a press conference.
Meanwhile, while public fitness officials warned of the possible devastation that the COVID-19 flu season might have in the country’s fitness care system, a new national survey found that 1 in 3 parents say they will vaccinate their children against influenza this year.
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???? Today’s figures: The United States has reported more than 7. 1 million cases and 204,800 deaths, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins University. New case records have been established in Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, according to USA TODAY’s johns Hopkins Knowledge investigation. A record number of deaths have been reported in Alaska and North Dakota. Worldwide, there have been more than 33. 1 million cases and more than 999 billion deaths.
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President Donald Trump, under increasing pressure from a national build-up of coronavirus cases and tax reports, announced Monday a plan to distribute 150 million immediate COVID-19 evidence “in the coming weeks. “
At least one expert said it too little and too late.
The Trump administration last August announced a $760 million deal with Abbott Laboratories to provide antigen-based testing, which is faster but not as reliable as commonly used PCR testing. Trump said a hundred million Abbott tests would be sent to states and territories to reopen their economies and schools, and the rest to establishments serving vulnerable communities, adding retirement homes.
The United States has the highest cases of coronavirus (7. 14 million) and deaths (205,000) in any country in the world. According to the New York Times, the United States recorded a 23% increase in cases over the following week. until mid-September.
Dr. William Haseltine, a former Professor at Harvard Medical School known for his paintings on HIV/AIDS, told CNN that India has been tracking its population to the fullest with immediate testing for 2-3 months, and that a much richer country like the United States has done the same.
“It’s much more defeated than anything, but it’s not enough, even at its present point,” Haseltine said. “It has to be 10 times, 20 times that point to start making a genuine difference by putting a limit on this pandemic. “
New York City has noticed that coVID-19 instance groups cause an increase in the number of instances across the state in recent days, and Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that it would deploy COVID-19 immediate verification machines in target areas.
New York City on Saturday reported more than 1,000 new instances of coronavirus, the peak the state has noticed since early June, when the new number of instances declined since its April peak. The state reported 866 new instances on Sunday and its infection across the state. The rate also reached 1. 5% on Sunday, the point since July.
Most new instances are concentrated in the Mid-Hudson and Southern Tier regions. New York City also saw groups contributing to a general increase, with neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens of specific fear for fitness officials. Some communities have infection rates of up to 30%, and Cuomo said about two hundred postal code-based immediate verification machines with the highest infection rates will be manufactured.
– David Robinson
Public fitness experts are concerned that winter will bring seasonal influenza to the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, and a national survey shows that one in three parents say they are going to vaccinate their children against influenza this year.
“The pandemic seems to replace parents’ perspectives on the importance of the flu vaccine,” the survey’s research concluded. “This may be a double flu season this year, as the country is already facing a fatal viral disease with near-dual symptoms. “
The survey, published Monday through CS Mott Children’s Hospital for Medicine in Ann Arbor, also found that 14% of parents said they would not seek the flu vaccine because they kept young people away from sites. fitnesscare due to the threat of exposure to coronavirus. Others may not receive reminders to get vaccinated against the flu because child fitness service providers have limited the number of patients receiving in-person visits.
– Frank Witsil and Adrianna Rodriguez
The World Health Organization intends to distribute 120 million coronavirus diagnostic tests to low- and middle-income countries, according to a plan that still lacks full funding. WHO, which passed the emergency tests last week, said it had accepted the program with its partners on Monday.
Antigen-based checks cost $5 each, and the $600 million program, which can start in October, provides greater access in spaces where it is more difficult to get more accurate PCR controls commonly used in many richer nations. can result in 15 to 30 minutes.
Clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine are pending, and the Food and Drug Administration asks the manufacturer for more information about their device of administration.
Pharmaceutical company Inovio said Monday that its mid-level and complex trials for its candidate vaccine were “on partial clinical suspension” as it answers FDA questions and the company responds. The company stated that the delay was not due to the adverse effects of the prospective vaccine at the first level of its trial.
The company’s candidate vaccine is based on its Cellectra device, which uses small electric pulses to open the pores of the skin that allow DNA to enter the body. The company said it would answer questions in October and that the FDA will have 30 days to respond. .
