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  1. SARS-CoV-2 and pandemic-related news
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  3. [Pre-27-07-2020 news]
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  6. [Post-21-09-2020 news]
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  9. Check the sources, too:
  10. [reportanon's news pastebin]
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  13. [reportanon's SARS-CoV-2 summary reports]
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  21.  
  22. US freezers aren’t cold enough to store one major coronavirus vaccine
  23. >Ultra-cold freezers are suddenly a hot commodity.
  24.  
  25. >One of the most advanced US coronavirus vaccines, created by Pfizer in partnership with BioNTech, has to be stored at -70° Celsius (-94° Fahrenheit), or around 30°C colder than the North Pole in winter. It’s far from certain that the vaccine will be approved for widespread distribution. But if it is, very few freezers go that cold.
  26. >“There’s no precedent for vaccines to be stored at that low of a temperature,” says Soumi Saha, a pharmacist and director of advocacy at Premier, which arranges healthcare purchases for hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers. Most vaccines are transported along the cold chain network at 2° to 8°C (35° to 46°F), with the odd vaccine requiring temperatures as low as -25°C (-13°F.)
  27.  
  28. >Those few US freezers that can reach -70°C are typically lab freezers, says Saha, which have completely different regulatory requirements from pharmaceutical freezers.
  29. >The CDC has explicitly told states not to invest in ultra-cold freezers just yet; too much is still unknown about what vaccine will be available and how it will be transported.
  30.  
  31. >Freezers aren’t the only complicated part of distribution for the Pfizer vaccine. “The complexities of this plan for vaccine storage and handling will have major impact in our ability to efficiently deliver the vaccine,” Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a CDC panel in August.
  32. https://archive.vn/YhXEC
  33.  
  34. 90-minute British DnaNudge SARS-2 test is accurate, Lancet study finds
  35. >A British COVID-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost all cases, an academic review in the Lancet has found.
  36.  
  37. >Faster testing could allow more people to return to work or permit testing on entry to hospital, thus slowing a second spike in coronavirus infections.
  38. >The new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by a professor at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) at the end of April after successful trials.
  39.  
  40. >In a study in The Lancet Microbe, the test was found to have an average sensitivity – the ability to correctly identify those with COVID-19 – of 94.4% and a specificity – correctly identifying those without the disease – of 100%.
  41. >"These results suggest that the CovidNudge test, which can be performed at a patient’s bedside without the need to handle any sample material, has comparable accuracy to standard laboratory testing," Professor Graham Cooke, lead author of the study from the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, said.
  42. https://archive.vn/KNXPb
  43.  
  44.  
  45.  
  46. The impact of banning alcohol during SARS-2
  47. >in many nations, some people have turned to alcoholic beverages to take the edge off. An April survey revealed that 21% of Brits started drinking more after they entered quarantine, with similar numbers in Canada.
  48.  
  49. >But in South Africa, the government rolled out new rules that prohibited the sale and transport of alcohol entirely. The reasoning was that hospitals would be better able to free up beds for Covid patients if there were fewer people being admitted for alcohol-related illnesses or injuries. South Africa wasn’t alone, either: Thailand and India also rolled out bans during the coronavirus crisis, and Kenya banned alcohol sales in restaurants.
  50. >So what was the effect of the ban? It could be argued that South Africa didn’t have much of a choice: by early August, it had the fifth most Covid cases in the world, and the virus’s widespread penetration demanded more hospital beds. But some wonder if banning booze was the best way to do that
  51.  
  52. >the alcohol industry has taken a hit. Lucky Ntimane, head of the Liquor Traders’ Association, says a million people in South Africa have jobs tied to the alcohol industry. “I will argue the economy of the country is somehow driven by this industry,” he says. “Three percent of the GDP of the country comes from the liquor industry.” He also points to another common negative effect of alcohol prohibition: illegal trade on the black market.
  53. https://archive.vn/ZTirb
  54.  
  55. >Peers hear of ‘surprising gaps’ in UK’s Covid-19 research
  56. >Scientists say there is need for more research into neurological effects of coronavirus
  57. >The UK government should consider funding more neurological research on Covid-19, leading scientists have said.
  58. >While support from government for research on coronavirus has been “incredible”, there have been “surprising gaps”, specifically in terms of neurological research, according to Tom Solomon, chair of neurology and director of the National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at the University of Liverpool.
  59. >“We don’t yet have any specific large funding programmes in this area,” Solomon told peers during a House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee hearing on the Science of Covid-19 on 15 September.
  60. >He added that there was a need to understand how the virus triggered neurological problems despite there being no sign of it in the central nervous system.
  61. https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2020-9-peers-hear-of-surprising-gaps-in-uk-s-covid-19-research/
  62.  
  63. WHO doesn't recommend coronavirus passports, because immunity remains questionable
  64. >A World Health Organization official said the agency does not recommend nations issue so-called immunity passports for the coronavirus.
  65.  
  66. >Some countries have said they would issue passports or certificates that indicate whether someone has had Covid-19, allowing them to travel or return to work, assuming that they are protected.
  67.  
  68. >Scientists still don’t know how long immunity really lasts, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, assistant director of the WHO’s Pan American Health Organization, said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
  69. https://archive.vn/i5KPK
  70.  
  71. >The "case narrative" contained in AstraZeneca's report says the patient had the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in early June and was fine. She received her second dose in late August.
  72. >On September 2, while running, the study participant "had a trip (not fall) with a jolt." The report notes that she did not have any obvious injury to her cervical spine.
  73. >The AstraZeneca report mentions twice that the woman was diagnosed with "confirmed" transverse myelitis. It also says that a neurologist who consulted on her case "suggested the symptoms were consistent with the diagnosis of transverse myelitis."
  74. >The report notes that the woman saw a neurologist, who stated the patient reported no past history of neurological symptoms or significant illnesses. At another point in the narrative, it said there was "limited information concerning the subject's relevant medical history."
  75. >"Reports claiming to be based on comments made earlier today by our CEO stating that we have confirmed that a participant inour clinical trial suffered from transverse myelitis are incorrect. He stated that there is no final diagnosis and that there will not be one until more tests are carried out. Those tests will be delivered to an independent safety committee that will review the event and establish a final diagnosis," a spokesperson for the pharmaceutical giant saidina statement emailed to CNN on September 9.
  76. >That sheet refers to volunteers in the trial who "developed unexplained neurological symptoms including changed sensation or limb weakness."
  77. >The document goes on to say that "after independent review, these illnesses were either considered unlikely to be associated with the vaccine or there was insufficient evidence to say for certain that the illnesses were or were not related to the vaccine."
  78. >It's unclear why the Oxford patient safety sheet refers to "unexplained neurological symptoms" and does not mention transverse myelitis. It does not say whether the volunteer's diagnosis was later changed.
  79. >When asked about this participant, a University of Oxford spokesperson wrote in an email to CNN that "we cannot disclose medical information about the illness for reasons of patient confidentiality."
  80. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-trial-document/index.html
  81.  
  82. 60% of business closures due to coronavirus now permanent
  83. https://archive.vn/HA8SX
  84.  
  85. Coronavirus: South Africa eases strict lockdown as cases drop
  86. >From 20 September an overnight curfew will be reduced, gatherings will be allowed at 50% of a venue's capacity, and alcohol will again be on sale.
  87.  
  88. >But rules on social distancing and mask-wearing will remain in place.
  89. https://archive.vn/wip/h863S
  90.  
  91. Second coronavirus lockdown in Israel frustrates many religious Jews’ plans for High Holidays
  92. https://archive.vn/ZWTw0
  93.  
  94. Eight people in Indonesia who refused to wear face masks ordered to dig graves for SARS-2 victims as punishment
  95. >Eight people in Indonesia who refused to wear masks in public were ordered by a local official to dig graves for COVID-19 victims.
  96.  
  97. >As Indonesia faces an uptick of COVID-19 cases, leaders in Cerme, a district located in East Java, established stricter enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing policies.
  98.  
  99. >For the eight people who violated the local mask mandate, that meant digging graves. The district's leader, identified by Indonesian news site Tribun News as Suyono, proposed the punishment due to a lack of gravediggers in the area.
  100. https://archive.vn/kS4Cj
  101.  
  102. Rich nations have cornered half of future SARS-2 vaccine supply: Oxfam
  103. >A group of wealthy nations representing 13 percent of the global population have already bought up more than half of the promised doses of future Covid-19 vaccines, according to a report by Oxfam on Wednesday.
  104.  
  105. >The non-governmental organization analyzed deals struck by pharmaceuticals and vaccine producers for the five leading vaccine candidates currently in late-stage trials, based on data collected by the analytics company Airfinity.
  106. >The five vaccines analyzed were from AstraZeneca, Gamaleya/Sputnik, Moderna, Pfizer and Sinovac.
  107.  
  108. >Oxfam calculated the combined production capacity of these five vaccine candidates at 5.9 billion doses, enough for three billion people given that all five future vaccines will or are highly likely to require two doses.
  109. >Supply deals have so far been agreed for 5.3 billion doses, of which 2.7 billion (51 percent) have been bought by developed countries, territories and regions, including the US, UK, European Union, Australia, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Switzerland and Israel.
  110.  
  111. >The remaining 2.6 billion doses have been bought by or promised to developing countries including India, Bangladesh, China, Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico, among others.
  112. >The non-profit added that one of the leading candidates, developed by Moderna, has received $2.5 billion in committed taxpayers' money, but has said it intends to make a profit and has sold the options for all its supply to rich nations.
  113. https://archive.vn/h13bu
  114.  
  115. Prolonged pandemic could derail Indonesia’s recovery, ADB, economists warn
  116. >A prolonged pandemic could potentially harm Indonesia’s economic recovery as the continued rise in COVID-19 cases in the country adds uncertainty, resulting in a weak economic indicator outlook, economists have said.
  117.  
  118. >In a recently published report, titled Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that continued disruption from the coronavirus “will have severe implications for growth” for Indonesia, with domestic demand and export prospects dampened as a consequence.
  119.  
  120. >“The main risk for the outlook of Indonesia, and also the [Asian] region, stems from the possibility of a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, which could potentially derail the recovery process,” ADB’s country economist for Indonesia said.
  121. https://archive.vn/WQkqa
  122.  
  123. Report neighbours singing karaoke to help fight coronavirus, Philippines governor urges
  124. >The popular pastime of karaoke has come under attack from authorities who urged residents to dob in neighbours for singing too loudly - especially those who are “drunk and out of tune”.
  125.  
  126. >To show how serious they are, police have set up a special karaoke hotline in the province of Cavite, with residents encouraged to make a complaint for the sake of their own health.
  127. https://archive.vn/gVvGK
  128.  
  129. US: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday that if a coronavirus vaccine is ready by the end of 2020, life in the U.S. could return to normal by “late second, third quarter 2021.”
  130. https://archive.vn/51VeJ
  131.  
  132. As death rates climb in rural NC, SARS-2 has shown up ‘with a vengeance’
  133. https://archive.vn/b5Sy4
  134.  
  135. US: Courts may reconsider temporary coronavirus restrictions as pandemic drags on
  136. https://archive.vn/9Cw32
  137.  
  138. Japan commits $165 mln to WHO's global coronavirus vaccine programme
  139. >Japan said on Tuesday it has committed 17.2 billion yen ($165 million) in funds for its participation in the World Health Organization's COVID-19 vaccine programme.
  140.  
  141. >The programme, known as COVAX, is aimed at helping buy and fairly distribute vaccination shots against the novel coronavirus around the world. But some countries which have secured their own supplies through bilateral deals, including the United States, have said they will not join.
  142. >The funds are part of a 1.64 trillion yen reserve intended to bolster the government's response to the virus, a government document showed.
  143.  
  144. >Japan has also pursued independent arrangements with global pharmaceutical companies to secure vaccines, with the government pledging to have enough supply for the whole population by the first half of 2021.
  145. https://archive.vn/GFcSM
  146.  
  147. Suga calls coronavirus ‘the immediate priority’ as he takes reins from Abe as Japan’s prime minister
  148. https://archive.vn/zWgtx
  149.  
  150. WHO warns coronavirus deaths in Europe are expected to get worse - UK deadlier than the US
  151. >Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, said: “It’s going to get tougher.
  152.  
  153. >“In October, November, we are going to see more mortality.
  154. >“It’s a moment where countries don’t want to hear this bad news, and I understand.
  155.  
  156. >“The outbreak is going to finish, at one moment or another.”
  157. https://archive.vn/UBtXA
  158.  
  159. Brits with coronavirus symptoms may be REFUSED tests under plans to ration swabs if crisis deepens
  160. >BRITS with coronavirus symptoms may be refused tests under new plans to ration swabs, it is reported.
  161.  
  162. >A priority list drawn up by health officials could restrict tests to hospital patients, care homes, certain key workers and schools if the testing crisis continues.
  163. >Centres in Southend, Bury, Bedford, Oldham, London, and Southampton were flooded by people eager to get swabbed on Wednesday - as cases in Britian rose by nearly 4,000.
  164.  
  165. Under the new plans, those living in areas on the Government's Covid "watchlist" would be high on the list for tests.
  166. >Schools, including teachers and pupils, would be lower down - although ministers are keen to avoid withdrawing tests from these groups, The Telegraph reports.
  167.  
  168. >The general public who live in areas where infection rates are low will fall to the bottom of the pile.
  169. >A Government source told The Telegraph: "We are not yet at the stage of restricting access to tests for those people who have symptoms, and it is not something we want to do.
  170. https://archive.vn/RT0HM
  171.  
  172. Trump blames blue states for the coronavirus death toll — but most recent deaths have been in red states
  173. https://archive.vn/RjdUX
  174.  
  175. Azerbaijan discloses countrywide number of SARS-2 tests
  176. >The bulk of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Azerbaijan, that is 56.1 percent, accounts for the capital city Baku, Trend reports on Sept.16.
  177.  
  178. >Furthermore, 15.6 percent of all cases of infection were registered in Absheron district, 10.4 percent – in the Aran zone, 6.4 percent – in Ganja-Gazakh zone, 4.3 percent – in Lankaran city.
  179. >To date, 2.1 percent of infections were recorded in the Guba-Khachmaz region, 1.8 percent - in Shaki-Zagatala region, 1.6 percent - in Upper Shirvan region and 1 percent - in Upper Karabakh region.
  180.  
  181. >Some 0.004 percent of the total number of infections was detected in the country’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
  182. >The largest number of infections in Baku was registered in Binagadi district - 14.3 percent, the report said.
  183.  
  184. >In the capital, 12.2 percent of the infected were registered in Khatai district, and 11.8 percent in Yasamal district.
  185. https://archive.vn/qyk67
  186.  
  187.  
  188. More than 1,000 Jewish pilgrims blocked from Ukraine over coronavirus fears
  189. >More than 1,000 Orthodox Jews are waiting on the Belarus-Ukraine border, after their attempts to enter the country for a religious pilgrimage were rebuffed due to coronavirus concerns.
  190.  
  191. >Ukrainian government video from the scene showed hundreds of men and boys waiting along a highway in Belarus to try to enter Ukraine. Some have set up tents, apparently after having waited overnight.
  192. >Border guards in helmets and body armor policed a row of barricades blocking them from coming into the country. Ukraine has been closed to foreigners since August.
  193.  
  194. >The pilgrims have been given food and water, the Ukrainian border service said.
  195. https://archive.vn/7pPme
  196.  
  197. India On Track To Surpass U.S. As Country Worst Affected By SARS-2
  198. https://archive.vn/z0fUS
  199.  
  200. china's Sinovac to test coronavirus vaccine candidate in teenagers, children
  201. https://archive.vn/kbJVT
  202.  
  203. Large-scale coronavirus vaccination not necessary in China, official reportedly says
  204. https://archive.vn/VxxA2
  205.  
  206. South Africa to Reopen Borders, Move to Lowest Virus Alert Level
  207. https://archive.vn/h2SYj
  208.  
  209. Moldovan leader plans to be vaccinated against coronavirus during trip to Russia
  210. >Igor Dodon will also try to agree on the supply of the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine to Moldova, he told journalists
  211.  
  212. >Moldovan President Igor Dodon plans to be vaccinated against the coronavirus while on a visit to Rusisa in September-October, as well as to agree on the supply of the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine to Moldova.
  213. >"If I go there, I am planning to be vaccinated. I will ask the Russians for this. Mass vaccination has been launched there, many leaders and parliamentarians get vaccinated," Dodon said in an interview with Radio Free Europe’s Moldovan service in comments on a possible trip to Russia.
  214.  
  215. >In reply to a journalist’s question about a US vaccine, Dodon said that he had made the decision not to wait for options. "I have more trust in a Russian vaccine than in an American one. We were part of this medical system, it was among the best," the president explained.
  216. https://archive.vn/5QOlD
  217.  
  218. NZ: SARS-2 coronavirus: Mum 'furious' it took two days for parents to be told of positive school case
  219. https://archive.vn/zfCSP
  220.  
  221. Egypt chose Chinese SARS-2 vaccine over Russian one
  222. https://archive.vn/g3plX
  223.  
  224. Hangover From Alcohol Boom Could Last Long After Pandemic Ends
  225. https://archive.vn/mQldx
  226.  
  227. The first Case of Reinfection by Coronavirus appeared in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  228. https://archive.vn/QLKPJ
  229.  
  230. UK: Michael Gove refuses to rule out new national lockdown
  231. https://archive.vn/dx3Og
  232.  
  233. Internet searches for gastrointestinal symptoms symptoms can help identify SARS-2 hotspots, says study
  234. https://archive.vn/BSPY3
  235.  
  236. Coronavirus makes Germany's EU-China summit go virtual
  237. https://archive.vn/TKyYt
  238.  
  239. Boise State professor finds wildfire smoke could make everyone more susceptible to illnesses like SARS-2
  240. https://archive.vn/xTQ8f
  241.  
  242. The tourists are leaving Italy. Now catastrophe looms
  243. >For all too brief a time, the Italian summer offered a glimmer of hope. After emerging from what was in early 2020, one of the world's harshest coronavirus lockdowns, Italy managed to dust itself down in time to welcome visitors.
  244.  
  245. >But as the sun begins to cool, so do hopes of a full recovery for Italy's decimated 2020 tourism season. Winter is coming, and with it what is expected to be a full-blown economic catastrophe.
  246. >The Italian government, like many across the world, has been doling out cash to help support many ailing businesses and individuals, but with many global travel restrictions still in place, lost revenues from the country's faltering travel industry leaves a gaping financial hole that must now be filled.
  247.  
