Canada is “aggressively negotiating” drug brands on the delivery schedules for potential VACCINEs opposed to COVID-19 and shipments would begin in early 2021 with existing agreements, Canada’s Minister of Utilities and Procurement told reuters news agency.
The Canadian government has announced 4 vaccine procurement agreements and is negotiating more, while investing less complex local projects and strengthening the ability to manufacture new vaccines at a facility in Montreal.
The huge temples and pyramids of Teotihuacán, one of Mexico’s top tourist destinations, have reopened visitors, more than five months after closing.
A drip of tourists can be noticed in the morning along the main road of the ancient city, the so-called Avenue of the Dead, were not allowed to climb the 3 highest pyramids of the site.
Nigerian-based doctors suspended a strike to give the government time to respond to its demands for wages and execution situations amid the coronavirus, the head of the doctors’ union said.
The National Association of Resident Physicians has to suspend the strike “so that the government has time to respond to our demands,” Aliyu Sokomba, president of the union, said in a WhatsApp message to Reuters.
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Greece has reported 372 new cases of coronavirus, its highest number since the onset of the epidemic in the country.
The backlog of cases in the past brought the total number of cases in Greece to 12,452 and 297 deaths since its first case appeared last February.
Of the new cases, 114 were caused by an outbreak of COVID-19 infections at a food processing plant in northern Greece, and 133 were added in the Athens region, fitness said.
The authorities have closed a number one school in the Basque Country region of Spain after several teachers tested positive for COVID-19, the first to completely close the week when the study rooms were over the country.
The government has been criticized through teachers’ unions and parent teams for proposing fitness and protection plans at the last minute, however, Education Minister Isabel Celaa said the reopening had gone very well, with instances detected in a few dozen places.
The U. S. Senate has not been able to do so. But it’s not the first time He eliminated a $300 coronavirus bill written through Republican Senate leaders after Democrats blocked the move in a procedural vote.
The Senate voted 52-47 to advance the bill, less than 60 votes to continue the debate on the measure.
France reported 9843 new cases of coronavirus, setting a record point for infections, six days after the previous record of 8975.
Since the beginning of the month, new instances have increased through an average of 7,292 instances consistent with the day, a figure that eclipses the record average of 3,003 recorded in August.
Portugal has been added to the list of countries from which travellers should be quarantined when entering the UK, said UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps.
Anyone arriving in England from Portugal, with the exception of Azores and Madeira, after four in the morning, will have to isolate themselves for four days, he said on Twitter.
Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion have also been removed from the Travel Corridor of England, or Safe Travel List, while Sweden has been added to the Safe List.
Portugal has accepted stricter restrictions on infection before the start of the school year.
The ministers have new regulations that will take effect from Tuesday, adding the restriction of demonstrations to another 10 people instead of 20 in the past, a measure that has already been in force in the capital, Lisbon, since last June.
In addition, by extending a measure from the capital, the sale of alcohol from 20 hours as entry into public spaces will be prohibited.
Sports facilities will remain closed to enthusiasts before the start of the football championship next week.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres requested another $35 billion, totaling $15 billion over the next 3 months for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “ACT Accelerator” programme for COVID-19 vaccines, remedies and diagnostics.
So far about $3 billion has been paid, Guterres said at an online event, calling it “initial funding” that accounted for less than 10% of whom for the program.
So far, financial aid has been scheduled, as countries or governments add the contribution of the EU, the UK, Japan and the US. But it’s not the first time Bilateral vaccine agreements, which led Guterres and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to advocate for country contributions.
The rupture of AstraZeneca from an experimental coronavirus vaccine after a participant’s illness is a “call for attention,” but it does not discourage researchers, who said.
“It is a wake-up call to recognize that there are ups and downs in clinical progression and that we want to be prepared,” Soumya Swaminathan said in a virtual briefing from Geneva.
The United Arab Emirates says coronavirus instances have quintuple for a month and has warned citizens to adhere to the measures.
The case count is 930, said Farida al-Hosani, spokesman for the United Arab Emirates fitness sector, up from 179 August 10.
Jordan showed the first 3 cases of coronavirus in the country’s largest camp for Syrian refugees, days after finding two cases in a smaller camp.
