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new Zealand his national election was delayed by four weeks due to concerns about its coronavirus outbreak. IN cluster of infections of giant churches in South Korea again worries that the country could become a hotspot again.
Italy and Spain reported closing nightclubs, while France’s public health bureau warned that all of the country’s Covid-19 indicators were trending upwards.
Fatalities of the US are more than 1,000 for the fifth consecutive day, although cases are slow. Australia had its deadliest day, and the deaths of India fell 50,000.
Key Developments:
- Global Tracker: Global Fall Top 21.6 Million; deaths exceed 775,000
- Virus leaves thousands migrant workers stranded in Russia
- United Kingdom exam crisis deepens as Johnson sits another week of chaos
- India’s virus test system is’ like strike a coin ‘
- Approximately 1,000 new hotels still open during the pandemic
- Vaccine Tracker: Where we’re in the race for Covid-19 protection
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Philippines Eyes Open Reopens Despite Virus (2:59 PM HK)
The Philippines is looking further reopening their economy, even as coronavirus infections continue to increase, after an interview revealed that adult unemployment was at a record high last month.
The government wants to allow more economic activity and expand aid to small businesses to 27.3 million Filipinos in a Social Weather Stations survey in July saying they were unemployed, said Presidential spokesman Harry Roque.
President Rodrigo Duterte will announce whether to extend or reduce the restrictions before the stricter sidewalks are implemented in metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces on Tuesday, Roque said.
Novavax launches fax test in South Africa (2:42 AM)
Novavax Inc. announced the start of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to evaluate the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Dr Shabir Madhi, Professor of Faxinology at Wits University, will lead the trial, which is supported in part by a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Europe’s largest export of pork replanted (1:55 pm) HK)
Danish Krone, the largest exporter of pork in Europe, will again an abattoir in Denmark after an outbreak of Covid-19 among staff was brought under control. Danish Crown shut down plant a week ago after more than 140 of its 850 workers tested positive for the virus. That figure has since fallen slowly and the company said on Sunday that it had registered about 20 new cases in the past week. The outbreak at the plant, which normally processes about 62,000 barges weekly, has led to exports to China.
India’s Death Toll Tops 50,000 (12:59 pm HK)
India reported 941 additional deaths, bringing the death toll from the country above 50,000. India has the fourth-highest death toll worldwide, after surpassing the UK’s talent last week. The spread of Covid-19 is accelerating through the second most populous country in the world, with the total number of confirmed cases at more than 2.6 million, the third most in the world.
Singapore steps up to air force measures (12:45 pm HK)
Air crews of Singapore carriers returning from overseas on August 20 will have to undergo Covid-19 tests on top of existing health and safety protocols that are already in place, the Singapore Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. There have been no positive cases under Air Force carriers of Singapore for more than three months.
Students to return to Australia (11:31 a.m. HK)
Australia has approved one pilot program for 300 international students to enter the country, providing a potential lifeline for the sector A $ 38 billion ($ 27 billion) defeated by the pandemic.
South Australia had prepared for the arrival of about 800 students under an earlier proposal in July, but the plans were delayed by an outbreak of Covid-19 in neighboring Victoria and the closure of state borders. Similar pilot programs in Canberra and Victoria were also postponed as emerging events in Melbourne alarmed the nation.
South Korea reports 197 additional cases (10:40 AM)
South Korea on Monday reported 197 more cases of coronavirus, amid a flare-up of infections. The country warned over the weekend of another mass infection after reporting the highest number of cases of coronavirus since early March, most linked to an outbreak at a church in the capital.
HK study extended Dine-in Hours: Sing Tao (8:53 pm HK)
The Hong Kong government is seeking to allow restaurants to end their din-in services by 9pm, later than the current 6-hour limit, Sing Tao Daily reported, naming unidentified people.
Other virus-related measures at restaurants, such as limiting customers to two people per table and a 50% cap on seating capacity, are not expected to change as the current round of social distance measures is set for Tuesday.
Lift order from Capital of Coffee Province (8:42 pm HK)
The province of Dak Lak in the coffee belt of Central Highlands in Vietnam removed a 14-day home stay applied to its capital Buon Ma Thuot and a storage of four locations in the city, as the outbreak of coronavirus is under control , it said in a statement.
Malaysia finds cases with more infected strain (8:27 p.m. HK)
Malaysia has a strain of the new coronavirus that has been infected 10 times. The mutation has become the predominant variant in Europe and the US, with the World Health Organization saying there is no evidence that the strain leads to a more serious disease.
