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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated his federal government was preparing a “war plan” to prevent the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Greece, France and Palestine have all reported a record variety of daily coronavirus cases.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres has actually prompted nations to find $15 bn throughout the next three months to fund the ACT-Accelerator program, a WHO-led global cooperation to hunt for a vaccine and treatments.
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More than 27.9 million individuals worldwide have been identified with the coronavirus and more than 906,000 have actually passed away, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some 18.8 million people have recovered.
Here are the most recent updates:
Friday, September 11
22: 55 GMT – Colombia nears 23,000 deaths linked to novel coronavirus
Colombia struck a sombre turning point today, as the country is reporting over 700,000 cases of the unique coronavirus – and nearly 23,000 deaths attributed to the infection.
The health ministry said it validated 702,088 cases considering that the pandemic started, and 22,518 deaths.
The nation, which raised an over five-month lockdown at the start of September, still has more than 95,000 active cases of the infection. Health authorities state intensive care units in health centers in Bogota, the capital, are performing at about 62 percent capability.
Colombia recently said it plans to enter into a looser quarantine phase and is considering enabling global flights to resume.
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22: 41 GMT – Brazil reports 874 brand-new coronavirus deaths
Brazil’s health ministry is reporting 874 new deaths linked to the unique coronavirus over the last 24 hours and 43,718 additional cases.
The country has now signed up 130,396 deaths and over 4.2 million cases considering that the pandemic began.
Brazil is among the countries that have been hit hardest by the fatal virus.
20: 30 GMT – Positive COVID-19 tests related to dining establishment dining
Amongst grownups checked for the coronavirus at 11 United States healthcare centers in July, those who were infected had to do with two times as most likely to have dined at a restaurant in the previous 14 days, a United States study stated.
Otherwise, activity levels were comparable in people with or without COVID-19 in other aspects such as shopping and celebrations at home.
” Masks can not be effectively used while drinking and eat, whereas shopping and various other indoor activities do not prevent mask usage,” researchers stated in the report in the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Death Weekly Report.
20: 00 GMT – Mexico nears 70,000 main COVID-19 deaths, however toll likely far greater
The verified coronavirus death toll in Mexico – a country amongst those most affected by the pandemic – is primed to strike 70,000 when main information is launched on Friday.
Excess death information from mid-March through early August indicates that the overall variety of deaths beyond the official count is likely tens of thousands higher.
The spread of the virus has actually damaged a currently ailing economy, which is now seen contracting by as much as 13 percent this year, the deepest economic crisis considering that the 1930 s-era Great Depression.
19: 30 GMT – Greece strikes 300 coronavirus deaths
Greece’s death toll from the novel coronavirus hit 300 on Friday, the state health company said, as the overall variety of infections topped 12,700
Over half of the country’s 12,734 infections considering that the pandemic started were taped in August, mostly amongst Greeks.
The spike has actually been credited to big events in offense of social distancing rules.
18: 55 GMT – Fauci disagrees with Trump on coronavirus, cites troubling United States stats
Top federal government contagious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said he disagreed with President Donald Trump’s evaluation the United States has “rounded the corner” on the coronavirus pandemic, saying the stats are troubling.
Fauci, the outspoken director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Transmittable Illness, stated the US was beginning the flu season with a high standard of around 40,000 brand-new cases a day and deaths are averaging around 1,000 daily.
Trump, who has actually admitted playing down the intensity of the infection because it emerged early this governmental election year, said on Thursday he believed the United States was “rounding the corner” on the crisis.
18: 00 GMT – UAE daily coronavirus cases rise to near peak level
The United Arab Emirates health ministry has actually reported 931 new daily cases of the coronavirus following a current surge in infections that are near the highest considering that the pandemic broke out.
Till last month, there had been an usually falling trend since the UAE’s brand-new everyday cases peaked at 994 in May, but numbers have surged from 164 cases on August 3.
The Gulf Arab state has tape-recorded 77,842 infections and 398 deaths from COVID-19
17: 05 GMT – Norway prepares for brand-new infection wave as cases spike
Norwegian health authorities state the Scandinavian nation needs to “prepare for a new, nationwide wave” of the coronavirus as Norway sees a spike in the variety of cases.