Sweden’s fitness minister, the country’s technical architect to keep much of the country open amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Monday that the overall death figure of 1 million “is a small number compared to many other diseases that cause death. “
Anders Tegnell commented on the radio and added that “let’s not kid ourselves into thinking this is the only challenge we have in the world in terms of global health. “
Sweden, unlike many of its European neighbours, kept restaurants, gymnasiums, schools and other businesses and facilities open as the pandemic spread across the continent. Nordic neighbors.
Many teachers and families feared an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases when Florida controversially reopened schools in August with face-to-face education.
But research by USA TODAY shows that the number of positive cases in the state among young people between the age of five and 17 decreased until the end of September after a peak in July. Among the counties that recorded increases in all cases were college elders: not school-age children, who were the ones who ended up, according to research.
The first effects in Florida show the good fortune of dressing up in a serious mask, social esttachment, touches of isolation and immediate contact search if necessary, fitness experts said, but experts warn that the fact that schools were early does not mean they are the source of long-term problems. And they warned that they opposed reading knowledge as an explanation of why to reopen all schools or abandon security measures.
– Jayme Fraser, Mike Stucka, Emily Bloch, Rachel Fradette, Sommer Brugal
In a year like no other, even Santa can finish a job.
A visit to the mall on the lap of the cheerful old elf would possibly be some other culture eliminated through COVID-19, while cautious parents keep their children at home. And while this is bad news for young people, it can be worse for everyone. Santas who rely on concerts at decomposition retail stores and Workplace Christmas components to earn additional money or, in some cases, a giant component of their annual income.
“I have between 20 and 30 reservations, and now I have two,” said Mike Hadrych, 72, from Canoga Park, California, who made up to 70 appearances as Santa Claus in a year without getting married.
– Charisse Jones
Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered counties to allow restaurants and bars to re-open at full capacity, the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida exceeded 700,000 on Sunday, and the death toll reached 14,202.
State knowledge showed the new level in 700, 564, or approximately 10% of the national total of more than 7 million. While Florida remains one of the country’s hot spots, the number of new diagnoses increased from a peak of one month from 24864 in the week ended September 5 to 18227 recorded last week.
DeSantis claimed that the pandemic is far from over and that there may be a momentary wave of cases, but said the state has many hospital beds available if that happens. Closing the economy and leaving other people out of work said, it’s not going to prevent the virus. “I don’t think it’s viable. I don’t think it’s acceptable,” he said.
– Tony Doris, Palm Beach (Florida)
Prince Charles warned that up to 1 million young people in Britain might want “urgent help” for their long road from the havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic, while politicians debated whether to save British academics from returning home at Christmas.
The Prince of Wales said the social and economic crisis created by the coronavirus recalls the ups and downs of the 1970s, when young people performed one of the urgent up disorders facing British society.
“There has never been a time as complicated as the present, when the pandemic has perhaps left another million young people in an urgent need for assistance for their future,” he wrote in the Sunday Telegraph. “The task ahead of us is undeniably vast, but it is not second to none. “
Comments come when COVID-19 is accelerating across the UK, which has led the government to impose new restrictions.
The head of the New York union representing its directors suggested Sunday to the state that it adopt The School Formula of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Mark Cannizzaro, chairman of the Board of School Supervisors and Administrators, expressed his fear over the mayor’s plan that as many as 1. 1 million city academics would start showing up in study halls this week. Cannizzaro told the New York Times that the city does not have enough teachers for schools. But he also said that managers had no plans to strike.
“I think parents are certain that any child who arrives at a construction site will receive the greatest care,” Cannizzaro said. The union’s executive board voted unanimously against trust; City school officials said plans for elementary school students to return to elegance on Tuesday and for middle and high school students to return on Thursday remain in effect.
Mass vaccines opposed to COVID-19 are likely until next summer, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Sunday.
Swaminathan said the ideal vaccine would be at least 70% of those who are vaccinated, but that a popular minimum is 50%. The ideal vaccine would require only one vaccine and last several years, he said. consistent with predictions made through Dr. Anthony Fauci and other prominent American experts.
“By the time other people start getting vaccinated Array . . . it will be in mid-2021,” he said.
Contribute: The Associated Press