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Coronavirus cases in Russia topped 980,000 after the country reported 4,829 new cases in the past 24 hours.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America surpassed seven million, as lawmakers in Argentina’s capital passed a law that allows family members to keep a bedside vigil for patients dying from COVID-19.
- South Korea extended social distancing rules in the capital, Seoul, amid a triple-digit increase in cases, while India reported another record jump in daily cases. New Delhi has reported the highest number of cases in a single day in the world every day since August 7.
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More than 24.56 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 16 million have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 835,000 people have died.
Here are the latest updates:
Saturday August 29
04:27 GMT – Australia’s Victoria records the smallest increase in cases in two months
Australia’s state of Victoria saw the lowest increase in new coronavirus cases in nearly two months, but authorities warned there would be no rush to lift social distancing restrictions.
State officials reported 94 new COVID-19 infections and 18 deaths on Saturday. It was the first time that new daily case numbers fell below 100 in eight weeks, and it continues a steady downward trajectory this week.
“Every day we see that the strategy works is a good day, but we just need a little more time to be sure that we are in fact defeating this and that we can open up, gradually, constantly and safely”, Victoria . Premier Daniel Andrews said at a televised press conference.
03:52 GMT – German court gives green light to protest against coronavirus restrictions
A court in the German capital Berlin upheld an earlier decision that gave the green light to weekend demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions, in response to a police appeal.
The decision is final.
Authorities had announced the ban earlier this week after an event by the same organizers earlier this month broke up because the participants, numbering in the tens of thousands, were not wearing masks or maintaining the required distance from each other.
03:11 GMT – Argentina reports record cases but relaxes the confinement
Argentina recorded 11,717 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, its biggest daily jump, but the government went ahead with its plans to ease lockdown measures nationwide.
“Today we can take a new step by authorizing meetings of up to ten people in the open air, maintaining the distance of two meters and the use of a mask. This will be in effect throughout the country,” said President Alberto Fernández in a televised address.
The restrictions related to the pandemic in the country began on March 20. The new, more relaxed rules are scheduled to last until at least September 20.
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02:40 GMT – Colombia’s soccer league will restart in September
Colombia’s main soccer league will restart the game in September, Sports Minister Ernesto Lucena said on Friday, although the games will be held without spectators.
The league was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Today the good news for Colombia is that no later than the third week of September we will have soccer,” Lucena said during the nightly television broadcast of President Iván Duque. “It will be behind closed doors, we have said it from the beginning, there will be no capacity for the public.”
01:33 GMT – Researchers identify the first case of reinfection in the United States.
Researchers in Nevada reported on what could be the first documented case of coronavirus reinfection in the United States, following similar reports earlier this week from Hong Kong and Europe.
Initially, a 25-year-old Reno man with mild COVID-19 symptoms was found to have the virus in April, recovered and tested negative twice, and then tested positive again in June. He was much sicker the second time, with pneumonia that required hospitalization and oxygen treatment.
The findings have not yet been published or reviewed by other scientists, but they were posted on a research site.
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Scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory said they were able to demonstrate through sophisticated genetic testing that the virus associated with each instance of the Reno man’s infection represented strains. genetically different.
The case “should cement in our minds that there is no such thing … as invulnerability” to the virus, even if you’ve already had it, said Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
“You can get sick again and that disease can be quite serious.”
01:05 GMT – Most US States Reject Trump Administration’s New Test Guide
Most states in the United States have rejected the new guidance on COVID-19 testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Reuters news agency reported, in a move that health experts The public said he showed increasing distrust in managing the disease. pandemic by the administration of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
At least 33 states continue to recommend testing for people who have been exposed to COVID-19 and have no symptoms, rejecting guidance released by the CDC this week that such testing may be unnecessary.
Reuters said 16 states did not immediately respond to requests for comment and North Dakota said it had not made a decision.
Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health, told the agency: “This is almost every state rebelling against the new guidelines.”
00:49 GMT – Governor of Rio de Janeiro suspended for alleged COVID-19 graft
A Brazilian court temporarily removed Wilson Witzel, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, from office for alleged corruption in the purchase of medical supplies and services.
In a statement to the press, the governor called his 180-day suspension by a federal body a politically motivated “circus” led by a prosecutor with ties to the family of President Jair Bolsonaro and based on the false testimony of his former Secretary of Health.
Along with the court decision, federal police arrested nine people and carried out 83 raids on Witzel associates on Friday as part of their corruption investigation, prosecutors said.
Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel gestures while speaking to the media at the Laranjeiras Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Pilar Olivares/ Reuters]
00:10 – Canada extends ban to most foreign travelers
Canada is extending restrictions on travelers arriving in the country for one more month to help combat the spread of COVID-19, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced on Twitter.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad will remain subject to strict quarantine measures, it added.
Arrivals to Canada must undergo a 14-day quarantine period.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning to Canada will remain subject to strict quarantine measures. Waivers and other details can be found here: https://t.co/zESXaTXBNj (2/2)
– Bill Blair (@BillBlair) August 28, 2020
Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continued coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I am Zaheena Rasheed from Male, Maldives.
For all the key developments of yesterday, August 28, go here.
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