” If it should come, it is most likely that it will happen in the autumn and winter season when people collect to a higher extent inside,” the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said in a report published Friday.
Norway has recorded 11,866 cases and 265 deaths.
16: 30 GMT – Hungary drafts ‘war plan’ as cases rise in eastern Europe
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated his government was preparing a “war strategy” to prevent the 2nd wave of the pandemic.
The plan’s goal was “not for everybody to remain at home and bring the country to a stop … however to safeguard Hungary’s performance,” Orban stated.
The prime minister said procedures indicated to safeguard the economy and stimulate growth would be introduced in the coming weeks. In the 2nd quarter of the year, Hungary’s gdp fell 13.6 percent, the worst drop in the region.
16: 15 GMT – France seeing ‘clear intensifying’ of COVID-19 outbreak
France is seeing a velocity of the COVID-19 break out after a surge in infections but aims to avoid any brand-new nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Jean Castex said.
There is a “clear worsening” in France of the spread of COVID-19 which has actually “not reduced in strength” and “will still be with us for some months,” Castex stated in a televised declaration in Paris.
However he did not announce any major brand-new constraints, saying France’s objective is to “prevent a basic lockdown” and prosper in living with the infection through social distancing, mask-wearing and ramped-up testing.
15: 45 GMT – Armenia land borders to stay closed up until January over virus
Armenia has actually revealed its land borders would stay closed till January as the hard-hit Caucasus nation extended coronavirus limitations.
Foreign nationals will not have the ability to cross Armenia’s land borders up until January 11 and public events of more than 60 people will likewise be banned into the brand-new year.
The limitations are being enforced to stop the “spread of the illness in Armenia” and safeguard public health, the federal government stated.
15: 15 GMT – Vatican-based Filipino cardinal tests favorable for coronavirus
Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle commemorates mass at an uniformity campaign against human rights abuses, in Quezon City, Philippines [File: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has become the highest-ranking Vatican authorities known to have evaluated positive for the coronavirus.
The Vatican said Tagle, 63, a Filipino who heads the Vatican’s missionary arm, had tested positive when he got here in Manila on Thursday.
Vatican representative Matteo Bruni stated Vatican health officials were examining individuals who had come into contact with Tagle in current days. He did not say if this consisted of the 83- year-old pope, who is believed to be tested frequently.
14: 45 GMT – First European ‘travel bubble’ ends as coronavirus cases spike in Estonia
The very first European pandemic “travel bubble”, produced in May by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, was burst on Friday, as Latvia said it is mandating a 14- day quarantine on everyone arriving from Estonia.
Estonia has actually had 21 novel coronavirus infections per 100,000 population over the previous two weeks, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, passing the 16 threshold set by Latvia for mandatory quarantine.
14: 20 GMT – Dutch register 1,270 brand-new coronavirus cases as rise continues
Dutch health authorities have reported 1,270 brand-new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands, close to previous record highs set in early April.
Regional health authorities stated on Wednesday the country’s testing capacity is extended to its limitations and the National Institute for Health (RIVM) stated in an update on Tuesday that cases had risen by 50 percent from the week before.
13: 50 GMT – Brazilian state of Bahia prepares to buy 50 million dosages of Russia’s vaccine
The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an arrangement to conduct Stage III clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine versus COVID-19 and prepares to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, authorities have said.
Russia will offer up to 50 million doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine to Bahia state, RDIF stated in a declaration.
Governor Rui Costa stated a contract was signed today to carry out the trials and Bahia will get a preliminary 500 dosages as quickly as Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa authorizes the procedure for testing.
Hi, this is Linah Alsaafin taking over from my colleague Umut Uras.
12: 45 GMT – Thailand finds 2nd virus infection after long absence
Thai health authorities verified another coronavirus infection had actually been spotted in the country, in an Uzbek professional soccer gamer, 8 days after the virus resurfaced following a more than three-month absence.
The male was positive after a compulsory pre-match test on Tuesday, regardless of having actually finished quarantine on August 27 after three prior unfavorable tests, health authorities informed a press conference. The man, 29, gotten here in Thailand on August 13.
Yong Poovorawan, a virology specialist from Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, stated the virus incubation period in the man would have been longer than 14 days and it was unlikely to have been domestically transmitted.
