- One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Company is a health employee and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, according to the organisation.
- United States President Donald Trump continues to declare there will be a coronavirus vaccine in weeks, opposing the head of the Centers for Illness Control and Avoidance.
- The World Bank’s chief economist Carmen Reinhart says t he worldwide economic healing from the crisis come from by the pandemic might take as much as five years.
- More than 29.7 million individuals all over the world have actually been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 938,820 have actually died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some 20.2 million people have recuperated.
Here are the most recent updates:
Thursday, September 17
12: 20 GMT – One in 7 reported infection cases is among health workers: WHO
One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Company (WHO) is a health worker and in some countries that figure increases to one in three, the company stated on Thursday.
The WHO called for frontline medical employees to be provided with protective devices to avoid them from being infected with the novel coronavirus, and possibly spreading it to their clients and households.
” Globally around 14 percent of COVID cases reported to the WHO are amongst health employees and in some nations it’s as much as 35 percent,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. He added data was restricted nevertheless and it was tough to understand if individuals were infected at work or in their neighborhoods.
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment takes swabs from a farmer in Gujarat, India [File: Reuters]
11: 40 GMT – WHO’s Ryan: do not turn COVID-19 into ‘political football’
The World Health Company’s top emergency situation specialist, asked about inconsistent remarks by President Donald Trump and US health authorities on COVID-19, said it was essential for all countries to have “constant messaging” for their public.
Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, who stated a vaccine might be broadly rolled out in mid-2021 and masks may be more reliable.
Trump, at a news conference, said he believed a vaccine will be rolled out much sooner. He stated he called Redfield after his testament to question him about it, which Redfield appeared to have been confused by the concern.
11: 00 GMT – International arrivals to Abu Dhabi need to wear tracking device
International passengers coming to Abu Dhabi airport will now need to wear a tracking gadget while they complete a mandatory 14- day home quarantine due to COVID-19, according to state-owned Etihad Airways.
Everyday infections in the United Arab Emirates increased this month to their greatest since the break out started, which officials have largely blamed on individuals not practicing social distancing.
Those getting to Abu Dhabi airport would be fitted with a clinically authorized wristband, which is gotten rid of after the 14- days of house quarantine, according to Etihad’s newest travel upgrade.
10: 30 GMT – Philippines thinks about relaxing travel ban for nurses
The Philippines is considering allowing more nurses and other physician to leave for jobs abroad after prohibiting them from travel so they can battle coronavirus in the house, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesperson stated.
Health care employees from the Philippines are on the front lines of the pandemic at medical facilities in the United States, Europe and the Middle East as well as back home.
The labour minister has proposed to expand exemptions to those who had contracts abroad since August31 Far it is only those with agreements as of March 8 who have actually been permitted to travel.
10: 05 GMT – Belarus preparation 100- individual scientific trial of Russia’s vaccine
Belarus is thinking about conducting a 100- person trial of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry stated, adding that possible participants can now apply online at eight regional centers that have actually been chosen to perform the trial.
The trial, among numerous that Russia wishes to perform abroad, is still pending regulatory approval, the ministry stated, including it had gotten paperwork from Russia and was inspecting it.
Large-scale trials of the ‘Sputnik-V’ vaccine, known as Stage III trials, are ongoing in Russia and involve at least 40,00 0 people. Preliminary results are expected in October or November, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Mutual Fund (RDIF), has actually said.
09: 20 GMT – Philippines sees 3,375 new coronavirus cases
The Philippines’ health ministry reported 3,375 brand-new coronavirus infections and 53 extra deaths.
In a bulletin, the ministry said overall validated cases in the Philippines have reached 276,289, the most in Southeast Asia, while deaths have increased to 4,785
A security officerin a protective fit strolls previous commuters at a city station in Manila [File: EPA]
08: 45 GMT – World monetary healing may take 5 years: World Bank chief economic expert
The international economic recovery from the crisis come from by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as 5 years, the World Bank’s primary economist Carmen Reinhart stated.