  248. >"Tourists are what we need to keep going," says Cassandra Santoro CEO and founder of travel planning service, Travel Italian Style. "Our guides, drivers and workers from Piedmont to Sicily who thought they would be out of work for a season, are now exploring other jobs and income sources."
  249. https://archive.vn/pDvT8
  250.  
  251. Ukraine: School principals threatened with imprisonment if a student dies due to a quarantine violation - the Ministry of Education and Science
  252. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=uk&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.unian.ua/society/karantinni-normi-u-shkolah-direktoru-shkoli-zagrozhuye-uv-yaznennya-yakshcho-uchen-pomre-cherez-porushennya-karantinu-nagolosili-u-mon-novini-ukrajini-11142098.html&usg=ALkJrhi2vzCkKN_NM0D93RpVnnDZcO9e8g
  253.  
  254. Ukraine is developing a test that will distinguish flu from SARS-CoV-2
  255. >Ukraine is preparing for the flu season, so we decided to develop a test system that will determine from one sample what a person is sick with: the flu, parainfluenza or coronavirus.
  256. >"Our academics said that they would make a test system that would allow us to show clearly from one sample - it will be 5-6 panels of panels and will clearly show whether it is the flu, parainfluenza or coronavirus disease."
  257. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=uk&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.unian.ua/health/country/test-na-koronavirus-v-ukrajini-rozroblyayut-unikalniy-test-yakiy-dozvolit-rozrizniti-grip-vid-covid-19-novini-ukrajini-11143151.html&usg=ALkJrhi2iETIqugksu7x1YOORqzt3pbvhQ
  258.  
  259. In Chernihiv, a mixed (partially distance learning) school system was abolished due to parental complaints
  260. >According to the press service of the Chernihiv City Council, from September 14 the educational process in the city's schools will return to normal .
  261. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=uk&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.unian.net/society/novosti-chernigova-v-shkolah-otmenili-smeshannuyu-formu-obucheniya-novosti-ukrainy-11143802.html&usg=ALkJrhiMBVS-UMbC6sfoT23m_I__mXy-rA
  262.  
  263. India: Rapid antigen tests can be no more than adjunct to RT-PCR in corona battle: Scientists
  264. https://archive.vn/6XU0G
  265.  
  266. Eastern Europe's coronavirus cases surging
  267. https://archive.vn/toE4n
  268.  
  269. Stop ‘demonizing’ college students for coronavirus spread, mental health experts urge
  270. >College students are getting a bad reputation for partying and spreading SARS-2.
  271. >But CNBC spoke with college students across the country who say they take the virus seriously.
  272. >Mental health experts say it’s time to show empathy to students, rather than to scapegoat them.
  273. https://archive.vn/r3X42
  274.  
  275. India: NEET examination to be conducted today amid SARS-2 outbreak
  276. >NEET examination will be conducted at 25 exam centres in Siliguri today, amid strict precaution against COVID-19. Director of Siliguri Institute of Technology yesterday said, "1,500 students will appear in the examination at this centre."
  277. https://archive.vn/Urf2P
  278.  
  279. Foreigners in Japan becoming target of discrimination due to virus
  280. >Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, there have been increasing reports that foreigners living in areas with prominent international communities in Japan are being subject to discrimination and hateful remarks.
  281.  
  282. >"Shitty foreigner, corona." A 22-year-old Indian student at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University was targeted by such a verbal attack while walking around JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture in mid-August.
  283. >The comment came from three Japanese men apparently in their 30s.
  284.  
  285. >Although the student's university, also located in Beppu, southwestern Japan, had reported from Aug 8 that a dozen or so exchange students had tested positive for the virus, he was not one of them. He attempted to object, but the men told him, "We're social distancing. Get lost," so in the end he could do nothing.
  286. https://archive.vn/BK1xj
  287.  
  288. Volunteer in Sinovac vaccine trial tests SARS-2 positive but may have received a placebo
  289. >Clinical test on Sinovac """vaccine""" to few volunteers have been done. But, now, there's shocking news. It was said that one of volunteer for WuFlu vaccine phase 2 are confirmed positive after a swab test
  290. >During second injection (phase) of clinical trial, said volunteer is still healthy. After the (second) injection, the volunteer went out of town.
  291. >"(medical) personnel took the sample by nose swab and sent it to BSL2 lab(Health department) with positive(test) result. The positive test should be informed immediately to the volunteer"
  292. >After declared positive, volunteer then went on self-isolation. Everyday, representative of WuFlu vaccine clinical trial research observed the condition of said volunteer.
  293. >On the other hand, observatory for (all) the volunteer for vaccine clinical trial is still carried out. All volunteer still need to follow health protocol.
  294. >"For that, all of volunteers are urged to follow the mandated preventive protocol announced by government. Health of clinical trials volunteer will be monitored until 6 months of last injection (of the vaccine)
  295. >" This clinical trial still have long way to go, please respect the privacy of the volunteers", closing statement from him
  296. >Kusnadi said he could not confirm whether the research team had injected a potential vaccine or a placebo.
  297. >The trial would involve 1,620 volunteers who would be divided into 2 groups, with 1 group receiving the vaccine and the other 1 the placebo. Team expected the volunteers to develop immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus 2 weeks after receiving their 2nd dose. The team had only injected 248 of the 1,620 volunteers so far.
  298. >Only 110 have received the second dose.
  299. >The swab test that the volunteer participated in was not included in the vaccine candidate trial program and was entirely a coincidence.
  300. https://archive.vn/UGTCi
  301.  
  302. Anosmia: an evolution of our understanding of its importance in SARS-2 and what questions remain to be answered
  303. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32909060/
  304.  
  305. Coronavirus crisis: Woman forced to wear ankle bracelet for quarantine breach
  306. https://archive.vn/OkKWd
  307.  
  308. Michigan youths have died of coronavirus, despite state withholding data
  309. https://archive.vn/xwLkS
  310.  
  311. Bacteriophages could combat secondary SARS-2 infections
  312. https://archive.vn/N1kL9
  313. https://archive.vn/3XY0U
  314.  
  315. Study: CityU develops anti-bacterial graphene face masks
  316. https://archive.vn/fdtVC
  317.  
  318. Scientists develop a pocket-sized tool for rapidly identifying various mosquito-borne diseases
  319. https://archive.vn/dMNrh
  320.  
  321. North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: US
  322. >North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South.
  323.  
  324. >The impoverished North -- whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak -- has not confirmed a single case of the disease that has swept the world since first emerging in China, the North's key ally.
  325.  
  326. >Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent contamination, and in July state media said it had raised its state of emergency to the maximum level.
  327. https://archive.vn/d5uLO
  328.  
  329. Coronavirus: False claims test kits for ‘SARS-2’ were sold in 2017
  330. >According to the World Bank, the page was created in April 2020 to make it easier to find all of the previously existing products that are now being used for Covid-19 testing.
  331. https://archive.vn/5kJxy
  332.  
  333. People across England have told BBC News they are struggling to access coronavirus tests.
  334. >Health Secretary Matt Hancock said last week that no-one should have to travel more than 75 miles for a test, after the BBC revealed some were being sent hundreds of miles away.
  335.  
  336. >But dozens have now reported being unable to book a swab at all.
  337. >The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said testing capacity was targeted at the hardest-hit areas.
  338.  
  339. >A significant rise in demand for testing led the government to reduce the number of appointments available in areas of lower prevalence, to prioritise areas with outbreaks.
  340. >This in turn led to people applying for tests being directed to centres sometimes hundreds of miles away.
  341. https://archive.vn/X0kZB
  342.  
  343. Chinese virologist claims she has proof SARS-CoV-2 was made in Wuhan lab
  344. https://archive.vn/XUh0X
  345.  
  346. After reliability of trial data questioned, creators of Russia’s SARS-2 vaccine send ‘detailed responses’ to Lancet questions
  347. https://archive.vn/BmIFr
  348.  
  349. Unemployment, poverty on rise in Ecuador's capital due to SARS-CoV-2
  350. >At a virtual press conference, Yunda said that Quito "urgently" needs to reactivate its economy and return to normal after six months of restrictions, adding that the capital is "going through the most atrocious unemployment rate in the city's history."
  351.  
  352. >In the meantime, Quito has registered 22.8 percent unemployment, with the Quito Chamber of Commerce estimating that the city has seen the destruction of more than 100,000 formal jobs.
  353.  
  354. >The country's state of emergency will end on Sept. 13, and there will no longer be restrictions on mobility or gatherings, although in Quito, reopening will be gradual, and some restrictions will continue to be enforced to slow the spread of infection.
  355. https://archive.vn/n6gsm
  356.  
  357.  
  358. Anger in mainland china as doctor who died of SARS-2 omitted from citizen awards
  359. >missing from the list of national heroes was one individual that comes to mind for many Chinese citizens: the doctor Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Wuhan who was “disciplined” by local authorities for trying to warn colleagues of the virus. His death aged 34 after contracting the virus in January turned into a rallying call for free speech and demands for government accountability.
  360.  
  361. >Angry at his omission from the ceremony, citizens have flooded Li’s last post on Weibo with tributes.
  362. https://archive.vn/idCL8
  363. >Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower ophthalmologist Li Wenliang
  364. https://archive.vn/Ikbs6
  365.  
  366. Amazon accused of price gouging on essential items during coronavirus pandemic
  367. >Amazon listed 15 of its own essential products, including disposable face masks, hand sanitizer, toilet paper and paper towels, with markups ranging from 76% to as much as 1,000% in comparison to previously listed Amazon prices or other retailers' prices, according to a Sept. 10 report from consumer rights nonprofit Public Citizen.
  368. >The nonprofit also found 10 products from third-party sellers, including flour, sugar, hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray, with markups ranging from 225% to 941%.
  369. >"Amazon has fundamentally misled the public, law enforcement and policymakers about price increases during the pandemic," Alex Harman, Public Citizen competition policy advocate and author of the report, said in a statement. "Amazon has publicly blamed third-party sellers for price increases while continuing to raise prices on its own products and allowing those sellers to increase their prices."
  370. https://archive.vn/PPmkp
  371.  
  372. CDC changing SARS-CoV-2 screenings for international air passengers
  373. >Symptom-based screening has limited effectiveness, according to the CDC, as people who have COVID-19 may not show symptoms or fever when screened or only have mild symptoms. Asymptomatic transmission is possible.
  374. https://archive.vn/DdMeW
  375.  
  376. UN warns SARS-CoV-2 could fuel more conflict, poverty, starvation
  377. https://archive.vn/O5NFK
  378.  
  379. >Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove anti-vaccine posts amid coronavirus pandemic
  380. https://archive.vn/MYIbg
  381.  
  382. US: Colleges in all 50 states report infections
  383. https://archive.vn/TOmU2
  384.  
  385. British company launches 20-second SARS-CoV-2 saliva test with 99%+ accuracy
  386. https://archive.vn/UX34i
  387.  
  388. Dutch outdoor classes avoid coronavirus 'digital misery'
  389. >A Dutch university is holding open-air classes in parks, public squares and parking lots to limit the number of lectures taking place online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  390. https://archive.vn/2P2gU
  391.  
  392. >The patient was suffering from neurological symptoms associated with a rare spinal inflammatory disorder called transverse myelitis, said Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, according to Stat News, citing investors who had listened to a call it said was organised by J.P. Morgan.
  393. >The diagnosis has yet to be confirmed, but the patient is recovering and will likely be discharged from the hospital soon, the CEO reportedly added.
  394.  
  395. >Asked whether the pause would set back the development process, Hancock said: “Not necessarily, it depends on what they find when they do the investigation.”
  396. >The Financial Times quoted people associated with the trial as saying it could resume early next week, after the study’s independent data monitoring board has investigated.
  397.  
  398. >Backers of the Gamaleya candidate, the first Russian COVID-19 vaccine, noted that their candidate is based on an adenovirus in humans, while the British contender uses an adenovirus found in monkeys.
  399. >In choosing a monkey virus as a vector, AstraZeneca and Leukocare are trying to avoid the risk of the immune system attacking the vector rather than the coronavirus due to a previous bout with the adenovirus.
  400. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-pauses-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-as-participant-illness-investigated-idUSKBN26017L?il=0
  401.  
  402. SARS-CoV-2 was already adapted to humans in Wuhan
  403. https://archive.vn/PhcPs
  404.  
  405. USAID to shut down its coronavirus task force
  406. >The decision is being met with concerns by some who fear it will lead to greater dysfunction at USAID, which already faces personnel and structural turmoil. Others, however, say the task force was poorly managed and that its functions can be delegated.
  407.  
  408. >A USAID spokesperson, in a statement issued after this story was first published, said a new “Readiness Unit“ will help guide bureaus and other divisions as they take over the task force’s responsibilities.
  409.  
  410. >The White House has also stopped its regular news conferences focused on the pandemic, while largely sidelining the interagency coronavirus task force and its leading scientists, Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx.
  411.  
  412. >The responsibilities of the USAID task force will be handed to other agency bureaus and divisions.
  413. https://archive.vn/7dUNZ
  414.  
  415. Coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be ready by Election Day, Fauci says
  416. https://archive.vn/iX9wS
  417.  
  418. Study: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug pain relievers don't increase risk for severe SARS-2
  419. https://archive.vn/PGGl1
  420.  
  421. AstraZeneca Pauses SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trial for Safety Review
  422. >A person familiar with the situation, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the participant had been enrolled in a Phase 2/3 trial based in the United Kingdom. The individual also said that a volunteer in the U.K. trial had been found to have transverse myelitis, an inflammatory syndrome that affects the spinal cord and is often sparked by viral infections. However, the timing of this diagnosis, and whether it was directly linked to AstraZeneca’s vaccine, is unclear.
  423. https://archive.vn/IBPt5
  424.  
  425. Trump Says His Misleading Coronavirus Comments Were Meant To Show 'Strength'
  426. >President Trump on Thursday defended his decision to mislead the public about the deadliness of the coronavirus as documented in Bob Woodward's new book, declining to call his misstatements about the virus and its spread a "lie" and saying he needed to show "strength" in the face of the crisis.
  427. https://archive.vn/fGaSt
  428.  
  429. Trump: 'I didn't lie' to Americans about coronavirus risks
  430. >President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted "I didn't lie" to the American public about the severity of coronavirus, despite having told journalist Bob Woodward in March that he'd been intentionally downplaying the virus's potential impact.
  431.  
  432. >Immediately after telling reporters he hadn't lied, the president seemed to acknowledge painting a rosier picture than the reality. "What I said is we have to be calm. We can't be panicked," Trump said.
  433.  
  434. >He then sidestepped a question about why he'd continued to tell the public that the virus was "like a flu" when he knew in February that it was five times more lethal.
  435.  
  436. >"What I went out and said is very simple: I want to show a level of confidence, strength as a leader," Trump said.
  437. https://archive.vn/Yl1xI
  438. https://archive.vn/GYGOC
  439.  
  440. Shortage of key material squeezes N95 medical mask manufacturing amid COVID-19 pandemic
  441. >The Associated Press has found the administration took months to sign contracts with companies that make the crucial component inside these masks: meltblown textile. Meltblowing is the manufacturing process that turns plastic into the dense mesh that makes N95 masks effective at blocking vanishingly small particles, including viruses.
  442. https://archive.vn/JBV2w
  443.  
  444. Trump acknowledges knowingly playing down the ‘deadly’ coronavirus
  445. >President Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he intentionally played down the deadly nature of the coronavirus last winter to avoid a “frenzy,” part of an escalating damage-control effort by his top advisers.
  446. https://archive.vn/7scZH
  447.  
  448. New York To Mark 9/11 Anniversary Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
  449. https://archive.vn/JhF5D
  450.  
  451. Coronavirus outbreak hits 19 at sumo stable in Japan
  452. https://archive.vn/Nh4RG
  453.  
  454. USAID to shut down its coronavirus task force
  455. >The decision is being met with concerns by some who fear it will lead to greater dysfunction at USAID, which already faces personnel and structural turmoil. Others, however, say the task force was poorly managed and that its functions can be delegated.
  456.  
  457. >A USAID spokesperson, in a statement issued after this story was first published, said a new “Readiness Unit“ will help guide bureaus and other divisions as they take over the task force’s responsibilities.
  458.  
  459. >The White House has also stopped its regular news conferences focused on the pandemic, while largely sidelining the interagency coronavirus task force and its leading scientists, Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx.
  460.  
  461. >The responsibilities of the USAID task force will be handed to other agency bureaus and divisions.
  462. https://archive.vn/7dUNZ
  463.  
  464. Coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be ready by Election Day, Fauci says
  465. https://archive.vn/iX9wS
  466.  
  467. Study: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug pain relievers don't increase risk for severe SARS-2
  468. https://archive.vn/PGGl1
  469.  
  470. Italy’s Bergamo is calling back coronavirus survivors. About half say they haven’t fully recovered.
  471. >Those who survived the peak of the outbreak in March and April are now negative. The virus is officially gone from their systems.
  472. >“But we are asking: Are you feeling cured? Almost half the patients say no,” said Serena Venturelli, an infectious-disease specialist at the hospital.
  473.  
  474. >The follow-ups are the basis for medical research: Data on the patients now fills 17 bankers’ boxes, and scientific reports are on the way. Bergamo doctors say the disease clearly has full-body ramifications but leaves wildly differing marks from one patient to the next, and in some cases few marks at all. Among the first 750 patients screened, some 30 percent still have lung scarring and breathing trouble. The virus has left another 30 percent with problems linked to inflammation and clotting, such as heart abnormalities and artery blockages. A few are at risk of organ failure.
  475. >Beyond that, according to interviews with eight Pope John XXIII Hospital doctors involved in the work, many patients months later are dealing with a galaxy of daily conditions and have no clear answer on when it will all subside: leg pain, tingling in the extremities, hair loss, depression, severe fatigue.
  476. https://archive.is/5V0bu
  477.  
  478. SARS-CoV-2 Has Nearly Destroyed the Childcare Industry
  479. https://archive.vn/O2LEv
  480.  
  481. Rise in SARS-2 cases among Borehamwood teens attributed to 'friendship groups' of jews
  482. https://archive.vn/gBaOw
  483.  
  484. Trump accuses North Carolina of using coronavirus restrictions to hurt his re-election chances
  485. https://archive.vn/OVHL7
  486.  
  487. Global food prices have been rising during the coronavirus pandemic, hitting food security
  488. https://archive.vn/wip/kNeMx
  489.  
  490. What coronavirus? jewish haredi indoor weddings are booming in New York
  491. https://archive.vn/eWH7g
  492.  
  493. Hong Kong to relax social-distancing rules as it reveals travel bubble talks with countries such as Japan, Thailand, Germany
  494. https://archive.vn/PAx9U
  495.  
