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Total |
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World |
225,450,155 |
+374,322 |
4,643,684 |
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41,853,362 |
+35,450 |
677,988 |
|
|
33,263,542 |
+31,374 |
442,907 |
|
|
20,999,779 |
+10,615 |
586,882 |
|
|
7,226,276 |
+29,173 |
134,200 |
|
|
7,140,070 |
+18,554 |
192,749 |
|
|
6,905,071 |
+7,679 |
115,517 |
|
|
6,658,251 |
+21,352 |
59,886 |
|
|
5,295,786 |
+20,219 |
114,311 |
|
|
5,224,534 |
+930 |
113,402 |
|
|
4,930,249 |
+1,671 |
125,647 |
|
|
4,606,413 |
+4,664 |
129,919 |
|
|
4,167,511 |
+3,779 |
138,889 |
|
|
4,087,109 |
+6,963 |
93,128 |
|
|
3,506,743 |
+12,511 |
267,524 |
|
|
2,893,649 |
+476 |
75,425 |
|
|
2,858,195 |
+3,961 |
84,877 |
|
|
2,316,619 |
+2,196 |
54,342 |
|
|
2,227,367 |
+21,441 |
35,145 |
|
|
2,161,086 |
+759 |
198,764 |
|
|
1,979,698 |
+19,198 |
20,711 |
|
|
1,970,914 |
+2,082 |
18,069 |
|
|
1,950,765 |
+3,554 |
21,496 |
|
|
1,683,179 |
+253 |
30,413 |
|
|
1,644,071 |
+441 |
37,232 |
|
|
1,632,091 |
+8,807 |
16,742 |
|
|
1,542,280 |
+1,963 |
27,198 |
|
|
1,530,413 |
+1,871 |
26,931 |
|
|
1,382,173 |
+14,029 |
14,353 |
|
|
1,204,520 |
+3,153 |
26,720 |
|
|
1,172,253 |
+3,805 |
7,383 |
|
|
1,120,804 |
+2,255 |
34,990 |
|
|
1,055,584 |
+911 |
17,861 |
|
|
904,647 |
+1,953 |
13,546 |
|
|
839,499 |
+3,575 |
10,297 |
|
|
816,912 |
+5,003 |
7,548 |
|
|
807,384 |
+883 |
10,548 |
|
|
777,163 |
+838 |
10,949 |
|
|
745,202 |
+8,034 |
6,299 |
|
|
728,886 |
+620 |
2,062 |
|
|
710,030 |
+1,857 |
10,839 |
|
|
685,019 |
+1,319 |
24,205 |
|
|
615,157 |
+1,319 |
14,169 |
|
|
613,498 |
+785 |
8,192 |
|
|
613,375 |
+12,026 |
15,279 |
|
|
580,869 |
+1,838 |
8,185 |
|
|
545,992 |
+80 |
8,623 |
|
|
510,724 |
+1,070 |
12,710 |
|
|
505,278 |
+16 |
32,448 |
|
|
503,073 |
+1,907 |
3,917 |
|
|
494,894 |
+230 |
18,582 |
|
|
485,922 |
+2,642 |
11,296 |
|
|
471,272 |
+437 |
19,522 |
|
|
462,224 |
+214 |
7,137 |
|
|
459,291 |
+34 |
16,102 |
|
|
431,833 |
+1,953 |
16,530 |
|
|
410,784 |
+50 |
2,431 |
|
|
398,690 |
+412 |
12,558 |
|
|
386,701 |
+139 |
6,040 |
|
|
383,915 |
+807 |
8,440 |
|
|
369,761 |
+1,601 |
3,817 |
|
|
366,659 |
+1,346 |
5,155 |
|
|
353,303 |
+232 |
4,014 |
|
|
352,373 |
+434 |
2,611 |
|
|
347,647 |
+892 |
4,203 |
|
|
323,930 |
+1,443 |
4,427 |
|
|
323,104 |
+472 |
4,929 |
|
|
308,464 |
+810 |
4,688 |
|
|
303,105 |
+69 |
4,089 |
|
|
292,957 |
+481 |
16,871 |
|
|
276,174 |
+559 |
4,469 |
|
|
274,812 |
+213 |
6,521 |
|
|
273,743 |
+121 |
1,388 |
|
|
272,982 |
+1,755 |
2,359 |
|
|
255,419 |
+2,771 |
1,036 |
|
|
248,850 |
+453 |
5,002 |
|
|
243,725 |
+269 |
4,906 |
|
|
234,642 |
+133 |
604 |
|
|
207,938 |
+102 |
3,631 |
|
|
200,068 |
+246 |
5,578 |
|
|
199,151 |
+365 |
2,598 |
|
|
183,523 |
+464 |
6,259 |
|
|
177,158 |
+75 |
2,572 |
|
|
176,142 |
+653 |
827 |
|
|
164,364 |
+594 |
1,153 |
|
|
157,026 |
+864 |
2,543 |
|
|
116,209 |
+100 |
528 |
|
|
33,573 |
+497 |
764 |
|
|
15,076 |
+19 |
155 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
By Prak Chan Thul
Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn (not in picture) meets with China's State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 12, 2021. Kith Serey/Pool via REUTERS
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday pledged $270 million in aid and three million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Cambodia, one of Beijing's closest allies in Southeast Asia, officials said.