Two of the cases in the Zaatari camp were Jordanians running there and the third a Syrian refugee reported, Mamlaka TV, the governor of the Mafraq region, Yasser al-Adwan.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said in a statement that the inflamed refugee had been sent to an isolation zone and that contacts were being recorded in the camp, where some 77,000 Syrians live.
Former Turkish Parliament President Bulent Arinc and his wife, Munevver Arinc, were tested for the new coronavirus.
They are in solid condition and the couple is remote at home under the supervision of a doctor, he added.
Norway will avoid relieving coronavirus brakes for now and would possibly be forced to reduce the strictest measures after a recent buildup of coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said at a press conference.
The number of other people allowed in public meetings can be reduced to five of the existing 200, and the maximum allowed on personal occasions to five to ten more people to 20 existing ones, Solberg said.
Universities, which reopened with face-to-face courses in August, may be invited to return to teaching completely online, he said.
Previous projects to allow non-professional adults in the league to participate in contact sports such as football remain unresolved for the time being.
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it would eliminate about 4,300 jobs, about 20% of jobs, due to the devastating effect of coronavirus, and warned that any recovery would be “long and complete of uncertainty. “
SIA is the newest airline to announce mass layoffs as the global aviation industry faces the biggest crisis in its history due to restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus.
The city-state flag bearer said some 1,900 jobs had already been eliminated in months.
Uganda will reopen its foreign airport to announce flights on 1 October, more than five months after its closure to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the East African country.
The resolution is the latest in a series of steps taken by the government of President Yoweri Museveni to lift one of the tightest closures in Africa and rejuvenate the economy, which has been seriously affected by the shutdown.
The commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Colonel General Ruslan Homchak, conducted COVID-19 tests and will spend 14 days in isolation, the country’s army said.
Ukraine has reported the highest levels of COVID-19 infection in recent weeks. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic now exceeds 145,000, adding more than 3,000 deaths.
AstraZeneca still knows before the end of the year if his experimental COVID-19 vaccine is working, said drug manufacturer General Manager Pascal Soriot, provided he can resume testing soon.
The British company suspended complex trials this week after a player in the UK allegedly suffered symptoms related to transverse myelitis, a rare inflammatory spinal disorder.
The Serum Institute of India has suspended trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 candidate vaccine until the British drug manufacturer restarts testing.
AstraZeneca said Tuesday that he had suspended trials of his experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained disease in a participant, but his spouse Serum said at the time that trials in India were underway.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health has reported 195 new cases of coronavirus and the death of a six-month-old baby from the virus.
Since March, the number of infections in Gaza has increased to 1,551, 10 deaths and 114 cures.
Austria has reported 664 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the largest accumulation since last March.
Of the new cases, 387 in Vienna, the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement.
Quiet spaces in high-risk indoor spaces can simply decrease the spread of coronavirus, the researchers said, after an examination showed that speaking quietly can decrease its spread.
A relief of six decibels in average vocal degrees can have the same effect as doubling the ventilation of a room, scientists said Wednesday in an initial of an article detailing their study.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced at a coronavirus briefing on Wednesday a “lunar plan” for “COVID-free passports” that would allow other people with negative tests to resume a general life.
The plan comes to massive tests – with effects returned within about 20 minutes – a negative result that allows sites such as theaters or football stadiums, among others.
In reaction to Johnson’s claims, Dr. Chaand Nagpaul of the British Medical Association said there were “big problems” with the lab’s ability and that he was not sure the prime minister’s strategy could work.
Australia’s conservative government has clashed with state legislators on how to temporarily ease restrictions on coronaviruses, while the number of new instances of COVID-19 has been declining.
In March, Australia established a national cabinet of federal, state, and territorial leaders to coordinate disease measures, such as definitive borders, school deferment, and final business.
This has helped Australia record fewer infections and deaths than many other evolved countries. Divisions within the national cupboard are emerging at a time when infection rates are declining.
New cases of coronavirus in South Korea have remained below two hundred per eighth day, suggesting that the recent resurgence is slowing amid strict rules of estating.
The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 155 more cases in more than 24 hours, bringing the national recorded count to 21,743, with 346 deaths, since the start of the pandemic.
Blockades cannot be governed in regions of France where COVID-19 infections are spreading, the government is trying to prevent it, a government adviser said.