  496. 'Do not travel to China': Payne warns of arbitrary detention
  497. >Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Australians should not travel to China as they face the risk of arbitrary detention, after two Australian journalists were rushed out of Shanghai on Monday night in a secretive operation following a tense five-day stand-off with authorities.
  498. >Speaking after Michael Smith, the China correspondent for The Australian Financial Review, and his ABC counterpart Bill Birtles landed in Sydney on Tuesday morning, Senator Payne ruled out any retaliation against journalists from China.
  499.  
  500. >"That is not how Australia works," she said. But the Foreign Minister was blunt in warning of the dangers of travelling to China, where her department has said foreigners could be detained for "endangering national security".
  501. >"Smartraveller says do not travel," she said in reference to the government's travel advice.
  502. >‘‘On the 7th of July we changed our advice in relation to China to refer to the risk of arbitrary detention based on national security grounds.’’
  503.  
  504. >A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman yesterday defended the heavy-handed tactics, saying police were following the "normal enforcement of law".
  505. >"As long as the foreign journalists observe laws and report according to law there is no need to worry," he said. Cheng had been detained on national security grounds, he added.
  506.  
  507. >Smith and Birtles were the last remaining correspondents for Australian news outlets on the mainland. Their departure marks the first time in 47 years an Australian accredited journalist has not been in China.
  508. >Former foreign minister Alexander Downer said it was disgraceful Chinese authorities were increasingly harassing Western journalists including the two Australians.
  509. >"I think it reflects abominably on China to behave in this sort of way. They should be allowed to get on and do their reporting and they've both done a fine job," Mr Downer said.
  510. https://archive.vn/rlu9J
  511.  
  512. US is probing Moderna’s patents over its failure to disclose govt funding
  513. https://archive.vn/6Qc8n
  514.  
  515. Mainland china's xinnie the pooh honours SARS-2 'heroes', as focus shifts to economic recovery
  516. >President xi jinping honoured the "heroes" of China's "people's war" against COVID-19 at a ceremony on Tuesday, lauding the country's resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling communist party.
  517.  
  518. >Defying charges from the United States and elsewhere that early failures enabled the coronavirus pandemic to spread more quickly, Xi said that China "acted in an open and transparent manner throughout, and took decisive actions that saved lives."
  519.  
  520. >There was no mention of Li Wenliang, the doctor who was punished for spreading information about a new infectious disease in Wuhan, and whose death from COVID-19 in February sparked nationwide outrage.
  521. https://archive.vn/nsbZT
  522.  
  523. Doctors on global frontline warn ‘war is not yet won’ in coronavirus fight
  524. https://archive.vn/10Vyy
  525.  
  526. chink state media labels Australians hypocrites on press freedom
  527. >China's state-run media has hit back at the dramatic departure of two Australian journalists from China, claiming Australian authorities recently raided the homes of Chinese journalists and seized computers and mobile phones.
  528. https://archive.vn/d64J8
  529.  
  530. US expected to step up surveillance as China continues to escalate naval exercises
  531. https://archive.vn/dOlFM
  532.  
  533. Correspondent Michael Smith swept up in a dramatic international incident in China
  534. >While foreign journalists are often expelled from China, this was is the first time they have been banned from leaving.
  535. >Secondly, the incident was coordinated with an identical visit to the apartment of the ABC’s China correspondent Bill Birtles in Beijing. Seven people also turned up at his door.
  536. https://archive.vn/KnWb9
  537.  
  538. Half a million US children have tested positive for coronavirus
  539. >It also noted that roughly 70,000 coronavirus cases among children were reported between Aug. 20 and Sept. 3, representing a 16 percent increase in child cases from the previous two weeks.
  540.  
  541. >States including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky saw the highest percent increase in child COVID-19 cases.
  542.  
  543. >Cases among children remain rare, however, with the demographic accounting for less than 10 percent of the more than 6 million cases in the U.S. Children also account for between 0 and 0.3 percent of all COVID-19 deaths, with 18 states reporting zero child deaths.
  544.  
  545. >"At this time, it appears that severe illness due to COVID-19 is rare among children," the groups said in a news release accompanying the report. "However, states should continue to provide detailed reports on COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalizations, and mortality by age and race/ethnicity so that the effects of COVID-19 on children's health can be documented and monitored."
  546. https://archive.vn/H76zE
  547.  
  548. Ohio’s prison population at its lowest since 2005 as coronavirus pandemic response continues
  549. >The milestone comes as Ohio has seen the third most prisoners die of the coronavirus of any state in the nation.
  550. https://archive.vn/iBuuP
  551.  
  552. Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school
  553. https://archive.vn/pOPao
  554.  
  555. France closes schools as coronavirus cases surge across Europe
  556. https://archive.vn/L1rtj
  557.  
  558. As UK sees sharp spike in coronavirus cases, young adults face blame
  559. https://archive.vn/fdXMJ
  560.  
  561. England to ban gatherings of more than 6 people as coronavirus cases spike
  562. https://archive.vn/w3Vi3
  563.  
  564. AstraZeneca SARS-CoV-2 AZD1222 (ChAdOx1) vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K.
  565. https://archive.vn/FFsak
  566.  
  567. Autoantibody-negative insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report
  568. https://archive.is/WIAqb
  569.  
  570. 35% of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan remained jobless in Russia due to coronavirus outbreak
  571. >80% of migrant workers stay in Moscow and Moscow region
  572. >"We offered more than 9,000 vacancies to them. More than 4,000 migrants were provided with temporary jobs until the situation improves and they get back to their work," the State Migration Service Chairman said.
  573. https://archive.vn/MmxS0
  574.  
  575. India's solar auctions are still immune to SARS-CoV-2
  576. >India’s solar auctions have emerged as one bright spot unaffected by Covid-19, even as cases continue to rise and the economy is headed for its first full-year recession in four decades.
  577.  
  578. >The country has auctioned 8.2 gigawatts of solar this year, of which 75% occurred after its lockdown began on March 25. Bidders are hopeful that the disruptions to movement of goods and labor will ease well before the projects are built, which is expected to be in 2022.
  579. >The top three winners in 1H 2020 were SoftBank Group’s SB Energy Corp., a joint-venture of Electricite de France and Total Eren SA and Goldman Sachs-backed ReNew Power Pvt. The year also saw Italy’s Enel SpA and Spain’s Solarpack Corp. Technologica SA successfully debut in India solar auctions. Last year’s top winner, Adani Green Energy Ltd. stayed away from the 2020 auctions.
  580.  
  581. >India’s ambitious solar targets, transparent auctions and favorable policies make it an attractive market. Investors continue to view solar in a favorable light and see it providing stable long-term returns.
  582. https://archive.vn/feVcP
  583.  
  584. Ransomware hackers shut down Argentina’s borders, demand $4M BTC
  585. >Officials shut down border checkpoints for 4 hours on Aug. 27.
  586. >A group of Netwalker ransomware hackers breached Argentina's immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, on Aug. 27 and initially demanded a $2 million payment to restore its servers.
  587.  
  588. >"Your files are encrypted,” stated a ransom note on a Tor payment page sent to the immigration agency. “Only way to decrypt your files is [sic] buy the decrypter program.”
  589.  
  590. >The group posted a select batch of sensitive data from the agency as proof it was the one responsible for the hack. After a week, the actors increased the ransom to a 355.8718 BTC — roughly $4 million at the time.
  591. https://archive.vn/iJvNj
  592.  
  593. Harvest of shame: Farmworkers face coronavirus disaster
  594. >Six months into the pandemic, according to a POLITICO analysis, these workers appear to be victims of the worst of the Covid-19 crisis. For several weeks, many of the places that grow the nation’s fruits and vegetables have seen disproportionately high rates of coronavirus cases — a national trend that, as harvest season advances in many states, threatens already vulnerable farmworkers, their communities and the places they work.
  595.  
  596. >The vast majority of states, county and local health departments are not collecting data on how many individual farmworkers have tested positive for coronavirus, nor how many have been hospitalized or died from the virus.
  597.  
  598. >The pandemic’s impact on farmworkers underscores how a worst-case scenario can develop when an essential but extremely vulnerable workforce is ignored.
  599.  
  600. >While state after state struggles to get a handle on Covid-19 cases in their farmworker communities, the federal safety recommendations are being ignored in many places.
  601. >Farmworker advocates say the CDC recommendations have had little effect.
  602. https://archive.vn/z2X2m
  603.  
  604. 3 Thais who recovered from SARS-2 in S'pore test positive for virus upon return to Thailand
  605. >Meanwhile, the Bangkok Post speculated if the results could have been due to the tests in Singapore either returning false negatives or the tests in Thailand returning false positives.
  606. >The media outlet also raised the possibility that the men were re-infected after recovering from the disease.
  607. https://archive.vn/OfPqK
  608.  
  609. Republic of Trinidad & Tobago: MOH won’t chance reinfection of recovered patients for ‘experiment’
  610. >Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh says that while many experiments designed to learn more about COVID-19 are ongoing, there’s one experiment he’s not willing to take a chance with which could cause possible reinfection.
  611.  
  612. >Deyalsingh was responding to a question which likely stemmed from a project in Israel. Volunteers who had recently recovered from the virus went into a hospital housing moderately and severely ill COVID-19 patients to boost their spirits. The recovered patients took advantage of their assumed 'immunity' to the virus to spread cheer to those struggling with it
  613. >Speaking at a virtual media conference, the Minister says that he has some apprehension regarding that idea, despite understanding the logic
  614. https://archive.vn/zeMki
  615.  
  616. Quarantine-weary Brazilians head to beaches despite warnings
  617. >Brazilians packed the beaches and bars this weekend, taking advantage of a long holiday to indulge in normal life even as the Covid-19 pandemic raged on
  618. https://archive.vn/NKowR
  619.  
  620. UK: People can’t get coronavirus tests because of a huge backlog at labs
  621. >The head of NHS Test and Trace has apologised to those unable to book a test for coronavirus, saying that labs to process them have reached a ‘critical pinch-point’
  622. >‘All of our testing sites have capacity, which is why they don’t look overcrowded, it’s our laboratory processing that is the critical pinch-point. We are doing all we can to expand quickly
  623. https://archive.vn/QoH79
  624.  
  625. China's Xi Says China Acted Openly and Transparently on SARS-CoV-2
  626. https://archive.vn/7lvk9
  627.  
  628. On Labor Day, about 100 rally at Capitol arguing threat from SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is over
  629. >About 100 people gathered at the Arizona Capitol for a pair of rallies on Labor Day, both calling to end COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and arguing that the pandemic is no longer a threat
  630.  
  631. >Multiple Republican lawmakers and candidates for public office gathered at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, where not a mask was in sight as they criticized Gov. Doug Ducey's executive orders, protested the use of masks, and lamented the economic fallout of the pandemic, to applause from the crowd
  632.  
  633. >"We are here to defend our freedom, we're here to speak and advocate for workers on Labor Day who can't work because of regressive, overreaching emergency orders," said Bill Crawford, a Scottsdale gym owner who organized the "Labor Day Freedom Rally"
  634. https://archive.vn/wCzJX
  635.  
  636. Coronavirus tourism slump offers peaceful recovery for animals
  637. https://archive.vn/RvzqV
  638.  
  639. India overtakes Brazil in coronavirus infections
  640. https://archive.vn/P00sx
  641.  
  642. India: Reinfection rises: 4 cases in city
  643. >Giving a timeline of infections, AMC officials said that the first infections were detected between April 13-21 while the reinfection was detected between August 18 and September 6.
  644. >While two are in home isolation, one is admitted at GCRI and the fourth has returned home after recovery
  645.  
  646. >These findings are in line with the second sero-prevalence study carried out by the AMC in August where the civic body found that 40% of patients lost antibodies within months of the first infection.
  647. >Blood samples and naso-pharyngeal swabs have been sent for genome sequencing and viral culture to GBRC
  648. https://archive.vn/SKX0Y
  649.  
  650.  
  651. Coronavirus: Ireland confirms recession as it posts record quarterly slump
  652. https://archive.vn/KKugU
  653.  
  654. Coronavirus pandemic batters EU wine production
  655. https://archive.vn/hiqht
  656.  
  657. Germany's Scholz Eyes More Debt to Support Recovery From Coronavirus
  658. https://archive.vn/YfcVS
  659.  
  660. Tech giants are the ‘winners’ of the coronavirus crisis and should pay more tax, Europe official says
  661. >Big Tech has to pay a “fair amount” of taxes in Europe, especially as they are the “real winners” of the coronavirus crisis, a top European official told CNBC Saturday.
  662. >His comments come amid an ongoing rift between the United States and the European Union over the taxation of companies such as Apple, Alphabet and Amazon.
  663.  
  664. >“It is a major problem,” Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for economics and taxation, told CNBC at the European House Ambrosetti Forum, acknowledging the difficulty in overcoming differences with the United States.
  665. >However, the former Italian prime minister added that it was no longer possible “to accept the idea that those giants, the winners of the crisis, are not paying a fair amount of taxes in Europe.”
  666.  
  667. >However, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Big Tech has got a boost, with many consumers relying on these companies for teleworking, shopping and staying connected.
  668. >“The giants of the digital platforms are the real winners of this crisis, from the economical point of view,” Gentiloni added. “We all experience this in our own lives.”
  669. https://archive.vn/TvdLl
  670.  
  671. Speedsters took advantage of roads emptied by the coronavirus
  672. >Some drivers took advantage of roads and highways emptied by the coronavirus pandemic by pushing well past the speed limit, a trend that continues even as states try to get back to normal.
  673. >The Iowa State Patrol recorded a 101% increase from January through August over the four-year average in tickets for speeds exceeding 100 mph, along with a 75% increase in tickets for speeds of 25 mph or more over the posted speed limit.
  674.  
  675. >California Highway Patrol officers issued more than 15,000 tickets from mid-March through August 19 for speeds exceeding 100 mph, more than a 100% increase over the same time period a year ago. That includes a continuing spike from May on.
  676. >The most likely explanation is drivers taking advantage of more open roads because of the pandemic, said Officer Ian Hoey, a spokesman for the California agency.
  677.  
  678. >In Ohio, state troopers have issued 2,200 tickets since April for driving more than 100 mph, a 61% increase over the same time period a year ago.
  679. >While traffic has decreased 15% from February through July, the number of people driving more than 80 mph on Ohio roads jumped by 30%
  680.  
  681. >Speeds not only picked up in the early days of the pandemic when roads were emptier, but they've also continued even as the state reopened and roads became more congested.
  682. >A temporary reduction in traffic enforcement in the early days of the pandemic may have contributed to a sense of invulnerability by some drivers. Some Ohio police agencies - though not the patrol - eased up on pulling drivers over for minor traffic violations to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
  683.  
  684. >Vermont law enforcement officials believe an increase in the number of traffic fatalities recorded to date this year could be linked to fewer police on the road because of the pandemic. So far there have been 43 traffic fatality deaths, up from 21 at the same point last year.
  685. https://archive.vn/FEADG
  686.  
  687. Chinese hackers attempt to breach UNC epidemiology network for SARS-CoV-2 research
  688. https://archive.vn/nd6EV
  689.  
  690. Trump administration committed to holding China accountable for SARS-CoV-2: Pompeo
  691. https://archive.vn/M8oFx
  692.  
  693. UK: Coronavirus: More train services restored as schools reopen
  694. https://archive.vn/9RaHS
  695.  
  696. World economies are still quarters away from returning to pre-coronavirus levels, warns analyst
  697. >Economies around the world may still be quarters away from recovering to their pre-pandemic levels, though the worst of the economic shock appears to be over, according to analysts at Amundi Asset Management.
  698.  
  699. >Following the historic economic blow in the first half of the year, the analysts warned that the recovery in the third quarter “does not seem to be enough to bring the majority of economies back to their pre-crisis levels any time soon.”
  700.  
  701. >The analysts, however, highlighted the exception of China, which they said will “likely reach an end of 2019 growth level by end-2020.”
  702. https://archive.vn/t1EnK
  703.  
  704. Delhi metro: India's largest subway reopens after SARS-CoV-2 shutdown
  705. https://archive.vn/2zXyg
  706.  
  707. Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing
  708. https://archive.vn/wbeaR
  709.  
  710. Colleges Test Sewage To Help Curb Spread Of Coronavirus In Campus
  711. >Hundreds of students at two schools in Arizona and Utah went into quarantine
  712. >Tests revealed the presence of virus in wastewater
  713. >Wastewater monitoring may be a great tool for detecting the virus early
  714. https://archive.vn/xpTVn
  715.  
  716. China's export growth quickens in August, imports edge lower
  717. >China’s export growth accelerated in August while imports edged lower as the world’s second-largest economy extended its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
  718. >Chinese importers have benefited from a slump in global prices for oil and many other goods due to weak demand caused by virus-related shutdowns.
  719.  
  720. >Fast-growing exports included integrated circuits, smartphones, auto-data processors and household appliances.
  721. >That suggests “China still has some trade partners that are willing to import Chinese technology” despite tension with Washington, Iris Pang of ING said in a report.
  722. https://archive.vn/4A3xK
  723.  
  724. First ("Unconfirmed") Case Of SARS-CoV-2 Re-Infection Reported In Bengaluru Hospital
  725. >However, the government did not yet confirm if this was the first case of re-infection in the state
  726.  
  727. >The woman, who does not have any comorbidities, fell victim to the virus for the first time in July with mild symptoms of cough and fever.
  728.  
  729. >Following treatment, she recovered and was discharged. "However, in a span of one month, she has developed mild symptoms and has been confirmed to have a Covid infection again," said the official.
  730.  
  731. >According to Pratik Patil, consultant for infectious diseases in the hospital, Covid immunoglobulin G antibodies test positive after two to three weeks of infection in normal cases.
  732.  
  733. >"However, in this patient, the antibody tested negative which means she did not develop immunity after infection. Other possibility is that the IgG antibodies disappeared in nearly one month leaving her susceptible for reinfection," he said.
  734.  
  735. >According to the doctor, some reinfection cases may not produce antibodies and even if they develop, they may not last longer, allowing the virus to renter the body for a newer infection.
  736. https://archive.vn/XE11i
  737.  
  738. COVID-Swamped Spain Threatens to Jail Rebel Parents Unless Kids Get Back to School
  739. https://archive.vn/16AbG
  740.  
  741. 'If you try to say it, they cancel you': Peter Navarro accuses Democrats of being afraid of linking China to coronavirus
  742. >White House trade adviser Peter Navarro accused the Democrats of going out of their way not to link the coronavirus pandemic to China, where the outbreak is believed to have begun late last year.
