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Volunteers distribute food to troubled residents after week-long restrictions were applied to curb the COVID-19 epidemic in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug. 31 – Photo: AFP
Global: 25.6 million cases and 17.9 million recoveries
According to page updates Worldometers On the morning of September 1, more than 25.6 million cases of COVID-19 were registered worldwide, of which more than 854,000 deaths and 17.9 million cases were recovered.
The United States, Brazil, and India remain the world’s top three countries in terms of cases, with more than 6.2 million, 3.9 million, and 3.6 million cases, respectively. These three countries also lead the world in recovery cases, with the United States with 3.4 million, Brazil with 3 million and India with 2.8 million recovery cases.
Vietnam is currently among the 150 countries / regions with the highest number of infections in the world.
WHO: Open doors + incontinence can = disaster
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Aug. 31 that countries that still witnessed the significant spread of COVID-19 should stop organizing potentially infectious events due to uncontrolled opening. virus will be a “recipe for disaster”.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus admits that many people are getting tired of restrictive measures and want to get back to normal after the first cases were recorded about eight months ago.
Mr. Tedros said that WHO fully supports efforts to reopen the economy and society. “We want children to go back to school and we want people to go back to work, but we want it to be done safely,” he added.
“No country can pretend that the pandemic is over. The fact that this virus spreads easily. Opening out of control is a recipe for disaster,” Tedros said.
Hong Kong has started extensive testing
The AFP news agency reported that Hong Kong will begin large-scale testing for COVID-19 today (September 1). Since the application was opened last weekend, 510,000 people – roughly 7% of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million residents – have signed up to participate.
These voluntary tests are part of an effort to quell a third wave of COVID-19 outbreaks that hit Hong Kong in June, forcing the densely populated city to take influential measures. heavy on the economy.
However, the involvement of mainland Chinese testing companies and doctors in the testing scheme has made some Hong Kong residents fear, for example, that Beijing could collect data. biometrics to monitor them.
United Nations: COVID-19 increases gender inequality
On August 31, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the COVID-19 pandemic increased inequality between men and women, while reversing “decades of limited and fragile progress.” on gender equality and women’s rights “.
The head of the United Nations warned young women from civil society organizations (CSOs) in an online meeting that “without a response of interest, we risk losing our lives. What a generation of achievements.”
During the pandemic, Antonio Guterres said, “women have been on the front lines, responding to health workers, teachers, essential workers and caregivers in their homes and communities.”
The United Nations Secretary-General says that the majority of health workers are women, but less than a third are in decision-making functions. He also noted that reports in various places show an increase in the number of teenage pregnancies and gender-based violence.
Russian officials say the West is following an example in approving vaccines
Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said on Aug. 31 that comments from the director of the United States and United Kingdom Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show the West has admitted that Russia made well to approve the vaccine in August, according to Reuters.
In early August, Russia became the first country in the world to license the COVID-19 vaccine called Sputnik V after less than two months of human testing, raising some safety concerns among some Western experts. efficacy of this vaccine.
However, the FDA executive later said he was willing to circumvent the usual approval process to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine, as long as officials believed the benefits outweighed the risks.
The UK government also outlined plans last week to allow the country’s health regulator to temporarily authorize any COVID-18 vaccine before receiving a full license if the vaccine meets safety and quality standards.
Kirill Dmitriev said that the United States and the United Kingdom now “exactly imitate Russia.” He added: “The West is shocked by Russia’s success in producing a potential vaccine and has to go through four stages to accept one thing, of course: rejection, anger, sadness, and ultimately acceptance. “
Russia has started phase 3 trials of the Sputnik V vaccine to test its efficacy with a larger group of volunteers. The country is also preparing to approve a second COVID-19 vaccine in late September or early October. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the large-scale vaccination of a group at high risk of COVID-19 from November-December.
