- At least 19.86 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and more than 731,300 have died. More than 12.1 million have been recovered.
Here are the latest updates:
Monday, August 10th
06:15 GMT – Red Cross trains North Koreans to help with coronavirus, floods
The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the closed city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood relief, an aid organization official said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a state of emergency last month and opened fire on Kaesong, near the inter-Korean border, after a man who moved to the South in 2017 returned to the city with coronavirus symptoms. Heavy rains and floods in recent days have also raised concerns about crop damage and food supplies in the isolated country.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has built an extensive network of North Korean volunteers to help residents in all nine provinces prevent the virus and reduce damage caused by floods and landslides, said spokesman Antony Balmain.
05:45 GMT – German companies expect life to be limited for 8.5 more months: survey
German companies expect public life to be limited for another 8.5 months due to coronavirus, a survey by the economic institute Ifo revealed, as Europe’s largest economy is struggling to recover from a pandemic-induced downturn.
Leisure companies, hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, are particularly pessimistic, expect restrictions to last another 13 months, while the beverage sector is more optimistic, and anticipate an end to restrictions in 6.4 months.
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05:15 GMT – US warns coronavirus death could reach 300,000
When the US registered more than five million coronavirus infections, former head of the Food and Drug Administration Dr Scott Gottlieb issued a warning about the increasing death toll.
“We will definitely be somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000. Whether we are closer to 200,000 or closer to 300,000 depends on what we do and how this evolves,” Gottlieb said in an interview with CBS Face The Nation.
“The concern now is that this has become so pervasive across the country that it could start to infect more rural communities that to this day are largely untouched and probably a little more satisfied because they are untouched. , but are still very vulnerable because the infection has not been there. “
According to reports, one in every 66 residents in the US is now infected with COVID-19. As of Monday, the U.S. has reported nearly 163,000 deaths.
04:50 GMT – Russia’s vaccine-vaccine race is causing concern in the West
Russia is proud to be the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, with mass vaccinations scheduled for October using Scots yet to complete a clinical trial – and scientists worldwide are sounding the alarm that the headlong back can raise.
“I am concerned that Russia is cutting corners so that the vaccine that will come out can be not only ineffective but also unsafe,” Lawrence Gostin, a global public health expert at Georgetown University, told AP News Agency. “It does not work that way … Tears come first. That’s really important.”
According to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund that the effort is bankrolled, a vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute in Moscow could be approved in days before scientists complete what is called a Phase 3 study.
That final stage of the study, usually involving tens of thousands of people, is the only way to prove if an experimental vaccine is safe and really works.
04:20 GMT – Australia’s internal borders must remain for months
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that closures of the country’s inner border were unlikely to be lifted before Christmas.
However, Morrison said he was “more hopeful” that the measures being implemented would yield results, with daily new infections in the state of Victoria slowing to a near two-week low.
Australia reported its highest death toll on Monday.
03:49 GMT – Red Cross sends thousands of volunteers to help North Korea deal with coronavirus, floods
The Red Cross has deployed more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea to help the country recover from the pandemic, as well as the recent flood, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) spokesman Antony Balmain said Monday.
Balmain said the volunteers will be spread across nine provinces.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had issued a July statement in July and imposed a lockdown on the border town of Kaesong, after a man who moved to the South in 2017 returned to the city with coronavirus symptoms.
Heavy rains and floods have also been reported in recent days, raising concerns about damage to the country’s food chain.
03:15 GMT – Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 436 to 216,327
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany increased from 436 to 216,327, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday with data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
The reported death toll increased by one to 9,197, which indicated.
02:45 GMT – Manila to disperse one million face masks to contain pandemic
The Philippine economy took a big hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the government reporting a 16.5 percent drop in GDP in the second quarter of this year [Francis R Malasig/EPA]
The mayor of Manila has announced that the capital of the Philippines will distribute one million face masks to its residents, as part of the local government’s effort to curb the spread of coronavirus disease.
Mayor Franciso Moreno also said the city will also allocate at least 200m pesos ($ 4 million) to get COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available.
The Philippines has nearly 130,000 cases and more than 2,200 deaths nationwide. Most of the cases and deaths were reported in the Metro Manila area, which has a population of more than 12 million.
A refurbishment is underway again until August 18 in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The national government has faced criticism over its response to the pandemic, forcing local governments to adopt and adopt local restrictions and policies.
02:25 GMT – South Korea reports 28 new cases of coronavirus
South Korea on Monday reported 28 new coronavirus cases, including 17 local infections that increase the country’s total to 14,626.
News agency Yonhap quoted the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) as saying that of the 17 local broadcasts, 11 were reported in the capital Seoul.
Meanwhile, a church in Goyang, north of Seoul, reported eight extra patients on Sunday, raising the total caseload to 24.
There were no new reported deaths, keeping the total deaths at 305. About 93 percent of the total cases have already been recovered.
01:48 GMT – Maduro of Venezuela extends coronavirus restrictions 30 days
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the extension of the country’s warning state for another 30 days, to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Maduro made the announcement because he said 4,991 Venezuelan nationals who had recently returned to the country were testing positive for the coronavirus.
As of Sunday, the country had added 844 new cases, including 797 local infections and 47 imported cases, as well as eight deaths. Venice has so far reported nearly 26,000 cases and 223 deaths.
01:15 GMT – Brazil reports more than 23,000 new cases of coronavirus, 572 deaths
The Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported 23,010 new cases of COVID-19, with 572 new deaths as the country continues to struggle with controlling the spread of the deadly disease.
With the latest figures, the most populous nation in South America now has more than 3 million cases, and more than 2.3 million recurrences, according to the Johns Hopkins University census.
The country’s death toll from COVID-19 has reached more than 101,000 – second only to the US.
Protesters in Sao Paulo protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic last Friday [Andre Penner/AP]
01:00 GMT – China reports 49 new cases of coronavirus on mainland
China on Monday reported 49 new cases of coronavirus on the mainland by the end of August 9, compared to 23 cases a day earlier, Reuters news agency quoted the health authority as saying.
The National Health Commission said in a statement 35 of the new infections were imported cases. There were no new deaths.
China also reported 31 new asymptomatic patients, compared with 11 a day earlier.
As of August 9, mainland China had a total of 84,668 confirmed cases of coronavirus, it said.
China’s death toll from coronavirus remained unchanged at 4,634.
00:15 GMT – Mexico reports 4,376 new COVID-19 cases, 292 new deaths
The Ministry of Health in Mexico reported on Sunday 4,376 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and 292 additional deaths, bringing the total to 480,278 cases and 52,298 deaths in the country, according to Reuters News Agency.
Officials have said the true number of infected people is likely to be higher than the confirmed cases.
Mexico has the third-highest coronavirus death tally worldwide, behind the United States and Brazil.
00:05 GMT – Victoria’s Australia reports 322 new COVID-19 cases, 19 dead
Australia on Monday reported a record number of daily deaths from coronavirus, although the number of new infections in the country’s virus hot spot dropped to a close two weeks low, according to the news agency Reuters.
Officials in the state of Victoria, which is the epicenter of Australia’s second coronavirus wave, reported that 19 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours. With other states still reporting daily new numbers of deaths and deaths, that already marks the biggest rise in death tolls in the country.
In more positive news, Victoria officials also reported 322 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the lowest number of new infections in a single day since July 29.
Australia has recorded about 21,000 cases of COVID-19, and 314 deaths, still far fewer than many other developed nations.
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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Ted Regencia in Kuala Lumpur.
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