The Nikkei Asian Review tracks the spread of the new coronavirus from The city of Wuhan in central China.
Global instances reached 24,085,646, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The death toll has reached 824,230.
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Here are the advances (Tokyo time):
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Thursday, August 27
2:25 p.m. Cross-border cooperation on vaccines is on the rise as Southeast Asian countries seek supplies. Can Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s vaccine diplomacy with Russia and China kick-start the local pharma industry? Read more here.
1:19 p.m. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government makes the decision to make a larger request to alcohol service institutions and karaoke venues to shorten their opening hours until September 15, as part of efforts to stop the spread of the virus.
13:06 India reports the one-day peak of 75,760 cases, bringing the country’s COVID-19 total to 3.31 million. The death toll rose from 1023 to 60,472.
10:48 a.m. Australian business investment peaked in 4 years in the last quarter, as coronavirus blockades forced corporations to delay purchases of gadgets. But long-term spending plans have remained intact, a sign of recovery. In the June quarter, investment fell 5.9 percent to A$26.1 billion ($18.9 billion) and a 2.1 percent drop in the March quarter.
10:52 a.m. South Korea is registering 441 new cases, in just six months, up from 320 a day ago, bringing the country’s total to 18,706 with 313 deaths.
The Bank of Korea has cut its forecast of gross domestic product expansion to minus 1.3% this year. Despite this, the central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5%.
10:44 a.m. Profits from Chinese commercial corporations increased by 19.6% year-on-year to 589.5 billion yuan ($85.6 billion) in July, a sign that the economic recovery from the coronavirus surprise is consolidating. It is followed by a gain of 11.5% in June and the third consecutive month of profit expansion this year.
9:33 a.m. China reports 8 new ones on the continent as of August 26, up from 15 the day before.
9:12 Air New Zealand plans to take advantage of a $900 million North Carolina government loan ($596 million) to weather the effects of the pandemic after reporting its first annual loss in nearly two decades.
8:41 a.m. Australia’s most populous state of the moment, Victoria, reports 113 new cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, its smallest buildup in about two months.
8:32 a.m. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations that guidance was politically motivated. The advice marks a reversal of the agency’s previous position, which recommended testing for all close contacts of people diagnosed with COVID.
5:02 a.m. EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan resigns for allegedly violating coronavirus rules on a return to his local Ireland. Hogan attended a golf dinner last week without completing 14 days of self-isolation in accordance with regulations applicable to incoming travelers.
4:20 a.m. Canada is ending an alliance with CanSino Biologics of China, raising the Chinese company’s lack of authority to send a candidate vaccine. Under an agreement reached in May, CanSino planned to bring its vaccine candidate to Canada with the Canadian National Research Council as a partner.
3:30 a.m. The US biotech company Moderna said Wednesday that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine induces immune responses in older adults, to those of younger participants, providing the hope that it will be effective in others with the greatest threat of serious complications.
12:47 p.m. Russia is preparing to approve a momentary COVID-19 vaccine in September or early October, a government official said. Early-stage clinical trials of the candidate vaccine have progressed smoothly, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told President Vladimir Putin at a televised assembly on Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 26
8:20 p.m. AirAsia X, the low-budget Malaysian airline and subsidiary of the AirAsia Group, says it wants its creditors to emerge from the coronavirus crisis, as it posts a quarterly loss and a drop in revenue, Reuters reported.
7:50 p.m. Bangladesh reports 2,519 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 302,147, according to the public environment bdnews24.com. The death toll increased to 4,082 after 54 deaths in the same period.
7:30 p.m. The Indian capital, New Delhi, will double the number of tests to 40,000 from next week, reported local news site The Hindu, which mentioned Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the Delhi state government.
7:02 p.m. The death toll in Iran from the virus is increasing from 119 to 21,020, a fitness ministry official said on state television, while the total number of infections amounts to 365,606.
6:30 p.m. Singapore confirms 60 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the city-in-general to 56495, the Straits Times reports. The Ministry of Health reported 31 new cases on Tuesday, the lowest number since 22 March.