” There will probably be a quick rebound as all the constraint determines connected to lockdowns are raised, but a full recovery will take as much as 5 years,” Reinhart stated in a remote intervention throughout a conference held in Madrid.
Reinhart said the pandemic-caused economic downturn will last longer in some nations than in others and will exacerbate inequalities as the poorest will be harder struck by the crisis in abundant countries and the poorest nations will be harder struck than richer nations. For the first time in twenty years, international hardship rates will rise following the crisis, she added.
8: 10 GMT – Red Cross warns infection is driving discrimination in Asia
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that the unique coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable neighborhoods in Asia, including migrants and foreigners.
The humanitarian company surveyed 5,00 0 individuals in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Pakistan and found about half blamed a specific group for spreading out the coronavirus, with numerous pointing out Chinese individuals, immigrants and foreigners.
” It is particularly concerning that both nationwide migrant and foreign employees are blamed for the spread of COVID-19 as they are quite susceptible already,” Dr Viviane Fluck, one of the lead researchers and the company’s Asia Pacific community engagement and accountability coordinator, informed the Reuters news company.
She stated there need to be more concentrate on combating “reports that are linked to underlying power dynamics and structural concerns of inequality”.
07: 40 GMT – Russia’s coronavirus death toll passes 19,00 0
Russia’s death toll from the unique coronavirus passed 19,00 0, as the country reported 144 brand-new deaths in the previous 24 hours.
The nation’s coronavirus crisis response centre registered 5,762 brand-new cases, bringing its across the country tally of infections to 1,085,281, the world’s fourth-highest caseload.
Russia’s tally of coronavirus infections stands at 1,085,281, the world’s fourth-highest[File: Anadolu]
07: 00 GMT – Hurtigruten cancels remaining 2020 cruises
Norway’s Hurtigruten has cancelled its staying cruises this year due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Europe and the Americas, the business stated.
The choice impacts Hurtigruten’s so-called expedition cruises, which typically take travelers into Arctic or Antarctic waters, though its service of shipping items and people in between ports along the Norwegian coast will continue.
The company was the first cruise operator worldwide to return an oceangoing cruise ship to service in mid-June, promoting lowered traveler capability, social distancing and strict rules on hygiene.
06: 40 GMT – UK faces bottleneck on screening due to lab capability: minister
Britain deals with troubles in performing COVID-19 tests due to scarcities of lab capability, stated junior health minister Edward Argar.
” Lab capacity is among the traffic jams, or one of the difficulties in considerably increasing that capability,” Argar informed Sky News.
Britain can avoid more regional restrictions and another nationwide lockdown by staying with the rules such as not meeting in groups of more than 6 individuals, minister added.
06: 15 GMT – Czech Republic’s everyday dive in COVID-19 cases surpasses 2,00 0
The Czech Republic reported more than 2,00 0 new COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time as it fights a surge in infections that is amongst the fastest in Europe.
The health ministry recorded 2,139 cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, up from a previous record 1,675 reported for the previous day.
People using mask as a preventative measure versus coronavirus stroll on street in Prague [File: Anadolu]
05: 45 GMT – Ukraine sets day-to-day record with 3,584 brand-new cvirus cases
Ukraine set an everyday record with 3,584 new coronavirus infections, the nationwide security council said, up from a figure of 3,144 on Sept. 11.
Ukraine has a total of 166,244 cases, with 3,400 deaths and 73,913 healings, the council included.
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05: 15 GMT – Study finds individuals in Asia blame certain groups for COVID-19
Nearly half of individuals in four Asian countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Pakistan – blame specific groups for spreading COVID-19 consisting of foreigners, people attending spiritual events and those who do not follow the rules on matters such as mask wearing or physical distancing.
Viviane Fluck, the community engagement and responsibility organizer at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Asia Pacific, which carried out the study, explained the findings as worrying.
