MOSCOW – Every day in Russia, new coronavirus infections peak at 20,000, setting a new record since the onset of the epidemic.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia – currently the fourth largest in the world – has surpassed 1.7 million since the outbreak began in September. The government’s coronavirus task force has recorded 29,887 deaths since March.
Of the 20,582 new cases reported on Friday, 6,253 were in Moscow, the highest number in the capital since May.
Despite the new daily records, officials insist there is no need to impose another lockdown or shut down businesses across the country. They argue that the health care system is capable of increasing infections.
However, Russian media have reported on overcrowded hospitals, drug shortages and medical workers in some regions, showing that the health care system is under considerable stress.
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GENEVA – The head of the United States World Health Organization is urging Taiwan to join the UN. Invite to attend the annual meeting of the Health Agency next week and draw attention to its “glorious success” against Covid-19.
China has effectively blocked Taiwan from participating in the World Health Assembly in recent years following the election of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. Its pro-independence administration has run afoul of Beijing, which considers Taiwan part of China.
U.P.H. The U.S. appeal to Director-General Tedros Adhanam Braebrasius comes after the Trump administration took action to pull the United States out of the UN health agency during the summer of the following year. Taiwan is not a member state of the UN.
According to a compilation of global statistics from Johns Hopkins University, Taiwan, a country of about 230 million people, has 56,569 confirmed COVID-19 cases and only seven deaths from the epidemic.
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LUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian police say they have detained 10 people following violent protests in the capital, Ljubljana, against lockdown measures designed to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
On Thursday, hundreds of angry protesters hurled bottles, flames and stones at police, who used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the riots, which are rare in a generally quiet alpine nation.
The gathering was organized in violation of a ban on gatherings in Slovenia as part of antivirus rules. Public broadcaster RTV Slovenia says some protesters attacked the media crew, in which a photojournalist was shot in the head.
Slovenian authorities have introduced an overnight curfew and a set of preventive rules after facing an increase in infections in a country of 2 million people.
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BERLIN – Germany’s health minister has warned of a difficult time ahead unless the country “breaks” the growing pace of coronavirus cases.
“The situation is serious,” Jens Spah told legislators in Parliament on Friday, noting that the number of COVID-19 patients treated in the country’s intensive care units has doubled in the past 10 days.
“The health system can deal with this today,” he said. “But doubling every 10 days is something the world’s best healthcare system can’t cope with in the long run.”
Germany’s disease control agency set a new record of more than 21,500 confirmed infections in the country in recent days, and a further 166 deaths.
Laboratories in Germany are also warning that they are reaching capacity, and have called for stricter criteria for which people can be tested.
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BEIJING – China has temporarily banned the entry of foreigners from at least eight countries as the Kovid-19 case escalates in Europe and elsewhere.
Non-Chinese will no longer be able to enter from Russia, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, even if they have a valid visa or residence permit for China.
The embassies of those countries have in recent days posted online notifications announcing a temporary suspension of entry.
China has taken strict measures to protect against new infections from abroad.
On Friday, health authorities reported 30 imported cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 15 in Shanghai. Which brings the total number of cases imported during the epidemic to 3,510.
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New Delhi: There are 47,638 new cases of coronavirus in India, bringing the total to 8.4 million.
Health ministry figures show that the death toll rose to 640 in the last 24 hours on Friday, bringing the total to 124,985.
India has the highest number of cases in the world behind the United States. Despite a steady decline in cases in the country since mid-September, its capital has seen an increase in infections.
About 6,700 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in New Delhi in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the epidemic.
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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Supreme Court has upheld the state’s border closure and dismissed a case of epidemic action being unconstitutional.
All Australian states and territories have used border restrictions to control the infection, and Western Australia’s ruling against Australia’s closure could affect others.
High court judges ruled to close the state’s border of non-essential travel during a “plague or epidemic in nature” that complies with the constitution.
The state closed its border with the rest of Australia on April 5 and has not recorded a COVID-19 community transmission since April 11, easing the ban this week, which is considered a low risk for people in those states and territories.
Separately, hotels investigating the return of foreign travelers to Melbourne have been recommended to be made police guards in an investigation of quarantine problems. The decision by the Victorian state government to use private security companies instead of the police and army to enforce quarantine has been widely blamed for vulnerability control that led to a virus outbreak in Australia’s second-largest city.
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