The Nikkei Asian Review tracks the spread of the new coronavirus from The city of Wuhan in central China.
Global instances reached 23,298,505, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The death toll internationally has reached 806,404.
To see how the disease has spread, see our virus tracking tables:
Here are the advances (Tokyo time):
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Monday, August 24
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.
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 a 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.
3:21 p.m. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported on Sunday 212 new cases of the new coronavirus, surpassing two hundred for the fourth consecutive day. The one-day figure, compared to 256 the previous day, took Tokyo’s cumulative total to 19333.
2:42 p.m. India reported on Sunday 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 strayed in much of 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 reported 397 new infections on Sunday, up from 332 the day before, marking its biggest increase since early March, as epidemics continued to spread from a Seoul church and political protests attended through its members.
9:19 a.m. The Mexican Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 6482 new cases of coronavirus infection and 644 more 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 on the policy with Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen at his meeting 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 to limit 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 daily buildup of COVID-19 infections, bringing the total to nearly 3 million and lobbying the government to decrease mass gatherings when a devout primary 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 about 200 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 domestic 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 number 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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