China’s National Health Commission said Thursday that 8 new cases had been reported in more than 24 hours in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, whose main city of Urumqi has followed blocking measures and restrictions to control the most recent outbreak in China. They took 11 additional cases through Chinese returning from abroad.
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.
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
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– Connected science and policy in the vaccine race
A senior Federal Reserve official criticized the resolve of many states to reopen business this spring before fully controlling the virus, saying that those possible options had hampered the economic recovery in the United States.
– 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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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has reported 56 new cases of coronavirus as new infection groups continue to appear in major cities.
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, Monte. 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.
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SANTA FE, N.M. – The school year is underway in some of New Mexico’s largest public school districts as teachers, academics, and parents face distance 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 presented on Wednesday its teaching, generation and nutrition protocols for a completely online start-up.
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 health dangers associated with keeping young people at home are greater than those related to coronavirus.
Most of the country’s largest school districts plan to start the year with distance education as virus cases continue to increase.
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.
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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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.
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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JACKSON, Mississippi – The Mississippi American Civil Liberties Union and the Mississippi Justice Center have filed lawsuits for considerations about the state absentee voting law.
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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Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira, 80, grandmother of Michelle Bolsonaro, married to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. She had been hospitalized since July 1 after testing positive for coronavirus.
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 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 103,000 deaths, ranking second highest in the world.