” We are really worried that susceptible groups such as migrants and those who can not afford protective devices may be victimized due to preconception and fear,” she said in a statement. The study also found nearly 4 out of 5 individuals mistrusted social networks, regardless of it being one of the leading sources of info about the virus.
05: 00 GMT – The journey not the destination, airline companies offer flights to no place
More of the Asia Pacific’s embattled airlines are providing “flights to no place” as the pandemic grounds global travel, according to Reuters news agency.
Qantas is the most recent to sign up with the trend, using a seven-hour flight over Australia’s Wilderness and Great Barrier Reef, which obviously offered out in 10 minutes despite a starting rate of 787 Australian dollars ($575). T aiwan’s EVA Airways and Japan’s ANA have likewise offered unique sightseeing flights.
Difficult border constraints to keep the coronavirus under control have led to a 97.5 percent plunge in global travel in the region, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
04: 40 GMT – Syria cases may be much higher than figures suggest: UN
The United Nation’s top humanitarian official states coronavirus could be far more extensive in Syria than main figures suggest.
Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council in New York City on Wednesday that it would just be possible to get a clearer photo of the scenario when screening was stepped up. He kept in mind that the source of nearly 90 percent of verified cases could not be traced to a known source, suggesting extensive community transmission.
Syria has confirmed 3,618 cases of the infection.
— Mark Lowcock (@UNReliefChief) September 16, 2020
04: 30 GMT – India breaks day-to-day record for coronavirus cases – again
India has reported another record dive in daily coronavirus cases confirming 97,894 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry.
Deaths, which have been fairly low up until now, are also climbing up. The nation has tape-recorded more than 1,00 0 deaths every day for the last two weeks.
04: 10 GMT – Burberry to start very first virtual London Style Week
London Style Week is due to get underway later Thursday with a livestreamed program from the luxury British brand name Burberry.
The program will be broadcast online at 12: 00 GMT with Riccardo Tisci, its Italian designer, guaranteeing an uninhabited wilderness program in a collaboration with German artist Anne Imhof that has been described as a “radical meeting of fashion and art”.
Around 80 designers will provide their newest collections throughout the six-day event, however only a handful will stage the kind of physical shows that in pre-COVID times drew crowds of industry insiders, celebs and reporters from around the globe.
Exploring the work of Anne Imhof, the worldwide well-known artist welcomed by Riccardo Tisci to partner on the upcoming #BurberrySpringSummer21 show experience
#BurberryShow #Burberry pic.twitter.com/1yTo1bRNLV— Burberry (@Burberry) September 15, 2020
03: 50 GMT – World’s greatest glovemaker to report record revenue
Malaysia’s Leading Glove is due to report record profits later on Thursday, thanks to a rise in sales as an outcome of the coronavirus.
Analysts are expecting the business – the world’s most significant maker of rubber and nitrile gloves – to reveal a revenue of a minimum of 1 billion Malaysian ringgit ($241 million) for the three months ended August 31, its fiscal fourth quarter.
Leading Glove is benefitting from greater rates and a surge in need as a result of the coronavirus, however it has likewise been criticised over its treatment of migrant employees. United States customizeds enforced an import restriction on its items in July over forced labour concerns.
A worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam near the Malaysian capital. The company’s anticipated to report record earnings on Thursday thanks to COVID-19 need [Mohd Rasfan/AFP]
03: 40 GMT – Relief for Australian sport as NSW relaxes constraints
Crowds of as numerous as 40,00 0 individuals will quickly have the ability to attend major sporting occasions in Sydney after the New South Wales government revealed a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions.
The brand-new rules – allowing arenas to be filled to 50 percent capability – enter impact on October 1 as the National Rugby League and Rugby Championship approach the end of their seasons.
Stadium Australia, the arena constructed for the 2000 Olympics, will be able to welcome 40,00 0 fans, the new Western Sydney Arena in Parramatta 15,00 0 and the Sydney Cricket Ground 23,00 0.
Fans will need to wear facemasks going into the stadiums, but will be able to take them off inside, where they will be seated in “chequerboard” arrangements to permit physical distancing, the NSW federal government said.