  743.  
  744. >"If you watched back when with the Democratic convention, or you watch CNN or MSNBC, which are effectively propaganda organs for the Democratic Party, you never hear them talk about where the virus came from," Navarro said Sunday on Fox News. "They won't say the word 'China virus.' If you try to say it, they cancel you."
  745.  
  746. >Navarro, a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party, has also chastised the media for what he views as them being too sensitive about overtly tying the virus to China over concerns of appearing racist or xenophobic toward Asian Americans, calling this "politically correct" trend "bizarre."
  747. https://archive.vn/hkIpl
  748.  
  749. Coronavirus: Italy to test every passenger flying out of Rome
  750. https://archive.vn/cL2SV
  751.  
  752. China’s Peruvian mines face protests over SARS-CoV-2 risks
  753. >Trade unions and non-governmental organisations accuse Chinese companies of covering up ‘true number’ of cases
  754. >Peru ranks among the worst affected countries, with more than 650,000 confirmed infections of the disease
  755.  
  756. >Officials reached at Chinalco’s Beijing headquarters declined to comment on the allegations and two emails to the Peru subsidiary’s communications team received no reply.
  757. >Complaints about the lack of infection protection at Chinese-owned mines in Peru have increased, mostly from workers and NGO groups. The mining industry in Peru directly employed more than 208,000 people in 2019, but generated 1.3 million jobs in service sectors for the industry, according to government figures.
  758.  
  759. >Julia Cuadros, executive director of CooperAcción, an NGO monitoring Chinese mining companies in Peru, said the concern was the mines had become “vehicles of contagion”.
  760. https://archive.vn/spX3k
  761.  
  762. Coronavirus rising in 22 U.S. states
  763. https://archive.vn/3ezlu
  764.  
  765. Chinese hackers attempt to breach UNC epidemiology network for COVID-19 research: NYT report
  766. >UNC has responded to a New York Times report claiming Chinese intelligence hackers tried to breach the university's network for information on COVID-19 vaccine data.
  767.  
  768. >The New York Times reported the FBI recently warned school officials about the hacking attempts and said the attempts to break into the school's epidemiology department computer network were unsuccessful.
  769.  
  770. >UNC released the following statement from Dennis Schmidt, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Security Officer:
  771.  
  772. >"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, like many research institutions, regularly receives threat alerts from U.S. security agencies. We take information security seriously and are continually enhancing our safeguards according to industry standards and best practices. As part of our commitment to protecting intellectual assets, Carolina has invested in around-the-clock monitoring and threat-hunting services to help guard against advanced persistent threat attacks from state-sponsored organizations.We also have adjusted our posture not just to keep up with best practices of higher education, but to look ahead of them."
  773. https://archive.vn/nd6EV
  774.  
  775.  
  776. Trump administration committed to holding China accountable for SARS-CoV-2: Pompeo
  777. >US President Donald Trump is committed to making sure that the administration holds China accountable for the Covid-19 pandemic, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across the world and led to economic disruption, said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
  778.  
  779. >"President @realDonaldTrump is committed to making sure that we hold China accountable for this virus now destroying hundreds of thousands of lives all across the world and billions of dollars in wealth. We will hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for that," Pompeo was quoted as saying in a State Department tweet on Sunday (local time).
  780.  
  781. >Relations between the US and China have worsened in recent times with the two countries sparring over a range of issues including Beijing's territorial aggression in the South China Sea and the Chinese government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
  782.  
  783. >Pompeo has said recently that the Chinese Communist Party is engaged in a clear and intensifying pattern of bullying its neighbours from the Taiwan Strait to the Himalayas and beyond and hoped for a peaceful resolution of the situation on the India-China border.
  784. https://archive.vn/M8oFx
  785.  
  786. Delhi metro: India's largest subway reopens after SARS-CoV-2 shutdown
  787. https://archive.vn/2zXyg
  788.  
  789. World economies are still quarters away from returning to pre-coronavirus levels, warns analyst
  790. >Economies around the world may still be quarters away from recovering to their pre-pandemic levels, though the worst of the economic shock appears to be over, according to analysts at Amundi Asset Management.
  791.  
  792. >Following the historic economic blow in the first half of the year, the analysts warned that the recovery in the third quarter “does not seem to be enough to bring the majority of economies back to their pre-crisis levels any time soon.”
  793.  
  794. >The analysts, however, highlighted the exception of China, which they said will “likely reach an end of 2019 growth level by end-2020.”
  795. https://archive.vn/t1EnK
  796.  
  797. UK: Coronavirus: More train services restored as schools reopen
  798. >More train services in England, Wales and Scotland will run from Monday as schools reopen and people are encouraged to return to work.
  799. >The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators and Network Rail, says around 90% services will be running.
  800.  
  801. >Rail passenger numbers are now back to about one-third of pre-pandemic levels.
  802. >Operators "want people to feel confident taking the train", said Rail Delivery Group boss Jacqueline Starr.
  803.  
  804. >"Rail companies are doing everything they can to ensure people start the term with a smooth journey, including boosting cleaning, providing sanitiser at stations and offering better information about busy services," she added.
  805. >Train operators across the country have designed the new timetable, taking into consideration potentially busy stations and parts of routes that will experience higher demand for travel by schoolchildren.
  806.  
  807. >Where possible, more frequent services will be put on or extra carriages added to create more room.
  808. >Staff will also be on hand to explain the rules on wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing to older children.
  809.  
  810. >"Some train times will change so we're asking people to check before they travel and plan their journeys for quieter times if possible," said Ms Starr.
  811. https://archive.vn/9RaHS
  812.  
  813. New York Will Test the Dead More Often for Coronavirus and Flu
  814. >New regulations require a ramp-up in testing for patients with symptoms, as well as people who weren’t tested before they died.
  815.  
  816. >“These regulations will ensure we have the most accurate death data possible as we continue to manage Covid-19 while preparing for flu season,” Dr. Howard Zucker, the state’s health commissioner, said in a statement last week.
  817.  
  818. >Deceased hospital patients and nursing home residents, as well as bodies in the care of funeral directors or medical examiners, will be among those targeted for follow-up testing. If experts at a local facility can’t perform the test themselves, they can ask the state to run the test for them at its public health lab.
  819.  
  820. >Although the results of these tests will be too late to change the course of treatment for the deceased, they can still help health officials track the prevalence of both types of infections, as well as indicate whether to warn close contacts of the deceased that they may need to quarantine.
  821. https://archive.vn/5vSmS
  822.  
  823. >The end of summer is a bitter reminder: America’s coronavirus ordeal won’t end when 2020 does
  824. https://archive.vn/X6QLw
  825.  
  826. Human trafficking in the US is up during the coronavirus pandemic
  827. https://archive.vn/WvRwO
  828.  
  829. SARS-2 coronavirus disease was diagnosed in six Hasidic pilgrims who arrived in Uman before the ban on the entry of foreigners into Ukraine, said Mayor Oleksandr Tsebriy
  830. >"There are some pilgrims who are in the city, who arrived there until the 28th (August), when the only correct decision was finally made to ban the entry of foreigners from the red zone. I had an agreement with the chief rabbi Ukraine that all of them must be tested.
  831. >As far as I know, PCR tests of 6 pilgrims have so far revealed positive tests for COVID. Then the medical workers are already working according to their protocol. "
  832. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=uk&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/09/4/7265330/&usg=ALkJrhj3FXS0PPIaUeDMzT49q1MV2MaCcQ
  833.  
  834.  
  835. Western Ukraine is rebelling against quarantine
  836. >Mayors of cities that have fallen into the "red" quarantine zone, intend to defend their right not to go to strict quarantine in court. The mayors of Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and others speak about it.
  837.  
  838. >So, the mayor of Ternopil Sergey Nadal wrote about it on the page on the Facebook social network. He filed a lawsuit in the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, and is ready to support his colleague from Ivano-Frankivsk. The quarantine restrictions imposed by getting into the "red" zone are called illegal and unconstitutional in the Constitution of Ukraine.
  839. >The same information was confirmed by Ruslan Marcinkiv, the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk. He also emphasized that he had repeatedly appealed to the Government to reconsider the zoning, but that no action had been taken.
  840.  
  841. >It is also known that on Monday, September 7, Ivano-Frankivsk will host a meeting of the city commission of TEB and Emergency Situations - it is planned to open schools and kindergartens from 14.09.2020.
  842. >In the current post-quarantine economic situation, such decisions, according to the mayors of the two above-mentioned cities, are more like an attempt to drive Western Ukraine into a blockade.
  843. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffbc.ua%2Fnews%2Fobshhestvo%2Fzapadnaya-ukraina-buntuet-protiv-karantina%2F
  844.  
  845. Portugal sees highest daily increase in coronavirus cases since May
  846. https://archive.vn/RhRnD
  847.  
  848. 90% of China's Sinovac employees, families took coronavirus vaccine, says CEO
  849. https://archive.vn/zPzM6
  850.  
  851.  
  852. The Labor Day gatherings health experts warned against during the coronavirus pandemic are popping up all over the US
  853. >Labor Day weekend celebrations are in full swing -- and many include the large crowds health experts feared.
  854.  
  855. >Throngs of people are expected at Tybee Island beaches in Georgia over the weekend, CNN affiliate WTOC reported. And images from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, show umbrellas lined up side by side down the beach.
  856.  
  857. >In Pennsylvania, the amusement park Kennywood is expected to have its busiest weekend of the season, CNN affiliate KDKA reported.
  858.  
  859. >And in Atlanta, many weekend Labor Day parties are on the schedule.
  860. https://archive.vn/vVTlA
  861.  
  862. Labor Day could fuel another rise in infections if people aren’t cautious, experts say
  863. https://archive.vn/BEDiW
  864.  
  865. israel: Netanyahu agrees no total lockdown for red cities
  866. https://archive.vn/2k1Ku
  867.  
  868. US: Daktronics announces job cuts blamed on coronavirus pandemic
  869. >South Dakota-based Daktronics Inc. is cutting about 100 jobs as the company anticipates financial setbacks created by the coronavirus pandemic.
  870. https://archive.vn/9Nyyd
  871.  
  872. Schools in Japan are back in session amid coronavirus pandemic
  873. >Masks, for instance, are about as controversial here as wearing hats. Perhaps because Japanese live cheek-by-jowl in big cities, mask-wearing is a time-honored defense during the cold and flu season, as well as in the spring, when allergies kick in.
  874. https://archive.is/uX9sv
  875.  
  876. Indonesia: Jakarta cemetery space running out as SARS-2 cases goes above 190,000 and death toll at 7,940
  877. https://archive.vn/uWrs3
  878.  
  879. How Israel has failed in the battle against coronavirus
  880. >Israel went from being the country everyone in the world looked to as a role model, to one that everyone looks to now as an example of what you are not supposed to do.
  881. https://archive.is/RGzWZ
  882.  
  883. Coronavirus model projects U.S. deaths will top 400,000 by end of year
  884. https://archive.is/fF60Y
  885.  
  886. Coronavirus news: Union considers strike over government’s back-to-work push as research suggests tests detect dead virus cells
  887. >A public sector union has said it will consider strike action as a "last resort" to oppose the government's drive to get workers back into offices during the coronavirus pandemic.
  888.  
  889. >The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union, which represents around 200,000 members, said it did not believe it was safe to return to workplaces due to the possibility of a second wave of infections.
  890.  
  891. >It came as new research suggested Covid-19 tests could be detecting dead virus cells which are no longer infectious
  892. https://archive.is/E7qGv
  893.  
  894.  
  895. Missouri Didn’t Count Dozens of SARS-2 Deaths
  896. >Missouri failed to count dozens of coronavirus deaths due to what it’s calling a data glitch. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the state has now added 77 fatalities to the tally, bringing the total to 1,639. A health department spokeswoman cited a “data coding problem” for the undercount, adding that the issue—discovered during a review of the data and death certificates—has now been resolved. Most of the uncounted deaths were from June, July, and August, but new numbers released today show that Missouri’s COVID-19 surge is not over; it reported 1,987 new cases on Saturday, it's second-highest one-day count.
  897. https://archive.vn/krv6K
  898.  
  899. China jails 2 for hiding trip to city at center of outbreak
  900. >Two people who returned to their hometown after contracting the coronavirus in the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak in January have been sentenced to prison for failing to quarantine themselves or report the visit.
  901.  
  902. >After returning from Wuhan, the pair visited supermarkets and other public places in the western city of Yibin in Sichuan province for more than a week before showing symptoms, the People’s Court of Cuping District in Yibin said Saturday on its social media account.
  903.  
  904. >It said one defendant, identified only by the surname Deng, concealed the Wuhan trip when questioned by health workers.
  905.  
  906. >The court said 306 people who had contact with the pair were isolated for observation but gave no indication whether any was infected.
  907.  
  908. >Deng was sentenced to 11 months on charges of obstructing disease control, the court said. The other, identified by the surname Tian, was sentenced to nine months. Both sentences were postponed for 18 months.
  909. https://archive.is/dQ3u8
  910.  
  911. US: Another coronavirus aid package is probably ‘not happening’ after August jobs report and deal to avoid government shutdown, analyst says
  912. >Friday’s jobs report makes it more likely that Washington won’t deliver another big coronavirus aid package before the November election, according to some analysts.
  913.  
  914. >The better-than-expected report showed the U.S. economy regained 1.4 million jobs in August as unemployment fell to 8.4% from 10.2%.
  915.  
  916. >“For those who, after having voted to explode the budget deficit, have suddenly remembered that they don’t like government welfare payments, this report could strengthen their resolve to deny another package gets passed, since the need is not nearly as great as it had been,” said Joel Naroff, president and chief economist at Naroff Economics, in a note.
  917.  
  918. >The report on nonfarm payrolls “also undercuts the arguments of those who support additional massive government stimulus, that the economy is a disaster,” Naroff added. “It is, when looked at on an absolute basis, but relatively speaking, it is not as big a disaster as it had been.”
  919. https://archive.is/9BlDD
  920.  
  921.  
  922. Placing a hospitalized SARS-2 patient in a face down position to ease breathing -- or "proning" -- has steadily gained traction as a pandemic lifesaver. But a small new study warns that it may lead to permanent nerve damage.
  923. >The concern is based on the experience of 83 COVID-19 patients who were placed face down while attached to a ventilator. Once they improved, all began post-COVID-19 rehabilitation at a single health care facility.
  924.  
  925. >By that point, roughly 14% had developed a "peripheral nerve injury" (PNI) involving one or more major joints, such as the wrist, hand, foot or shoulder.
  926. >Despite that damage, study author Dr. Colin Franz said proning "is a lifesaving intervention, and we think it is saving lives during the COVID pandemic."
  927.  
  928. >The damage included loss of hand function, frozen shoulder and foot dragging that may lead to a need for a brace, cane or wheelchair. "Full recovery for nerve damage is estimated to occur in only about 10% of patients under the best of circumstances," Franz explained. "And the recovery that does take place will happen over 12 to 24 months."
  929. >In other words, the nerve damage might be the longest-lasting effect of COVID-19 for most of these patients, he suggested. And if the risk seen among the study group is any indication, thousands of patients worldwide could have the same damage, Franz said.
  930.  
  931. >Franz noted that some, but not all, of the patients had pre-existing conditions such as diabetes that made them more likely to have nerve injuries from compression. Many of the patients were also old or obese.
  932. https://archive.is/ocgfu
  933.  
  934.  
  935. Brazil Uses Less Than a Third of Available Coronavirus Tests, Newspaper Says
  936. >even months after Brazil declared a state of emergency because of the new coronavirus pandemic, the country's Health Ministry has distributed less than a third of the 22.9 million available RT-PCR test kits, O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported on Friday.
  937.  
  938. >The reason is a lack of supplies used to apply the tests, including swabs, the report said citing internal documents obtained by the newspaper.
  939.  
  940. >The Health Ministry did not immediately comment on the report.
  941.  
  942. >By Thursday, some 6.43 million of the so-called Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 had been sent to states and municipalities by the federal government, which is equivalent to 28% of the total, according documents obtained by the newspaper.
  943. https://archive.is/M64DK
  944.  
  945. Ecuador mobilises SARS-CoV-2 watchers to contain pandemic in the capital
  946. https://archive.is/zYZg0
  947.  
  948. A negative coronavirus test result will be required to board a flight to China from the US
  949. >Non-Chinese citizens taking a direct flight from the US to China will need to provide negative coronavirus test results, China's US embassy announced in a notice on Friday
  950. >Starting on September 15, China-bound flight passengers from the US will need coronavirus test results issued within three days of boarding, according to the notice.
  951. >In early June, the US dialed back from intended plans to ban Chinese airlines from flying to the US shortly after China eased airline restrictions to allow more foreign flights into the country.
  952. https://archive.vn/vKaFY
  953.  
  954. China's CNBG, Sinovac Find More Countries to Test Coronavirus Vaccines
  955. > China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as China steps up its efforts in the global race.
  956.  
  957. >Serbia and Pakistan are among the new countries agreeing to Phase 3 trials, as the two companies seek more data overseas amid dwindling new cases in China.
  958.  
  959. >Serbia will test two vaccines developed by CNBG's Wuhan and Beijing units, and Pakistan will test the Beijing unit's candidate, the company told Reuters.
  960.  
  961. >CNBG's Phase 3 trials are expected to involve 50,000 people in about 10 countries, said CNBG vice president Zhang Yuntao. Trials have already begun in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Peru, Morocco, Argentina and Jordan.
  962. https://archive.vn/bVBsN
  963.  
  964. Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with secular Israeli officials over coronavirus measures
  965. >Israel's rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis is aggravating a religious divide in the Jewish state, with ultra-Orthodox leaders accusing mostly secular health officials of discrimination and fostering anti-Semitism by focusing on outbreaks in highly observant communities.
  966.  
  967. >As the government struggles to contain the outbreak, ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis, cabinet ministers and parliament members have resisted attempts to curtail activities in ultra-Orthodox areas, including many that have emerged as covid-19 hot spots.
  968.  
  969. >The tensions have riven Israel’s coronavirus cabinet, the government body that sets policy. On Friday, one day after Israel recorded 3,141 new cases — the largest single day per capita increase in any country since the pandemic began — cabinet discussions grew heated over proposed lockdowns during the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur later this month.
  970.  
  971. >Gamzu faced another backlash when he lobbied Ukrainian officials to bar ultra-Orthodox Israelis from making their annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the Ukrainian town of Uman. The celebrations, involving crowds of dancing men, had super-spreader potential, he warned. Officials in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, announced the ban this week, but not before Ukrainian media reported that locals in Uman had attacked Jewish travelers who had already arrived.
