BEIJING – New cases of coronavirus transmitted in China have been reduced to a figure, but Hong Kong is experiencing an additional increase in hospitalizations and deaths.
Hong Kong, meanwhile, has 62 new cases, up from 33 on Wednesday, as well as five more deaths.
The semi-autonomous city of southern China has demanded that mask be used in all public places and food being limited inland, among other measures to stop a new epidemic.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
– 1200 Alabama academics at home after a test
– Companies control antibody drugs to treat you and save you COVID-19
– Connected science and policy in the vaccine race
– More than a portion of Milanese fashion houses are preparing to offer in-person previews for spring/summer 2021. Fashion homes next month will have social estrangement requirements and masks.
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HERE’S MORE HAPPENING:
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has reported 56 new cases of coronavirus as new infection groups continue to appear in major cities.
Figures announced Thursday through the South Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the number of national bodies to 14,770 infections, 305 deaths.
Forty-three of the new cases were recorded in Seoul’s densely populated metropolitan domain, where the fitness government fought to stop transmissions in churches, day care centers, schools and businesses. Two of the new cases came here from the southern port of Busan, the country’s largest city at the time it reported infections in foreign schools and freight workers.
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UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the cordavirus pandemic only threatens progress in combating global poverty and peacebuilding, but the dangers exacerbate existing conflicts and generate new ones.
The UN leader said at a Security Council assembly on Wednesday that his March 23 call for a rapid ceasefire in global conflicts to combat the virus had led several wary parties to defuse or prevent fighting. But, he added, “unfortunately, in many cases, the pandemic has not led the parties to suspend hostilities or settle for a permanent ceasefire.”
Guterres’ predecessor as secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, told the Council that it was unexpected that the world had blocked billions of people, closed borders and suspended trade, but failed to stop conflicts.
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HELENA, mount. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said his state will begin paying the additional $400 in weekly unemployment announced through President Donald Trump on an executive order over the weekend.
A federal payment of $600 expired at the end of July and Congress allocated the cash for additional payments, so it may take weeks for the federal government to provide counseling.
But Bullock said Wednesday that Montana will use part of its aid budget for the $1.25 billion coronavirus to begin offering more bills to the state’s unemployed.
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SANTA FE, N.M. — The school year is underway at some of New Mexico’s largest public school districts as teachers, students and parents deal with remote learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Albuquerque public schools began Wednesday when district schools distributed generations to students, made virtual home visits, and provided recommendations to staff, students, and families. The district of Las Cruces has defined its education, generation and nutrition protocols for a completely online start-up on Wednesday.
The return of students from New Mexico to school later in the year will have the speed of the pandemic in the state. The state reported 180 cases of COVID-19 and two deaths wednesday.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump reiterates his call for the reopening of the country’s schools, and again suggested that Congress drive the investment away from the long-term coronavirus of schools that will reopen this fall.
Trump made the statements Wednesday in a White House discussion with parents, teachers and doctors who said they supported a full return to the classroom.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Vice President Mike Pence also joined Trump, who said the fitness hazards associated with keeping young people at home were greater than those related to the coronavirus.
Most of the country’s largest school districts plan to start the year with distance education as virus cases continue to increase.
As Congress denies a new series of anti-virus aid efforts, Trump has said that school investment passes to parents if their local schools do not reopen for face-to-face teaching. He said Wednesday that he needs the cash for the students, while Democrats need him to join the unions.
DeVos, a veteran of the school’s choice, added to Trump’s proposal. She says families want “options that are paintings for their children and their children’s education.”
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ROME – Italy asks for coronavirus tests for others arriving from Croatia, Malta, Spain and Greece after a series of new infections were recorded among Italians returning from their holiday homes.
A Ministry of Health order approved Wednesday stipulates that travelers arriving from those 4 countries must provide evidence of a negative check within the last 72 hours, go for a check on arrival or move on to the local Italian fitness service to be reviewed within two days.
The ordinance also adds Colombia to Italy’s blacklist: those who have visited Colombia in the more than 14 days are completely prohibited, as are those from a dozen other countries.
Italy was the former epicenter of the European epidemic and still sees between three hundred and 500 new cases a day.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice halted nursing home visits as shown and deaths from the new coronavirus continue to increase.
He said at a news convention Wednesday that lately there are virus outbreaks in 28 nursing homes across the state.
The court suspended visits to nursing homes in March and allowed them to resume in mid-June. But the number of virus-related deaths in West Virginia has increased 23 since Friday, bringing the pandemic overall to at least 153. Several deaths were reported this month at the Princeton Health Care Center retirement home in Mercer County.
Statistics show that 26 of the 29 deaths reported statewide since Friday occurred among others over the age of 70.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose seeks to reassure the electorate that nothing, adding the coronavirus and skepticism about the mail vote that President Donald Trump pushed, will avoid the election and that they will be safe.
The Republican on Wednesday launched a 48-point electoral security plan about CDC rules to Ohio County’s 88 election forums that he strongly recommends, but does not require, dressing in a mask on Election Day.
He called that he was not dressed in a rude mask and, as if he were getting into his nose, “just disgusting,” however, he said his protocol was right for all voters. User voters who choose not to wear a mask will have options, add the option to vote outdoors or on the street, but will not be prevented from voting indoors if they wish.
LaRose stated that demanding a mask would violate people’s votes and impose an unfair burden on voting officials.
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ATLANTA – Georgia’s largest school district fought Wednesday to free up online learning for its 180,000 students, and parents complained that students simply adhere to the Gwinnett County system.
Meanwhile, Cherokee County quarantined 1,156 fellows after seeking internships at the school, adding about 330 fellows to yesterday’s total. They are at home because of imaginable exposure to coronavirus since the categories resumed last week.
Approximately 70 academics and the 40,000 district of Cherokee County testified positive for coronavirus, according to the knowledge published Wednesday on the district’s website. It is not known if some were inflamed at school.
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Secretary of State Michael Watson, the state’s most sensible election official, and district clerks in Hinds and Rankin counties, were sued.
The trial calls for a state-wide ruling to authorize absentee voting through other people with fitness disorders that may put them at greater threat because of the virus. Mississippi only allows absentees to vote for a few reasons. Applicants come with others who have had cancer or who have other conditions besides lupus and asthma. Teams say the law is confusing and can be implemented unevenly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers have made a replacement that allows absentees to vote through other people quarantined with COVID-19 or who are concerned about someone inflamed with the virus. The trial says election officials can simply interpret the law elsewhere.
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ATHENS, Greece – The Greek fitness government has announced 262 new coronavirus infections, the highest number since the outbreak began.
Two more deaths were announced, bringing the total death toll to 216. The total number of people shown is 6,177.
Greece imposed an early blockade that kept the number of infections and deaths low. But the number of instances shown has increased significantly since the lifting of restrictions and the reopening of the country to foreign visitors.
The government has imposed new restrictions in some areas, adding the closure of bars, restaurants and cafes at some of the country’s major tourist sites between 7 a.m.
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The fitness secretariat of the Federal District of Brazil showed his death.
President Bolsonaro and Michelle Bolsonaro were diagnosed with COVID-19 last month. The president, who has recovered, has minimized the severity of the virus.
Brazil has more than 3.1 million cases shown of coronavirus and more than 103,000 deaths, world ranking.