The Nikkei Asian Review tracks the spread of the new coronavirus from The city of Wuhan in central China.
Global instances reached Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore at 25,096,636.
The death toll internationally reached 844,118.
To see how the disease has spread, see our virus tracking tables:
Here are the advances (Tokyo time):
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Tuesday, September 1
12:32 PM An independent teachers’ union in Russia urges its members not to be forced to settle for “Sputnik V” coronavirus vaccines.
Doctors and the vaccine will be presented on a voluntary basis from September.
Monday, August 31
10:18 PM India’s GDP contracted 23.9% in the April-June quarter, as Asia’s third-largest economy went through one of the world’s tightest lockdowns to involve the COVID-19 pandemic.
18:42 The Turkish economy went 9.9% in the quarter of this moment, a blockade that practically crippled activity, Reuters reports, bringing new government knowledge that showed the worst functionality of the country in a year in a decade.
6:00 p.m.Hong Kong will resume face-to-face school categories starting September 23, as the government aims to ease restrictions that have kept 900,000 students reading from home for more than 4 months.The city’s education secretary said grades one, five, and six will resume in higher kindergartens, number one schools and high schools on September 23, while the other grades will open on September 29.
5:30 p.m. The Philippines reports 3446 coronavirus infections and 38 deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 220,819 and the number of deaths to 3558.The country also reports that Philippine hospitals have been known as clinical trial applicants for a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured throughout China.Sinovac Biotech.
3:09 p.m. Tokyo confirms one hundred new infections, compared to 148 the day before.The capital has extended an application to alcohol and karaoke institutions to shorten opening hours until September 15.The app was originally scheduled to end on Monday.
3:05 p.m.As Hong Kong prepares to embark on city-wide coronavirus testing to eliminate COVID-19 transmission in the city, the involvement of medical experts will be key to the effectiveness of the program, which generated considerations for the processing of citizens’ DNA data.
2:15 p.m. India reported 78,512 cases in the past 24 hours, down from its one-day accumulation of 78,761, a world record, the day before, bringing the country’s total to more than 3.6 million. Deaths reached 64,469, 971 more since Sunday morning.
1:40 p.m.Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average has gone up by more than 400 points, or 2%, at some point.News that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s leading wardrobe and right-hand secretary Yoshihide Suga has become one of the leading candidates to take over Abe.has relieved investors that no adjustments will be made to the country’s economic policy.
12:10 a.m.Hong Kong housing costs fell by 0.5% in July, the first drop since April, as one of the world’s most expensive asset markets continued under pressure through the pandemic and political uncertainties, Reuters reports.
10:45 a.m. South Korea confirms 248 new cases, up from 299 a day ago.The total number of infections reached 19,947 with 324 deaths.Most schools in the country start the fall semester this week with online conferences.
10:00 a.m. The Australian state of Victoria, the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, says it has detected new infections in the past 24 hours, the fewest since 3.41 July.
9:30 am Japan’s commercial production rose 8% in July from last month, according to government data, winning for a consecutive month and signaling a slow recovery after a setback via COVID-19.Retail sales fell for the fifth consecutive month.
9:00 a.m. China reports 17 new instances for Sunday, compared to the day before.All instances were imported, involving travelers returning from abroad, marking the 15th directly without local transmissions in the country.
5:40 a.m. in the United States, coronavirus exceed 6 million, with more than 180,000 deaths.
Sunday, August 30
10:30 p.m.Schools in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital, will reopen next month as the African country seeks to restart its economy, the state governor said.
7:00 p.m. A more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus has been discovered in Indonesia, according to the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology discovered in Jakarta.The “infectious but milder” D614G mutation of the virus discovered in the genome sequencing knowledge of samples collected through the institute, Deputy Director Herawati Sudoyo told Reuters.
6:00 p.m.The global instances of COVID-19 have exceeded 25 million, according to knowledge compiled through the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.
4:46 p.m.Indonesia reports 2,858 new coronavirus infections and 82 more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 172,053 and deaths to 7,343, as shown by the country’s Ministry of Health.
2:19 p.m.India has recorded 78,761 cases in the last 24 hours, the worst one-day peak ever recorded in all countries, while the government continues to reduce pandemic restrictions across the country, AP reports.The Ministry of Health also showed 948 deaths in the same period.raising the total number of deaths to 63,498.
10:48 a.m. South Korea reports more than one hundred new infections for the seventeenth consecutive day, as restrictions on on-site food in restaurants, pubs and bakeries in Seoul’s densely populated region take effect.
At 2:25 a.m., India will reopen underground exercise networks and allow sports and occasions on a limited basis starting next month as a component of efforts to revive the economy, even when coronavirus infections skyrocket, Reuters reports.
Saturday, August 29
11:29 p.m.Myanmar reports 77 new infections, the largest increase in the country, amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without national transmission being shown.The Epidemic in Myanmar has been low compared to that of its neighbors since the country discovered its first case in March, with only six deaths and 733 infections reported to date.
8:21 p.m. Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac is approved for emergency use as a component of a program in China to vaccinate high-risk teams such as medical personnel, Reuters reports, bringing a user familiar with the topic.
5:19 p.m.Indonesia confirms 3,308 new cases, their highest accumulation of infections for the third day in a row.The country’s death toll is 169,195, while 92 new deaths raise their death toll to 7,261.
5:15 p.m.Philippines reports 3,637 new infections and 94 more deaths, bringing the number to 213,131 cases and 3,419 deaths.The country struggles with the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia, with a death toll in Indonesia alone.
16:45 India is registering 76,472 new cases, bringing its total to 3.46 million, media reports, bringing up the Ministry of Health.The cumulative death toll is 62,550, with 1,021 new deaths.
3:57 p.m. South Korea reports 308 new cases, achieving 3 figures for the 16th consecutive day and splendid considerations on the growing shortage of beds in poor sanitary conditions. for critical cases from Friday, up from 22% the week before, according to Reuters.
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