State Councillor Wang flew in from Vietnam on a week-long tour that will also take in Singapore and South Korea, two weeks after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the region.
Pa Chanroeun, an analyst at the Cambodian Institute for Democracy think tank, said China was keen to build on its relations with Cambodia, which will chair the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year.
"I think it is a campaign to further strengthen and expand China's influence in Southeast Asia," Pa Chanroeun said.
Cambodia sits on the Gulf of Thailand which leads into the contested waters of the South China Sea.
China's Wang Yi officially also handed over a new national stadium, built with a $150 million grant from Beijing, to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a ceremony on Sunday.
Hun Sen said that without Beijing, Cambodia would not be able to upgrade infrastructure or vaccinate millions of people against COVID-19.
"If I don't rely on China, who do I rely on?" Hun Sen asked, citing China's role in helping build roads, irrigation systems and power networks.
The agreements on aid and vaccines would be signed later on Sunday, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said.
Washington sees close cooperation with ASEAN as crucial to its efforts to counter Beijing's growing regional influence.
Harris did not visit Phnom Penh on her tour. But In June, Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Wendy Sherman - the most senior U.S. official to visit Cambodia in years - expressed concern about China's presence there and urged its leaders to follow a "balanced" policy.
Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-wang-yi-offers-aid-vaccines-ally-cambodia-2021-09-12/
By Elizabeth Piper
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on Tuesday his plans to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter months, announcing a decision to scrap the introduction of vaccine passports and steps to end some emergency powers.
Johnson, under fire from some in his governing Conservative Party for raising taxes to fix a health and social care crisis, looks set to try to soothe those critics by ditching plans to introduce passports despite an increasing number of coronavirus cases.
Speaking to broadcasters, Health Minister Sajid Javid said he did not anticipate more lockdowns and that the vaccine passports would not be introduced in England, as the government depends instead on vaccines and testing to defend the public.
"Now that we're entering autumn and winter ... the prime minister this week will be setting out our plans to manage COVID over the coming few months and in that we will be making it clear that our vaccine programme is working," Javid told Sky News.
He told the BBC he was not "anticipating any more lockdowns" but would not take the measure off the table, that the government would not go ahead with vaccine passports to allow people to attend mass events and he wanted to "get rid of" PCR tests for travellers as soon as possible.
'LOT OF VIRUS AROUND'
Javid added the government would remain "cautious", but "the vaccine programme, our testing programme, our surveillance programme, the new treatments ... this is all our wall of defence and whilst there's a lot of virus around, it is working".
he night-time industry welcomed the U-turn on vaccine passports, with Michael Kill, the chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) trade body, saying he hoped businesses would be able to "start to rebuild a sector that has consistently been at the sharp end of this pandemic".
The government also said it expected Britain's Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to confirm the details of a vaccination booster programme to begin this month.
Britain, which has one of the highest official COVID-19 death tolls in the world, has seen the number of cases climb over the last few months after easing restrictions in July, when the government first bet on vaccines to protect the public.
The government was handed sweeping emergency powers in March 2020 with the introduction of the Coronavirus Act, which included measures to shut down businesses, to close down sectors of the economy and the right to detain infectious people.
"These extraordinary times required necessary but intrusive measures. But I'm determined to get of rid of any powers we no longer need because of our vaccine defences," said Johnson in a statement.
The opposition Labour Party said it agreed it was a "reasonable" approach to take some measures off the statute book but warned the government that winter could punish the National Health Service (NHS).
"We know that winter is going to be difficult, the NHS are fearing the worst winter in living memory, we know we're going to have more flu, respiratory problems," Labour's health policy chief Jonathan Ashworth told Times Radio.
"So we need to prepare our NHS for the winter."
Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/no-vaccine-passports-uk-pm-set-out-winter-covid-19-plan-2021-09-12/
A man cycles past a restaurant closed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as the country faces tougher lockdown restrictions in Soweto, South Africa, June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
South Africa will ease COVID-19 restrictions and shorten its nationwide curfew from Monday after a decline in infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address.
Authorities will also extend the hours of alcohol sales, the president said, further relaxing restrictions introduced in June to combat a third wave of cases caused by the Delta variant.
"While the third wave is not yet over, we have seen a sustained decline in infections across the country over the last few weeks," Ramaphosa said.
Authorities reported 3,961 new cases on Sunday, compared with a peak of about 26,500 per day in early July.
The announcement will bring the country down one level in its five-tier system of restrictions, where five is the highest, to an 'adjusted level 2'.
The curfew will start one hour later at 11 p.m. but still last until 4 in the morning. Shops will be able to sell alcohol from Monday to Friday. All alcohol sales were banned in June, then allowed in shops from Monday to Thursday in July.
Bars and restaurants have been allowed to serve it during opening hours since July.