12: 15 GMT – Switzerland reports 528 brand-new coronavirus infections
Switzerland has reported 528 brand-new cases of the coronavirus, the Federal Workplace of Public Health said, the highest day-to-day rise in infections since early April.
The overall variety of confirmed cases has now reached 46,239, the office said, while the number of COVID-19 deaths has actually risen by three to 1,740
Passengers use protective masks on a train of Swiss operator SBB [File: Reuters]
11: 40 GMT – One in 1,400 individuals in England have actually COVID-19, ONS price quotes
The UK’s Office for National Stats approximated that 39,700 people within England had COVID-19 during the Aug 30- Sept 5 week, corresponding to about one in 1,400 individuals.
The most current modelled quotes recommend that the number of infections has actually increased in recent weeks. Estimates recommend that there had to do with 3,200 brand-new cases each day in the neighborhood population of England during the week.
That is somewhat greater than the existing authorities levels of new cases being reported throughout the entire of the UK. The UK recorded 2,919 new day-to-day confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 2,659 brand-new cases on Wednesday.
11: 00 GMT – Myanmar reports 115 brand-new cases of coronavirus
Myanmar reported 115 brand-new coronavirus cases, a day after enforcing sweeping brand-new lockdown procedures in its battle on the second wave of infections.
The tally stands at 2,265 cases and 14 deaths after infections quadrupled over the last month, because the infection resurfaced in the western state of Rakhine, following weeks without a domestic case.
The health ministry announced 115 new cases in a Facebook post on Friday, following 142 reported on Thursday night.
10: 30 GMT – Finland to relieve travel restrictions on Sweden
Finland will alleviate tight limitations on entry as it attempts to draw in business visitors and travelers prior to winter season, permitting arrivals from nations with greater rates of coronavirus infection including its neighbour Sweden.
Formerly, Finland had actually barred arrivals from nations with more than 10 cases of coronavirus infection per 100,000 people, a threshold which excluded visitors from numerous European countries. The exclusion of Swedes was particularly disruptive, as the neighbours are close allies.
From September 19, the limit for nations to acquire unlimited entry will rise to 25 cases per 100,000
10: 00 GMT – Malaysia reports 182 new infection cases
Malaysia reported 182 new coronavirus cases, the sharpest increase in more than three months without any new deaths, the health ministry stated.
The brand-new infections marked the most significant jump given that June 4, when 277 cases and one death were reported.
Malaysia presently has 9,810 validated coronavirus infections, consisting of 128 deaths.
Passengers wearing protective masks wait in line to board a bus at a bus station in Kuala Lumpur [File: Reuters]
09: 20 GMT – Austria expands face mask requirement as cases rise
Austria will tighten up on mask-wearing and social distancing at public events and in restaurants from Monday in action to the rise in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said.
Using of masks will be mandatory in stores, public transportation and in schools outside class from Monday, he stated. Private events will be limited to 50 participants indoors and 100 outdoors, while professionally arranged seated occasions might go to approximately 1,500 individuals inside your home and 3,000 outdoors.
The everyday variety of infections has actually been increasing given that late June and reached 644 on Thursday, the highest number since late March, when an initial spike in infections was fading under a national lockdown.
08: 45 GMT – India reports worldwide record daily jump of 96,551 cases
India reported another record daily jump of 96,551 coronavirus cases, which is also the greatest worldwide day-to-day boost, taking its caseload to 4.5 million.
Deaths have stayed relatively low, but are seeing an upward pattern. As numerous as 1,209 individuals died from COVID-19, India’s health ministry said, taking overall deaths to 76,271
08: 10 GMT – Russia reports 5,504 brand-new cases, 102 deaths
Russia reported 5,504 brand-new coronavirus cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,051,874, the fourth biggest on the planet.
Authorities said 102 people had passed away in the past 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 18,365
More than 100 people had actually passed away in the past 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 18,365 [Reuters]
07: 40 GMT – Hungary’s day-to-day infection infections tally hits new record at 718
Hungary reported 718 brand-new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest daily tally to date, the government stated.
The country has reported 10,909 coronavirus cases with 631 deaths up until now.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated earlier in the day that Hungary would not enforce blanket school closures, however would intend to secure the most vulnerable elderly as the goal was to keep the economy going.