  972. https://archive.is/SA4X5
  973.  
  974. South Korean Doctors Split Over Strike Deal as Coronavirus Infections Surge
  975. >South Korea's top medical body faced a rift on Friday after trainee doctors rejected a deal by its leader to end a two-week-old strike, although the government backed down from reform plans aimed at averting future epidemics.
  976.  
  977. >Some of the trainees vowed to continue the walkout by about 16,000 interns and resident doctors to oppose the government measures, such as increasing the number of doctors and building public medical schools, among others.
  978.  
  979. >The strike has hindered efforts to damp a new wave of coronavirus infections, with 198 new cases on Thursday taking the nation's tally to 20,842, with 331 deaths, while a surge in critical cases led to a dearth of hospital beds.
  980.  
  981. >The government says its initiative could help tackle similar crises in future, but the doctors say it would merely swell their numbers in cities, without improving medical services and work conditions in rural provinces.
  982.  
  983. >Lim Hyun-taek, a senior official of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), said he had filed a non-confidence motion against its president, Choi Dae-zip, who signed the pact, for not holding sufficient consultations with members.
  984.  
  985. >"We were not informed of the agreement at all," said Park Ji-hyun, the head of the Korean Intern Resident Association, adding that the deal fell short of its demands.
  986.  
  987. >In a statement, a third group of doctors affiliated to the KMA demanded Choi's resignation.
  988.  
  989. >Telephone calls to the association to seek comment went unanswered, but earlier Choi said his decision was not unilateral.
  990.  
  991. >Dozens of trainees, some wearing surgical gowns, protested at a parliament building, waving banners condemning the "hasty agreement".
  992.  
  993. >Choi had urged the trainees to return to work after he signed the deal with Health Minister Park Neung-hoo to end the strike.
  994.  
  995. >"Our shared goals of improving work conditions and building a reasonable medical system cannot be achieved by a strike alone," Choi said in a statement.
  996.  
  997. >Park said the government would halt the proposed reforms and discuss them again with the healthcare industry and parliament once the virus outbreak had stabilised.
  998. https://archive.is/Iqe7J
  999.  
  1000.  
  1001. Coronavirus Bolstering Extremists on Both Left and Right, as Well as Islamist Antisemites, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Warns
  1002. >The European Union’s top counter-terrorism official has voiced concern regarding an increase in antisemitic rhetoric and actions during the global coronavirus crisis.
  1003.  
  1004. >“Violence against minorities ‐‐ particularly Jews ‐‐ has increased during the pandemic,” Gilles de Kerchove — the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator — observed in an extensive interview with the Combating Terrorism Center of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
  1005.  
  1006. >“It is a lot about a rejection of globalization”
  1007.  
  1008. >De Kerchove emphasized that antisemitism was “not just linked to the right-wing, by the way; Islamist extremism is a case in point, but there is a strong strain of antisemitism on the far left as well.”
  1009. >He argued that leftist antisemitism was “linked to anti-Zionism and an anti-[Israeli PM Benjamin] Netanyahu feeling
  1010. https://archive.is/QphcJ
  1011.  
  1012. 'I'm wiped out financially': Number of Americans seeking unemployment stays high as SARS-CoV-2 pounds economy
  1013. https://archive.is/zWM2A
  1014.  
  1015.  
  1016. Australia: Police clash with Melbourne anti-lockdown protesters
  1017. https://archive.is/W9Dxd
  1018.  
  1019.  
  1020. Australia's virus hot spot chafes under lockdown as infection rate gradually improves
  1021. >State premier Daniel Andrews is due to outline plans on Sunday for easing Melbourne's stage 4 restrictions which shut large parts of the economy, required everyone to stay home except for essential business, and imposed a night time curfew.
  1022.  
  1023. >Frustration with the prolonged lockdown has led to calls for protests in Melbourne on Saturday, which would be illegal under the stage 4 restrictions, and police were out in force.
  1024. https://archive.is/WpHAS
  1025.  
  1026. 19% of Californians know someone who died of SARS-2, poll says
  1027. >According to a recent poll released by the California Health Care Foundation and survey firm Ipsis, 19% of Californians — nearly one-in-five — personally knew someone who died of COVID-19. For Black and Latino populations, who have died at disproportionate rates from the respiratory disease, those figures jump to 28% and 29%, respectively.
  1028.  
  1029. >Those percentages reflective of how vast and interwoven our networks of social connections have become: The CHCF poll suggests the rate of Californians who know someone who has died of the virus is about 350 times higher than the national rate of U.S. residents who’ve actually died.
  1030.  
  1031. >Large social circles have proven to be a significant challenge in containing the spread of COVID-19, the highly contagious virus, and in tracking that spread via contact tracing.
  1032. https://archive.is/ckAmx
  1033.  
  1034. Amnesty analysis reveals at least 7,000 health workers have died from SARS-CoV-2 world-wide
  1035. https://archive.is/1HXvM
  1036.  
  1037. Mexico downplays coronavirus cases among medical personnel
  1038. https://archive.is/v3Raq
  1039.  
  1040.  
  1041. Mexico States Run Out of Death Certificates
  1042. >he coronavirus pandemic has hit Mexico so hard that the governments of several states ran out of death certificates.
  1043.  
  1044. >Officials said Friday the federal forms started running out about 15 to 20 days ago in at least three states — Baja California, the State of Mexico and Mexico City.
  1045.  
  1046. >Authorities say a million new forms have been printed and are being distributed. The certificates are printed with special characteristics because falsification has been a problem in the past.
  1047. https://archive.is/Eo9fY
  1048.  
  1049. >The cruise industry was among the industries rocked hardest by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, with many fearing the virus could leave a permanent bruise on a sector with a history of onboard illness outbreaks. But it’s exactly that history that suggests this time won’t be different, and cruising will eventually flourish again.
  1050. https://archive.is/GE35W
  1051.  
  1052. SARS-CoV-2: Cruise Ship Passengers Cannot Recover for ‘Fear of Contracting’
  1053. https://archive.is/a6BHJ
  1054.  
  1055. Coronavirus: Cruise ship in Saudi Arabia returns after suspected SARS-CoV-2 case
  1056. “This morning we received a letter sent by the management of the Silver Spirit cruise ship, which confirmed the existence of a suspected case of a COVID-19 coronavirus in a woman. The letter also confirmed that this case was isolated in the wings designated for those on board the ship who show signs of the virus,” Al Arabiya’s correspondent Abdulrahman al-Osaimi said while on board the ship.
  1057.  
  1058. >“The ship was supposed to end its voyage tomorrow, Sunday morning, but the cruise has returned to the port of King Abdullah Economic City today, Saturday, instead of Sunday morning, in order to ensure the safety of all passengers,” al-Osaimi said.
  1059.  
  1060. >Reports that all passengers will be isolated were not correct, according to al-Osaimi.
  1061. https://archive.is/K14qo
  1062.  
  1063. Biggest cruise ship ever built, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas will touch water for the first time, scheduled to debut in 2021, but Royal Caribbean recently said the vessel’s debut would be pushed back by around 10 months, citing the coronavirus pandemic. That would push its arrival into 2022.
  1064. >It may seem odd that cruise lines are continuing to build new ships even as most of their existing ships aren’t sailing due to the coronavirus crisis. But cruise companies expect the cruise industry to resume growing at a significant pace once the crisis has passed, resulting in demand for additional vessels.
  1065. https://archive.is/ZDkz6
  1066.  
  1067. SARS-2 symptoms: diarrhoea and vomiting may be key sign of coronavirus in children – study
  1068. >Diarrhoea and vomiting could be an important sign of Covid-19 in children, researchers say, leading to calls for the official NHS list of symptoms to be updated.
  1069. >Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast say they have confirmed that an upset stomach is a symptom of Covid-19 in children, and revealed it appears to be a key sign of the disease.
  1070.  
  1071. >“In our group, diarrhoea and vomiting were more predictive than, say, cough or even changes in smell and taste,” said Dr Tom Waterfield, the first author of the research. “If you want to actually diagnose infection in children, we need to start looking at diarrhoea and vomiting, not just upper respiratory tract symptoms.”
  1072. >The team found that 68 children – 6.9% of the total – had antibodies for the disease, suggesting they had had Covid-19, and half of these reported having had symptoms.
  1073.  
  1074. >Some symptoms were particularly common, with 31% of the 68 children reporting fever, 18% reporting headache and 19% reporting gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps. For children without antibodies the figures were 11%, 4% and 3% respectively.
  1075.  
  1076. >While only 34 children were symptomatic in the study, Waterfield said the findings were important, not least as diarrhoea and vomiting were clear and obvious problems to spot.
  1077. https://archive.is/YsND1
  1078.  
  1079. Parents in Sweden locked up kids for months to protect them from SARS-CoV-2
  1080. >Two paranoid parents in Sweden locked away their three kids in separate rooms for four months — and even nailed the front door shut — to protect them from catching the coronavirus.
  1081.  
  1082. >The extreme measures began in March, when the outbreak first hit the Scandinavian nation and the parents yanked their kids out of school, the Telegraph reported.
  1083.  
  1084. >A civil court in southern Sweden found that the couple, originally from Vietnam, kept the children — two girls ages 17 and 15 and a boy, 10 — in isolation until July 9.
  1085.  
  1086. >That’s when authorities found them isolated in separate rooms, where they continued their schoolwork online.
  1087.  
  1088. >“The parents even nailed planks over the front door and there has even been isolation within the family, where the children had to stay in their rooms, even eating there,” the court said.
  1089. https://archive.is/7uuJI
  1090.  
  1091. Brazil hands out so much COVID cash that poverty nears a new low
  1092. >Some 66 million people, 30% of the population, have been getting 600 reais ($110) a month, making it the most ambitious social program ever undertaken in Brazil, a shocking shift under President Jair Bolsonaro who railed against welfare, dismissed the virus — and now finds himself newly popular.
  1093. >The government hasn’t published its own figures yet but data from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, one of Brazil’s top universities, show that those living on less than $1.90 a day fell to 3.3% in June from 8% last year, and those below the poverty line were at 21.7% compared with 25.6%. Both represent 16-year lows.
  1094. >Economist Daniel Duque, the main investigator, said poverty has, in fact, hit the lowest rate since data collection began 40 years ago but a shift in definitions in 2004 makes direct comparison before then slightly complicated. He added that unpublished measurements from July and August show that inequality calculated by the so-called Gini coefficient fell below 0.5 for the first time ever.
  1095. >Duque says it’s as if Brazil had suddenly created a massive basic-income program. He believes it won’t be possible to end it soon: “The population will surely demand more types of programs like this, and we can’t run the risk of a massive drop-off.”
  1096. >In fact, the government has begun paring it back. On Tuesday, Bolsonaro announced that handouts would be halved for the remainder of the year. And while he promised to make some form of stipend permanent he hasn’t indicated how he will pay for it.
  1097. https://archive.is/Dy6Rl
  1098.  
  1099. College professor with SARS-2 symptoms dies after struggling to breathe during Zoom lecture
  1100. >A college professor in Argentina experiencing COVID-19 symptoms died after gasping for breath while conducting a Zoom lecture.
  1101.  
  1102. >Paola de Simone, 46, a professor of government and international relations at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires, died Wednesday, the university said in a statement on Twitter.
  1103.  
  1104. >The day before, she had been conducting a Zoom lecture when began to struggle to breathe, according to local news outlets Clarín and MDZ. When her students asked her for address so that they could call an ambulance, she said "I can't," according to reports.
  1105.  
  1106. >A wife and mother, de Simone said she had been experiencing COVID-19 symptoms for at least four weeks, according to a Aug. 28 Twitter post. She wrote that her husband, who works in medical therapy and emergencies, was exhausted from work.
  1107.  
  1108. >De Simone had a cough that would not go away, but she continued to teach despite her symptoms, Facundo Cruz, an academic coordinator at the university, said in a Twitter statement.
  1109. https://archive.is/x8Maj
  1110.  
  1111. Link Between RAAS Inhibitors, high blood pressure and SARS-2
  1112. https://pastebin.com/xHJdPgJz
  1113.  
  1114. J&J's coronavirus vaccine candidate prevents severe disease in hamsters
  1115. https://archive.is/XYFH5
  1116.  
  1117. Israel announces partial national lockdown after coronavirus surge
  1118. >Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task force said on Thursday, shouting his exasperation in an emotional television address.
  1119. https://archive.is/toZQw
  1120.  
  1121. Beijing slams Washington's new restrictions on Chinese diplomats as ‘delusional’, promises ‘legitimate response’
  1122. >On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that senior Chinese diplomats would from now on have to get approval from the US State Department before visiting American university campuses or staging cultural events with more than 50 people outside embassy grounds.
  1123. https://archive.is/ipLrm
  1124.  
  1125. SARS-CoV-2 disrupts cancer research trials, investment: Study
  1126. >Paper was titled ‘Covid-19 and Its Impact on Cancer Patient’s Outcome and Cancer Research’. It stated that the ongoing trials for the search of the potential vaccines for coronavirus have disrupted oncology trials.
  1127.  
  1128. >The authors in the study cited reports that claimed there have been around 200 oncology trials that got suspended in March and April.
  1129.  
  1130. >Researchers also noted that there are concerns regarding the investment opportunities for these trials.
  1131.  
  1132. >According to the study, only one-fifth of institutions continue to enrol patients for research.
  1133.  
  1134. >Cancer patients are more susceptible to infections due to their immunocompromised status, either due to disease or therapy, and subsequently, this may result in poor outcomes, especially in the case of coronavirus infection, the study mentioned.
  1135. https://archive.is/TNYbF
  1136.  
  1137. Tesla offers Germany cooperation on coronavirus vaccine project
  1138. https://archive.is/iUbrv
  1139.  
  1140. National Institutes of Health panel explains convalescent plasma amid confusion over possible SARS-2 treatment
  1141. >Three experts interviewed by ABC News who sit on the NIH panel felt compelled to emphasize the fact that plasma's efficacy has not been proven -- and push back against what they agreed was a confusing message kicked up in the wake of the FDA authorization.
  1142.  
  1143. >Much of the confusion stemmed from FDA Commissioner Steven Hahn himself, who initially said plasma demonstrated a 35% reduction in mortality -- a gross mischaracterization of the evidence which he later corrected in an apologetic tweet.
  1144. >Experts understand the FDA's decision: Plasma's newfound emergency authorization will make it more accessible for COVID-19 patients who are severely sick and looking for a safe therapy that might help.
  1145.  
  1146. >But health officials also worry the authorization may make it harder to complete those ongoing, placebo-controlled studies that are desperately needed to understand the true benefit of the treatment.
  1147. >"I don't think the emergency authorization was a mistake, but it could make it more challenging to complete randomized clinical trials," Levy said. "Being clear and maintaining that public trust is so important. Reassuring the public what's safe, and that the data is not convincing enough, yet."
  1148. https://archive.is/r9jcg
  1149.  
  1150.  
  1151. Japan’s government is reportedly considering funding the country’s entire SARS-CoV-2 vaccine program once a viable vaccine becomes available.
  1152. >The costs associated with a vaccine rollout will be high, but the costs of allowing people to remain unvaccinated may be much higher.
  1153. >Front-line medical workers will be first in line for the vaccine, as will the elderly and others with medical conditions.
  1154. https://archive.is/KesQK
  1155.  
  1156.  
  1157. Coronavirus Crisis Has Led To ‘Bleak’ Perception Of The Economy, Study Says
  1158. >A median of 68% of people considered their country’s current economic situation to be bad, the researchers found, while 31% said conditions were good.
  1159.  
  1160. >Italy had the largest portion of people who rated the economic situation negatively, with 90% describing the situation as “bad.”
  1161.  
  1162. >In eight of the 14 countries surveyed, including the U.K., France, and South Korea, the majority of people expected their countries’ economies to get worse.
  1163.  
  1164. >In the United States, Germany, and Canada, however, people were more likely to say that the economy would improve over the next year than to say it would get worse.
  1165.  
  1166. >The researchers noted that in nearly every country they surveyed, the perception of how bad the economy is tied to how the country handled the coronavirus crisis: people who viewed their country’s response negatively were more likely to have a negative view of the economic situation.
  1167. https://archive.is/PKuYz
  1168.  
  1169.  
  1170. Beijing welcomes first international flights since March
  1171. >Beijing’s main international airport has begun receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection.
  1172.  
  1173. >Passengers flying in from Cambodia, Greece, Denmark, Thailand, Pakistan, Austria, Canada and Sweden must have first shown a negative coronavirus test before boarding, city government spokesperson Xu Hejian told reporters.
  1174.  
  1175. >Passenger arrivals will be limited to roughly 500 per day during a trial period and all will need to undergo additional testing for the virus on arrival, followed by two weeks of quarantine. The first flight under the arrangement, Air China Flight 746, arrived from Pnom Penh, Cambodia, just before 7am on Thursday (local time)
  1176.  
  1177. >Beginning in March, all international flights to Beijing had been redirected to a dozen other cities where passengers were tested and processed before being allowed to travel on to the Chinese capital.
  1178. https://archive.is/D5yEY
  1179.  
  1180.  
  1181. [Ukraine] Doctors are forced to hide coronavirus infection at work
  1182. >The President called such cases unacceptable and instructed the Ministry of Health to protect doctors.
  1183. >The chief physicians of a number of medical institutions sometimes force staff to conceal coronavirus infections at work.
  1184. >According to the press service of the President's Office, this was reported to President Volodymyr Zelensky at a traditional conference call. The chief doctors of a number of medical institutions in Ukraine sometimes force staff to hide coronavirus infections at work because they fear administrative penalties for hospitals, the meeting said.
  1185. >"This is a dangerous and unacceptable situation. The Ministry of Health must take immediate measures and protect doctors who are forced by hospital management to lie and hide coronavirus infections, ”Zelensky stressed.
  1186. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=uk&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.unian.ua/health/country/koronavirus-medikiv-zmushuyut-prihovuvati-infikuvannya-koronavirusom-na-roboti-novini-ukrajini-11134358.html&usg=ALkJrhigD4AA4EkPxt9-0C2MMXlKWU3_gw
  1187.  
  1188. [Ukraine] According to the expert, a vaccine against coronavirus will be available before the emergence of collective immunity.
  1189. >"The problem in Ukraine will definitely remain for another year. And how it will be solved - whether by vaccination or by acquiring collective immunity, will be seen,
  1190. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unian.ua%2Fhealth%2Fcountry%2Fkoli-zakinchitsya-koronavirus-kinec-pandemiji-koronavirusu-infekcionist-dav-nevtishniy-prognoz-novini-ukrajini-11134256.html
  1191.  
