Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak, who on Monday were diagnosed with the coronavirus, are currently in isolated wards at the hospital, the media reported on Thursday.
“Everything is quite strict, regulated by protocol. They are in Feofania hospital. There is a special office where the president can hold meetings.” Mykhailo Podoliak, an advisor to the president’s office, told media.
According to Podoliak, a communication channel has been set up in Zelensky’s ward, allowing him to keep to his regular work schedule while under isolation, the Xinhua news agency reported.
A total of 5,00,865 Covid-19 cases, with 9,145 deaths, have been registered in Ukraine as of Thursday, while 2,27,694 patients have recovered, according to the country’s health ministry.
Washington, Sept. 3, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Students study online at a recreation center in Los Angeles, the United States, on Sept. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/IANS)
Over two weeks, from October 22 to November 5, there was a 17 per cent increase in child Covid-19 cases…reports Asian Lite News
Washington, Sept. 3, 2020 (Xinhua) — Students study online at a recreation center in Los Angeles, the United States, on Sept. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/IANS)
Over 920,000 children in the US have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to the latest data.
The data published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association on Thursday said that a total of 73,883 new child cases were reported from October 29 to November 5, the highest-ever weekly increase, reports Xinhua news agency.
Over two weeks, from October 22 to November 5, there was a 17 per cent increase in child Covid-19 cases.
Altogether 927,518 child cases were reported in the US, and children represented 11.3 per cent of all those infected.
The overall rate was 1,232 cases per 100,000 children in the population, according to the report.
New York, Nov. 04 (Xinhua) — A student is seen on the steps of the closed public school PS 139 in the Ditmas Park neighborhood in Brooklyn of New York, the United States, Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua/IANS)
Children accounted for 1 per cent to 3.4 per cent of total reported hospitalizations, and 0 to 0.18 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths, said the report.
“At this time, it appears that severe illness due to Covid-19 is rare among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children, as well as its emotional and mental health effects,” the AAP said.
The US, currently the worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic, has so far registered a total of 10,535,828 coronavirus cases and 242,654 deaths.
With 44,879 new coronavirus infections and 547 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 87,28,795 on Friday, as the toll touched 1,28,688, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Currently, there are 4,84,547 active cases, whereas 81,15,580 patients have been cured and discharged so far.
The recovery rate stands at 92.97 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.47 per cent, the Ministry said.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted 11,39,230 sample tests on Thursday, taking the total tested samples to 12,31,01,739.
Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 1,736,329 cases till date. There are 85,583 active cases and 45,682 Covid-19 deaths.
Delhi is grappling with a renewed surge as it confirmed the highest single-day fatalities on Thursday since the pandemic struck. The city recorded as many as 104 deaths and 7,053 new infections.
The other worst hits are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
Washington, Sept. 23, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, testifies during a hearing of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 23, 2020. Anthony Fauci attended the hearing on Wednesday and warned of the long-term effects that disease might have on those infected. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via Xinhua/IANS)
His comments come as the US is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, with more than 100,000 new cases per day for the past week…reports Asian Lite News
Washington, Sept. 23, 2020 (Xinhua) — Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, testifies during a hearing of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 23, 2020. Anthony Fauci attended the hearing on Wednesday and warned of the long-term effects that disease might have on those infected. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via Xinhua/IANS)
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, says the country needs to “double down” on public health measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing. BBC reports
Speaking to Chatham House on Thursday, he warned that the cold weather makes for a “challenging and ominous situation”.
His comments come as the US is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, with more than 100,000 new cases per day for the past week.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 10,397,400 and 241,619, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 8,636,011, while the country’s death toll soared to 127,571
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,282,790, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Thursday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 52,048,827 and 1,282,796, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (5,747,660), France (1,914,722), Russia (1,822,345), Spain (1,417,709), Argentina (1,273,356), the UK (1,260,198) and Colombia (1,165,326), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 163,368.
The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (95,842), the UK (50,457), Italy (42,953), France (42,599), Spain (40,105), Iran (39,664), Peru (34,992), Argentina (34,531), Colombia (33,312) and Russia (31,326).
The number of people who have died with Covid-19 in Britain has passed 50,000, according to government figures released on Wednesday.
Another 595 people have died in a 24-hour period, bringing the total coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 50,365, the figures showed.
Britain is the fifth country in the world to hit the tragic milestone of 50,000 Covid-19 deaths, following the US, Brazil, India and Mexico, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Another 22,950 people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1,256,725, the data showed.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the grim figures showed that “we are not out of the woods yet.”
“Every death is a tragedy… we mourn everybody who’s gone,” he said.
“I do think that we have got now to a different phase in the way that we treat it,” Johnson said, referring to the country’s mass testing program and the “realistic prospect” of a vaccine.
“It does still require everybody to follow the guidance, do the right thing, to suppress the disease in a way that we all understand,” he added.