07: 10 GMT – Czech Republic reports 1,382 brand-new cases, biggest day-to-day increase
The Czech Republic reported 1,382 brand-new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day tally to date, extending a renewed spike in infections that has actually led authorities to enforce tighter face-mask requirements.
The daily rise announced by the health ministry brought the overall variety of the central European nation’s infections to 32,413
The Czech government on Thursday ordered people to use face masks inside buildings as the everyday new case count topped 1,000 for the first time, however has up until now opted to prevent reviving other hard steps that would injure businesses.
06: 45 – Hungary will not enforce blanket school closure to curb virus: PM
Hungary will not impose blanket school closures to curb the spread of the coronavirus however will aim to secure the most vulnerable senior as the main goal is to keep the economy going, Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on state radio.
Orban said that a necessary using of masks on public transportation should be implemented.
He also stated the Visegrad states of the EU – Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland – will collaborate their procedures to eliminate the 2nd wave of the pandemic. Premiers of the four states will meet in Poland later on in the day.
Orban states that an obligatory using of masks on public transportation will be enforced[File:Reuters]
05: 45 GMT – Ukraine reports record daily high of 3,144 new cases
Ukraine registered a record 3,144 new cases of the unique coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the nationwide security council said, up from a previous record of 2,836 signed up on September 5.
The council said an overall of 148,756 cases were signed up in Ukraine since September 11, with 3,076 deaths.
Hello, this is Umut Uras in Doha taking over from my associate Zaheena Rasheed.
05: 06 GMT – India orders states to expand coronavirus testing
India’s health ministry has actually asked states to allow coronavirus screening on demand without a medical professional’s prescription as the country logged another record jump in day-to-day cases.
It also stated some negative rapid antigen tests should be redone through the more reputable RT-PCR technique, the gold standard of coronavirus tests that looks for the hereditary code of the virus.
The retesting order used to individuals who had unfavorable outcomes however had fever, coughing or breathlessness, or individuals who developed those COVID-19 signs within three days of their unfavorable test results.
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04: 31 GMT – Australia to host Rugby Champion in November-December
Australia will host the southern hemisphere’s four-nation Rugby Championship (TRC) from November 7 – December 12, the sport’s governing body SANZAAR said in a declaration.
” Typically TRC is played as a global, cross-border series of house and away matches in between Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa but due to the pandemic this is certainly not possible this year,” SANZAAR Chief Executive Andy Marinos said.
” We have, for that reason, worked very tough as a group to guarantee TRC takes place this year, albeit in one country, and SANZAAR was meticulous in assessing the 2 options for hosting presented to it by New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia.”
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03: 58 GMT – China logs 15 new cases, all imported
Mainland China reported 15 brand-new coronavirus cases at the end of Thursday, up from 7 cases a day earlier.
The National Health Commission stated in a declaration all of the cases were imported infections including travellers from overseas, marking the 26 th straight day of no local infections.
03: 13 GMT – Kosovo battles break out of infection deniers
Kosovo’s government is letting in the media into previously sealed healthcare facility wards to movie the suffering of coronavirus clients after a new poll showed that a third of the population believe the pandemic is a pure scam, the AFP news firm reported.
” Tell those outside who don’t believe what you saw here,” an exhausted elderly male, recuperating at the contagious illness center after a two-week battle with the breathing illness, told a regional TELEVISION channel.
” Don’t joke with this.
Kosovo had its deadliest month yet in August with almost 300 deaths – a toll higher than all the 3 previous months combined.
02: 46 GMT – South Korea sees uptick in cases
South Korea posted 176 new coronavirus cases on Friday, a slight increase from the 156 and 155 cases reported on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
Seoul is fighting a fresh wave of infections that appeared at a church and drove the nation’s day-to-day tally to 441 in August.
The numbers have actually gradually dropped considering that the government imposed stringent social distancing guidelines, but Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the consistent break outs are deepening concerns whether the federal government should extend or ease the curbs, including an extraordinary ban on nighttime on-site dining in the higher Seoul area, due on Sunday.
” It would be ideal to lift the constraints, considering the sacrifices the people are making, but we’re as much anxious if any hasty easing would cause a respread of the infection and trigger even greater discomfort for the general public,” Chung told a meeting.
