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World |
217,177,800 |
+452,817 |
4,514,347 |
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39,665,515 |
+37,262 |
654,689 |
|
|
32,737,569 |
+43,381 |
438,387 |
|
|
20,741,815 |
+13,210 |
579,330 |
|
|
6,882,827 |
+19,286 |
181,637 |
|
|
6,742,488 |
+13,630 |
114,210 |
|
|
6,731,423 |
+33,196 |
132,437 |
|
|
6,346,881 |
+17,332 |
56,213 |
|
|
5,173,531 |
+2,073 |
111,383 |
|
|
4,926,964 |
+31,516 |
106,482 |
|
|
4,905,258 |
+1,954 |
124,811 |
|
|
4,530,246 |
+5,959 |
129,093 |
|
|
4,073,831 |
+7,427 |
131,923 |
|
|
3,940,211 |
+6,642 |
92,643 |
|
|
3,328,863 |
+17,546 |
257,906 |
|
|
2,888,231 |
+204 |
75,340 |
|
|
2,764,931 |
+7,740 |
81,595 |
|
|
2,284,191 |
+1,906 |
53,720 |
|
|
1,954,023 |
+18,528 |
33,109 |
|
|
1,936,572 |
+2,289 |
17,996 |
|
|
1,874,435 |
+6,083 |
20,699 |
|
|
1,706,089 |
+20,579 |
16,087 |
|
|
1,678,863 |
+132 |
30,402 |
|
|
1,637,829 |
+595 |
36,885 |
|
|
1,493,537 |
+3,948 |
26,015 |
|
|
1,489,813 |
+1,577 |
26,901 |
|
|
1,434,370 |
+22,748 |
15,896 |
|
|
1,174,091 |
+16,536 |
11,143 |
|
|
1,152,481 |
+3,909 |
25,604 |
|
|
1,096,753 |
+868 |
34,528 |
|
|
1,051,609 |
+4,913 |
6,989 |
|
|
1,034,947 |
+1,782 |
17,721 |
|
|
853,373 |
+3,841 |
12,437 |
|
|
795,161 |
+811 |
10,383 |
|
|
779,927 |
+5,993 |
9,118 |
|
|
759,222 |
+1,214 |
10,714 |
|
|
757,617 |
+1,722 |
7,266 |
|
|
716,381 |
+987 |
2,038 |
|
|
685,956 |
+1,415 |
10,781 |
|
|
660,587 |
+2,265 |
23,369 |
|
|
640,438 |
+6,277 |
5,144 |
|
|
600,451 |
+1,153 |
8,044 |
|
|
581,315 |
+1,581 |
13,581 |
|
|
544,004 |
+208 |
8,532 |
|
|
543,118 |
+2,669 |
7,251 |
|
|
501,140 |
+91 |
32,232 |
|
|
489,802 |
+355 |
18,402 |
|
|
479,306 |
+1,405 |
3,757 |
|
|
465,059 |
+1,306 |
11,858 |
|
|
458,334 |
+43 |
15,723 |
|
|
456,666 |
+463 |
7,046 |
|
|
451,599 |
+451 |
18,731 |
|
|
435,265 |
+12,796 |
10,749 |
|
|
426,169 |
+4,612 |
8,775 |
|
|
417,996 |
+4,010 |
5,553 |
|
|
409,552 |
+189 |
2,417 |
|
|
394,742 |
+85 |
12,548 |
|
|
392,300 |
+3,166 |
15,183 |
|
|
384,692 |
+70 |
6,029 |
|
|
373,191 |
+377 |
8,325 |
|
|
349,773 |
+1,706 |
5,092 |
|
|
344,088 |
+737 |
2,580 |
|
|
337,405 |
+1,696 |
3,672 |
|
|
333,125 |
+953 |
3,998 |
|
|
306,117 |
+1,040 |
4,644 |
|
|
305,793 |
+2,003 |
4,184 |
|
|
302,132 |
+103 |
4,057 |
|
|
297,812 |
+431 |
4,539 |
|
|
287,899 |
+255 |
16,721 |
|
|
272,341 |
+95 |
1,388 |
|
|
266,988 |
+204 |
6,394 |
|
|
266,514 |
+273 |
4,448 |
|
|
248,568 |
+1,617 |
2,279 |
|
|
241,336 |
+383 |
4,823 |
|
|
234,952 |
+363 |
4,710 |
|
|
232,366 |
+179 |
602 |
|
|
208,871 |
+2,414 |
927 |
|
|
206,051 |
+158 |
3,596 |
|
|
195,162 |
+491 |
5,209 |
|
|
191,345 |
+362 |
2,454 |
|
|
175,437 |
+213 |
2,518 |
|
|
157,040 |
+907 |
814 |
|
|
154,844 |
+811 |
1,070 |
|
|
145,863 |
+139 |
1,851 |
|
|
144,847 |
+768 |
2,492 |
|
|
142,319 |
+196 |
2,573 |
|
|
141,344 |
+330 |
1,289 |
|
|
126,093 |
+619 |
1,018 |
|
|
124,716 |
+98 |
3,372 |
|
|
124,437 |
+70 |
4,401 |
|
|
119,732 |
+188 |
2,991 |
|
|
28,840 |
+156 |
715 |
|
|
14,465 |
+36 |
137 |
Retrieved from：https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
By Linda So
Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he supports COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to fuel a surge in cases in the nation.