22/09/2020. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson address to the Nation during Covid-19. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the White Room of No10 Downing Street, addressing the Nation on Covid-19. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
England last week entered into a month-long national lockdown, the second of its kind since the coronavirus outbreak in Britain, in a bid to quell the resurgence of coronavirus.
To bring life back to normal, countries including Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States are racing against time to find a vaccine.
Based on current projections, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses this year and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021…reports Asian Lite News
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for “fair allocation” of a Covid-19 vaccine after drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech this week said that their vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing the disease in interim analysis of data.
Addressing the member states at the 73rd World Health Assembly on Tuesday, the WHO chief said that the UN health agency welcomes Pfizer’s “promising news” and expect additional effective vaccines in near future along with advances in testing and therapeutics.
“I called on Member States to reiterate their commitment to fair allocation of a #COVID19 vaccine. We mustn’t leave any country behind in the response,” Ghebreyesus said.
Based on current projections, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses this year and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.
The issue of challenges of distributing a potential vaccine such as the one being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was also raised by Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa.
“The exciting news yesterday (Monday) of a possible effective vaccine becoming available presages significant cold chains challenges for African countries by the type of vaccine that that is. Which will need to be factored into the support to be provided,” Moeti said.
In his opening speech at the World Health Assembly on Monday, the WHO chief said that a vaccine is needed urgently to control the pandemic.
“But as you know, it will not fix the vulnerabilities at its roots,” he said.
“A vaccine cannot address the global under-investment in essential public health functions and resilient health systems, nor the urgent need for a ‘One Health’ approach that encompasses the health of humans, animals and the planet we share.
“There is no vaccine for poverty, hunger, climate change or inequality,” the WHO chief said.
Brunei reported no new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday with the national tally of infections mounting to 148.
It marked the 20th consecutive day without new cases since October 22, when the country recorded an imported case from Kuala Lumpur, Xinhua reported.
According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, there is no active case being treated at the National Isolation Center. The total number of recovered cases remained at 145.
Meanwhile, 338 individuals, who have arrived in the country after traveling abroad, are undergoing mandatory isolation at the monitoring centers provided by the government.
There have been three deaths that resulted from Covid-19 in Brunei.
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 51.3 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,270,170, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Wednesday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 51,377,200 and 1,270,171, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 10,242,754 and 239,628, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 8,591,730, while the country’s death toll soared to 127,059.
The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (5,699,005), France (1,857,309), Russia (1,802,762), Spain (1,381,218), Argentina (1,262,476), the UK (1,237,198) and Colombia (1,155,356), the CSSE figures showed.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 162,802.
The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (95,027), the UK (49,861), Italy (42,330), France (41,062), Spain (39,345), Iran (39,202), Peru (34,943), Argentina (34,183), Colombia (33,128) and Russia (30,899).
With 44,281 new coronavirus infections and 512 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 86,35,921 on Wednesday as the toll touched 1,27,571, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Currently, there are 4,94,657 active cases, whereas 80,13,783 patients have been cured and discharged so far.
The recovery rate stands at 92.69 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.48 per cent, the Ministry said.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted 11,53,294 sample tests on Tuesday, taking the total tested samples to 12,07,69,151.
Though Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 96,437 active cases and 45,325 Covid-19 deaths, it was Delhi’s fresh cases of the day that leaped past the western city’s daily figures.
On Tuesday, the national capital reported 7,830 new coronavirus cases and 83 deaths, the highest ever single-day tally since the onset of the pandemic.
The other worst hit are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
The overall global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 500-lakh mark, while deaths have surged to 12,70,171, according to Johns Hopkins University.
According to Monday’s report by local KSL-TV, the state experienced a 46 per cent increase in new cases in the last two weeks….reports Asian Lite News
Utah Governor Gary Herbert
Due to an unabated surge in the number of new coronavirus cases, Utah Governor Gary Herbert has declared a two-week emergency in the US state.
In an effort to stem the spread of the virus, Herbert has declared a series of measures, including limiting casual social gatherings to household-only; putting all athletic and intramural events on hold; and a state-wide mask mandate in public where six feet of physical distancing is not possible, reports Xinhua news agency.
Herbert, who has supported wearing masks but had resisted imposing a mandate before, said in a video posted on Twitter on Monday that the state cannot afford to debate this issue any longer.
“Individual freedom is certainly important, and it is our rule of law that protects that freedom.
“We must do more, and we must do it now. This is about much more than just mandates. This is about personal responsibility.
“Due to the alarming rate of Covid-19 infections within our state, tonight I issued a new state of emergency with several critical changes to our response.
“These changes are not shutting down our economy, but are absolutely necessary to save lives and hospital capacity,” he added in the video.
According to Monday’s report by local KSL-TV, the state experienced a 46 per cent increase in new cases in the last two weeks.
On Sunday, the pandemic hit a record-high seven-day positive test average of 20.6 per cent cases per day.
Meanwhile, the state also reported a new high of 424 hospitalizations on Sunday, bringing the state’s ICU occupancy to a record-high 78.2 per cent.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Utah has registered more than 135,000 confirmed cases and 661 deaths.
