Covid-19 news update Sep/14- World Traditional Medicine Forum

Date：09/14

#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
	World	29,175,454	+243,969	927,986
1	USA	6,708,458	+31,857	198,520
2	India	4,845,003	+93,215	79,754
3	Brazil	4,330,455	+14,597	131,663
4	Russia	1,062,811	+5,449	18,578
5	Peru	729,619	+6,787	30,710
6	Colombia	716,319	+7,355	22,924
7	Mexico	663,973	+5,674	70,604
8	South Africa	649,793	+1,579	15,447
9	Spain	576,697	+4708	29,747
10	Argentina	555,537	+9,056	11,352
11	Chile	434,748	+2,082	11,949
12	Iran	402,029	+2,089	23,157
13	France	381,094	+7,183	30,916
14	UK	368,504	+3,330	41,628
15	Bangladesh	337,520	+1,476	4,733
16	Saudi Arabia	325,651	+601	4,268
17	Pakistan	301,481	+526	6,379
18	Turkey	291,162	+1,527	7,056
19	Iraq	290,309	+3,531	8,014
20	Italy	287,753	+1,458	35,610
21	Germany	261,298	+752	9,428
22	Philippines	261,216	+3,372	4,371
23	Indonesia	218,382	+3,636	8,723
24	Israel	155,604	+2,882	1,119
25	Ukraine	154,335	+2,476	3,178
26	Canada	136,659	+518	9,171
27	Bolivia	125,982	+810	7,297
28	Qatar	121,740	+217	205
29	Ecuador	118,594	+2,143	10,903
30	Kazakhstan	106,803	+74	1,634
31	Dominican Republic	103,660	+568	1,968
32	Romania	103,495	+1,109	4,163
33	Panama	101,745	+704	2,166
34	Egypt	101,009	+153	5,648
35	Kuwait	94,764	+553	560
36	Belgium	92,478	+941	9,923
37	Oman	89,746	+1,409	780
38	Morocco	86,686	+2,251	1,578
39	Sweden	86,505	+0	5,846
40	China	85,184	+10	4,634
41	Netherlands	82,099	+1,087	6,254
42	Guatemala	81,909	+251	2,957
43	UAE	79,489	+640	399
44	Japan	75,218	+674	1,439
45	Belarus	74,173	+198	750
46	Poland	74,152	+502	2,188
47	Honduras	67,136	+1,087	2,065
48	Ethiopia	64,301	+413	1,013
49	Portugal	63,983	+673	1,867
50	Venezuela	60,540	+910	485
51	Bahrain	60,307	+721	212
52	Singapore	57,406	+49	27
53	Nigeria	56,256	+79	1,082
54	Costa Rica	55,454	+1485	590
55	Nepal	54,159	+1,039	345
56	Algeria	48,254	+247	1,612
57	Uzbekistan	47,287	+566	390
59	Armenia	45,862	+187	916
60	Ghana	45,434	+46	286
61	Kyrgyzstan	44,881	+53	1,063
62	Moldova	42,978	+264	1,123
64	Azerbaijan	38,327	+155	562
65	Czechia	36,188	+787	456
66	Kenya	36,157	+188	622
67	Austria	33,159	+463	756
68	Serbia	32,408	+108	733
69	Ireland	30,985	+255	1,784
70	Palestine	30,574	+668	221
71	Paraguay	27,817	+493	525
72	El Salvador	26,928	+77	785
73	Australia	26,651	+44	810
74	Lebanon	24,310	+641	241
76	Libya	22,781	+433	362
77	S. Korea	22,176	+121	358
78	Cameroon	20,167	+158	415
79	Denmark	19,890	+333	631
80	Ivory Coast	19,013	+26	120
81	Bulgaria	17,918	+27	720
82	North Macedonia	15,791	+97	648
83	Madagascar	15,757	+20	211
84	Senegal	14,280	+43	297
85	Zambia	13,539	+73	312
86	Croatia	13,533	+165	224
87	Sudan	13,516	+46	835
88	Greece	13,240	+204	305
89	Hungary	12,309	+484	637
90	Norway	12,154	+75	265
91	Albania	11,353	+168	334
92	DRC	10,390	+5	264
94	Malaysia	9,915	+47	128
95	Namibia	9,719	+115	101
97	Maldives	9,173	+121	32
98	Tajikistan	9,049	+35	72
100	Finland	8,580	+23	337
102	Zimbabwe	7,526	+18	224
103	Mauritania	7,276	+2	161
104	Luxembourg	7,238	+44	124
105	Montenegro	6,712	+182	120
106	Tunisia	6,635	+376	107
107	Malawi	5,690	+12	177
108	Slovakia	5,532	+79	38
110	Mozambique	5,269	+229	35
111	Eswatini	5,075	+25	98
113	Hong Kong	4,958	+19	100
117	Uganda	4,799	+96	55
119	Cuba	4,684	+31	108
120	Rwanda	4,591	+26	22
121	Suriname	4,582	+3	93
122	Jamaica	3,771	+148	42
123	Slovenia	3,702	+99	135
124	Syria	3,540	+34	155
125	Thailand	3,473	+7	58
134	Aruba	3,046	+52	18
142	Malta	2,352	+78	15
152	New Zealand	1,797	+2	24
155	Cyprus	1,526	+3	22