6:15 p.m. Kabuki pre-recorded parts are now available for transmission. Shochiku, operator of the Kabukiza Theatre and Kabuki show manufacturer, offers for the first time the works on its official website, “Kabukibito”.
6:09 p.m. Pope Francis says the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated social inequalities in the office and schools, and that government systems are needed to address the economic effects of the pandemic, AP reports.
6:04 p.m. Indonesia and Singapore have begun discussions about opening a “runner,” the Jakarta Post reports. The agreement would ease COVID-19 restrictions to pressure officials and an essential business, while maintaining strict security protocols. Indonesia has similar agreements with the United Arab Emirates, South Korea and China.
5:30 p.m. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says Thailand needs foreign tourists to return as well as systematic disease control so that Thais can start earning money again, the Bangkok Post reports. “There will be forms to fill in. Flights must be traceable. When they reach their destinations their whereabouts will have to be confirmed,” Prayuth said, adding, “If nothing is done, things will get worse. Premises will be shut down. Employees will be laid off.”
17:17 Indonesia reports 2306 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 160165. It also records 86 more deaths related to the virus, bringing the total to 6944.
5:13 p.m. The Philippines exceeded 200,000 cases of coronavirus infection and reported another 5277 cases, its highest count in just two weeks. The total number of infections amounts to 202,361, with 3,137 deaths.
3:29 p.m. Kazakhstan says it has signed an agreement to obtain Russia’s first prospective COVID-19 vaccine, “Sputnik V”, once clinical trials are completed, Reuters reports. The Central Asian country did not specify the amount of vaccine doses it planned to purchase or the price. He said the vaccine would be manufactured so that at-risk Kazakhs could lose the dose.
3:12 p.m. Trade ministers from China, Japan, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other countries (16 in total) that are concluding talks on the regional comprehensive economic partnership are expected to hold an online assembly on Thursday, hoping to overcome the remaining obstacles to an end-of-year agreement to revitalize their suffering economies.
3:09 p.m. Tokyo reports 236 new coronavirus infections, compared to 182 the day before and surpassing two hundred instances for the first time since Sunday.
2:56 p.m. Distrusting a new wave of coronavirus infections, Malaysia could keep its borders closed to foreign tourists until the last quarter of next year, the country’s tourism minister said in a recent interview with Nikkei Asian Review.
1434 hours Operations at the Grasberg gold and copper mine in Indonesia were halted when staff protested for a third day against restrictions on coronaviruses. The mine is controlled through a Freeport-McMoRan unit. Workers have blocked access to the mine in Papua since Monday, a not-easy permit to return to their families and not easy bonuses to paint the pandemic.
2:07 p.m. Myanmar reports 70 new infections, the largest accumulation in the country amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without national transmission. Outbreaks in Myanmar have been low compared to other countries in the region after the Southeast Asian country discovered its first case in March, with only six deaths and 574 infections reported to date.
14:00. The percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises required to suspend or stop their operations in Japan amid the pandemic remained lower than in many other countries. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the percentage in Japan reached 10% in May, well below the overall figure of 26%.
1:54 p.m. Thailand’s economic basics and fiscal position remain strong, the country’s finance minister said, even though coronavirus has an effect on the tourism-dependent economy.
13:34 India reports 67,151 cases and 1,059 deaths in more than 24 hours, bringing the country’s total to more than 3.23 million infections and 59,449 deaths. The country recorded more than 60,000 cases for the eighth consecutive day.
12:58 p.m. Australian researchers expect to begin human trials of an antibody opposed to coronavirus in early 2021, while a trial of a vaccine could begin until the end of the year, scientists said, according to Reuters. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne has advanced the identification of antibodies that can simply neutralize the protein that causes COVID-19, preventing it from entering human cells, said researcher Wai-Hong Tam.
12:40 p.m. Many commercial homeowners in India face a labor shortage due to the exodus of professional workers. Nurses, caregivers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and others returned to their villages after Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a sudden closure.
12:20 p.m. Thailand’s production rate fell 14.69% in July compared to the previous year, due to a decrease in oil production amid the coronavirus outbreak. This compares with a 13.9% decrease as expected in a previous Reuters survey, and the revised contraction of 17.8% in June.
