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Germany verified 1,707 brand-new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily toll because April, official figures revealed.
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India, the third worst-affected country on the planet, has reported a record number of cases of coronavirus.
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Brazil has actually revealed careful optimism that the nation’s coronavirus outbreak could be ready to decrease, with cases and deaths on a weekly basis falling from their late July peaks.
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South Korea has actually reported a seventh day of triple-digit cases with infections growing outdoors Seoul.
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More than 22 million people have actually been identified with COVID-19 around the world, and more than 14 million have actually recovered. More than 787,600 people have passed away, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Here are the latest updates:
Thursday, August 20
18: 00 GMT – Nigeria to reject entry to countries that disallow Nigerians
Nigeria will bar entry to people of countries that do not allow in Nigerians due to coronavirus constraints, Air travel Minister Hadi Sirika has actually announced.
” The concept of reciprocity will be applied,” Sirika told reporters. “If you prohibit us from coming to your country, the very same will use the other way.”
Nigeria previously this week revealed plans to resume global flights on August29 All however essential global flights were halted in late March in an effort to stem the spread of the infection.
The resumption will begin with four flights daily to both Lagos and Abuja, however Sirika stated that initially the number of passengers would be restricted to 1,280 a day.
17: 30 GMT – Northern Ireland tightens up COVID rules
Northern Ireland has actually tightened constraints on the size of events as it faces a rise in brand-new cases of COVID-19
Outside gatherings will from next week be limited to 15 individuals, decreased from 30, while indoor events in personal residences are now restricted to six people from two households, from 10 formerly.
Events such as wedding events, church services and sporting occasions can be bigger if there is stringent social distancing.
17: 15 GMT – Surging coronavirus deepening Libya crisis: Red Cross
Coronavirus cases have actually skyrocketed 15- fold in Libya since June, the Red Cross stated, cautioning this was further deepening the alarming humanitarian crisis in the conflict-ravaged nation.
The International Committee of the Red Cross stated understood COVID-19 cases in Libya had soared from 571 in June to more than 9,00 0 on Thursday.
Households bombed out of their houses.
Health care facilities damaged.
Infrastructure fell apart.
Economy collapsed.
… now over 9,00 0 COVID-19 cases.After 9 years of dispute, over half a million people in Libya need healthcare.
New video for media: https://t.co/3R4K16 Cq1i pic.twitter.com/7S73 KF5qXG
— ICRC (@ICRC) August 20, 2020
17: 00 GMT – Johnson & Johnson to evaluate vaccine in 60,00 0 volunteers
Johnson & Johnson intends to evaluate its speculative coronavirus vaccine in up to 60,00 0 volunteers in a late-stage trial set up to start in September, according to a United States federal government database of medical trials.
The trial would be carried out in almost 180 sites throughout the United States and other countries consisting of Brazil and Mexico.
16: 45 GMT – Italy sees 845 brand-new COVID-19 cases
Italy has reported 845 brand-new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, marking the highest everyday increase since May, when the government alleviated its rigid lockdown procedures.
Italy, one of Europe’s worst-hit countries, managed to consist of the break out after a peak in deaths and cases between March and April. Nevertheless, it has actually seen a consistent increase in infections over the last month, with professionals blaming gatherings of individuals associated with vacations and nightlife.
16: 30 GMT – Republic of Congo to resume air borders on Monday
The Republic of Congo next Monday will resume air borders that it closed in late March to assist avoid the spread of coronavirus, authorities have stated.
Land, river and sea borders will stay closed, except for the transport of cargo, which has actually been authorised.
15: 45 GMT – Sweden signs on to EU’s AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Sweden said it has accepted take part in the European Union’s deal with pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to secure a supply of a coronavirus vaccine as soon as it is discovered.
The offer indicates Sweden, a nation of 10.3 million people, would get around 6 million doses of the vaccine in a preliminary stage and 2 million more in a later stage.
” Within two weeks we will have three more (vaccine) contracts to think about, and after that there will be another three or 4 in a month or more. We are negotiating with everyone to make certain we are covered,” Sweden’s national vaccine organizer Richard Bergstrom told reporters.