"I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea," Fauci told CNN’s "State of the Union" program. "We've done this for decades and decades, requiring polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis" vaccinations.
Currently, children under 12 are not eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. But Fauci, in a separate interview on ABC's "This Week" program, said there should be enough data by early October for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to consider whether the shot is safe for children under that age.
"I think there's a reasonable chance" that the Pfizer-BioNTech (PFE.N)(22UAy.DE) or Moderna (MRNA.O) vaccines could get FDA clearance for kids under 12 before the upcoming holiday season, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the White House, said last Tuesday.
As schools re-open for the fall, the rise in coronavirus cases is already causing significant disruptions.
Dozens of schools nationwide have had to delay the start of the school year or shut down since opening in August, according to data from tracking website Burbio. Its data shows the impact on schools so far has been heaviest in the South, the epicenter of the current surge in cases and where vaccination rates among those already eligible are generally the lowest in the country.
The re-opening of schools is also contributing to a supply shortage of COVID-19 tests in the United States as schools revive surveillance programs that will require tens of millions of tests, according to industry executives and state health officials, Reuters reported last week.
Retrieved from：https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fauci-backs-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-us-school-children-2021-08-29/
New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country's first recorded death linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The information was released by the health ministry following a review by an independent COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring board of the death of a woman after receiving the vaccine. The ministry's statement did not give the woman's age.
The board considered that the woman’s death was due to myocarditis, which is known to be a rare side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the statement said. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that can limit the organ's ability to pump blood and can cause changes in heartbeat rhythms.
"This is the first case in New Zealand where a death in the days following vaccination has been linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine," the health ministry said.
The Pfizer media team in New Zealand did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.
The case has been referred to the coroner and the cause of death has not yet been determined, the health ministry said.
The independent board, however, did consider that the myocarditis was probably because of the vaccination.
The board also noted that there were other medical issues occurring at the same time which may have influenced the outcome following vaccination.
"The benefits of vaccination with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine continue to greatly outweigh the risk of both COVID-19 infection and vaccine side effects, including myocarditis," it added.
So far the Pfizer/BioNTech, Janssen and AstraZeneca vaccines have been provisionally approved by New Zealand authorities. However, the Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine that has been approved for rollout to the public.
New Zealand is battling an outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 after nearly six months of being virus free.
It reported 53 new cases on Monday, taking the total number of infections in the current outbreak to 562.
A nationwide lockdown was enforced earlier this month to beat the spread of the Delta variant.
Retrieved from：https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-reports-death-woman-after-pfizer-covid-vaccine-2021-08-30/
A Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination is seen as part of a vaccine drive by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple Inc (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn, has asked BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) to reserve 30 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for Taiwan, saying he had received a "very good" response.
Taiwan's quest to access the vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), has dragged on for months, hampered by accusations from Taipei of political interference from Beijing, which claims the island as Chinese territory. Beijing has denied the allegations.
Taiwan's government subsequently allowed Gou, Foxconn - formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (2317.TW) - as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW), to negotiate on its behalf for the shot. A $350 million deal for 10 million shots was inked last month, which will be donated to the government for distribution.
In a lengthy post on his Facebook page late on Sunday, Gou said he "had been promised" that 8 million to 9 million doses would arrive this year, with the first shots arriving in September.
He added that he had asked BioNTech to reserve 30 million doses for Taiwan for next year, and "at present have received a very good response".
BioNTech did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The BioNTech vaccine drama has transfixed Taiwan and dominated headlines. While a relatively small domestic coronavirus outbreak is well under control, fewer than 5% of its 23.5 million people are fully vaccinated.
Taiwan's government has ordered millions of vaccines itself, from Moderna Inc (MRNA.O), AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L) and domestic developer Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp (6547.TWO).
Taiwan's Cabinet said last month the government had ordered a further 36 million doses from Moderna. read more
A Taiwanese Buddhist group has also ordered 5 million doses from BioNTech.
Retrieved from：https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/foxconn-founder-asks-biontech-reserve-30-mln-more-vaccines-taiwan-2021-08-30/
By Elian Peltier and Steven Erlanger
Passengers carried luggage at the Barcelona airport, Spain, Friday, July 9, 2021.Credit...Joan Mateu/Associated Press
The European Union is set to advise member states that they should reintroduce travel restrictions for visitors from the United States, three E.U. officials said on Sunday, as coronavirus infections and hospitalizations have surged in the U.S. in recent weeks.
Starting Monday, the officials said, the United States will be removed from a “safe list” of countries whose residents can travel to the 27-nation bloc without additional restrictions, such as quarantine and testing requirements. The suggested restrictions, made by the European Council, will not be mandatory for member countries, and it will remain up to those countries to decide whether or not to impose them.
