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(Bloomberg) – Just a few weeks after the start of school reopening, American schools are rampant groups of Covid-19 infections, whether medical or political crises.The U.S. unemployment rate is a high rate of unemployment. But it’s not the first time It fell below 10% in August for the first time since March.New York instances are moving slowly.
The UK, France, Italy and Spain have reported record cases since the spring outbreak in Europe. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized in Milan after testing positive for Covid-19.
New Zealand has reported its first viral death in more than 3 months.In India, the pandemic continued to grow, bringing the total number of cases to nearly four million.The vaccine proposed throughOut Russia provoked an antibody reaction in the first trials and had no serious side effects, according to early peer-reviewed data.
Key developments:
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California’s positivity rate falls below 5% (2:20 p.m.NY)
The average 14-day test positivity rate in California fell below 5% for the first time since June, to 4.9%, according to state fitness data.Hospitalizations also continued to decline, reducing 2.5% to 3,513 patients.peak in July.
The most populous state recorded 5,106 new cases, about the average of 14 days.There were 163 new deaths from the virus, more than the daily average of 119 for two weeks, bringing the total number of deaths in California to 13,490.
Illinois Instances After Knowledge Slowdown (2:15 p.m., NY)
On Friday, the new number of cases in Illinois increased to 5,368, 3 times Thursday’s figure, due to a previous “knowledge processing slowdown” earlier this week at the state Department of Public Health.Aggregate knowledge reports were affected for up to 48 hours due to a “large volume of emails made in Illinois,” the branch said.
The slowdown, now fixed, delayed the publication of aggregate figures but not the communication of positive or negative effects to people, depending on the state.California and Texas have also solved counting problems.
Illinois reported 29 more Covid-19 deaths on Friday, up from 25 on Thursday, with a variable positivity rate of 7 days of 4.1%, up from 4.4% the previous day.
N.J. Transmission Speed (1:35 p.m. NY)
New Jersey’s business is expanding again, just as the state has reopened dining rooms and indoor theaters.The transmission rate, which measures the number of other people inflamed through a positive user to Covid-19, exceeded 1 for the first time in two weeks, achieving 1.03.
This is a precautionary sign, as some schools are able to start next week.Public schools have basically opted for distance education or a combination of face-to-face and electronic courses.Approximately 10% of the state’s nearly six hundred school districts will have face-to-face classes.
On Friday, the state reported 15,978 deaths with probable and laboratory-confirmed links Covid-19.Se recorded seven deaths in the 24 hours.
Russian mortality increased in July (1:20 p.m. NY)
The number of deaths in Russia in July increased by 20% compared to last year, about one-third of the increase came from Covid-19 patients.The Federal Statistics Service estimated the total number of virus-like deaths that month at 10,079, more than double the 4,643 initially reported through the authorities.The firm reported 12,335 virus-like deaths in June.
Russia has faced questions about the small number of deaths it records compared to other countries with primary outbreaks of the disease.Earlier this week, Russia became the fourth country in the world to report more than a million cases of the disease.according to the most recent report, 29,925 more Russians died in July compared to the previous year.
France: instances since March (12:46 NY)
France reported 8,975 new cases on Friday, the largest accumulation since the outbreak began.
The number of positive cases in France had a higher August and accelerated further this week with more than 7,000 cases in line with Wednesday and Thursday.The previous record was 7578 cases on March 31.
This increase is due, at least in part, to the increase in tests carried out in France to more than one million compared to the week.The increase in hospitalizations has been much slower, with the number of patients in the coronavirus wards expanding to 4,671 since 4643 in the last 24 hours.The number of patients in the intensive care building increased from 464 to 473.At the height of the outbreak in early April, more than 7,000 patients were in resuscitation in one day.
The French government has suggested that citizens respect stricter regulations on the use of masks in public and especially in enclosed spaces.”Wearing a mask is altruistic: it protects us through other protectors,” the Ministry of Health said.
WHO expects vaccine by mid-year (12:40 nY)
The first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine are likely to become available in countries at the time or third trimester of next year, Soumya Swaminathan, a leading scientist at the World Health Organization, said at a briefing in Geneva., countries will not have enough for everyone and will have to prioritize them for high-risk populations.
“This is a very positive scenario,” he said, as there are more than 30 candidate vaccines in clinical trials and more than nine are in the third phase of clinical trials.As a general rule, vaccine applicants have a 1 in 10 chance of Phase 3 testing takes several months because thousands of people want to register and receive two doses, and while some steps can be accelerated, others do not.
In addition, TEdros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of WHO, said the Covax programme, which studies nine candidate vaccines, was considering adding 4 more and comparing nine others in the early stages of development.He also said that other people who oppose Vaccines analyze their history and how they eliminated smallpox, virtually eliminated polio and helped end Ebola.