AstraZeneca said in July that its vaccine, developed together with the University of Oxford, ought to be available by the end of the year.
15: 15 GMT – Morocco enforces constraints on motion to include coronavirus
Moroccan authorities has actually imposed tight controls on motion in Casablanca and Marrakesh, the North African nation’s economic and touristic capitals, following a spike in coronavirus cases.
A number of districts of the two cities were to be sealed, and opening hours shortened for dining establishments, coffee houses, businesses and public parks. A number of beaches were closed in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city with 3.3 million occupants, following similar measures troubled Tuesday near the capital, Rabat.
Partial lockdowns were purchased on Tuesday in Rabat and the port city of Tangiers, with armoured automobiles released on the streets and cops manning checkpoints. COVID-19 infections have actually been on the rise considering that the start of August, reaching a rate of 1,00 0 brand-new cases a day in the nation of 35 million.
Wednesday’s tally was more than 1,500 cases and 29 deaths. Morocco has actually confirmed a total of more than 46,00 0 cases of unique coronavirus, including more than 740 deaths.
The North African nation has actually up until now taped more than 46,00 0 coronavirus cases [File: Fadel Senna/AFP]
14: 30 GMT – Germany can deal with increasing variety of infections for now – RKI
Germany’s health authorities can handle the rising variety of infections at present, the deputy director of the Robert Koch Institute for contagious illness informed Reuters news company, but advised people to do whatever to help reverse the trend.
” At the minute, the numbers are increasing a little slower than in spring – that’s great – but as long as they are rising this is naturally not an enjoyable development,” RKI deputy director Lars Schaade stated.
” The growth is still there and we hope naturally that the growth will start to slow down in the next couple of days. Everyone can help,” he said, advising people not to take a trip to high-risk nations and to stick to social distancing and health rules.
He said Germany’s health authorities were currently in a good position to carry out contact tracing, despite the growing variety of infections, however said at a certain level they might need to concentrate on just big break outs.
14: 05 GMT – Nigeria thinks about using personal firms for coronavirus tests after foreign flights resume
Nigeria is thinking about collaborations between state federal governments and personal firms to ramp up testing and tracing of coronavirus cases after worldwide flights resume this month, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Illness Control (NCDC) said.
Nigeria will resume its airports for international flights from August29 They have been closed given that March 23 to all however vital overseas flights to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa’s most populous nation.
State federal governments are responsible for screening and tracing however the influx of visitors will increase the pressure on currently stretched authorities in Nigeria, which has had 50,488 cases leading to 985 deaths.
Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest state and the epicentre of its break out, has 200 tracers for a population of 25 million – less than one per 100,00 0 individuals, compared to around 14 per 100,00 0 in Turkey for instance.
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13: 45 GMT – Survey: Bulk of Japanese firms oppose Olympics next year
A bulk of Japanese companies among practically 13,00 0 surveyed oppose holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year, according to an online research study published Thursday.
The survey by a Japanese research business, published by the Kyodo news company, showed 27.8 percent want the video games to be cancelled, and 25.8 percent stated they need to be postponed again. The Olympics were initially planned for this year however were held off since of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese organisers and the International Olympic Committee have actually said if the Olympics can not be held next year, they will be cancelled.
In the study, 46.2 percent stated they wanted the games to go on in some kind and open on July 23,2021 The study was conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research study and covered 12,857 companies, Kyodo said.
Some 46.2 percent of participants stated they wanted the video games to go on in some type and open on July 23, 2021 [File: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters]
13: 40 GMT – Percentage of contacts reached by English COVID-19 tracing plan falls
England’s test and trace scheme reached 71.3 percent of identified contacts of brand-new COVID-19 cases in the previous week, Britain’s health ministry has announced, a fall on the previous week.
In the week to August 12, 4,803 people were moved to the test and trace system following a favorable COVID-19 test, of whom 78.8 percent were reached and asked to provide contacts.
Of the 16,897 contacts identified, 71.3 percent were reached and asked to self isolate, below 74.2 percent in the previous week.