Most European countries reopened their borders to Americans in June, more than a year after imposing a travel ban, hoping that Americans would visit this summer and help an ailing tourism industry bounce back.
In essence, the European Union gave the United States a summertime pass to encourage tourism, despite the relatively high infection rates in parts of the country.
The threshold for being on the E.U. “safe travel” list is having fewer than 75 new Covid-19 cases daily per 100,000 people over the previous 14 days. The United States has an infection rate well above that threshold, and Covid hospitalizations in the country climbed above 100,000 last week for the first time since January.
Yet while American tourists were able to travel to Europe this summer, the United States has remained closed to Europeans, drawing anger from Europeans and their leaders, who have expressed frustration at the lack of reciprocity.
Travelers from countries on the safe list can usually visit E.U. countries without quarantining by showing a proof of vaccination or a negative test, while those from countries not on that list are barred from visiting for nonessential reasons and can be subject to further testing and quarantine requirements.
Most European countries reopened their economies this summer after vaccination campaigns picked up speed in recent months. Countries like France and Italy, among others, have required proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test result for people to dine in restaurants, visit museums or attend concerts, making Covid passes a fixture of daily life.
The decision to urge the reimposition of travel restrictions on U.S. travelers was first reported by Reuters. European officials who outlined the plan did so under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly ahead of an announcement planned for Monday.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/29/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine/the-eu-is-set-to-reimpose-travel-restrictions-on-us-visitors
By Noah Weiland and Erin Schaff
Medics from the Houston Fire Department checked the breathing of a Covid-19 positive girl, age 2, before transporting her to a hospital in Houston, Texas, earlier this week.Credit...John Moore/Getty Images
As children’s hospitals in many parts of the United States admit more Covid-19 patients, a result of the highly contagious Delta variant, federal and state health officials are grappling with a sharp new concern: children not yet eligible for vaccination in places with substantial viral spread, who are now at higher risk of being infected than at any other time in the pandemic.
Nowhere is that worry greater than in Louisiana, which has among the highest new daily case rates in the country and where only 40 percent of people are fully vaccinated, putting children at particular risk as they return to school.
At Children’s Hospital New Orleans, the intensive care unit has been jammed with Covid-19 patients, and nurses have raced around monitoring one gut-wrenching case after another. One child was getting a complicated breathing treatment known as ECMO, a last resort after ventilators fail, which nurses said was almost unheard-of for pediatric cases. About half a dozen others were in various stages of distress.
Medical staff throughout the hospital said the causes of illness in children were often simple: parents, family members and friends who were unvaccinated and not wearing masks.
“I’ve had to kind of make peace with that people are not doing what they’re supposed to,” said Mark Melancon, a longtime nurse at the hospital. “The kids are suffering.
“Not that I accept it,” he added, “but if I get hung up in the anger of it, I would walk around confronting people in Walmart, here, everywhere.”
“I can’t tell them, ‘Why didn’t you isolate this kid?’” Mr. Melancon continued. “So we just tell them, ‘Your kid has Covid. It’s really hard on the lungs. Your child’s very sick. We’ll do everything we can to get him better.’”
Of the roughly 70 children admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 this month, about half were 12 or older — and thus eligible for vaccination — but only one was fully vaccinated, said Dr. Mark W. Kline, the hospital’s physician in chief.
Most children with Covid-19 have only mild symptoms, however, and there is not enough evidence to conclude that Delta makes some of them sicker than other variants do, scientists say. Doctors and nurses at Children’s Hospital New Orleans agreed with that assessment.
Theresa Sokol, Louisiana’s top epidemiologist, said that people younger than 18 had among the highest test positivity rates in the state and were responsible for a significant share of transmission, with many cases probably undetected.
“I don’t want any kids to get this, because I can’t guarantee that it’s not going to be your kid that’s going to have a problem,” she said. “But overall, statistically, most of them are doing fairly well.”
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· Schools across Europe must stay open and be made safer for staff and children, the World Health Organization and Unicef have demanded, as a new term gets under way with the highly transmissible Delta variant still dominant in the region.
· Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, will stay in lockdown for another two weeks after another 53 cases were recorded on Monday. But one expert said the outbreak could be about to resch its peak.
· Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon is self-isolating after being identified as a close contact of someone who has Covid-19. She said she will be self-isolating pending a PCR test result.
· Hundreds of thousands of people in England have failed to come forward for their second Covid jab, official data shows. It comes as scientists warned that improving uptake among adults is more crucial than moving on to children’s vaccines or booster shots.
· New South Wales recorded its highest ever number of daily cases on Monday with 1,290 infections. A paramedic has pleaded with people to get vaccinated as the health system feels the strain.
· A recent recovery in global trade is beginning to wane, according to some early warning signs pointing to the negative effects of widespread Covid-19 outbreaks in the manufacturing centres of east Asia.
· Dozens of states in the US are reporting a big rise in Covid fatalities. Top Covid expert Anthony Fauci said as many as 100,000 new Covid-19 deaths by December was “predictable but preventable”.
· Schools in the Indonesia capital Jakarta have reopened after the governmewnt eased some Covid restrictions.
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