11:56 Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said indonesia’s capital will allow cinemas to reopen, provided strict fitness protocols such as age limits and purchase of price tickets online only are implemented. The precise reopening date will be announced at a later date.
11:20 a.m. South Korea confirms 320 new cases, compared to 280 a day ago, bringing the county total to 18,265 infections with 312 deaths. The country is a moment of coronavirus stimulus verification next month to stimulate the economy.
At 9:07 a.m., China reported 15 new ones on the continent as of August 25, up from 14 the day before.
7:45 a.m., the most populous state of the moment in Australia, Victoria, reports 149 new cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours. The state recorded 148 cases and 8 deaths the day before.
6:00 a.m. Some Asian countries have relied on tourism to pull them out of the economic depression, yet this important engine of expansion continues to burn. Learn more at this week’s The Big Story by reporting on Bali’s empty resorts, 40 Thai luxuries and other post-COVID landscapes.
4:02 a.m., Translate Bio of the United States says that an experimental coronavirus vaccine that developed with the French drug manufacturer Sanofi has generated immune responses in animal studies. It aims to begin human trials in November.
3:07 a.m. The president of the University of Alabama said he had experienced an “unacceptable increase” in coronavirus cases six days after the categories began. The main campus recorded a total of 531 cases.
Other U.S. universities have had disorders The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre Dame or stopped the categories in the user just days after the start of the school year. Both have reported more than 400 cases of coronavirus since mid-August. Ohio State University has suspended more than two hundred academics for violating the school’s socialization regulations.
1:53 a.m. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said troops would be in a position to help the spaces affected by a coronavirus resurgence. Spain has suffered its worst wave of contagion since the peak of the pandemic at the end of March.
Tuesday, August 25
9:50 p.m. Amid reports that Russia is a partnership with India to produce its COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine, New Delhi says the two countries are “in communication” on the issue.
“Some initial data has been shared [with India and] detailed data is expected,” India’s Secretary of Health Rajesh Bhushan said in response to a question.
Meanwhile, Balram Bhargava, director general of india’s Medical Research Council, said India’s COVID-19 control capacity had reached one million controls per day, up from 10 a day in late January, when India reported its first infection.
India has shown more than 3.16 million cases of COVID-19, of which more than 2.4 million have recovered. More than 58,000 died.
9:10 p.m. Gaza detected its first infections in the general population, unlike border quarantine facilities, alarming that the virus may spread in the overcrowded Palestinian enclave, according to Reuters. Business, schools and mosques have been ordered to close for at least 48 hours.
8:45 p.m. While AirAsia suffered a loss of 992 million ringgit ($237 million) for the quarter from April to June, the low-cost airline and its Southeast Asian peers are involved in a war for post-COVID survival.
7:35 p.m. The Thai wardrobe approves new investments to publicize domestic tourism, as the sector suffers from a lack of foreign arrivals, Reuters reports. The government intends to expand an earlier grant program. Each Thai traveller will be entitled to a 40% reduction in 10 hotel nights, from five nights, while flight subsidies will double to 2000 baht ($63.50).
6:10 p.m. It shows that two European patients have been reinfected with a coronavirus, raising considerations about people’s immunity to the virus, Reuters reports, which mentions regional broadcasters. According to regional media, a patient in the Netherlands and Belgium has become infected again.
17:45 Indonesia reports 2,447 new cases, bringing the country’s total to 157,859. There were 99 more deaths, with 6,858 deaths in Southeast Asia.
5:40 p.m. Tokyo reports 182 new infections, compared to the previous day. Meanwhile, Osaka reported 119 new cases, up from 60 the day before.
5:10 p.m. The Philippines reports 2,965 new cases, bringing the country’s total to 197,164. The country reported more than 1,000 new infections over 42 consecutive days and has the number of cases in Southeast Asia.
4:50 p.m. Singapore’s Ministry of Health reports 31 new coVID-19 instances, the lowest number in the city-state since 22 March.