  1192.  
  1193.  
  1194. Former Italian Premier Berlusconi Tests Positive For Coronavirus
  1195. >Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a spokeswoman.
  1196.  
  1197. >Berlusconi, 83, will continue working in isolation at his home in Arcore, near Milan, his staff said in a statement, according to Reuters.
  1198. https://archive.is/AptZr
  1199.  
  1200. Coronavirus: Trump pushes to withdraw WHO funding immediately
  1201. https://archive.is/RajWg
  1202.  
  1203. Retesting for SARS-CoV-2 four weeks after first symptoms may help limit spread
  1204. >People with confirmed COVID-19 should be retested four weeks after symptoms first appear to minimize their risk for spreading the virus, according to the authors of a study published Wednesday by BMJ Open.
  1205.  
  1206. >In more than 1,100 infected adults in Italy, retesting four weeks later showed that 61% no longer had the virus in their systems, the research showed.
  1207.  
  1208. >However, a second retest to confirm the initial findings showed that as many as one in five of these were "false negatives," meaning the virus still was present.
  1209.  
  1210. >These false negatives might have stopped self-isolating and unknowingly infected others had patients not been retested, the researchers said.
  1211.  
  1212. >It takes an average of 30 days for the virus to clear from the body after the first positive test result and an average of 36 days after symptoms first appear, the study findings show.
  1213.  
  1214. >"To avoid generating secondary cases, either the isolation period should be longer -- 30 days from the start of symptoms -- or at least one follow-up test should be done before ceasing isolation," the researchers wrote.
  1215.  
  1216. >It's not yet known how infectious a person could be in the recovery phase, they said.
  1217. https://archive.is/cqZy1
  1218.  
  1219. Retest for SARS-CoV-2 4+ weeks after symptoms first appear to curb infection risk, say researchers
  1220. https://archive.is/wip/KZiJx
  1221.  
  1222. Minnesota first to report SARS-2 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
  1223. >At least 260 people in 12 states tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the rally
  1224.  
  1225. >A Minnesota man in his 60s who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month has died from COVID-19, health officials said Wednesday.
  1226. >He is the first reported death from coronavirus associated with the event. He had underlying health conditions, a Minnesota Department of Health spokesman told the Associated Press.
  1227.  
  1228. >More than 460,000 people attended the rally between Aug. 7 and Aug. 16, despite the ongoing pandemic and fears it could become a so-called super-spreader event. The turnout was larger than authorities expected, but smaller than in 2019, before the coronavirus outbreak.
  1229. https://archive.is/EHzch
  1230.  
  1231. Evidence for Steroids in Severe SARS-2 Grows Stronger
  1232. >Administering steroids to people critically ill with COVID-19 appears beneficial and could be lifesaving for some, a new meta-analysis and multiple related studies suggest.
  1233.  
  1234. >Critically ill patients who received systemic corticosteroids were 34% less likely to die over 28 days, for example, compared with others who received usual care or placebo in a prospective meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials.
  1235.  
  1236. >The meta-analysis was published online in JAMA September 2, 2020.
  1237.  
  1238. >Based on the findings of the meta-analysis, which the World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored, the organization issued Living Guidance on corticosteroids for COVID-19 the same day.
  1239.  
  1240. >"We recommend systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with severe and critical COVID-19," WHO stated in an email to journalists. "We suggest not to use corticosteroids in the treatment of patients with non-severe COVID-19 as the treatment."
  1241.  
  1242. >The studies included in the meta-analysis assessed corticosteroid efficacy among 1703 critically ill patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Median age was 60 years and 29% of participants were women.
  1243.  
  1244. >There were 222 deaths among 678 patients randomly assigned to corticosteroids and 425 deaths among 1025 patients randomly assigned to usual care or placebo, for a summary odds ratio of 0.66 (95% confidence interval, 0.53 - 0.82; P < .001) favoring steroid treatment.
  1245. https://archive.is/6Rqu0
  1246.  
  1247. Report: Mexico leads in health worker deaths from SARS-2
  1248. >While Mexican officials have bragged that all health care workers have gotten one test, that appears insufficient for people who face daily exposure over months.
  1249.  
  1250. >Health professionals in Mexico have also held many protests over a lack of adequate personal protective equipment.
  1251. >Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International's head of economic and social justice at Amnesty International, called the worldwide death toll of over 7,000 health workers “a crisis on a staggering scale.”
  1252.  
  1253. >"Every health worker has the right to be safe at work, and it is a scandal that so many are paying the ultimate price,” he said.
  1254. >Cockburn urged an international cooperative effort to ensure that every health care worker has adequate protective equipment.
  1255.  
  1256. >According to figures released last week, 97,632 nurses, doctors and other hospital employees in Mexico have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began — about 17% of all the country’s cases at that point. Mexico’s health sector statistics are normally announced on Tuesdays, but there hasn’t been a report this week updating the figures.
  1257. >Nurses accounted for 42% of those infected, doctors made up 27% and other hospital employees such as technicians, aides and maintenance and cleaning staff were 31%.
  1258.  
  1259. >Death statistics vary, depending on who each country classifies as a health care worker, how deaths are considered confirmed, and how they are reported.
  1260. https://archive.is/fjqU5
  1261.  
  1262.  
  1263. Plasma Should Not Be Considered Standard Care For Coronavirus, NIH Panel Says
  1264. >A National Institutes of Health panel said there’s no evidence backing the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients and that doctors should not treat it as a standard of care until more study has been done.
  1265.  
  1266. >“There are insufficient data to recommend either for or against the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19,” the panel of more than three dozen experts said in a statement posted on the NIH website Tuesday.
  1267. >The statement, which was posted quietly, contradicts the Trump Administration’s characterization of the treatment as “historic” and a “major advance” and directly refers to last week’s emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration.
  1268.  
  1269. >“Convalescent plasma should not be considered standard of care for the treatment of patients with COVID-19,” the committee, which evaluates treatments for coronavirus, said in the statement.
  1270. >“Prospective, well-controlled, adequately powered randomized trials are needed to determine whether convalescent plasma is effective and safe for the treatment of COVID-19. Members of the public and health care providers are encouraged to participate in these prospective clinical trials.”
  1271.  
  1272. >NIH later released a statement saying the committee’s guidance was not meant as criticism of the FDA’s decision to grant an EUA. “To clarify, the Panel does not contradict the EUA as it does not make a recommendation against the use of convalescent plasma for COVID-19,” the NIH said in the statement, released Wednesday afternoon.
  1273. https://archive.is/PAN6r
  1274.  
  1275. U.S. coronavirus rates are rising fast among children
  1276. >Data compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics from the summer show that cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus in children and teenagers, while comparatively low, have increased at a faster rate than among the general public.
  1277.  
  1278. >The data set, which spans from May 21 to Aug. 20, varies from state to state, possibly obscuring differences in how the virus affects infants, young children and adolescents.
  1279. >For example, many states group infants and teenagers into the same category. One state even includes people up to age 24. But the rise remains similar across states.
  1280.  
  1281. >Young children seem to catch and transmit the virus less than adults, and children of all ages tend not to experience severe complications from it. But Dr. Sean O’Leary, vice chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on infectious diseases, said that substantial community spread in many parts of the United States corresponded with more infections among children.
  1282. >The rise in reported cases comes in part from more widespread testing, but O’Leary said there was evidence that minors were becoming infected at a higher rate now than earlier in the year because hospitalizations and deaths among children had increased as well.
  1283.  
  1284. >Although much is still unknown about how the virus affects young people, like adults, Black and Latino children who contract the virus are more likely to be hospitalized.
  1285. >“Anyone who has been on the front lines of this pandemic in a children’s hospital can tell you we’ve taken care of lots of kids that are very sick,” O’Leary said. “Yes, it’s less severe in children than adults, but it’s not completely benign.”
  1286. https://archive.is/IvBGE
  1287.  
  1288.  
  1289. Coronavirus Symptoms Can Last Much Longer Than Initially Thought, Experts Say
  1290. >Months into the pandemic that has infected more than 6 million Americans, the public and experts alike are learning the impacts of Covid-19 can drag on longer than expected.
  1291.  
  1292. >The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that most Americans who have tested positive for coronavirus can return to work or school 10 days after the onset of symptoms, unless the illness requires hospitalization. But new research suggest that the virus and its symptoms are often no where near finished by that benchmark.
  1293. >According to research published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, patients may need to wait over a month before being retested to know whether they have cleared the virus.
  1294.  
  1295. >The study also suggests that about one in five negative tests are false negatives, meaning many are still spreading the virus after testing negative without knowing it.
  1296. >Even once patients do test negative, many patients are reporting that their symptoms — from aches to loss of smell to brain fog and affected mood — can last months longer.
  1297.  
  1298. >“We think that this long-term damage may in part be due to vascular damage, kind of a footprint that the virus leaves even when it’s gone from the body,” Dr. William Li told CNN’s Chris Cuomo earlier this week, adding that researchers have seen the virus damaging blood vessels that connect the entire body.
  1299. >And with so much still unknown about the virus, Li said it isn’t clear when “long haul” patients will be back to the lives they had before.
  1300. https://archive.is/aSTEr
  1301.  
  1302. 'Carelessness' blamed for Turkey's second coronavirus peak
  1303. >Turkey is seeing the second peak of its coronavirus outbreak due to "carelessness" at weddings and other social gatherings, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, amid a rapid rise in the number of daily cases and deaths.
  1304.  
  1305. >Speaking after a meeting of his coronavirus science team, Koca said the capital Ankara had seen the most rapid rise in the number of cases lately. He added that 29,865 healthcare workers had contracted the virus so far, with 52 of them dying.
  1306.  
  1307. >The number of new COVID-19 cases rose by 1,596 to 273,301 in the last 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data, while the death toll from the virus rose by 45 to 6,462.
  1308. https://archive.is/zGEaj
  1309.  
  1310.  
  1311. Portable, point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 test could bypass the lab
  1312. >Illinois researchers developed a microfluidic cartridge for a 30-minute COVID-19 test. The cartridges are 3D-printed and could be manufactured quickly
  1313. httos://archive.is/OZ4Ng
  1314.  
  1315.  
  1316. ‘Here We Go Again’: A Second Virus Wave Grips Spain
  1317. >The coronavirus is spreading much faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe. After a relative lull during the summer, experts fear it signals a new surge across the continent.
  1318.  
  1319. >France is also surging, as are parts of Eastern Europe, and cases are ticking up in Germany, Greece, Italy and Belgium, too, but in the past week, Spain has recorded the most new cases on the continent by far — more than 53,000. With 114 new infections per 100,000 people in that time, the virus is spreading faster in Spain than in the United States, more than twice as fast as in France, about eight times the rate in Italy and Britain, and 10 times the pace in Germany.
  1320. >Now, as other Europeans mull how to restart their economies while still protecting human life, the Spanish have become an early bellwether for how a second wave might happen, how hard it might hit, and how it could be contained.
  1321. >The median age of sufferers has dropped to around 37 from 60. Asymptomatic cases account for more than 50 percent of positive results, which is partly due to a fourfold rise in testing. And the health institutions feel much better prepared.
  1322.  
  1323. >Yet part of the hospital is still a building site — contractors have yet to finish a renovation of the wing of the hospital that deals with coronavirus patients. No one expected the second wave for at least another month.
  1324. >And epidemiologists aren’t certain why it arrived so soon.
  1325. >Explanations include a rise in large family gatherings; the return of tourism in cities like Málaga; the decision to return responsibility for combating the virus to regional authorities at the end of the nationwide lockdown; and a lack of adequate housing and health care for migrants.
  1326. https://archive.is/07ZrW
  1327.  
  1328. Britain is promoting strict coronavirus quarantines but has issued hardly any fines
  1329. https://archive.is/tMe0Z
  1330.  
  1331.  
  1332. CDC documents say states should prepare to distribute SARS-CoV-2 vaccines as soon as late October
  1333. >The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told public health officials around the United States to prepare to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine as soon as late October. It also provided planning scenarios to help states prepare.
  1334.  
  1335. >The documents were posted by The New York Times and the CDC confirmed to CNN it has sent them to city and state public health officials.
  1336. >The scenarios offer details about distribution for two Covid-19 vaccines when supplies "may be constrained." The documents prioritize particular populations for the vaccines, including health care professionals, essential workers, long-term care facility residents and staff and national security populations.
  1337.  
  1338. >CNN reported last week that CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield asked states to speed through permits for medical and pharmaceutical supplies company McKesson to help distribute any eventual coronavirus vaccine. In a letter, Redfield asked them to waive any requirements that might get in the way of distributing vaccines by November 1 -- before Election Day -- and weeks, if not months, before most experts expect any vaccine to be fully tested.
  1339. >The scenario documents do not necessarily mean a vaccine will be available by late October. Pandemic planning exercises have for years included recommendations that the federal government ready a distribution network while scientists work on a vaccine. The Trump administration has said it's doing this. Companies developing the vaccines are already ramping up manufacturing so that, in case one or more is found safe and effective in people, it could start going into arms immediately.
  1340. https://archive.is/Bpi9E
  1341.  
  1342. Fiore on the homeless and coronavirus: ‘Let them play in dirt’
  1343. >Fiore made the comments at a council meeting during a discussion about continued testing efforts, especially for vulnerable populations like the homeless and nursing home residents.
  1344.  
  1345. >“We’re looking at testing our homeless. Guess what? Our homeless prove to be the most population with the less positive tests,” Fiore said.
  1346.  
  1347. >“Our homeless, it’s like kids. Let them play in dirt. They don’t get sick,” she said.
  1348.  
  1349. >Fiore did not offer any data to back up her claims.
  1350. https://archive.is/OuApJ
  1351.  
  1352. For sixth month, Bulgaria’s road death toll lower than at same time in 2019
  1353. >The death toll on Bulgaria’s roads at the end of August 2020 was 117 lower than at the same time in 2019, according to provisional figures posted on September 1 by the Interior Ministry.
  1354.  
  1355. >This was the sixth consecutive month of a trend of fewer deaths, serious injuries and accidents on Bulgaria’s roads.
  1356.  
  1357. >The trend of a downturn in road deaths began in March, when Bulgaria declared a State of Emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several weeks of intercity travel restrictions, along with other measures to contain the spread of new coronavirus, contributed to a reduction in traffic on motorways and other major thoroughfares.
  1358.  
  1359. >According to official European Union statistics, Bulgaria has the second-highest road death rate in the EU.
  1360. https://archive.is/aqPfO
  1361.  
  1362. Poland Bans Direct Flights From Spain, Israel Due to Coronavirus Fears
  1363. https://archive.is/k0Cf5
  1364.  
  1365. New immigrants prepare for SARS-2 reality in Israel
  1366. https://archive.is/Egza2
  1367.  
  1368. Increasing Number of Americans Say They'll Get Coronavirus Vaccine, but Still Less Than Global Average
  1369. https://archive.is/dtvSB
  1370.  
  1371. In France, the Young Lose Their Jobs to Coronavirus
  1372. https://archive.is/r15yV
  1373.  
  1374. Scientists are giving DIY coronavirus vaccines to themselves and sometimes to friends, family
  1375. >Critics says these vaccines are not being properly tested and could have negative consequences
  1376.  
  1377. >As governments around the world scramble to approve a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus, an increasing number of scientists have started administering DIY vaccines to themselves and even their friends and family members.
  1378.  
  1379. >The methods, results, and claims have varied widely among the dozens of scientists around the world who have taken this unconventional route
  1380. https://archive.is/3u9hd
  1381.  
  1382.  
  1383. China, Russia Deepen Their Ties Amid Pandemic, Conflicts With The West
  1384. >Russia has begun work on one of the world's largest polymer plants, an $11 billion project that has its sights set on the Chinese market as economic ties between Beijing and Moscow grow.
  1385.  
  1386. >With ground being broken on August 18, the massive project will make plastic components and will further boost trade between China and Russia in the latest display of expanding bilateral relations, as the two countries forge an economic and political partnership after decades of rivalry.
  1387.  
  1388. >The project -- located in Amur, near the Chinese border in Russia's Far East -- is being developed by Russia's Sibur Holding petrochemical company along with China's giant Sinopec Group, which will hold a 40 percent stake in the initiative. It is scheduled to begin production in 2024.
  1389.  
  1390. >China feels that its position in the world is not as stable as before. This has led to them changing their mind towards Russia and becoming more cooperative."
  1391.  
  1392. >The plant, which is one of the largest investment projects in Russia, is part of a growing trend of new initiatives between Beijing and Moscow that has seen ties deepen and evolve amid the twin pressure of the coronavirus pandemic and the escalating economic and political conflict between the United States and China.
  1393. https://archive.is/ffnZ6
  1394.  
  1395. Chinese woman who lost father to coronavirus sues China government for apology, compensation
  1396. https://archive.is/vJVHy
  1397.  
  1398. US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative
  1399. >The United States will not join a global effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop, manufacture and distribute a vaccine against the coronavirus, the White House said Tuesday.
  1400.  
  1401. >The decision represents a gamble by the Trump administration — one that could threaten to leave the country behind if the first viable vaccine candidate is developed by another country.
  1402. >Almost every nation in the world is participating in initial talks on the joint COVAX project involving the WHO, the European Union, Germany, Japan and several major nongovernmental organizations.
  1403.  
  1404. >The project, announced by the WHO earlier this year, would distribute an eventual vaccine candidate to countries around the world based on the number of high-risk residents in each nation.
  1405. https://archive.is/725X6
  1406.  
  1407. US faces monkey shortage for SASR-CoV-2 research
  1408. https://archive.is/iw6j7
  1409.  
  1410. India’s economy contracts 24% during coronavirus lockdown
  1411. https://archive.is/EaI28
  1412.  
  1413. Florida students head back to class amid reports of more kids catching SARS-2
  1414. >It was back to school for thousands of Florida students Monday while President Donald Trump's new pandemic adviser dismissed teachers' and parents' COVID-19 concerns as "hysterical" amid reports of a big jump in the number of kids who have tested positive in districts that resumed in-person instruction.
  1415.  
  1416. >"We are the only country of our peer nations in the Western world who are this hysterical about opening schools," the adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas, said as he pressed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his advisers to reopen schools as quickly as possible.
  1417.  
  1418. >Atlas pushed DeSantis on the issue during a roundtable discussion held in Tallahassee on Monday. The number of confirmed cases in Florida climbed over the weekend to 620,000 and the number of deaths eclipsed 11,200, making it one of the hardest-hit states in the country, the latest NBC News figures showed.