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

New Zealand extends coronavirus restrictions upon discovery of one new case

From CNN's Isaac Yee and Angus Watson

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives to speak at the Business NZ Election Conference on September 11, in Auckland, New Zealand. Hannah Peters/Getty Images

New Zealand will extend its current coronavirus restrictions for another week as the country reported one new case on Monday.

“Cabinet has decided on a short extension to the current restrictions of alert level 2.5 for Auckland and level 2 for the rest of the country,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a news briefing.
“For Auckland, cabinet will review the current level 2.5 settings at our meeting on Monday the 21st of September with a view to increase gathering limits for Auckland if we are in a similar position for containing the cluster,” she said.

If that change was agreed, the new measures would come into effect on September 23, according to Ardern.

“As we know more cases will emerge from this cluster's tail, these cases can still continue to pose risks,” she warned.

Under the extended restrictions in Auckland, social gatherings are limited to 10 people while businesses can open as long as they follow social distancing guidelines. 

Ardern said the cabinet had agreed “in principle” that the rest of New Zealand outside of Auckland will move to level 1 restrictions at 11:59 p.m. on September 21, as long as cases continue to “track as they are and maintaining the containment we have seen.”

She also praised New Zealand’s testing efforts. “Over 100,000 tests have taken place nationwide that have not shown any spread of the virus to date in other parts of New Zealand, despite the resumption of inter-regional travel," she said.

So far, New Zealand has reported a total of 1,447 coronavirus infections and 24 deaths.

 

 

Australia's Victoria state reports lowest daily rise in Covid-19 cases since late June

From CNN's Eric Cheung and Isaac Yee

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks during a news conference on September 14, in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

Australia's Victoria state recorded 35 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, according to Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services.

This is the state's lowest daily increase in infections since June 26, according to statistics from the department.

The total number of cases confirmed in Victoria now stands at 19,870. Seven deaths were also recorded on Sunday, bringing the total death toll in the state to 730.

Protests: Over the weekend, anti-lockdown protests were held in Melbourne, leading to the arrest of at least 88 people. Video of the demonstrations showed police in riot gear arresting protesters in the streets while onlookers chanted “freedom.”

On Sunday night, Victoria also began slowly lifting certain coronavirus lockdown restrictions, according to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. In Melbourne, playgrounds and outdoor fitness equipment have been reopened, while those living alone or single parents are allowed to have one other person in their home.