16:40 An experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed through the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca could be sent to regulators this year if scientists want to collect sufficient data, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, told BBC radio.
16.30 h. AstraZeneca says it has begun testing antibody-based therapy for COVID-19 prevention and therapy, with the first participants dosed, adding to recent symptoms of progress in imaginable medical responses to the disease.
15:00. Hong Kong will apply its social estrangement regulations as new daily cases of coronavirus fell to a figure on Monday. Restaurants will resume catering centres until nine o’clock at night, while cinemas, beauty salons and some sports facilities will reopen on Friday.
2:20 p.m. Qantas Airways announced plans to cut up to 2,500 additional tasks by outsourcing its floor handling operations to Australia as it prepares for $10 billion ($7.17 billion) in profits due to this year’s pandemic. Task cuts reported Tuesday exceed 6,000 workers announced in June, bringing total task losses to approximately 30% of Qantas’ pre-budget workforce.
12:40 p.m. Japanese actions are emerging in the hope that vaccines and remedies planned for COVID-19 will drive Japan’s economic recovery. The Nikkei’s benchmark average is now quoted above what it was before the coronavirus crisis hit markets this year. The Nikkei 225 won 1.87% to 23415.54 in the early afternoon, a point that had not been noticed since February 21.
11:50 a.m. South Korea orders the closure of maximum schools in and around Seoul and has postponed the online categories, the newest in a series of precautionary measures to involve a resurgence of coronavirus cases. The country reported 280 new cases on Monday, up from 266 the previous day, bringing the total to 17,945, with 310 deaths.
10:40 a.m. World record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt tested positive for coronavirus and self-aies at his home in Jamaica. The country’s fitness ministry showed Monday night that Bolt had tested positive after posting a video on social media around noon saying he was expecting the results. “Just to be sure, I went to quarantine and took it easy,” Bolt said in the message.
9:10 a.m. China reported on Monday 14 new cases of coronavirus, all of which were imported infections involving travelers. This compares to 16 new instances a day earlier, all imported, and marks the ninth consecutive day without local transmission.
At 8:10 a.m., the Australian state of Victoria reported 148 new cases, up from 116 the day before. It also recorded 8 more deaths from the new coronavirus, compared to 15 the day before.
5:15 a.m. The World Health Organization says 172 countries are participating in its global vaccine investment programme. The COVAX facility groups the budget of countries committed to the advancement of the COVID-19 vaccine. Participants get enough vaccine to inoculate at least 20% of their population.
3:55 a.m. Luxury hotels in Vietnam will offer accommodation to quarantined foreigners to compensate for the loss of tourist benefits from the pandemic.
One such hotel, the FLC Grand Hotel Halong, a five-star hotel in the well-known Halong Bay, east of Hanoi, received about 500 Japanese in May and June.
12:35 p.m. Nonwoven fabric mask made in a Japanese supercomputer style for its ability to block respiratory droplets carrying viruses, however, other types of mask have also proven its effectiveness, according to the government-backed Riken Institute.
Fugaku of Japan, which recently earned the world’s fastest supercomputer name, modeled the functionality of cotton, polyester, and nonwoven mask by blocking the user’s cough projections.
Monday, August 24
11:30 p.m. Researchers in Hong Kong report the first demonstrated case of coronavirus reinfection.
“A young, healthy patient had a momentary case of COVID-19 infection, which was diagnosed 4.5 months after the first episode,” researchers at the University of Hong Kong said in a statement.
The timing of the 33-year-old man’s SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected by an airport scan on his return from Europe this month in Hong Kong.
19:00 h. Singapore’s principal customer value index fell to less than 0.4% year-on-year in July, peaking at its lowest point since January 2010, according to official data. As a result of the pandemic, customers spent little, which reduced value. City-state authorities, suffering from the innermost recession in history, expect underlying inflation to average at least 1% to 0% by 2020.
6:45 p.m. The popular beach island of Bali, Indonesia, has abandoned plans to reopen to foreign tourists this year. The island began bringing domestic travelers in late July and had planned to begin receiving foreign visitors on September 11.