  1419.  
  1420. >Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases in children jumped by more than 23 percent with about 9,200 new infections in the last two-plus weeks, according to news reports citing Florida Department of Health data. Most of the new cases were teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17.
  1421.  
  1422. >“The recent August numbers represent a whopping 191% increase in children infected in Florida from only about six weeks earlier on July 9,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper reported.
  1423. https://archive.is/7EcXO
  1424.  
  1425. Riots rivaling coronavirus as top 2020 concern
  1426. https://archive.is/sx4bq
  1427.  
  1428. US Push Flu Vaccines Amid SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
  1429. https://archive.is/UgICa
  1430.  
  1431. Ethnic Uighurs forced to take drugs against SARS-2 (VIDEO)
  1432. >More than a month ago, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was quarantined due to a new wave of the CCP virus (COVID-19). Many locals are dissatisfied with the harsh quarantine measures.
  1433. >Over the past few days, hundreds of local Internet users have posted messages and videos showing how the authorities are trying to fight the epidemic.
  1434. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epochtimes.com.ua%2Fnovyny-svitu%2Fetnichnyh-uyguriv-zmushuyut-pryymaty-liky-proty-covid-19-video-133311
  1435.  
  1436. India says China's military made moves near disputed border
  1437. https://archive.is/WISMw
  1438.  
  1439. Turkey's economy shrinks by 9.9% in Q2 during lockdown
  1440. https://archive.is/YlesP
  1441.  
  1442. Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Monday it would lend 70 million euros ($83.37 million) to Turkey to help the country deal with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
  1443. https://archive.is/xNIQp
  1444.  
  1445. European children back to school amidst pandemic
  1446. https://archive.is/eoA17
  1447.  
  1448. Russia's Aeroflot falls to second quarter loss as air traffic tumbles
  1449. https://archive.is/D6SiU
  1450.  
  1451. WHO admits Kazakh coronavirus vaccine for clinical trials
  1452. https://archive.is/nowEI
  1453.  
  1454. Germany: Grand Forks mayor says no to mask mandate; "this isn't Nazi-Germany where we can bust into houses and force people to wear masks."
  1455. https://archive.is/YSszD
  1456.  
  1457. In Kyiv, the entire school was closed for quarantine due to a coronavirus from teachers
  1458. >On August 31, 2020, the Department of Education and Science received a report confirming cases of coronavirus infection in two teachers of NVK № 240, who were in contact with 21 school staff.
  1459. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unian.ua%2Fsociety%2Fkarantin-v-ukrajini-u-kiyevi-shkolu-zakrili-na-karantin-cherez-covid-19-u-vchiteliv-novini-kiyeva-11130554.html
  1460.  
  1461. Nigerians migrants attack medics at Rome coronavirus center
  1462. >Three Nigerian migrants attacked staff in a military hospital in Rome after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Saturday.
  1463.  
  1464. >The incident at the Celio military hospital, now turned into a COVID-19 treatment center, occurred when they saw a Bangladeshi migrant walking out after testing negative and then tried to flee but were stopped.
  1465.  
  1466. >They are accused of violence, resistance and causing bodily harm.
  1467.  
  1468. >“The attacks at the military hospital are serious and unacceptable,” Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said.
  1469.  
  1470. >The incident was seized upon by Italy’s anti-immigration former interior minister Matteo Salvini who said the government was putting “Italy in danger.”
  1471. https://archive.is/MG6Sd
  1472.  
  1473. The WHO went to China to open its coronavirus origin investigation – and didn’t even visit Wuhan once
  1474. >An international team is expected to visit China, including Wuhan, later this year, WHO sources told The Telegraph. It’s unclear how long it’ll take to actually get the investigation underway
  1475. >The paper learned that the two officials who traveled from Geneva to Beijing spent the better part of two weeks quarantined in a hotel outside Beijing, where they conducted multiple calls every day with Chinese counterparts. That’s the kind of call you could make from anywhere else in the world, given that many people still work from home because of the pandemic. The WHO officials also had video conversations with senior scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology
  1476. >The WHO researchers also spent time in meetings in Beijing with their counterparts, though it’s unclear what they accomplished. It’s unlikely that a team of two people would have gotten to the bottom of the novel coronavirus’s origin, even assuming full cooperation from China
  1477. >WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, per The New Zealand Herald. “...it wasn’t to start the study, but rather to develop the terms of reference and to prepare the conditions so that the international group can have … the things it needs to start the study.” It’s unclear how well they could have prepared without setting foot in Wuhan
  1478. >WHO officials did little to explain what was actually discussed and decided during the visit. There's no idea when the actual investigation will start, and the continued evolution of the pandemic could further hinder plans to look for Patient Zero
  1479. >A senior US official told the paper. “Any chance of finding a smoking gun is now gone.”
  1480. https://archive.is/U2G1Y
  1481.  
  1482. Contagious coronavirus mutation D614G detected in Indonesia
  1483. >The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology has reported that a mutation of the coronavirus that has been deemed more infectious than the original strain found in Wuhan, China, has been detected in Indonesia.
  1484. >The mutation, widely known as the D614G mutation, has been found in eight of 22 whole genome sequences reported in Indonesia, Eijkman Institute chairman Amin Soebandrio told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
  1485. >He added that researchers had yet to discover the percentage of infected people carrying the mutation, but Amin believed the mutated strain had been spread to most patients in the country.
  1486. >The D614G strain was first detected in Germany in late January and is commonly found in the United States and Europe. It was also recently detected in Malaysia.
  1487. https://archive.is/Si6Ld
  1488.  
  1489. Indonesia: Coronavirus: Main Jakarta hospital turns away patients as cases soar
  1490. >A resurgence of coronavirus cases will soon put doctors at Jakarta's main hospital for Covid-19 in the position of having to decide who gets a precious intensive care unit (ICU) bed and who doesn't.
  1491.  
  1492. >In some respects, that is already happening at the Friendship Hospital, the Indonesian capital's biggest government-run medical facility.
  1493.  
  1494. >During a seven-day period that ended on Thursday, the hospital received requests to take an average 83 patients a day - more than double the requested referrals during the same period in July.
  1495.  
  1496.  
  1497. As coronavirus crushes the economy, many Americans are improving their own financial situations
  1498. >It’s the paradox of a pandemic that has crushed the U.S. economy: 12.9 million lost jobs and a dangerous rash of businesses closing, yet the personal finances of many Americans have remained strong — and in some ways have even improved.
  1499. >A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 45% of Americans say they’re setting aside more money than usual. Twenty-six percent are paying down debt faster than they were before the coronavirus pandemic.
  1500. >The findings highlight the unique nature of the current crisis. Nearly $3 trillion in government aid in the form of direct payments, expanded jobless benefits and forgivable payroll loans helped cushion against the fastest economic downturn in American history.
  1501. https://archive.is/ANDMl
  1502.  
  1503. Robot eases loneliness of Mexican virus patients
  1504. >A robot at a hospital in the Mexican capital is providing a lifeline for coronavirus patients separated from their relatives and reducing the risk of infection for medical workers.
  1505. https://archive.is/nMXPQ
  1506.  
  1507. Treating SARS-2 with antibiotics may increase antibiotic resistance
  1508. >The use of antibiotics in individuals with COVID-19 may result in increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This can involve bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. The effects may be felt among the wider population and have toxic consequences for the environment.
  1509. >The present research revealed that the increased use of antibiotics during the pandemic may also be placing an added burden on wastewater treatment works.
  1510. >The team noted that this could lead to raised levels of antibiotics within the U.K.’s rivers and coastal waters, which may in turn result in a rise in AMR.
  1511. >This would be particularly serious in receiving waters of these works that serve large hospitals or emergency hospitals, where there are high concentrations of COVID-19 patients.
  1512. https://archive.is/Y862Q
  1513. [Research]
  1514. SARS-2, antibiotics and One Health: a UK environmental risk assessment
  1515. https://archive.is/7lVkL
  1516.  
  1517. The Eurovision Cruise 2020 sails again despite the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
  1518. >The Eurovision Cruise is sailing again from Helsinki to Tallinn. The eleventh edition of the Eurovision Cruise is taking place now. For weeks the event was in doubt because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
  1519. https://archive.is/eONGl
  1520.  
  1521. French authorities harden SARS-CoV-2 rules at Tour de France
  1522. >French authorities have made it harder for Tour de France teams to reach the finish line in Paris by deciding they will be expelled from the race if two or more of their members, including staff, test positive for COVID-19 within a week.
  1523. >Following guidelines issued by the health authorities, the move was announced Saturday by Tour organizers just a few hours before the start of the three-week race's opening stage in the Riviera city of Nice. It overruled a decision from cycling's governing body, the UCI, that had eased the Tour's exclusion rules.
  1524. https://archive.is/FVZYn
  1525.  
  1526. Coronavirus: Turkey’s Istanbul restricts indoor events as SARS-CoV-2 cases, deaths rise
  1527. >From Monday indoor weddings, engagement parties and circumcision ceremonies will be banned, Istanbul’s governor’s office said. Children and people aged over 60 will be barred from outdoor ceremonies which still go ahead, it said.
  1528. https://archive.is/VmutI
  1529.  
  1530. People arriving in Estonia from 27 European countries must self-isolate
  1531. >On 7 August, the Council of the European Union reviewed the list of third countries included its recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, and according to the list, it is possible to travel to Estonia from Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. Starting from 31 August, people arriving in Estonia from these countries are not obligated to self-isolate for 14 days.
  1532.  
  1533. >However, due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Estonian foreign ministry strongly advises against travelling, except for those European countries where the rate of infection is below 16 per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 14 days, and where mandatory restriction on the freedom of movement does not apply on your return.
  1534. https://archive.is/1sdg9
  1535.  
  1536. Surge in South Korea Coronavirus Cases Sparks Hospital Bed Shortage Concerns
  1537. >The spike in cases has depleted hospital facilities, with the health ministry reporting that just 4.5% of beds in greater Seoul were available for critical cases as of Friday, down from 22% a week earlier.
  1538.  
  1539. >"Only about 15 beds are immediately available in the greater Seoul area for patients in critical condition as there were numerous patients who were in a serious condition and needed to be hospitalised," said Yoon Tae-ho, director general for public health policy
  1540. https://archive.is/0x135
  1541.  
  1542. Health Officials Call On US Government to Reverse SARS-CoV-2 Test Guidelines
  1543. >Public health departments throughout the United States are calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reverse changes the federal agency recently made to its public coronavirus testing guidelines.
  1544.  
  1545. >The Big Cities Health Coalition and the National Association of County and City Health Officials, which represent thousands of local departments, sent a letter Friday to the heads of the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting that the agencies reverse a decision to stop testing people who have been exposed to the virus but are asymptomatic.
  1546.  
  1547. >The CDC had previously recommended testing for all people who had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, regardless of symptoms.
  1548.  
  1549. >The organizations called on the government agencies to reinstate recommendations that people who have been exposed to the virus be tested even if they are asymptomatic.
  1550.  
  1551. >In the letter, the groups say the CDC's decision this week "costs lives and livelihoods" and that "the CDC's own data suggest that perhaps as many as 40% of COVID-19 cases are attributable to asymptomatic transmission."
  1552.  
  1553. >CDC Director Robert Redfield responded to criticism over the revised guidelines by saying "testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients."
  1554.  
  1555. >At least 33 states are not following the new CDC guidelines and continue to recommend testing for all people who have been exposed to COVID-19 regardless of symptoms, according to an analysis by Reuters news agency.
  1556. https://archive.is/0V3xJ
  1557.  
  1558. India to reopen underground train networks even as coronavirus cases jump
  1559. >India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the government's efforts to revive the economy
  1560. >The underground train network, a lifeline for millions in the capital city of New Delhi, will be reopened in a phased manner from Sept. 7, the federal home ministry said.
  1561. >Social, academic, sports and religious events will be permissible with a maximum of a 100 people from Sept. 21, it said.
  1562. >Schools, colleges will remain closed until end-September.
  1563. >In all of the containment zones across the country strict lockdown restrictions will remain in place, the government said
  1564. https://archive.is/3H767
  1565.  
  1566. India: ‘Private hospitals to spare 50% beds for Covid-19 patients if needed’: UP Govt
  1567. >Private hospitals will have to spare 50 percent of their beds for Covid-19 patients and provide treatment at the rates prescribed under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in case the available Level 2 and Level 3 beds in any district fall short of the requirement for coronavirus infection patients, stated an order issued by a state government official.
  1568.  
  1569. >The fee to be taken is also prescribed and coordination for the bed requirement will be done at the district level by the administration and the health department, the order said.
  1570.  
  1571. >The order issued on Saturday by special secretary, UP government, stated that a shortfall may arise as the positivity rate was high in some districts. Some districts have a 5 percent positivity rate while in some others it is up to 10 percent.
  1572. https://archive.is/7UA6D
  1573.  
  1574. Israel's lab workers to strike Sunday, limiting coronavirus screening
  1575. >Some 2,000 lab workers are set to strike beginning Sunday after negotiations between the country’s public labs and the Finance Ministry broke down on Thursday.
  1576. >The workers will still carry out coronavirus testing for those who are hospitalized and in emergency situations. They will only report on coronavirus tests that are positive.
  1577. >Alcalay noted that the public laboratories and the Finance and Health ministries have been in negotiations for five years. She said that the working conditions in public labs are among the worst in Israel, including that staff receive such low wages that it is almost impossible to recruit.
  1578. https://archive.is/a7twv
  1579.  
  1580. Thousands gather in Israel for anti-Netanyahu weekly rallies
  1581. >Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in Jerusalem in a continuation of summer-long weekend rallies demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a corruption trial and accusations of mishandling the coronavirus crisis.
  1582. >Smaller protests also took part in other parts in Israel, including overpasses and outside Netanyahu’s private house in the upscale town of Caesaria.
  1583. https://archive.is/7wv9l
  1584.  
  1585. University of Alabama has 1,200 students who have tested positive for SARS-2
  1586. >More than 1,000 students at the University of Alabama have tested positive for Covid-19 since classes resumed on the Tuscaloosa campus less than two weeks ago, according to the University of Alabama System.
  1587.  
  1588. >The UA System coronavirus dashboard notes another 158 cases were recorded on campus over the course of the year prior to August 18, bringing the total to 1,201 cases. Classes resumed August 19.
  1589. >UA in Tuscaloosa has by far the most students who have tested positive for Covid-19 among the three campuses that make up the University of Alabama System.
  1590. >No positive students have been hospitalized as a result of Covid-19, the UA System said in a news release Friday.
  1591. https://archive.is/FsElC
  1592.  
  1593. New York City nervously braces for another ‘explosive spread’
  1594. >Health systems said they are bolstering their PPE stockpiles and will enact conservation methods used by frontline workers during the first wave.
  1595. >Most of the country looked on in horror this spring as Covid-19 flooded New York City hospitals and morgues, and a disease many had never heard of threw America’s biggest city into paralysis.
  1596.  
  1597. >Now New York is watching the same scenario play out in states throughout the U.S., while presiding over three months of sustained success in keeping infections low. But with cold weather approaching, schools tentatively reopening and many forced back indoors, the threat of a new outbreak is never far from the minds of public health officials — and this time they know outside help will be harder to come by.
  1598. >“The second wave is a misconception: It’s the omnipresent risk of explosive spread,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director and current president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies. “That’s what we’re facing”
  1599. https://archive.is/PRuZs
  1600.  
  1601. 2 Florida men used fake IDs, bank accounts to steal more than $3M from coronavirus small business relief program
  1602. >Two South Florida residents allegedly used stolen and fake identities to acquire over $3 million in small business funding provided by coronavirus relief legislation.
  1603. >Jean Fleuridor, 41, of Weston, Fla., and Hasan Brown, 44, of Miami, Fla., appeared in Miami federal court separately this week on bank fraud conspiracy charges, according to court records, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
  1604.  
  1605. >A criminal complaint alleges that a group of Brown, Fleuridor and others began a scheme in 2017 to defraud a San Antonio, Texas, bank using around 700 fake and stolen identities to create bank accounts and shell companies.
  1606. >This year, from April to July, the group allegedly used their fake identifies or stolen identities to apply for and gain $3 million in federal funding from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a program that is part of the CARES Act signed into law in late March.
  1607. https://archive.is/uF7LZ
  1608.  
  1609. India to reopen underground train networks even as coronavirus cases jump
  1610. >India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the government's efforts to revive the economy, even as coronavirus infections soar.
  1611. >The underground train network, a lifeline for millions in the capital city of New Delhi, will be reopened in a phased manner from Sept. 7, the federal home ministry said.
  1612. >Social, academic, sports and religious events will be permissible with a maximum of a 100 people from Sept. 21
  1613. >Schools, colleges will remain closed until end-September.
  1614. >In all of the containment zones across the country strict lockdown restrictions will remain in place, the government said.
  1615. https://archive.is/3H767
  1616.  
  1617. Looking to Reopen, Colleges Become Labs for Coronavirus Tests and Tracking Apps
  1618. https://archive.is/j3yoS
  1619.  
  1620. [USA SARS2 K-12 SCHOOL CLOSURES, QUARANTINES, AND/OR DEATHS]
  1621. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQSD9mm5HTXhxAiHabZA6BPUByWBlP5HZ2jfOPEeGZkMB0ZFsmFBL5orqjIq22mjFNZ7n-11ObCylGn/pubhtml
  1622.  
  1623.  
  1624.  
  1625. Hong Kong lifts Brazil's Aurora chicken plant ban, meat lobby says
  1626. >Hong Kong’s government has lifted a temporary ban on chicken imports from a plant operated by Brazil’s Central Cooperativa Aurora that was blocked until tests proved there was no risk of contamination by coronavirus in meat produced there.
  1627.  
  1628. >According to a statement from Brazilian meat industry lobby ABPA, the ban was lifted on Friday by Hong Kong’s food safety and health authorities after the Brazilian government provided all assurances that the products are safe.
  1629. >Aurora confirmed the lifting of the ban, which concerned its chicken plant in the town of Xaxim, state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil.
  1630.  
  1631. >Hong Kong suspended chicken imports from that Aurora facility on Aug. 17. The move was announced after the Chinese city of Shenzhen detected the virus’ genetic material on chicken wings and packages originated there.
  1632. https://archive.is/oceNN
  1633.  
  1634. FDA Expands Remdesivir Approval for Moderate Cases of Coronavirus
  1635. >Remdesivir was approved for emergency use in patients with severe COVID-19 in May, after a clinical trial suggested that the drug could shorten the time it takes for patients to recover from the illness. In announcing the updated the EUA on Friday, the FDA said that it is "reasonable to believe" that the drug "may be effective for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in all hospitalized adult and pediatric patients."
