JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that the government “may have no choice” to enact even stricter measures as the country moves towards a momentary blockade after months of coronavirus cases.
In a televised showdown Thursday night, Netanyahu predicted that other countries would also be forced to impose additional closures to involve the pandemic.
The Israeli government has been imposing widespread restrictions since Friday, with many companies closed and others largely confined to their homes. A similar closure in the spring largely contained the epidemic, but the daily number of cases increased after the economy reopened in May.
Israel has reported more than 172,000 cases since the epidemic began, adding at least 1,163 deaths.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS EPIDEMIC
– The University of Michigan teaches the end of the graduate student strike
– Former CDC director concerned about White House scientific policy
– The governor of Texas relaxes some viral restrictions; Peak in Utah virus number
– The U. S. House of Representatives voted to condemn Asian-American racism related to the coronavirus epidemic.
– Americans who claimed unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a traditionally high figure that reflects economic damage through the coronavirus outbreak.
– Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider headed to social media to condemn the anti-masks who ripped off their masks in a Florida store while shouting the band’s hit “Let’s Take It. “
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HERE’S THE MOST THAT’S HAPPENING:
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is a state-wide mask arrest warrant to combat a recent outbreak of virus cases in the state.
The governor said Thursday that he was alarmed by the increase, largely in Utah County.
An infectious disease specialist said the increase is likely due to the resumption of face-to-face learning through the best schools and universities. Dr. Eddie Stenehjem of Intermountain Healthcare says this could lead to an increase in nursing hospitalizations in the coming weeks. .
Over the more than two weeks, the average reported number of new cases of Utah coronavirus has increased by approximately 54%.
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KANSAS CITY – Ten football enthusiasts who attended the Kansas City Chiefs game last week were asked to go to quarantine after one of them was tested for a coronavirus infection.
Kansas City fitness officials said Thursday that the user took the test a day after the organization saw the game from its box at the drop point of Arrowhead Stadium.
Bosses said in a statement that those involved wore masks when entering the stadium as required. The team says their touch tracking formula allowed them to identify other people sitting with the inflamed user, the service body of workers who would possibly have been in contact with the user and others close to the user when they are. access to the stadium.
The Chiefs opened the NFL season last week opposing the Houston Texans with 22% capacity, about 17,000 enthusiasts, at Arrowhead. Fans had to wear mask and social distance and other security measures were in place.
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MOSCOW – The mayor of Moscow urges employers to flee their homes as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
The Russian capital recorded 730 new instances on Thursday, an accumulation of about 15% compared to the start of September. Mayor Sergei Sobianin told state television that the accumulation was due to a build-up in the tests and that the percentage of positives remained. at about 1. 5%.
He recommends that “all business leaders, regardless of the shape of the organization, if possible, and that this does not seriously interfere with the organization’s tables, continue to organize pictures remotely. “Across the country, Russia registered more than one million infections. and 19061 showed deaths.
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MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will meet with the regional government in Madrid to discuss the coronavirus outbreak.
Sanchez sent the letter to Madrid’s regional leader Isabel Daaz Ayuso on Thursday, who responded on Twitter that she was pleased to meet the president of the government.
Ayuso, one of the biggest critics of Sanchez’s handling of the national crisis, but since the national government lifted the state of emergency that stopped a devastating first wave of the virus in June, many regional governments like Madrid have faced new epidemics.
Spain leads Europe with 287 infections, equivalent to 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, followed by France with another 166 people, which is equivalent to the population.
The Spanish Ministry of Fitness reported on Thursday that Madrid had shown 43,900 new ones in the beyond 14 days. Catalonia continues with 12,100 Array.
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LONDON – The British government says travelers from Singapore and Thailand will want to be quarantined for two weeks due to a lower threat of coronavirus infection.
The government says travelers from Slovenia and Guadeloupe will have to be quarantined for two weeks from Saturday due to the accumulation of exposed cases.
Weekly adjustments proved controversial, causing disruption to thousands of British travellers during the summer, causing it to be quarantined again.
The UK continues its sharp increase in new cases shown, with 3395 reported on Thursday, and as of Wednesday there were 3,991 cases. The average of seven days is almost twice as high as it was two weeks ago.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is relaxing some restrictions on coronaviruses in Texas, but says bars will close.
Abbott says restaurants, gyms and retail stores can increase their capacity by 75% starting next week.
Texas has nearly 14,500 deaths, the vast majority happened after the state began a competitive reopening in May.
The outlook has progressed over the next month as hospitalizations have declined and the infection rate has dropped to a number.