13: 25 GMT – Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccine to be checked on 40,00 0 individuals
Mass screening of Russia’s first possible COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulative approval will involve more than 40,00 0 people, the TASS news company mentioned the vaccine’s designer as stating.
The vaccine, called “Sputnik V” in homage to the world’s first satellite launched by the Soviet Union, has actually been hailed as safe and effective by Russian authorities and researchers following two months of small-scale human trials, the outcomes of which have actually not yet been made public.
The vaccine has actually been hailed as safe and reliable by Russian authorities and researchers following 2 months of small human trials[Russian health ministry via Anadolu]
12: 35 GMT – Vietnam’s coronavirus infections pass 1,00 0 mark
Vietnam’s tally of coronavirus infections given that January passed the 1,00 0 mark on Thursday, after 14 brand-new cases were reported.
Majority of the total validated cases are connected to a brand-new outbreak that began late last month in the central coastal city of Da Nang, the health ministry said.
The ministry stated 86,644 people are currently going through quarantine, the majority of in their houses.
Vietnam’s tally now stands at 1,007 infections and 25 deaths, amongst the most affordable in the area, having successfully included earlier break outs[Bui Cuong Quyet/AP]
11: 50 GMT – EU, CureVac in talks on 225 milion doses of potential vaccine
The European Commission said on Thursday it had concluded exploratory talks with CureVac concerning the purchase of 225 million doses of the German biotech company’s possible COVID-19 vaccine.
” Today we concluded talks with the European business CureVac to increase the opportunities of finding a reliable coronavirus vaccine,” EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said.
The EU will now begin talks on a contract with CureVac aimed at protecting the supply of its prospective vaccine for all 27 EU member states should the shot show safe and effective against COVID-19
11: 10 GMT – Germany records highest everyday infection toll because April
The newest figures, from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious illness, bring to 228,621 the number of infections in the nation because the start of the pandemic.
The daily record of new cases in Germany is simply over 6,00 0, registered in early April.
Much of the rise has actually been blamed on returning holidaymakers in addition to parties and household events [Sascha Schuermann/Getty]
10: 35 GMT – Germany includes parts of Croatia to list of coronavirus threat locations
Germany’s public health agency on Thursday declared the Croatian counties of Sibenik-Knin and Split-Dalmatia, which are popular with travelers, coronavirus threat areas.
Croatia is the country with the third-highest number of infections amongst individuals going back to Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), after Kosovo and Turkey.
The RKI likewise added the Valcea region of Romania to its coronavirus danger list, having actually previously designated a number of other parts of Romania as high-risk.
10: 00 GMT – Emirates to serve all ‘network locations’ by summer 2021
Dubai-based airline company Emirates expects to resume flights to all “network locations” by summertime 2021, its chief operating officer stated, after the coronavirus pandemic halted most worldwide air travel.
The Middle East’s largest provider, which has a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft, stopped operations in late March. Soon afterwards, it resumed minimal traveler flights focused on repatriations and has because been gradually broadening its network after Dubai alleviated travel restrictions to revive its tourism industry.
“I believe we can easily state by summer season 2021, we’ll be serving 100 percent of our network destinations,” Adel al-Redha informed CNBC.
According to the Emirates site, the airline company currently serves 70 locations [Christopher Pike/Reuters]
09: 30 GMT – Philippines validates 4,339 more cases, 88 deaths
The Philippine health ministry on Thursday reported 4,339 new coronavirus infections and 88 extra deaths.
It said overall confirmed infections have actually increased to 178,022 while deaths have reached 2,883
The Philippines has actually reported the most COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia and the region’s second-highest death toll, after Indonesia.
08: 50 GMT – Indonesia sees 2,266 new infections, 72 deaths
Indonesia reported 2,266 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the overall number of cases in the Southeast Asian nation to 147,211
Information from the health ministry showed an extra 72 deaths, taking total deaths to 6,418
08: 15 GMT – Russia’s coronavirus death toll passes 16,00 0
Russia’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 16,00 0 on Thursday, as the nation reported 110 brand-new deaths in the past 24 hours.