Ramaphosa appealed for more people to get vaccinated, saying there were enough doses for everyone, but only about 7 million people out of a population of more than 60 million were fully protected.
South Africa has been one of the worst-hit on the continent in terms of reported cases and deaths.
Health insurers have cited vaccine hesitancy as a key factor affecting the pace of the vaccination campaign.
Ramaphosa said the country was working hard to increase the number of people getting the shot, focusing on older or otherwise vulnerable individuals. He added that the country was also looking at vaccine passports and would provide more information on this later.
Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-president-loosens-covid-19-curbs-shortens-curfew-2021-09-12/
Iraq has received a donation of more than 100,000 AstraZeneca doses from Italy via the Covid-19 vaccine-sharing scheme Covax, according to UNICEF.
More than four million people, around ten per cent of Iraq’s population, have already received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab, AFP reports.
Iraq on Sunday received “100,800 (doses) of the AstraZeneca vaccine... the first delivery from a pledge of 15 million doses to be donated to Covax by Italy”, according to a statement from UNICEF, which works jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Widespread scepticism over vaccines, a result of misinformation and public mistrust in the state, has hampered healthcare workers.
Covax is backed by WHO, the Gavi vaccine alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and it aims to ensure equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, particularly to low-income countries.
It is Iraq’s third vaccine delivery under the program.
By John Leland
A classroom at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 that a teacher is preparing for the start of the school year in New York City.Credit...Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
As New York City’s public schools prepare to welcome roughly one million students Monday, many returning for the first time in 18 months, the experiences of school districts that have already reopened amid the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant provide hints of what to expect.
Some have experienced outbreaks and had to go back to remote learning or quarantines. Others are experimenting with novel measures to try to control spread of the virus. Schools in areas with high vaccination rates have tended to fare relatively well — a hopeful sign for New York City, where 70 percent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated, though rates vary widely by neighborhood.
In contrast, in Mississippi, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, there were 69 outbreaks at schools in the first few weeks of classes. In one school district in Arkansas, where vaccinations are also lagging, more than 800 students and staff were quarantined just days after reopening.
In Kentucky, where 58 percent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated, at least 31 school districts have had temporary closures, some without measures in place for remote classes. Arizona’s Maricopa County, where 55 percent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated, had 40 school outbreaks in its first few weeks.
Nationwide, schools invested heavily in plexiglass barriers to prevent the spread of the virus, but these have not proven to be effective, and may actually increase the spread because they prevent the air from circulating.
Portland, Maine, was one of several school districts that last year began moving many of its classes to outdoor spaces — a step New York City took a century ago, in response to epidemics of the Spanish flu and tuberculosis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged schools to reopen, citing the benefits for children of learning in person. And this summer, as the Delta variant spread, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York remained steadfast in calling for in-person learning, without the option of remote classes, even as some parents and teachers pushed back.
New York City schools have relatively strong protocols for preventing spread of the virus, including vaccine mandates for all adults who work in the buildings. Children under 12 are not generally eligible for the vaccine, though some parents have found ways to get their children vaccinated.
All students, teachers and staff will have to wear masks during the school day, regardless of vaccination status.
The city also has aggressive guidelines for quarantining in the event of possible exposures, and it plans to test 10 percent of unvaccinated students and staff every other week.
Robin Lake, the director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research and advocacy group that monitors school reopenings, said she had been disappointed by the lack of innovation nationwide in school responses to the virus, especially in comparison with last year, when many schools basically reinvented the way they taught.
And she warned that New York families may not be ready to send their children to in-person classes. “We’ve seen parents in some places, like Chicago, just keep their kids home,” she said. “That’s something New York has to be prepared for.”
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/12/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine/new-york-city-schools-reopen-covid
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced plans to introduce Covid-19 “vaccine passports” amid widespread scepticism of vaccines in the country.
· Scotland’s first minister has ruled out the possibility of a second referendum on independence until all day-to-day Covid restrictions are lifted. Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly pledged to hold another poll by the end of 2023, but only if the public health crisis is over.
· Iraq has received a donation of more than 100,000 AstraZeneca doses from Italy via the Covid-19 vaccine-sharing scheme Covax, according to Unicef. More than 4 million people, around 10% of Iraq’s population, have already received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab.
· New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has purchased 500,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine from Denmark.
· The US president, Joe Biden, will announce new steps to slow the spread of Covid-19 before the UN general assembly meets, the surgeon general, Dr Vivek Murthy, said.
· China reported 46 new Covid-19 cases on the mainland for 11 September, up from 25 a day earlier, the national health authority said.
· The UK health secretary, Sajid Javid, has confirmed that plans for vaccine passports in England are going to be scrapped. Javid also said he expects the booster vaccination programme for Covid-19 to start this month.
· Conservative MPs fear vaccine passports could still be made mandatory later this year amid a warning the NHS faces “the worst winter in living memory”, despite the health secretary’s announcement earlier today that they are to be scrapped.
· Sri Lanka is facing food shortages with customers in state-run supermarkets reporting long queues for items such as rice, sugar, lentils and milk powder.
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