18.30am. Bio Farma, based in Indonesia, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Sinovac Biotech of China and a company in the United Arab Emirates. Bio Farma will import 50 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine from November to March 2021. In addition, Sinovac will prioritize Bio Farma for additional materials until the end of 2021.
6:18 p.m. The Olympic Flame will be exhibited at the Japanese Olympic Museum from September 1 to November 1, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee. Reservations must be made to see the flame, and museum visitors will be placed in a one-way direction to prevent crowds from forming.
6:07 p.m. Petronas from Malaysia and LG Chem of Korea signal an agreement to build a plant in Malaysia to start generating uncooked artificial rubber gloves in 2023. The use of nitrile gloves is greater amid efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections.
3:07 p.m. Tokyo reports 95 new coronavirus infections, up from 212 the day before, and the first time the Japanese capital count has fallen below 100 since July 8.
13:53 India reports 61,408 in the last 24 hours, up from 69,239 the day before, bringing the country’s total to 3.1 million. The death toll increased to 57,542, up from 836 since Sunday morning.
12:40 p.m. New Zealand will impose greater restrictions on coronaviruses in its largest city, Auckland, until Sunday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. An outbreak of COVID-19 cases about two weeks ago in Auckland led Ardern to lock up another 1.7 million people in the city, forcing the company to shut down. The lock will expire on Wednesday.
12:00 p.m. As the number of COVID-19 instances in Japan increases, the country’s 470 public gyms are once suffering while struggling with the developing call for coronavirus testing, tracking and surveillance.
11:00 Seoul is not easy for the first time mask for indoor and outdoor public spaces, as the country faces an increase in the number of cases. In May, the city government ordered masks to be worn on public transport and taxis, however, the most recent increase raised fears that the country would have to impose its highest point of social estrangement. South Korea reported 266 new cases on Sunday, after more than a week of three-digit daily accumulations.
9:20 a.m. China reports 16 new cases for Sunday, all of which were imported infections involving travelers. This represents a slight increase of 12 new instances a day earlier, also imported, and marks the eighth consecutive day with no reported local stream instances. The total number of instances shown is now 84,967, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634.
At 8:30 a.m., the Australian state of Victoria reported 116 cases, the lowest accumulation of new infections in seven weeks, fueling optimism that a fatal wave would disappear at a time. Victoria also reports 15 deaths from the virus in more than 24 hours.
8:00 a.m. More than a dozen people were crushed or suffocated when revelers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after being attacked by police for throwing a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions, Reuters reports. Eleven of the thirteen deaths tested positive for COVID-19. The revelers were caught between the only entrance, which closed in chaos, and a ladder leading to the street, police said.
6:03 a.m. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes the use of blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to treat the disease. The focus was considered to be based on research of 20,000 patients who gained treatment, according to the agency.
At five in the morning, China administered experimental coronavirus vaccines to the most battered teams since July, a fitness officer told state media.
2:03 a.m. China’s global reliance on China’s private protection apparatus has increased dramatically as the country boosts exports to meet demand, even as countries seek to increase domestic production and diversify their sources.
Sunday, August 23
8:17 p.m. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said the country’s economy could grow this year, state radio reports, despite the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world’s largest economy grew by 3.2% year-on-year in the current quarter, recovering from record contraction as coronavirus blocking measures came to an end and policymakers stepped up their stimulus measures to combat the surprise of the crisis.
5:41 p.m. On Sunday, the Philippines recorded 2378 new coronavirus infections, its smallest peak in just about 4 weeks, but the national count increased to 189601, still the highest in Southeast Asia. In one bulletin, the Ministry of Health also reported 32 more deaths, bringing the death toll in the country to 2,998.
5:16 p.m. Indonesia reports new cases of coronavirus on Sunday 2037, bringing its total to 153535, according to the knowledge of the group of COVID-19 brokers in the country. The Southeast Asian country also added 86 new deaths on Sunday, bringing the total to 6680, the number of COVID-19 deaths in Southeast Asia.
2:42 p.m. India reports that its coronavirus cases have exceeded 3 million, a sign that the time when the world’s most populous country is suffering from the virus slowing.
