Deaths in the United States nearly 150,000; some of the other people living in Mumbai’s slums had coronavirus; China posts 100 new cases
Muslim pilgrims have started the annual hajj in the holy city of Mecca in a particularly small edition as hosts, Saudi Arabia, check out to avoid any coronavirus outbreaks on the five-day pilgrimage.
Hajj, one of the five highest pillars or vital practices of Islam and a legal responsibility for healthy Muslims at least once in their lives, is one of the largest devoted gatherings in the world, as around 2.5 million other people descend into the country. city everywhere. The world.
But this year, attendance is limited to another 10,000 people already living in the kingdom as the government searches for Covid-19. The disease has already inflamed more than 270,000 people in Saudi Arabia, hitting it in the 20 most affected countries.
“There are no security disorders in this pilgrimage, however [the reduction] is for pilgrims of the danger of the pandemic,” said Khalid bin Qarar al-Harbi, Saudi Arabia’s Director of Public Security. The sacred Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam, will be sealed.
Pilgrims will be required to wear masks and practice social estrangement in a series of five-day devout rites in Y around Mecca in western Saudi Arabia.
Those who decided to participate in the hajj were subjected to temperature checks and quarantined posts when they began arriving in Mecca this weekend.
State media showed that they were in shape disinfecting their luggage, and some pilgrims reported receiving electronic bracelets to allow the government to monitor their place.
There are now 16.67 million cases of international coronavirus and more than 659,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University tracker. The United States has the world’s most severe outbreak, with approximately 150,000 deaths and 4.3 million cases.
U.S. President Donald Trump interrupted his daily white house briefing Tuesday night after he was asked why he called a doctor who mistakenly rejected the use of masks to fight the coronavirus “spectacular.” The doctor allegedly also claimed that extraterrestrial DNA was used in medical remedies and that some gynecological disorders would be caused by others who dreamed of having sex with demons.
Florida, the third most populous state in the United States, reported a record increase in coronavirus deaths in one day. The State Department of Health said 191 other people had died of the disease in the 24 hours prior to Tuesday night.
Cases in Texas have surpassed the 400,000 mark, fueling fears that the United States is not yet taking charge of the epidemic and pressuring Congress to pass some other major financial aid program.
The scale of the challenge facing the Indian government was highlighted through a study showing that more than a portion of the people living in Mumbai’s slums had coronavirus. The city performed random blood tests on 6,936 other people and found that 57% of slum dwellers and 16% of non-slum citizens had anti-virus antibodies. Mumbai, where about 40% of the population of 20 million live in slums, has so far reported more than 110,000 infections and more than 6,000 deaths. This reflects an antibody study published last week that indicates that nearly 25% of Delhi’s citizens may have contracted the disease.
China has reported 101 new cases of coronavirus on the continent as of July 28, the highest in more than 3 and a half months, the fitness commission announced Wednesday. China has acted temporarily to involve epidemics through the search for contacts and the re-importation of restrictions in the affected areas. Recently, many new infections have been reported in the western Xinjiang region, where 89 have been reported as of July 28. One was registered in Beijing, while 3 were imported instances, according to a report by the National Health Commission.
In Australia, victory recorded 295 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, 89 fewer than 384 on Tuesday, 150 fewer than Monday’s record. Nine other people were killed, near the national record of 10 reported deaths in the state per day last week. There have been 19 new cases in the state of New South Wales, leading neighbor Queensland to close its border to anyone in Sydney.
New Zealand has recorded two new cases of Covid-19, whether diagnosed in returning travellers who are quarantined in controlled isolation facilities. This is the case for the 23 active instances of coronavirus in New Zealand: no known network transmission. The government also said it would start charging some travelers for their two-week quarantined stay.
Doctors have warned that the Pacific region is facing a wider fitness crisis, as its already fragile fitness systems are forced to detract from the remedy of diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.