A paper published in Cell Press said the mutation is unlikely to have a significant impact on the effectiveness of vaccines currently being developed.
The mutation named D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster started by a restaurant owner returning from India and breaking his 14-day home quarantine. The tribe was also found in another cluster where people returned from the Philippines.
Australia has deadliest day with 25 dead in Victoria (7:32 p.m.)
Australia had its deadliest day in the pandemic, with 25 dead in the state of Victoria. The nation’s most populous state, which has imposed a lockdown and night permit in its capital Melbourne, on Monday also reported 282 new cases in the past 24 hours, down from the daily tallies in the 700s in ‘ and late July.
Victoria is isolated from the rest of the nation because other states have closed their borders – threatening to deepen and prolong the economic recession. On Sunday, the Victoria government announced that it would extend a state of emergency until mid-September.
Spain and Italy move to Shut Nightclubs (7:17 pm HK)
The nightclub Amnesia, which remains closed, on July 30 in Ibiza.
Photographer: Jaime Reina / AFP via Getty Images
Spain will start closing night spots this week after being blamed for spikes in cases that issued new travel warnings. Suspension of operations was one of 11 measures The Spanish regional governments have agreed to curb the rapid growth of viruses among Europe’s major economies.
Italy also ordered nightclubs to close and broaden rules on wearing protective masks.
Texas Hospitalizations Down (6:50 p.m. HK)
Coronavirus patients in Texas hospitals fell to 6,267, the lowest in seven weeks. Another 143 deaths were reported, up to just under a total of 10,000 deaths. The state added 6,204 new cases, less than the previous day, for a total of 535,042.
New Zealand postpones election (6:23 PM HK)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks until October 17 when a community outbreak of Covid-19 is lessened.
Ardern said Monday that they are delaying the Sept. 19 election after consulting with other political parties, to give voters certainty.
A recent outbreak of the virus in Auckland has seen the largest city shut down since August 12, urging people to stay home and close businesses with businesses – building consumer confidence while making political campaigning and fundraising impossible. The city, home to nearly one-third of the nation’s 5 million citizens, is a major battlefield for Ardern, as its Labor Party seeks a second term.
Watch: New Zealand fights its first coronavirus outbreak in more than three months and has forced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to postpone the general election by 4 weeks.
Brazil Cases, Deaths Down (17:50 NY)
Brazil reported 23,101 cases, down from 41,576 the previous day, for a total of 3,340,197. Another 620 deaths, down from 709 the day before, were added in the nation worst affected by the pandemic after the U.S. Total death toll now stands at 107,852.
Virus Clusters Spread at University of North Carolina (5:15 p.m. NY)
A new cluster of Covid-19 cases has erupted at a University of North Carolina, the fourth in the last three days, the Daily Tar Heel reported on Sunday.
A university spokesman said it would not say how many students were infected, according to the student newspaper. The university defines as five or more cases in ‘near’.
Another Georgia High School closes (2:58 pm)
A third high school in the province of Georgia hit by a Covid-19 outbreak said it would close after 25 students tested positive and 500 were quarantined, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution report. The school district expects that more than 1,800 students will be quarantined once the testing is completed.
California ICU Trend Reaches Seven-Week High (2:05 PM NY)
Nurses care for a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit in San Jose.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
California added 7,873 new cases – compared to the 14-day average of 8,029 – bringing the total to 621,562. Deaths went up by 77 to 11,224.
While the number of hospital patients has dropped to the lowest level since the end of June, the percentage of those in ICUs has increased to 31.8% on an average of five days, the highest since the end of June, according to data on the website ‘ the state of the health department.
US Rise in Cases Under 7-Day Average (8 am NY)
U.S. cases increased by 47,813, up 0.9% on the day. That is lower than the 1% increase last week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. It was the smallest increase since Tuesday.
Deaths related to Covid-19 rose by 1,046 nationwide, the fifth-consecutive day by more than 1,000, though nearly 300 fewer than the previous day, according to the data.
Common tests in China, Russia: Chinese scientist (4:35 am NY)
Zhong Nanshan, a top virus expert in China, said at a meeting on Sunday that China and Russia have plans to vaccinate clinical trials together, without giving further details. The meeting, held in China’s Guangdong province, is about virus cooperation between the two countries and attended by virus experts from both sides, according to local reports.
Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s drugmaker Petrovax is launching a Phase III trial in Russia of Chinese company CanSino Biologics Inc.’s Ad5-nCoV vaccine candidate, it said on its website Saturday. Petrovax plans to produce the vaccine at its facilities in the Moscow region once it is registered in Russia.
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