12:31 p.m. Australia reported 17 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, but infections in Victoria state, the site of all the most recent deaths, show a downward trend. Apart from Victoria, which accounts for more than 80% of COVID-19 deaths in Australia due to a momentary wave of infections, the country has largely moved away from the largest number of patients in many countries with around 24,500 infections and 502 deaths.
12:00 p.m. Personal shoppers, known as daigou, which in Chinese means “buy on call”, have been one of the main channels that allow Chinese to get their hands on products that can’t be obtained or that are expensive at home. With the coronavirus pandemic ending the maximum number of foreign flights, cross-border transhipment and intermediate platforms capable of saving the market hole are booming.
11:43 a.m. South Korea reports 397 new infections, compared to 332 the day before, marking its biggest buildup since early March, as epidemics continued to spread from a Seoul church and political protests attended through its members.
9:19 a.m. Mexico’s Ministry of Health reports 6482 new cases of coronavirus infection and 644 additional deaths, bringing the total in the country to 556216 cases and 60254 deaths.
7:52 a.m. The death toll from coronavirus infection reached 800,000 internationally on Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The accumulation rate has not decreased, after exceeding 700,000 on August 5. Nearly 23 million other people have been infected.
4:52 The aviation industry has been directly affected by coronavirus, with approximately 8600 aircraft, a third of the world fleet, stranded for a month which is the high holiday season. In addition, aircraft leasing corporations are suffering a blow because airlines are asking leasing corporations to reduce costs.
Saturday, August 22
8:03 p.m. Japan and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to reopen their borders to expats, in all likelihood from the beginning of September, on the condition of an era of 14-day auto-40s and other precautions opposed to the new coronavirus. Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi agreed with Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen at his assembly in Phnom Penh, according to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
19:00 h. Japan began preparing to allow long-term foreign nationals to return to the country in September after being criticized as the only Group of Seven economy that limits its access to prevent coronavirus infection. A resolution will be taken in a while through the government’s leading group. Returnees will be required to carry out a PCR check and quarantine for 14 days, the same regulations that apply to Japanese citizens.
5:17 p.m. India reported on Saturday a record build-up of COVID-19 infections, raising the total to nearly 3 million and lobbying the government to stop mass meetings when a major devout holiday began. The 69878 new infections, the fourth consecutive day above 60,000, brought the total number of cases in India to 2.98 million, in the United States and Brazil alone. Deaths increased from 945 to 55,794, according to the knowledge of the federal Department of Health.
1:30 p.m. Mountains of disposable masks and gloves used to oppose coronavirus are poured into rivers and oceans around the world, causing severe damage to fishing and ecosystems. The United Nations estimates that global sales of disposable masks will increase by about two hundred times from last year to about $160 billion by 2020, and that about 75% of used masks and other pandemic-like plastic waste will end up in landfills or float. . in the seas.
1:10 p.m. South Korea has said the strictest social estrangement rules to combat COVID-19 will be implemented nationwide starting Sunday, while battling a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital, Seoul. The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 315 new household infections on Friday, the most recent in a series of three-figure increases in new local instances that brought the country’s total to 17,002 with 309 deaths.
11:00 a.m.Moderna says it has so far recruited 13,194 participants in an American trial of 30,000 complex volunteers testing their COVID-19 candidate vaccine. The drug developer says 18% of participants enrolled lately are black, Latino, Native Americans, or Alaska, all the toughest groups. Modern began reading its candidate, MRN-1273, in July and plans to complete his registration in September.
7:10 a.m. Boeing says a portable wand that emits soft ultraviolet light is coming in to neutralize bacteria and viruses, a component of a set of strategies for disinfecting cabin surfaces and controls, as well as cabin surfaces, Reuters reports. The wand eliminates the desire to use alcohol or other disinfectants that can damage sensitive electronic equipment.
6:19 a.m. The transmission of COVID-19 from youth or adults to others in Rhode Island child care systems occurred only on a limited basis, Reuters reports, which led to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screen. Director Robert Redfield told reporters in a call that the effects indicated that there is a way to “reopen those child care systems, which are very vital to our country.”
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