The New York business grows back (12:35 p.m.NY)
Virus cases in New York progress slowly, the state’s positivity rate remains below 1%.
Of the more than 93,000 tests conducted on Thursday, 0.92% tested positive.The state has reported more than 800 cases in each of the last two days, the last daily cases being more than 800 at the end of July, there were 428 hospitalizations and five virus-like deaths, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.Friday press release.
The state’s wallet is watching its rates go up. Cuomo’s administration last week sent a SWAT team and immediate machines to west New York to track a case organization, adding several from a food processing plant.Among Thursday’s in the region, 1.6% were positive, according to data from the state of Los Angeles.
The number of cases is also higher in Mohawk Valley, where 1.5% of the tests returned.ArraySUNY Oneonta, a state school in the region, announced Thursday that it would send all students home after more than 500 cases were reported.
The infection rate in New York was 0.7% on Thursday, according to Cuomo’s office.
Moderate Arizona after a one-day increase (12:31 nY)
Arizona reported 728 new instances of the virus on Friday, an accumulation of 0.4% to 204681 which is higher than the average accumulation of 0.3% from the past seven days, an improvement after a peak of 1,091 instances on Thursday.
Positive effects were also reduced to 5.2% after 3 consecutive two-digit days.The Arizona Department of Health Services recorded 41 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 5,171 across the country.
Florida rhythm, deaths are solid (12:23 nY)
Florida reported 640,211 instances on Friday, 0.5% more than the previous day, compared to an average 0.6% increase over the past seven days, a replacement for 3,198 new instances, according to the fitness branch report, which includes information through Thursday..
Deaths among Floridans reached 11,750, an increase of 100, or 0.9%, and the seven-day movement overall was 793, a slight increase from two days earlier, when it reached the lowest weekly level since July 19.consistent with the week, and takes even longer to reflect on the data.
Reliable spit tests show studies (12:00 nY)
Recently, two new studies have advocated the choice of Covid-19 invasive evidence that requires a deep digit sample.Saliva samples, according to both studies, were almost as reliable and much less complicated.
Anne Wyllie, a researcher at the Yale School of Public Health and director of one of the studies, said she hoped the paintings would help calm some of the saliva critics.
“There’s been a lot of debate about saliva as opposed to the swab,” he says.”I think some of them are not completely justified.”
Spain’s instances have been since April (11:58 a.m., NY)
Daily coronavirus infections in Spain have reached their highest point in about 4 months as the country battles new epidemics.
There have been 4,503 new instances in the last 24 hours, up from 3,607 on Thursday, the Ministry of Health, the highest since April 23, was announced on Friday when 4,635 infections were recorded.
Spain has more cases consistent with the capita than any other European country.Infections have increased since mid-July, as restrictions subsided and others grew further away from hygiene and social remoteness patterns., considerations are being developed that occasions can simply get out of hand.
Italy Announces Four Months (11:45 a.m. NY)
On Friday 1733, Italy reported new cases of coronavirus, the maximum since 2 May, according to knowledge on the website of the Ministry of Health.
Accumulation occurred when tests reached a record 113,085, 11 more deaths have been reported since Thursday and the total number of cases reported since late February has increased to 274,644
Although the numbers are still far from the pandemic peak of 6,557 new infections in a day on March 21, they are higher in the week.A total of 35518 people died of coronavirus in Italy.
Virus tears on U.S. campuses (11:43 a.m.NY)
Just weeks into the educational year, American schools are rampant clusters of Covid-19 infections, be they medical or political crises.
Oneonta State University, in central New York, said Thursday it would send fellows home as Covid-19 rates rose. On the same day, Temple University in Philadelphia resigned. Like Colorado College earlier in the week. At the University of Alabama, 1,200 of 38,500 academics are inflamed, and the University of South Carolina’s positive verification rate has surpassed 27%. Even the University of Illinois, a pioneer in saliva verification for academics, had to implore them to avoid the festivities and higher patrols after locating more than 700 positives. cases.
Administrators are under intense pressure to keep schools running, which provides a semblance of educational and sports normalcy: President Donald Trump has said that canceling football games would be a “tragic mistake.” communities.
“We’re seeing these mini-experiments take a position across the country,” said Brian Fisher, a PolicyLab researcher at Philadelphia Children’s Hospital, who modeled the spread of Covid-19.”It remains to be noticed on some campuses whether they will control their epidemics.”
Coronavirus cases in the UK are as of May (11:34 a.m., NY)
The UK has reported 1,940 new cases, since May 30. The total is now 342,351. The reproduction rate, or R number, is between 0.9 and 1.1, the government said today. The expansion rate varies from -1% to 2%.
Ten other people died in the UK within 28 days of the positive test, bringing the total to 41,537.