The nation’s coronavirus crisis response centre registered 4,785 new cases, bringing its nationwide tally of infections to 942,106, the world’s 4th highest caseload.
The death toll now stands at 16,099
Just the United States and Brazil have actually reported more cases than Russia [Reuters]
07: 30 GMT – Nigeria reports more than 590 new cases
Nigerian health authorities validated on Thursday 593 new infections, pushing the national tally to 50,488
A minimum of four people died from the virus in the past 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported, taking the total number of fatalities to 985.
07: 00 GMT – Ukraine registers record daily high of 2,134 brand-new cases
Ukraine signed up 2,134 brand-new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a new daily record for infections in the country, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov stated.
Stepanov stated the brand-new information went beyond the previous record of 1,967 reported the previous day.
The total number of cases has actually reached 98,537, including 2,134 deaths.
The number of new cases increased sharply in August regardless of the nation reimposing some restrictions recently [Reuters]
06: 45 GMT – Coronavirus: What did they get wrong?|Start Here
More than eight months after its first worldwide transmission, the pandemic is revealing no indications of slowing down.
We have actually discovered a lot about the virus but there have likewise been errors.
So why has it been so hard to get our heads around COVID-19? And when are we most likely to get the virus under control?
Start Here recalls at what went wrong and what we might expect.
06: 15 GMT –
Hello, I’m Hamza Mohamed in Doha taking over from my coworker Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur.
05: 30 GMT – Germany reports highest variety of daily cases because April
Germany has actually recorded 1,707 cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest because April.
Main figures from the Robert Koch Institute reveal Germany with an overall of 228,621 verified cases. An extra 10 individuals died from the disease, COVID-19
04: 15 GMT – India reports record everyday dive in coronavirus cases
India has reported a record jump in coronavirus cases.
The Health Ministry verified 69,652 cases on Thursday, and likewise reported 997 more deaths.
India’s caseload is the 3rd highest worldwide after the United States and Brazil.
03: 50 GMT – Indonesia infection rate greatest in Southeast Asia
Indonesia has actually officially reported 6,346 deaths from COVID-19, the greatest toll in Southeast Asia, however the Reuters news firm reports that including people who died with intense COVID-19 signs but were not tested, the death toll is 3 times greater.
In an extensive report on the circumstance in the island chain, the news agency states problems with testing in addition to a lack of contact tracing has contributed to the rapid spread of the illness.
” This virus has actually already spread out all over Indonesia What we are doing is generally herd resistance,” Prijo Sidipratomo, dean of the Faculty of Medication at the National Veterans Development University in Jakarta told Reuters. “So, we must just dig many, many graves.”
You can read the story here
03: 30 GMT – China reports 4th day with no local transmission of coronavirus
China has actually reported its 4th day in a row with no local transmission of coronavirus. The 7 cases announced on Thursday were all imported from overseas, according to state media.
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) August 20, 2020
03: 00 GMT – Australia’s Victoria reports 240 brand-new cases, 13 deaths
The Australian state of Victoria has reported 240 brand-new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, up a little on the 216 revealed on Wednesday.
It also reported 13 deaths.
The state is the epicentre of a new age of the outbreak in Australia and its capital city, Melbourne, has actually been locked down with a curfew imposed.
#COVID19 VicData for 20 August2020 240 brand-new cases of #coronavirus( #COVID19) were discovered in Victoria the other day. Regretfully we report 13 deaths from the infection. More info later on today. pic.twitter.com/fiQChvG3Oh
— VicGovDHHS (@VicGovDHHS) August 19, 2020
01: 55 GMT – South Korea reports seventh day of triple-digit cases
South Korea has actually reported its seventh successive day of triple-digit cases, with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention validating 288 cases – 276 in your area acquired – in the past 24 hours.
Much of the cases have been traced to churches in Seoul, but an increasing number are appearing elsewhere in the nation, including in the cities of Busan, Daejeon and Gwangju.
The biggest cluster is linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in northern Seoul.
