The ninth case showed a student at a New Zealand school; The Russian vaccine has not yet finished its final trials; deaths at 750,000. Follow the latest updates
In Auckland, New Zealand, the workplace of a man infected with Covid-19 has confirmed that three other workers at the cool store in Mt Wellington have now tested positive for the virus.Americold managing director Richard Winnall told the New Zealand Herald: “It’s not good. There’s a lot of people awaiting test results, they’ve got families. There’s a lot of anxiety and concern.”This brings the confirmed number of infections to 8, one of whom is a schoolboy from Mt Albert Grammer, New Zealand’s second-largest school and host to 3000 pupils, now all in lockdown. Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is due to give her daily press conference in 40 minutes, but as cases continue to spread it is looking unlikely Auckland’s level 3 lockdown will end at midnight tomorrow. The source of the original infections has still not been found.
Germany added to Bucharest and several other parts of Romania on Wednesday to a list of places considered to be the main threat of coronavirus infections, forcing a German minister to cancel a painting in the Romanian capital, AFP reports.
In its most recent advice, the German Foreign Ministry warned against Bucharest and 10 other regions of Romania, adding Brasov, Gorj, Prahova and Vrancea, having placed seven other countries on its high-risk list last week.
This means that travelers who enter Germany after visiting these sites will need to pass a mandatory coronavirus check and quarantine if they test positive.
German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil announced Wednesday night that he would cancel the planned stopover for Thursday in Bucharest, where he will meet with Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and Labor Minister Violeta Alexandru.
Heil stated that it was “with great regret” that he had to postpone the notice at short notice, but that instead he would speak to his Romanian counterpart via a video link.
The scale in aimed to discuss the plight of Romanians operating on farms and slaughterhouses in Germany, after a wave of coronavirus groups brought the climax to their terrible operating conditions.
The most recent warning to travellers comes amid growing fear in Germany over an increase in coronavirus infections at home and across Europe, partly due to summer travel.
Germany recorded its largest buildup of new infections on Wednesday since early May, adding 1,226 new cases.
Health Minister Jens Spahn described the number of others as “worrying” and suggested that Germans be “very vigilant” in the fight against the pandemic.
Overall, Germany recorded a total of 218,519 coronaviruses and 9,207 deaths.
Sales of pubs, restaurants and bar chains halved in July from last summer, as nearly two-thirds of restaurants remained closed and customer distrust caused an increase in home deliveries.
July sales fell by 50.4% year-on-year, less affected than pubs and London suffering more than the rest of the UK.
Bar sales fell by 63%, restaurants by 60% and pubs by 45%, according to business tracker Coffer Peach, which brings together combined figures from 49 owned and controlled corporations through the organization that manages more than 7,500 sites:
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Actors who opposed Walt Disney Co’s proposed coronavirus cover measures at Walt Disney World theme park reached an agreement to return to work, according to a union on Wednesday. The Actors’ Equity Association said Disney had pledged to offer Covid-19 testing at the Florida theme park for its members, who cannot wear protective mask during the performance.
Jordan will close its border with Syria for a week from Thursday, after its only open land crossing tested positive for the new coronavirus, state media said.
AFP reports that Jordan has noticed a drop in virus cases, with new infections recorded mainly among travelers arriving from abroad, but has recorded 25 cases of Covid-19 disease in the following two days, basically at The Jaber crossing point with its war-torn country. . neighbor north.
Interior Minister Salamah Hammad al-Sahaim on Wednesday “will close the Jaber border crossing for a week from Thursday morning,” the official news firm Petra reported.
He ordered a “review of all procedures” at the country’s other land borders to prevent them from being the source of further outbreaks.
Syria has shown more than 1,000 cases in government-controlled areas, however, the Ministry of Health has admitted that it has the “Array capacity … for large-scale testing in the provinces.”
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Covid-19 would possibly have been circulating on the net for weeks, said New Zealand’s most sensible fitness officer as a ninth new case arose overnight.
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, a leading fitness officer, said a new case had been known at the second-largest school in the country, Mt Albert Grammar, which has 3,000 students.
Bloomfield stated that the isolation and proof of any close or occasional contact with positive cases is the main reaction to the epidemic, such as the search for the source of origin.
“We’ll locate the source, I don’t doubt it.” Bloomfield told Radio NZ.
More than 2,500 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in France in 24 hours, the largest buildup since May, according to the government’s knowledge on Wednesday, while officials said the signs were “obviously getting worse,” AFP reports.
Of the 600,000 tests conducted last week, more than 11,600 positive, said the DGS Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health.
At 2.2 per cent, the weekly positives rate increased from 1.6 per cent in the past week, confirming “increased viral circulation,” he added.
“The signals used to monitor the epidemic on French territory have obviously worsened in recent days,” dgS said.
Health officials have known 18 new virus equipment in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 896 nationwide.
But the number of patients in resuscitation has fallen to 379, a relatively strong point since the end of July.
Nearly 30,400 other people have died of coronavirus in France since the outbreak began, the third highest death toll in Europe after Britain and Italy.
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Russia said wednesday that the first batch of its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine would be in condition within two weeks and ruled out protection considerations for its immediate approval as “unfounded.”
The vaccine has yet finished its last tests. Only about 10% of clinical trials are a success and some scientists fear that Moscow will put national prestige ahead of safety.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand, Covid-19 would possibly have been circulating on the grid for weeks, new Zealand’s most sensible fitness officer said, as a potential ninth case arose overnight.
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, a leading fitness officer, said a new case had been known at the second-largest school in the country, Mt Albert Grammar, which has 3,000 students.
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