“We’ll have to do everything in our power to avoid local lockdown. the government over the epidemic, told RTL radio.
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A study published in Nature indicates that the United States has a “substantial underestimation” of coronavirus cases due to its restrictions on testing, and the actual figure may be 3 to 20 times higher.
The United States primarily evaluates others with moderate to severe symptoms, so those with mild or non-existent symptoms are rarely tested, researchers, led by Sean Wu of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley, have been tested.
The team analyzed verification rates in the state between February and April and corrected incomplete and erroneous verifications. He found differences between states, with higher verification rates in the Northwest and Northeast and decreasing degrees in the South and Midwest.
Singapore will start distributing its TraceTogether token, a touch tracking device, starting Monday. Token usage is not mandatory, but it is loose for anyone who needs it.
The city-state already has a touch tracking app, but the token, which also uses Bluetooth to track movements, doesn’t want a smartphone. The initial distribution will take place in spaces with a giant number of older people.
India has reported some other record of coronavirus cases, and the Ministry of Health has confirmed 95735 cases in the last 24 hours.
Another 1,172 people in India also died from the virus, the ministry said.
The killings of the “war on drugs” in the Philippines increase the pandemic, according to official data.
Human Rights Watch says knowledge from the Philippine Drug En against Drugs agency showed that another 155 people died in the 4 months of April to July, at 103 between December and March.
The government has imposed a series of other serious closures and quarantines since March 16. He says another 5,810 people have been killed in President Duterte’s drug crackdown since he took them in 2016, but human rights teams say the real figure is much higher.
In a room inside a Taoist monastery on a hillside in China’s Shandong Province, there is a collection of 558 commemorative tablets with the names and cities of origin of those who died after contracting the coronavirus or in the fight against the pandemic.
Some, such as Li Wenliang, are well-known names in China, while others, such as Liu Hewei, are not.
“Whatever your faith or beliefs, your spirit deserves to be transmitted. In fact, they live in our hearts,” said Taoist priest Liang Xingyang, who began collecting samples on January 29, shortly after the Chinese government announced that the virus could simply pass. between humans.
An initial examination found that the headaches, confusion, and delirium experienced by some COVID-19 patients may be the result of direct coronavirus invasion of the brain.
According to the document, led by Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, the virus is able to replicate internally in the brain and its presence deprives near-Earth brain cells of oxygen. The prevalence of this is still clear.
Andrew Josephson, director of the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, said that “understanding whether or not direct viral participation of the brain exists is incredibly important. “But he added that he would remain cautious until the document was published. -revised.
Australia’s fitness minister said The State of Victoria deserves to lift a curfew in Melbourne if it hasn’t been imposed for fitness reasons.
The state was under pressure on curfew from 8 p. m. at five a. m. (10 a. m. to 7 p. m. GMT), one of many strict measures imposed to quell a coronavirus outbreak that arose in early August, since the fitness officer told local radio, had not advised the policy.
State Prime Minister Daniel Andrews said the curfew had been put in position to make the other lockout measures less difficult for the police, which will remain in place until September 28. The curfew has fueled many discussions on social media.
Japanese broadcaster NHK said Tokyo is contemplating reducing the alert point in the capital as instances improve.
The capital has been up to the level lately.
At the national level, officials will meet on Friday to ease restrictions on large-scale events.
Within six months of the coronavirus pandemic declaration, the most vulnerable young people were disproportionately lost to education, physical care and food, and were at greater threat of protection, according to a new global survey through Save the Children.
The survey, based on the delight of 25,000 young people and their caregivers in 37 countries, revealed:
“To prevent an entire generation of young people from wasting a healthy and strong future, the world urgently wants to intensify debt relief in low-income countries and fragile states so that they can invest in the lives of their young people,” Inger Ashing said. , CEO of Save the Children, said in a statement.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said Indonesia’s capital would return to lockdown as efforts intensified to deal with what it described as an “emergency, more urgent than the onset of the pandemic” because models showed that hospitals in the capital would be hit on 17 September if no action is taken.
Starting Monday, all offices will be closed to corporations in 11 “essential” areas. Entertainment venues will be closed and all meetings prohibited. Religious occasions will only be allowed at the point of the village for others living in the area, he added.
Indonesia recorded 8,336 coronavirus deaths, the highest in Southeast Asia.
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