 

Israel approves second general lockdown as Covid-19 cases surge

From CNN's Oren Liebermann and Amir Tal 

Israel approved a second general lockdown on Sunday evening as coronavirus cases surge across the country. The lockdown, which is expected to start Friday afternoon, will see the country return to many of the same severe restrictions of the first lockdown back in April. 

Schools, restaurants (except delivery), and entertainment venues will all close, as well as other businesses, for an initial period of three weeks. The public sector will operate with a limited workforce, while private sector businesses can operate as long as non-employees do not enter the workspace. 

People will be required to stay within 500 meters of their home. Emergency services, pharmacies and food stores will remain open. Outdoor gatherings will be limited to 20 people, while indoor gatherings will be limited to 10. 

Restrictions will be eased once Israel records a sharp decline in infection rates, though no number has been put on what might constitute such a decline. 

At a cabinet meeting earlier Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country's coronavirus czar had raised "a red flag regarding the ability of the health system to handle the challenges that are upon us, and (thus) the need to take the necessary steps as a result."  

By the numbers: Netanyahu announced the lockdown after coronavirus cases surged last week, hitting a new daily high of 4,217 cases in 24 hours on Thursday, the third straight day with more than 4,000 new cases recorded.

The number of patients in serious condition has also steadily climbed, reaching a high of 513 serious cases and 138 on ventilators as of Saturday. 

 

 

 

Analysis: Trump ignores science at dangerous indoor rally

Analysis from CNN's Stephen Collinson

US President Donald Trump offered a glaring new example of his refusal to put medical science before politics with a large indoor rally Sunday night that made a mockery of social distancing, while the pandemic he mismanaged has now claimed more than 194,000 American lives.

The event in Nevada -- his second rally in the state in as many days -- did not only risk the health of those present, thousands of whom were packed together inside a manufacturing facility in defiance of the state's ban on local gatherings of 50 people or more. It also has the potential to turn into a super spreader event that could seed Covid-19 outbreaks in the wider community.

Trump hadn't held an indoor rally in nearly three months, since his last one, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after which the city saw a surge in cases and multiple campaign staffers along with Secret Service agents tested positive for the virus.

The jarring scenes of the indoor event clashed with footage from the first weekend of NFL games that went ahead in cavernous empty stadiums, reflecting how almost alone the President, who might be expected to set an example, is responsible for the most dangerous breaches of his own government's coronavirus recommendations.

Rare precautions: CNN's Brian Stelter reported that major television networks, including CNN, decided not to send their crews and correspondents into the rally for their own safety. It's not unusual for media companies to take steps to shield their employees in war zones abroad, but such precautions are exceedingly rare on home soil.

 

 

Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-14-20-intl/index.html

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus pandemic fuelling plant poaching in Philippines, say officials

Rebecca Ratcliffe

Mon 14 Sep 2020 08.42 BSTLast modified on Mon 14 Sep 2020 08.43 BST

 A train in Manila during the Philippines’ lockdown, which was one of the strictest in the world. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Officials in the Philippines say the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a new problem in the country: a surge in plant poaching.

The country’s lockdown earlier this year, one of the strictest in the world, helped drive demand for greenery among Filipinos who were longing for nature. Though restrictions have since been eased, the craze for gardening has continued, and officials say sellers are digging up endangered species from the country’s mountains and forests.

Illegal traders were “having a fiesta because the market is bigger and prices are more attractive”, Rogelio Demallete, an ecosystem specialist at the country’s Biodiversity Management Bureau, told Bloomberg.

Carnivorous pitcher plants and bantigue trees, used to cultivate bonsai, had become especially popular, he said.

Officials have vowed to crack down on poachers, promising to step up patrols of forests and warning that people could face hefty fines, and jail sentences of up to 12 years if they collect wild plants that are classified as critically endangered.

The Philippines’ rich and diverse habitats, which are thought to contain at least 70% of the world’s flora and fauna species, face threats ranging from mining and logging to development.

Over recent months, entrepreneurs and workers who lost their incomes during the pandemic have begun selling plants in order to make ends meet. Demand for house plants is especially high in Manila, one of the world’s most densely populated cities.