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UNITED NATIONS – The Leader of the United Nations said there were more than 2,000 coronavirus shown in conflict-torn Yemen.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday at a high-level assembly on Yemen that the estimate takes into account that “war has decimated the country’s facilities. “
He said more than five years of war had reversed the progression of Africa’s poorest country “for decades,” leaving the state “on the brink of collapse. “
He said that despite initial expressions by the parties to the conflict for his 23 March call for a global ceasefire to deal with the pandemic, “the confrontation continues incessantly” and “in recent weeks the confrontation has unfortunately intensified. “
The fighting in Yemen has resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000 people, more than 3 million people have been internally displaced and two-thirds of the population depend on food aid.
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan – Graduate academics training at the University of Michigan resumed the categories Thursday after voting to end a nine-day strike.
The Graduate Employees Organization, which represents about 2,000 academics who teach or help, says it has made “critical progress” in childcare, introduces the coronavirus pandemic, test protocols, and considerations about campus police operations.
The union said Wednesday’s vote between 1074 and 239, ending a strike that began on September 8.
The agreement ends court proceedings through the university, which filed a lawsuit this week to end the strike.
“By retaining our work, building coalitions, and making our strength more unlikely to ignore, we forced the university to make an offer with truly extensive progress toward a fair campus,” the union said.
The university said the strike had disrupted many undergraduate courses taught through graduate students.
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ATHENS – Greece has reported 135 cases of coronavirus infections among migrants and refugees on the island of Lesbos after several thousand more people were tested on Thursday.
Notis Mitarachi, minister of immigration affairs, says infections were discovered after some 5,000 migrants were left homeless through a chimney in a giant refugee camp last week, were escorted by police to a new transitional site and immediately tested for coronavirus.
An increase in national bodies led the government to impose more restrictive measures in Greater Athens on 30 September.
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MILAN – Italy on Thursday had 1,585 more people with coronavirus, with tests reaching 101,000.
Italy has noticed a build-up of new positives over the more than six weeks, basically from other people returning from the holidays. All regions reported new positives, with the largest number in Lombardy with almost three hundred cases.
The death toll remains well below peak levels, and the death toll rises to 12 on Thursday for a total of 35,658.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish officials have opposed travelling to the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary and Austria.
Denmark took this resolution due to an increase in coronavirusArray with countries crossing the threshold of 30 in line with 100,000 inhabitants per week.
Other countries on the list that oppose the unnecessary are Andorra, Belgium, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria.
Denmark showed 21,393 and 635 deaths.
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LISBONNE, Portugal – Portugal reports its largest accumulation of new coronavirus cases in five months.
The Health Directorate says 770 new infections and 10 deaths were recorded on Thursday.
Deaths are the highest daily number in two months. The increases occurred the week of the resumption of prices.
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NEW YORK – New York City has delayed the planned start of face-to-face learning for up to more than one million academics in its public school system.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that the highest number of elementary school students will only do distance education until September 29. Middle and higher schools will remain remote until October 1.
Infant pre-garden students and some other special education students will resume categories on the user on Monday as planned.
De Blasio and union leaders say the city needed more time to prepare for the return of students and staff to school buildings.
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WASHINGTON – Former CDC director Tom Frieden says he is involved in the political tension over the science of the coronavirus pandemic.
Frieden told “CBS This Morning” that the FDA and the CDC were “unduly influenced by policy, regarding emergency approvals, recommendations. “
He says it’s “very problematic because we have a safe, effective, appropriate and reliable vaccine. “
President Donald Trump disagreed Wednesday with current CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield on the temporary availability of a vaccine, if available, and on the effectiveness of protective masks.
Frieden says he is alarmed that some CDC data is not “scientifically justifiable” and “not written at CDC headquarters in Atlanta but in Washington through others with no specific public fitness experience. “
“And it’s a shame because there are thousands of very clever documents on this website. It’s logged 1. 6 million clicks and you’ll have to be able to accept it as true. “
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WOONSOCKET, RI. – CVS Health plans to have more than 4,000 coronavirus test sites operating at outlets across the country until mid-October.
A corporate spokesman said the pharmacy chain was doubling its places to prepare for a wave of virus at a time imaginable and be able to administer a vaccine once approved by federal regulators.
The checks involve swab testing kits that the visitor uses while being supervised by a pharmacy employee. Most effects will occur in two or three days.
CVS Health Corp. , founded in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has more than 9,900 sites and says it can take over testing in 33 states and Washington, D. C.
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