Hyundai Heavy Industries staff members wait in line to take tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus at an infection screening station in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 9, 2020 [Yonhap/ AFP]
02: 13 GMT – Curfew to remain as Australia’s Victoria reports 43 new cases
Daniel Andrews, the premier of Australia’s Victoria, stated a curfew imposed to contain the state’s coronavirus outbreak will stay in location as health authorities reported 43 new cases and nine deaths in the last 24 hours.
” The curfew position at the moment will not be altering. Since it is working,” he told reporters, dismissing claims the lockdown breached human rights.
A flare-up in cases required the Victoria federal government to put the state into a tough lockdown in early August. It has assisted to bring down the daily rise in infections to double digits in current days after it touched highs of more than 700.
01: 54 GMT – Myanmar suspends domestic flights
A domestic flight restriction entered impact in Myanmar on Friday, with Myanmar National Airlines, Air KBZ, Air Thanlwin and other airlines announcing the suspension of their services, many for at least 2 weeks.
Some 21 Yangon towns were also under stay-at-home order after authorities recorded 120 new cases and two deaths on Thursday.
01: 22 GMT – Lots charged in US for stealing $70 m in pandemic aid
Scammers have actually stolen $70 m from a program supporting US businesses harmed by the coronavirus recession, causing charges against 57 individuals including an NFL player, the Justice Department said.
Brian C Rabbitt, an acting assistant attorney general of the United States for the criminal division, informed press reporters the supposed fraudsters tried to acquire more than $175 m from the Income Protection Program (PPP). Of the $70 m that was taken, the federal government has actually recuperated or frozen $30 m.
” The amount of scams that we have actually revealed to date which we have actually prosecuted to date is considerable,” Rabbitt stated. “Provided what we’ve seen up until now, we believe that there is an extra set of deceptive activity out there that we mean to continue pursuing.”
00: 53 GMT – Colombia to slowly resume global flights
Maria Orozco, Colombia’s transport minister, stated international flights to and out of the nation will begin gradually, beginning on September 21, following a six-month hiatus to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The health ministry is drawing up security protocols that consist of needing travellers to take coronavirus tests and for their outcomes to be unfavorable, Orozco said.
The resumption of global flights will depend on location nations, airport capability and the interest of the airlines, she added.
00: 29 GMT – Canada’s Quebec sets more stringent mask guidelines
Quebec, Canada’s second-most-populous province, will fine anyone who does not use a mask in a confined public area amid an uptick in new coronavirus cases.
” We can not accept that a couple of careless individuals are putting our entire society at risk. So, I believe it’s time to split down,” Quebec Premier Francois Legault told a press conference.
The new measures will enter into effect on Saturday. The quantities are yet to be revealed.
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00: 11 GMT – Latin America passes 8 million cases
The variety of validated coronavirus infections topped eight million in Latin America, the area with the most infections worldwide, though there were signs the spread of the virus was slowing in some nations.
During the past week, the everyday average of cases in the region fell to 67,173 through Wednesday from 80,512 in the previous seven days, according to a tally by the Reuters News Company.
Brazil, suffering the worst outbreak in the area, stayed atop the Latin American tables for coronavirus cases and deaths, recording an overall of 4.2 million infections and more than 128,000 deaths. Still, Brazilian authorities kept in mind a reduction in infections in recent days.
The typical variety of cases likewise fell slightly in Peru, Colombia and Mexico, the nations with the most infections after Brazil.
00: 01 GMT – Brazil’s Bahia state to test Russia’s vaccine
The Brazilian state of Bahia signed an agreement to perform phase-three scientific trials for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine versus COVID-19 and prepares to buy 50 million dosages to market in Brazil, authorities stated.
Guv Rui Costa stated a confidentiality contract was signed on Tuesday to carry out the trials and Bahia will get a preliminary 500 doses as soon as Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa authorizes the procedure for screening.
If the trials that are anticipated to begin in October succeed, Bahia will aim to market the Russian vaccine in Brazil through its pharmaceutical research centre Bahiafarma, the state’s health secretary Fabio Vilas-Boas stated in a declaration.
Hi and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing protection of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Zaheena Rasheed in Male, Maldives.
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