The capital and surrounding regions, which were under strict lockdown between mid-March and June, face partial restrictions until the end of September. Such measures limit non-essential movement, while social gatherings are banned.

This month, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported that the quarantine measures had fuelled huge increases in plant prices, and cases of theft. Amor Alcantara, the owner of the garden store Ms Potts and Plants in Rizal, said that about 9,000 Philippine pesos’ (£145) worth of dwarf anthuriums had been stolen from her garage. “For me, it’s like having a ‘plantdemic,’” she told the newspaper.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/coronavirus-pandemic-fuelling-plant-poaching-philippines

 

 

 

Yoshihide Suga to be Japan's prime minister after winning party vote

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Mon 14 Sep 2020 07.36 BST

Yoshihide Suga has been elected as the new leader of Japan’s ruling party, and will officially become prime minister on Wednesday. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

 

Yoshihide Suga is poised to become Japan’s prime minister after he was comfortably elected to lead the ruling party following the resignation of Shinzo Abe.

Liberal Democratic party (LDP) MPs from both houses of parliament and representatives from prefectural party chapters voted overwhelmingly for Suga, with the Abe loyalist emerging from the poll on Monday with 377 of the 534 votes, well ahead of Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, with 89 votes, and Shigeru Ishiba, a former defence minister, with 68.

Suga, who has been the public face of the Abe administration during almost eight years as the government’s top spokesman, will officially become prime minister after the LDP-controlled lower and upper houses vote on his appointment on Wednesday.

The 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer in rural northern Japan quickly emerged as the favourite to replace Abe, who announced his resignation last month on health grounds, after securing the support of major LDP factions.

Analysts said Suga also benefited from the controversial decision to limit votes to MPs and local chapter delegates, and exclude more than 1 million rank-and-file members, among whom Ishiba had consistently come out top in opinion polls.

Suga’s most urgent task will be to sustain a recent fall in daily coronavirus cases while attempting to steer the world’s third-biggest economy out of a prolonged recession, worsened by the pandemic.

He must also work with Tokyo organisers and the International Olympic Committee to devise a plan to rescue next year’s summer event, which has already been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Suga will be confronted with issues Abe failed to address during his long period in office, including Japan’s ageing population, low birthrate and poor record on gender equality.

Suga, who has admitted he lacks diplomatic experience, is widely seen as the Abe continuity candidate, a label he did little to dispel during his leadership bid. His predecessor’s economic policy – a combination of huge government spending, ultra-easy monetary policy and structural reforms – would remain untouched, he said ahead of the vote.

Suga’s landslide victory has fuelled speculation that he could attempt to capitalise on his popularity with a snap election next month to boost his chances of winning a full three-year term when the LDP holds a leadership vote next September.

Taro Aso, the finance minister, was the latest senior LDP figure to suggest that a general election was imminent. “The next administration will likely face criticism for being formed without a public mandate,” Aso said in a speech on Sunday, according to the Kyodo news agency.

“If that’s the case, I feel like (the new prime minister] is going to dissolve the lower house.”

Suga has refused to be drawn on the prospect of an early election, telling reporters at the weekend that his priority was striking a balance between preventing fresh Covid-19 outbreaks and encouraging economic activity.

 

 

Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/yoshihide-suga-to-be-japan-prime-minister-after-winning-party-vote

 

 

Covid in Yemen: The city where all the doctors fled - except one

8 hours ago Section BBC News Subsection Middle East

 

During the height of the pandemic in Yemen, there was only one functioning hospital in the city of Aden, which is home to more than a million people.

Afraid of Covid-19 and with barely any PPE available, most doctors fled - leaving Dr Zoha as the only doctor left in the city willing to treat Covid patients.

Nearly six months since the virus spread in Yemen, the BBC is the first international broadcaster to reach the country to see how people are dealing with the pandemic.

Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-54034807