02: 45 GMT – ‘P unched, hit, kicked, shoved, deliberately spat at’
Brand-new research reveals holders of temporary visas in Australia suffered increasing racist abuse after they were neglected of the federal government’s financial support schemes and Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated it was time to go house.
In a survey of more than 6,00 0 momentary visa holders, a quarter said they had experienced racist abuse, and a quarter reported individuals avoiding them due to the fact that of their appearance.
” Over 1,600 individuals explained being targeted with xeonphobic slurs, treated as though they were contaminated with COVID because they looked Asian or haraassed for using a face mask,” said Professor Bassina Farbenblum, an associate teacher at UNSW Law, who worked on the research study with Laurie Berg, an associate teacher at UTS Law.
More than one million individuals reside in Australia on short-term visas consisting of international trainees, backpackers, and refugees. The survey found 70 percent of respondents lost all or the majority of their work as a result of the pandemic, with one in 3 worldwide students anticipating their funds to go out by next month.
The government’s failure to support these vulnerable people has the potential to exceptionally affect Australia’s global track record – Latest research study from UTS Law’s Laurie Berg and @UNSWLaw‘s Bassina Farbenblum on COVID’s influence on international trainees: https://t.co/el0EZqPC4F pic.twitter.com/2SKtwF86 Ho
— UTS Professors of Law (@UTSLaw) September 16, 2020
02: 15 GMT – Brazil’s Bolsonaro appoints basic as brand-new health minister
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has actually apppointed a general without any experience in health as the country’s new health minister.
Basic Eduardo Pazuello was provided the job on a momentary basis 4 months ago, but will now be made long-term. He has been more willing to go along with Bolsonaro’s approach to the pandemic than his predecessors, consisting of advising physicians recommend hydroxycholoroquine to treat COVID-19 despite there being no proof of it being effective.
Bolsonaro, who’s dismissed the infection as a “little influenza”, brandished a box of the drug as Pazuello was sworn into office in Brasilia.
Brazilian Army General Eduardo Pazuello, who has no background in health. has actually been more ready to accompany President Bolsonaro’s pandemic response than his predecessors [Sergio Lima/AFP]
01: 35 GMT – Australia stress rise over people stuck abroad
Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison says the variety of individuals allowed into Australia will increase by 2,00 0 from next Friday, according to public broadcaster ABC.
The states, who will have to house the arrivals in hotel quarantine have yet to provide their approval.
About 4,00 0 individuals are presently permitted into Australia weekly, but at least 25,00 0 are stranded overseas since of the cap on arrivals. Lots of Australians likewise say they have actually been bumped from flights house repeatedly.
The govt ought to leave no stone unturned; on top of increasing the cap they can charter additional flights, employ RAF resources, use airports besides Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, or use federal quarantine facilities to increase capability for individuals to isolate themselves.
— Joel Clark (@JoelM_Clark) September 17, 2020
00: 30 GMT – New Zealand reports record fall in GDP
New Zealand has actually just launched financial data for the 2nd quarter when the nation was in lockdown, and it’s not pretty.
The figures show gross domestic product diminished by 12.2 percent compared to the previous quarter, the greatest drop on record. The country is now in its worst economic downturn given that 2010.
00: 00 GMT – Trump opposes CDC chief over vaccine
United States President Donald Trump has directly opposed Robert Redfield, the director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the timing of any coronavirus vaccine.
While Redfield informed a SENATE committee a vaccine was not likely to be ready until mid to late 2021, Trump said it would be rather and implicated the CDC chief of making a “error” and being “puzzled”. He told the news conference a vaccine could be announced as quickly as October.
Trump has been promoting a vaccine ahead of the November election, raising issues about safety. Vaccine development generally takes years, and there is no guarantee of success. The process has actually been accelerated for the coronavirus and there are a number of prospects currently in massive stage three human trials, which are designed to test efficacy and safety.
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