01: 40 GMT – China state media safeguards Wuhan swimming pool party
China’s state media has actually come to the defence of an amusement park in Wuhan which hosted a massive music celebration and swimming pool celebration over the weekend and raised issue about COVID-19 when photos and videos were widely shared overseas.
The International Times stated the jam-packed occasion was a sign of life going back to regular in a city that invested 76 days in lockdown and implicated critics of “sour grapes”. The infection first appeared in Wuhan late last year.
Slamming #Wuhan citizens for having a good time at water park music celebration shows foreign sour grapes. People should review why their nations’ epidemic control failed instead of smear Wuhan people and their hard-won triumph over #coronavirus https://t.co/NJVBmxLiHk https://t.co/BRQBJvZtoe
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 19, 2020
VIDEO: Crowds loaded out a water park over the weekend in the main Chinese city of #Wuhan, where the #coronavirus first emerged late last year, eager to party as the city edges back to typical life pic.twitter.com/SJFBmx5sU8
— AFP news company (@AFP) August 17, 2020
01: 15 GMT – Qantas posts $1.4 bn loss in the middle of pandemic restructuring
Australian airline Qantas states it had a loss of 1.96 billion Australian dollars ($ 1.4 bn) in the financial year ended June 30, as a result of restructuring and accounting charges linked to the pandemic.
President Alan Joyce said business conditions were the worst in the carrier’s 100- year history with international flights suspended and domestic paths hampered by border closures within Australia.
Joyce included that global flights were not likely to resume till a vaccine was extensively readily available, which may not be till late next year.
00: 30 GMT – Harris says Trump ‘failure’ on coronavirus cost US lives
Kamala Harris will implicate US President Donald Trump of a “failure of leadership” throughout the coronavirus pandemic that has actually cost numerous lives and jobs, when she accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination to be their prospect for vice president at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night (United States time).
Harris will likewise assault Trump’s abilities and character, according to excerpts launched to news firms.
Trump’s “incompetence makes us feel scared [and] the callousness makes us feel alone.”
The US has recorded the most cases and the most deaths from coronavirus of any nation worldwide.
You can keep updated with all the developments from the convention, which is being held online, here
Vice governmental candidate Kamala Harris will accuse incumbent President Donald Trump of a ‘failure of management’ when she formally accepts the Democratic Party election on Wednesday night (US time) [Carlos Barria/Reuters]
00: 15 GMT – Trump promotes convalescent plasma as coronavirus treatment
US President Donald Trump is touting making use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus, stating he has actually “heard wonderful things” about it.
Trump made his comments after the New york city Times reported that the Fda had postponed emergency approval for the treatment due to the fact that of issues the data on plasma usage was too weak.
The president, who is dealing with re-election in November, claimed the choice might be political.
” You have a lot of people over there that do not wish to hurry things since they wish to do it after November 3,” Trump stated, describing the election.
” I’ve heard numbers method over 50 percent success. And people are dying and we must have it authorized if it’s excellent and I’m hearing it’s great. I speak with individuals at the FDA it’s great.”
The blood plasma of individuals who recuperate from COVID-19 includes antibodies that were created to eliminate off the infection. It has been used in some nations consisting of China to help other clients fighting the illness.
00: 00 GMT – Careful optimism in Brazil as research study shows transmission rate below one
Brazil’s Health Ministry says there are signs the coronavirus break out in the country – the world’s second-worst – could be ready to decrease.
The variety of confirmed cases dropped to 304,684 last week, compared to a peak of 319,653 in the week ending July25 The variety of deaths reported on a weekly basis has also fallen to 6,755 from a peak of 7,677 in the recently of July.
A study by Imperial College London also reveals Brazil’s transmission rate has fallen below one, according to local media. That implies everyone identified with the illness will contaminate fewer than someone, which will slow the break out.
” In a way, it is a trend. We need to see how the disease acts in the next two weeks to see if there is a substantial drop,” Arnaldo Medeiros, Secretary of Health Surveillance, told press reporters on Wednesday.
Daily figures continue to reveal a steady rise in cases and deaths with the country signing up an overall of 3,456,652 cases of the disease and 111,100 deaths.
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Hi and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur.
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