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The Tunisian government reinstated the curfew at El Hamma after an increase in coronavirus cases there, the mayor said, while rail links to the city were suspended. The Hamma, which is home to some 100,000 people, has recorded 441 cases of infection and five deaths from COVID-19 disease, Mayor Nacef Ennajeh told the AFP news agency. He said a curfew had been imposed from 5pm. at five a.m. for a week in the city, about 32 and five kilometers (200 miles) south of the capital, Tunisia. The North African country has recorded a total of 2,543 cases and 63 deaths since the start of the epidemic.
The head of Israel’s Coronavirus Working Group has asked Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to forbid an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews stop in the city of Ulaanch in central Ukraine for fear that the site may be a hot spot for the virus.
Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews descend to Ouman every Jewish New Year to stop at the tomb of Rabbi Najman de Breslov, who revived the Hasidic movement and died in 1810.
Such a collection, in such difficult times, is expected to create large occasions of infection from tourists and local residents of Ukraine, which places a great burden on local medical systems, while thousands more are expected to return to Israel and spread further. virus, ” said Ronni Gamzu.
This year’s Jewish New Year celebrations take place from September 18 to 20.
More than a portion of the Spanish companies that closed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic have reopened, according to the government’s knowledge published on Saturday, suggesting that the economy is slowly recovering.
The number of businesses registered to pay for social security at the end of July 1282346, according to figures from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Welfare and Migration, 91240 less businesses than in February before the government imposed a strict closure in an attempt to involve COVID. . -19.
However, statistics have shown that since the ease-up of the blockade began in May, 49,159 companies have registered with the government. That’s a little more than the amount that closed when the pandemic peaked in March and April.
The French government announced Saturday that it would reveal the main points of its 100 billion euro ($118 billion) plan to revitalize the economy in the first week of September, next Tuesday, as it focuses on preparing for the new school term.
“The recovery plan is ready, the schedule for implementation is still ready,” spokesman Gabriel Attal said in a statement.
Schools are expected to reopen on September 1, after a two-month blockade to control the coronavirus was closed up to two months before this year, and the government is working to make sure protective measures are adequate, Attal said.
Argentina joined Peru, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates to approve 3 clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed through the National Biotec Group of China (CNBG), the corporation announced Friday.
As China advances the global race to expand a vaccine to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and instances in China decline, CNBG wants participants to look for other countries for testing.
Qatar showed 284 new coronaviruses on Saturday, bringing the country’s total to 116,765.
The country’s Ministry of Public Health said 315 other people have recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. At least 113531 other people have recovered from coronavirus in this Middle Eastern country.
The Philippines reported 4,933 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the fifth consecutive day above 4,000, and 26 deaths from COVID-19.
In a bulletin, the Ministry of Health reported that the total number of cases shown had increased to 187,249, while the deaths shown had reached 2,966.
India reported a record increase in coronavirus infections on Saturday, raising the total to about 3 million and lobbying the government to stop mass gatherings when a primary devout party began.
The 69,878 new infections, on the fourth consecutive day above 60,000, bring the total number of cases in India to 2.98 million, in the United States and Brazil alone.
COVID-19 deaths increased from 945 to 55,794, according to the knowledge of the federal Department of Health.
Russia reported 4921 new coronavirus on Saturday, bringing its national displayed count to 951897.
Authorities said 121 other people had been killed by COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 16310.
On Friday, the Czech government recorded 506 new cases of coronavirus, the number of new infections in a day since the outbreak began.
The Czech Republic has reported that 21,551 cases showed cases of the virus, with 411 deaths, adding 19 last week.
The Czech government was one of the first in Europe to introduce movement and business restrictions when the epidemic seized it. It has been lifting restrictions since May, but has reintroduced some measures as cases have increased in recent weeks.
The number of coronavirus infections in Germany has exceeded 2,000 in the last 24 hours, a point that has not been noticed since April, the government said on Saturday.
The RKI Institute of Health reported that it had recorded 2,034 new cases and 7 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,267 and 232,082.
Ukraine has recorded a record 2,328 cases of new coronaviruses in more than 24 hours, he said Saturday.