First death in New Zealand (11:20 a.m. NY)
New Zealand reported his first death in more than 3 months amid an increase in cases: a 50-year-old man died in an Auckland hospital, which raised the total number of Covid deaths to 23, according to the website.
The country was free of Covid for more than a hundred days until cases were reported in Auckland in mid-August. All of New Zealand is on Alert 2, which includes mask and social distancing requirements; with more restrictions on Auckland’s domain on social gatherings.
New Virus Forecast (11:06 a.m., NY)
The U.S. may see the number of U.S. deaths from Covid-19 rising to 410,451 during the new year, with bloodless weather expanding the numbers, according to a forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation of the United States. the Faculty of Medicine of the University. from Washington.
That number is the maximum likely situation if the use of masks and social estating are kept at the same point as today, the institute reported.It also notes that the virus has followed seasonal patterns to pneumonia.If this is maintained, northern countries can anticipate more cases in overdue autumn and winter, resulting in more deaths.
More than 186,000 people died in the United States.In June, the institute predicted that the country would not exceed 180,000 deaths until October 1.
Dutch Venture to Make Masks (10:50 a.m. NY)
VDL Groep and Royal DSM have set up a joint venture that will produce medical masks in the Netherlands.The new company will make Europe less dependent on foreign materials, Dutch multinationals say in a joint statement.The plant at the moment that will produce “critical components of face masks” will be operational in April 2021.
New Delhi Airport will begin testing for Covid (9:47 a.m.NY)
New Delhi International Airport plans to launch an on-site Covid verification facility, the first in India, to monitor incoming foreign passengers within days, according to a statement released Friday through the company that operates the airport. . The effects of the controls will be known in 4 to 6 hours. Those who test negative will be exempt from quarantine and continue their journey, he said.
Prague tightens the rules after the business boom (8:46 a.m.NY)
Prague has tightened social distancing regulations after a record rise in the number of Covid-19 cases made the Czech capital the hotbed of the country’s most important pandemic. The face mask will be mandatory at points of sale and shopping centers starting Wednesday, as well as in schools the following week, the fitness authority for the city of 1.3 million people announced on Friday. Restaurants, bars and clubs will close at midnight. Four members of the wardrobe, in addition to the Minister of Health, Adam Vojtech, are isolated due to contact with inflamed people.
The recovery of the U.S. task market.Continues in August (8:30 a.m.NY)
The uptick in the U.S. hard labor market is a rebound in the US hard work market.But it’s not the first time It continued for a fourth month in August, providing hope that the economy can do so despite a persistent pandemic and Washington’s stagnation over increased government assistance to unemployed Americans and small businesses.
Non-agricultural staffing rose to 1.37 million, adding up to the recruitment of 238,000 transitional census officers, according to a report by Friday’s Department of Labor.The unemployment rate fell more than expected, from nearly 2 points to 8.4%.
EU Takes Steps to Restrict Risk of Internal Displacement Disorders (8:09 a.m. NY)
European Union regulators have proposed tactics for the governments of the 27-country bloc to cooperate more strongly in coronavirus-induced restrictions.The proposals, which will be approved by member states, come with criteria and thresholds not unusual for member countries when deciding to impose restrictions, and a non-unusual framework for measures implemented from areas of greatest threat.
“For the many citizens who depend on friction every day, the cacophony of national regulations in the EU is overwhelming. We need to simplify things, ”said European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in Brussels on Friday.
Study the highest proportion of antibodies in South Africa (8:02 a.m., NY)
An examination by others who visited public health conditioning services for prenatal care and the HIV testing regimen in the Cape region found that 40% of respondents had antibodies to coronavirus.The researchers noted that the effects were initial and in a sessed pattern of 2700 other people in the Western Cape province of South Africa who are not representative of the general population.
However, the study, the first of its kind, suggests that “especially in the poorest communities, a large proportion of others have been exposed and inflamed with Covid-19,” said Mary-Ann Davies, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology.and Research at the University of Cape Town.
Scientists say deaths in The U.S.They can double until the end of the year (7:39 a.m.NY)
Scientists at the University of Washington expect deaths from Covid-19 in the United States to more than double through January 1 to hit 410,000.
The death toll could be reduced to 288,381 if almost everyone wears a mask and governments have implemented social estating measures when deaths exceed 8, equivalent to one million, the university’s Institute for Health Measurement and Assessment said.Said.
Virgin Atlantic plans task cuts (7:25 a.m., NY)
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. will cut another 1,150 jobs to maintain cash, as demand for long-haul flights remains depressed and Britain puts an end to its paint licensing programme.4,700, or approximately 45% of Array Hundreds’ cabin equipment will also be put into reserve, so the total will be part of its pre-virus size.
“This is the harsh truth now facing the aviation industry as a whole,” EXECUTIVE Chairman Shai Weiss said Friday in an interview with Bloomberg TV.”Our task is to protect as many tasks as possible, but to make sure virgin Atlantic survives.”