Data provided through the Defense and National Security Council surpassed the record a previous day of 2134 other people reported on Thursday.
The total number is 102,971, with 2,244 deaths due to COVID-19.
Travellers from France to the UK must certify that they have coronavirus symptoms or have been in contact with a case shown in the 14 days prior to travel, the UK government has said.
The UK stated that travellers returning from France on or after 15 August self-aalysed on their return, due to higher rates of COVID-19 infection in France.
The imposition of quarantine situations affected Britain’s favourite holiday destinations in mid-summer and as the industry struggles to survive.
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Drug developer Moderna Inc said it had recruited 13,194 participants in the US trial of 30,000 complex volunteers testing their COVID-19 candidate vaccine.
In a tweet, the corporation also said that 18% of the participants enrolled lately were black, Latino, American Indians or Alaska Natives, maximum teams affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Moderna began reading its vaccine candidate, MRN-1273, in July and plans its full recruitment in September.
South Korea banned giant gatherings, closed nightclubs and churches, and got rid of professional sports enthusiasts across the country in an attempt to stem the resurgence of coronavirus infections.
Health Minister Park Neung-hoo announced the new measures after 332 new cases were reported, marking the ninth consecutive day of three-figure increases.
Most of the new cases occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area, which has been in the midst of the viral outbreak in recent weeks. But infections have also been reported in virtually every major town and city in the country.
They had already imposed stricter restrictions on the capital region before this week, a move they resisted for months due to economic concerns.
Australia’s most populous state, Victoria, has reported thirteen new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours, the government said, while new infections in the hotspot state remain below two hundred for the time in a row.
“It’s wonderful to see two days in a row with less than 200, we’re definitely down,” said Brett Sutton, the state’s director of health. “The most productive way to protect against a third wave is to reduce that number to the lowest level imaginable.”
The state reported 182 new cases on Saturday, with 179 new cases and nine deaths a day earlier, but compared to more than 700 a day two weeks ago.
Boeing Co said a portable wand that emits soft ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria and viruses would come, a component of a number of strategies for disinfecting cabin surfaces and controls, as well as cabin surfaces.
The wand would want to use alcohol or other disinfectants that can damage sensitive electronic equipment, Rae Lutters, a leading engineer of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program, said at a press conference.
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, said he would do whatever was mandatory to stay in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, even if that meant closing the country.
“I’ll be willing to do whatever it takes to save lives because we won’t be able to move the country until we have the virus,” Biden said in an interview with ABC.
“For the country to keep working and moving, for the economy to grow and for other people to work, the virus needs to be fixed, the virus needs to be dealt with.” And if scientists end the country, “I’d close it,” Biden said.
The interview aired Sunday night, but the clips were on Friday.
The United States has closed lanes at some access ports on the Mexican border and will conduct further secondary checks to restrict non-essentials and the spread of coronavirus, according to an official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The non-essential has been limited at the border since March, however, restrictions have been implemented more frequently for Mexican citizens. The new measures appear to target U.S. citizens and legal citizens living in Mexico.
“We want other people to think twice about what is not essential and whether vacation is a value risking their lives and the lives of others,” El Paso CBP spokesman Roger Maier said in a written statement.
Nigeria’s aviation minister Hadi Sirika told airline and travel industry representatives that the Nigerian government would ban access to citizens of countries imposing travel bans on Nigerians because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“If they ban passengers and carriers together, that’s what’s going to happen,” Sirika said in a call to Zoom.
“Our figures are not equivalent to what we have noticed in Europe,” Sirika said, adding that with travel bans, “we believe this is discrimination against our people.”
Nigeria has 50,951 samples of coronavirus and 992 deaths.
South Africa has reported 3,398 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total to 603,338 infections.
The new figures mark a sharp drop in cases, at a peak of more than 13,000 infections consistent with the day observed in July. South Africa now accounts for more than all cases in Africa and its death toll – 12,483 – accounts for approximately 47% of deaths on the continent.
“We believe that South Africa is peaking the pandemic; we believe we have passed the tipping point,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Wednesday.
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