The resolution was announced less than 24 hours after Virgin Atlantic obtained final legal approval for a ransom of 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) than the Crawley, England-based airline said it was essential to survive the pandemic.
The EU is ready to conclude talks with BioNTech (7:20 a.m. NY)
“We have completed a portfolio with six promising vaccine candidates,” EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides told the bloc’s fitness ministers on Friday, mentioning the advance acquisition agreement signed with AstraZeneca and the conclusion of the exploratory conversations with Sanofi.GSK, Johnson
“We are also very close to concluding with BioNTech,” she said, according to a copy of her statements.The bloc’s fitness leader suggested ministers go up the Commission’s crisis reaction fund to fund more pharmaceutical agreements.
The Russian Covid vaccine produces an immune reaction (7:10 a.m.NY)
The Covid-19 vaccine proposed by Russia induced an antibody reaction in all participants in the early trials and did not discover serious adverse effects, according to initial peer-reviewed knowledge of the studies in the debatable project.
The vaccine also produced a reaction on mobile T, a type of white blood cell phone that is helping the immune formula destroy the infection, based on the initial effects of phase 1 and 2 trials published in the medical journal Lancet on Friday.In the past, Russian officials had made very similar statements about the shooting, before being reviewed by outdoor experts.
The vaccine would possibly mark a “top” for Equity Rally: BofA (6:25 a.m.NY)
The announcement of a Covid-19 vaccine would likely mark the “big peak” of the uptick in the stock and credit markets, according to Bank of America Corp.Confirmation of progress and a primary recovery in employment is needed to limit the uptick, strategists led through Michael Hartnett said they point out that while the market consensus is bullish, asset positioning remains impartial than overly optimistic.
Saunders says additional relaxation of BOE (6 a.m., NY) would possibly be needed
Most likely, the Bank of England wants to ease financial policy further to help combat the economic toll of the coronavirus, according to Michael Saunders, head of the central bank.
Saunders, who sits on the BOE’s rate-setting committee, said in a speech Friday that the dangers to the central bank’s expansion forecast lie in the problem and that the bank “leans heavily” to oppose such threats. The pound fell first and gilts cut losses as Saunders spoke.
On Friday, Saunders said unemployment is expected to rise, especially as the government’s wage program ends and demand remains weak. The BOE predicted that the unemployment rate would nearly double to 7.5% through the end of the year, the biggest increase in at least 50 years, which it said remains “very plausible.”
Philippines in talks with Pfizer, Sinovac (5:10 p.m. MT)
The Philippines will meet on Friday with representatives of Pfizer Inc.and the Russian Embassy in the search for Covid-19 vaccines to combat the worst epidemic in Southeast Asia.trials and the source of vaccines to Sinovac Biotech Co.Ltd., Undersecretary of Health Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday at a virtual briefing.
Medications that diabetes and obesity can treat Covid (4:10 p.m.MT)
Novo Nordisk A/S, the Danish drug manufacturer, is investigating whether a new drug elegance that is helping others lose weight and diabetes also has prospects in the fight against Covid-19.
Research shows that other people with obesity and diabetes do worse to triumph over SARS-CoV-2. Initial investigation of electronic medical records shows that GLP-1 drugs, which help patients control their blood sugar, may simply be a “very significant therapy” to combat the disease, said Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, clinical director of Novo , In an interview. He pointed to evidence that the virus attacks cells that produce insulin, the hormone necessary for diabetic patients.
Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi is hospitalized (HK 15:53)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to a Milan hospital with symptoms of Covid-19 after testing positive this week. The 83-year-old leader of the Forza Italia party had moved home near the Italian monetary capital. His admission to the San Raffaele clinic is a precautionary measure and Berlusconi’s physical condition is a concern, a spokeswoman for the media mogul said on Friday.
Berlusconi, who controls Mediaset SpA, Italy’s largest advertising chain, recently returned from his vacation to the island of Sardinia and is campaigning for regional and September 20-21 elections. Italians will also vote in a referendum on reducing the number of legislators in Rome’s parliament.
Hungary New Infections (3:48 p.m. HK)
Hungary reported a record 459 coronavirus infections, and new cases most often affect young people.Active instances rose to 2,817, the government working group reported Friday, and the death toll increased from one to 621.
The average age of those who have contracted the virus so far in the fall is 26 years, compared to 67 spring of the first wave of the pandemic, said state press service MTI, which mentioned a public fitness official.
South Korea Extends Distance Regulations (2:21 p.m. HK)
Authorities will expand the strictest social estating restrictions in the Seoul region for a week until September 13, Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said.The country will also expand the national stages of point 2 of social estating over two weeks.September 20 to September 11.
Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun warned of the rush to ease restrictions and in all likelihood see some other resurgence of the virus.
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