  1636. >"The FDA continues to make safe and potentially helpful treatments for COVID-19 available as quickly as possible in order to help patients," FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement. "The data to support today's action are encouraging. The data show that this treatment has the potential to help even more hospitalized patients who are suffering from the effects of this devastating virus."
  1637. https://archive.is/GFNdB
  1638.  
  1639. England: Coronavirus case could mean all year group out of school
  1640. >A single confirmed case of coronavirus in a school in England could mean sending home an entire year group, according to new government guidance.
  1641.  
  1642. >It says a confirmed case could mean all the pupils in the same "bubble" having to isolate for 14 days.
  1643. >In areas with a local lockdown, secondary pupils could be put on a rota of two weeks in and out of school.
  1644.  
  1645. >The guidance, published on Friday night, comes just days before millions of pupils go back to school.
  1646. >Education Secretary Gavin Williamson described it as contingency plans for a "worst case scenario".
  1647.  
  1648. >"We hope that we won't have to implement the guidance set out today," said Mr Williamson.
  1649. >"Changes to school attendance will only be an absolute last resort."
  1650. https://archive.is/9lqX4
  1651.  
  1652. U.S. Colleges Continue to Grapple With Coronavirus Outbreaks
  1653. >Colleges nationwide continue to struggle with increasing coronavirus cases, the virus spreading seemingly unabated on some campuses in Georgia, Texas and Iowa.
  1654. >Although at least one major university--the University of Notre Dame--has seen the rate of new cases slow enough to try returning to in-person instruction next week.
  1655. >Georgia College & State University, a public liberal arts school in Milledgeville, Ga., has reported 535 cases on its campus of nearly 7,000 students since mid-June, including 231 in the past four days.
  1656. >Students and others there are required to wear masks, but the school isn’t generally testing asymptomatic individuals. Some students have complained that contact tracing and quarantine rules are too lax as well. A campus workers union staged a protest Friday to demand, among other changes, remote learning options, rigorous contact tracing along with timely Covid-19 testing.
  1657. >Spokesman Omar Odeh said the school is concerned about the recent rise and the spread seems to be happening largely among students in off-campus locations.
  1658. https://archive.is/4pOlo
  1659.  
  1660. Coronavirus: $300 in extra jobless payments start within 2 weeks
  1661. https://archive.is/z3dA2
  1662.  
  1663. A 1-year-old is now the youngest reported coronavirus victim in Georgia
  1664. >A 1-year-old is now the youngest Covid-19 victim in Georgia, according to the state health department.
  1665.  
  1666. >The child had serious medical conditions, said Valerie Crow, Cobb County Public Health spokesperson. Cobb County is just outside of Atlanta.
  1667.  
  1668. >As of Friday afternoon, there are over 900 positive cases in infants younger than 1 year of age, 58 hospitalizations and zero deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. There are over 3,000 cases in children between the ages of 1 and 4, sixty-two hospitalizations and one death.
  1669.  
  1670. >Cases of the coronavirus in children increased 21% between August 6 and August 20, according to an updated joint report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. More than 440,000 children have been infected in the US since the start of the pandemic, the report said.
  1671.  
  1672. >The report also said severe illness in children from the virus is rare despite climbing numbers.
  1673. https://archive.is/SESwN
  1674.  
  1675. 'Without evidence': Once again, FDA expands use of SARS-2 treatment without research to back it up
  1676. >The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday allowed the drug remdesivir to be used on all patients hospitalized with COVID-19, although no published research supports such widespread use.
  1677.  
  1678. >The move, which comes less than a week after the agency approved use of convalescent plasma – also with no published scientific support – has fueled concerns the agency is yielding to political pressure.
  1679.  
  1680. >"It seems to be a pattern of approval without science, without data, without evidence," said Dr. Eric Topol, vice president for research at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California and a national expert on the use of data in medical research.
  1681.  
  1682. >In May, the FDA allowed remdesivir to be used for hospitalized patients who need oxygen, but not those sick enough to require ventilation. A government study published that month in the New England Journal of Medicine found those patients recovered faster than those who hadn't gotten the drug, though there was no evidence that it saved lives.
  1683.  
  1684. >No studies have been published since then supporting more widespread use of remdesivir, yet the FDA said the data is now compelling enough to expand its use.
  1685.  
  1686. >"The data show that this treatment has the potential to help even more hospitalized patients who are suffering from the effects of this devastating virus," FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn said.
  1687.  
  1688. >The FDA uses that process to approve products that, based on scientific evidence, it is “reasonable to believe … may be effective.” An emergency use authorization can be issued only during an emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, when there are no adequate, approved and available alternatives.
  1689.  
  1690. >Topol said he was appalled by the expanded approval of the drug. "There are no data to support wide use of remdesivir," he said. "This is extraordinary."
  1691. https://archive.is/N9JWz
  1692.  
  1693. South Korea doctors' strike escalates, Seoul imposes unprecedented coronavirus rules
  1694. >The South Korean government ramped up efforts to end a strike by thousands of the country's doctors on Friday, as Seoul took the unprecedented step of restricting eateries in the capital in a bid to blunt a surge in coronavirus cases.
  1695.  
  1696. >The Health Ministry extended a back-to-work order for doctors to the entire country and filed a complaint with police against at least 10 doctors it said have not abided by an order that has been in place in Seoul since Wednesday.
  1697.  
  1698. >The escalation in the dispute between doctors and the government comes as South Korean officials grapple with a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections.
  1699. https://archive.is/sFh6T
  1700.  
  1701. US: 28 L.A. County children sickened by MIS-C linked to SARS-2
  1702. https://archive.is/H1T8b
  1703.  
  1704. Hong Kong Mass Virus Test Plan Hampered By Swirling China Distrust
  1705. >Hong Kong's plan to offer free coronavirus tests to all residents has become swept up in the festering political debate dividing the city, where many remain deeply distrustful of both local leaders and China.
  1706.  
  1707. >Billed as a benevolent public health initiative made possible with Chinese help, the city-wide tests are set to start on Tuesday in an attempt to stamp out a third wave of infections that have swept through the densely populated financial hub.
  1708.  
  1709. >But the involvement of doctors and companies from the mainland has sent the rumour mills into overdrive and compounded fears of Beijing's surveillance state, while many health experts in the city have questioned the efficacy of a mass testing programme.
  1710.  
  1711. >On the authoritarian mainland, biometric data forms a crucial part of China's vast security dragnet and many Hong Kongers fear mass testing will lead to widespread DNA collection -- something local authorities have strenuously denied.
  1712.  
  1713. >The furore is the latest illustration of the polarisation in Hong Kong as Beijing clamps down on its critics after months of huge, often violent and ultimately unsuccessful pro-democracy protests last year.
  1714. https://archive.is/4vt2m
  1715.  
  1716. How Coronavirus Overpowered the World Health Organization
  1717. https://archive.is/ljPby
  1718.  
  1719. C.D.C.’s ‘Clarification’ on Coronavirus Testing Offers More Confusion
  1720. >In his statement, Dr. Redfield sought to explain: “Testing is meant to drive actions and achieve specific public health objectives. Everyone who needs a Covid-19 test can get a test. Everyone who wants a test does not necessarily need a test; the key is to engage the needed public health community in the decision with the appropriate follow-up action.”
  1721.  
  1722. >The clarification does not change the new guidelines, which remain on the C.D.C.’s website. But it is unusual. Public health experts say clear, consistent communications are essential to fighting an infectious disease outbreak, and in interviews several said that statements from the C.D.C. and Dr. Redfield had fallen far short of that goal.
  1723. https://archive.is/TVR80
  1724.  
  1725. Brazilian islands to reopen for tourists who already had SARS-2
  1726. >A group of scenic Brazilian islands that have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic are reopening for tourists -- but only to those who can prove they had COVID-19.
  1727. >Authorities in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco said the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, a group of 21 volcanic islands, is preparing to allow its first visitors since closing in mid-March to slow the spread of the pandemic.
  1728. >Guilherme Rocha, the state's administrator, said those seeking to visit the islands can apply online, but must provide proof they already had COVID-19.
  1729. >Rocha said prospective tourists must submit either a positive test for the disease that is at least 20 days old, or a test showing the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in their blood.
  1730. https://archive.is/2oPjc
  1731.  
  1732. Anecdotal evidence showed that low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) could improve the condition of patients with pneumonia symptoms, including SARS-2 patients.
  1733. >A team of doctors in Israel at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer plans to conduct a clinical trial using low-dose radiation therapy to fight COVID-19. It would be the first of its kind in Israel and one of only a handful of similar studies worldwide.
  1734. >Some 30 patients will participate in the study over the next 15 weeks, Prof. Zvi Symon of Sheba’s Radiation Oncology Department told The Jerusalem Post. The trial is based on the hypothesis that low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) could improve clinical, radiographic and immune outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome, he said.
  1735. https://archive.is/K1uz6
  1736.  
  1737. Citriodiol spray - Mosi-guard insect repellant could protect against Coronavirus, study, evidence
  1738. >The research found that sprays containing Citriodiol “can kill the virus”.
  1739.  
  1740. >However, the tests found that while Mosi-guard was able to reduce the amount of virus on a surface – and significantly when highly concentrated – it did not destroy it completely.
  1741. >Scientists exposed latex synthetic skin to Covid-19, before treating it with Mosi-guard.
  1742.  
  1743. >The research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed showed Citriodiol does have anti-viral properties. After an hour there was “some loss of recoverable virus” on the latex surface.
  1744. >However, some virus was still recoverable after four hours, and the experiment concluded Covid-19 “was recoverable from all surfaces tested and did not result in complete viral inactivation on the latex synthetic skin”.
  1745.  
  1746. >Scientists also noted that the latex substitute is unlikely to behave in the exact same way as human skin.
  1747. https://archive.is/b49VW
  1748.  
  1749. Yale study: Men and women may need different coronavirus treatment
  1750. https://archive.is/hBKsm
  1751. >Men and women demonstrated “key differences in the immune response during the early phases of infection,” officials said.
  1752.  
  1753. >Men had higher levels of several types of inflammatory proteins called cytokines, which are typically deployed by the body as a “first general counterattack to invading pathogens, in which immune cells are called to the site of an infection, creating inflammation of the affected tissue as a physical barrier against the invading pathogen to promote healing,” the researchers said in the release.
  1754.  
  1755. >“However, in severe cases of COVID-19, an excessive buildup of cytokines, referred to as a “cytokine storm,” causes fluid to build up in the lungs, depriving the body of oxygen and potentially leading to shock, tissue damage, and multiple organ failure. The earlier higher concentrations of cytokines in men make these outcomes more likely,”
  1756.  
  1757. >“Observations of patients over time revealed that poor T-cell responses in men led to worsening of the disease. When female patients had highly elevated innate cytokine levels, they too did worse,” the researchers said in the release. “In addition, older men — but not older women — were observed to have significantly worse T-cell responses than younger patients.”
  1758. https://archive.is/nRIww
  1759.  
  1760. Spanish police arrest coronavirus sceptic for inciting violence
  1761. >The 38-year-old claimed health professionals and the media were behind what he called the “Covid farce” and urged his followers to attack politicians and journalists, police said.
  1762. >“All this would be solved with a shot to the back of [Spanish prime minister] Pedro Sánchez’s head,” he wrote on one of his accounts.
  1763.  
  1764. >Police said the suspect allegedly made calls to nursing homes, hospitals and football clubs, passing himself off as a government official, to spread false information about the pandemic.
  1765. https://archive.is/EtHn2
  1766.  
  1767. France, Spain and Italy all recorded large jumps in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as fears that a second wave is taking hold in Europe grow.
  1768. >France added 5,429 cases overnight, government figures showed, marking the country's largest single-day increase since April 14, and the third-largest daily rise since the pandemic began.
  1769. >Jean Castex, the French Prime Minister, said on Thursday that the country's R figure is now at 1.4, well above the crucial 1 figure needed to keep the infection curve flat.
  1770. >He warned that the government will need to intervene to stop the new outbreak, which he said is being caused by young people, though insisted there will be no return to a general lockdown.
  1771. >Meanwhile Italy, which had some of the lowest case totals in Europe after reopening its economy, registered 1,367 cases - its largest rise since May.
  1772. >Spain registered another 7,296 cases, enough to push the country above the US - the world's worst-affected nation - in number of cases per million inhabitants, based on a seven-day rolling average.
  1773. https://archive.is/bSebP
  1774.  
  1775. The coronavirus is damaging kidneys. Doctors worry that some survivors will need dialysis forever
  1776. >Two studies of New York patients found that 68% to 76% of intensive care patients with COVID-19 had kidney damage. In one, a third of ICU patients needed dialysis, a process in which a machine performs the kidney’s blood-filtering work
  1777. >Doctors said the kidneys suffer along with the rest of the body. “The kidney is kind of an innocent bystander sometimes,” Boyle said. “If the rest of the body isn’t doing well, the kidney feels it too.”
  1778. >Whether the coronavirus directly attacks kidney cells is controversial. Some studies find no sign of the virus in kidney tissue, but a recent Lancet study found viral RNA in 60% of 63 autopsy samples and in 72% of samples from patients with acute kidney injury.
  1779. >Another possibility, Negoianu said, is that blood clotting caused by COVID-19 damages kidneys.
  1780. https://archive.is/jZGAO
  1781.  
  1782. Outcomes for Patients With SARS-2 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  1783. https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(20)31336-X/fulltext#%20
  1784.  
  1785. Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication
  1786. https://archive.is/8frRV
  1787.  
  1788. As virus rages, US economy struggles to sustain a recovery
  1789. https://archive.is/1j9a0
  1790.  
  1791. Lung innervation in the eye of a cytokine storm: neuroimmune interactions and SARS-2
  1792. https://archive.is/PdErz
  1793.  
  1794. From 'happy hypoxia' to purpuric rashes — here are all the perilous ways the coronavirus attacks the body
  1795. https://archive.is/CWUrp
  1796.  
  1797. Brain deficits, nerve pain can torment Covid patients for months
  1798. https://archive.is/TG1yH
  1799.  
  1800. Palestinian factions blame Israel for coronavirus 'catastrophe' in Gaza
  1801. >They warned that if the ‘siege is not lifted and all medical supplies are not brought into the Gaza Strip to confront this pandemic, the Palestinian people will not suffer alone’
  1802. >Israel is responsible for the lives of Palestinians in light of the coronavirus outbreak in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian factions said Thursday.
  1803. >If the “siege is not lifted and all medical supplies are not brought into the Gaza Strip to confront this pandemic, the Palestinian people will not suffer alone,” they warned in a statement.
  1804. >If Israel fails to comply with their demands, it will pay a price that would bring relief to the Palestinians and be recorded by history, the factions said.
  1805. https://archive.is/YxlL5
  1806.  
  1807. From Thailand to Israel, schools around the world return with SARS-CoV-2 guidelines
  1808. https://archive.is/nzd2J
  1809.  
  1810. SARS-CoV-2: Qatar announces partial reopening of mosques and public transport from September 1
  1811. https://archive.is/OVCsV
  1812.  
  1813. Cinema's not dead yet: Saudi investor opens new theatre despite SARS-CoV-2
  1814. https://archive.is/JSyGb
  1815.  
  1816. Eat around the mold: Marines in Japan served expired food while on SARS-CoV-2 quarantine
  1817. >For five days the Marines were served “two year old expired sandwiches,” and told by their command to “eat around the mold,” the Marine said on Aug. 17.
  1818.  
  1819. >“There’s no eating around it, the bread is completely wet and covered in mold, the meat on the sandwiches is very, very questionable,” the Marine added.
  1820.  
  1821. >The sandwiches were sent to the Marines by mistake, Maj. Ken Kunze, a spokesman for Marine Corps Installations Pacific, told Marine Corps Times in an email.
  1822. https://archive.is/j7tiJ
  1823.  
  1824. Worst of coronavirus impact on Russia’s economy over – Putin
  1825. https://archive.is/t464A
  1826.  
  1827. Japan PM Shinzo Abe set to announce resignation amid health concerns and pandemic
  1828. https://archive.is/dkZXi
  1829.  
  1830. US, Nevada: Genomic Evidence for a Case of Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2
  1831. https://archive.is/YyIdG
  1832.  
  1833. US: The 5 hardest-hit states from coronavirus
  1834. >New York. Its unemployment rate was 15.9 percent in July, up from 15.7 percent in June and 14.5 percent in May. New York’s delinquency rate fell to 8.38 percent, down from 9.65 percent in June. The state’s overall reading was 24.28.
  1835. >Nevada. As casinos reopened, Nevada’s jobless rate fell to 14 percent in July, down from 15 percent in June and a whopping 25.3 percent in May. The Silver State’s mortgage delinquency rate fell to 8.77 percent in July, down from 9.71 percent in June and 9.99 percent in May.
  1836. >New Jersey. Hammered by the coronavirus, New Jersey saw its delinquency rate dip to 8.81 percent in July, down from 10.11 percent in June, according to Black Knight. Garden State unemployment fell to 13.8 percent in July, down from 16.6 percent in June.
  1837. >Mississippi. A new entrant to the top 5, Mississippi’s mortgage delinquency rate was 11.36 percent in July. Unemployment was 10.8 percent.
  1838. >Massachusetts. Massachusetts had the worst unemployment rate in the nation in July, repeating June’s reading. However, its mortgage delinquency rate was a comparatively low 5.81 percent. The state had reported nearly 9,000 deaths from COVID-19 as of Aug. 25. Unemployment fell to 16.1 percent in July from 17.4 percent in June.
  1839. https://archive.is/PewEc
  1840.  
  1841. US: California signs deal to double coronavirus testing capacity, provide cheaper and faster tests
  1842. >California has inked a deal with Massachusetts-based diagnostics company PerkinElmer worth about $1.4 million to provide cheaper coronavirus tests that will allow the state to eventually more than double its overall testing capacity to about 250,000 people per day.
  1843.  
  1844. >Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) discussed the contract during a press briefing Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. The governor confirmed that California currently averages around 100,000 tests daily, and the state absorbs the $100 cost per test. Results tend to take about five to seven business days to come back.
  1845.  
  1846. >With the new partnership, tests will not only cost significantly less at around $31 per test, but results will come back within two days.
  1847. https://archive.is/VCYvZ
  1848.  
  1849.  
  1850. Japanese researchers say ozone effective in neutralizing coronavirus
  1851. >Japanese researchers say that low concentrations of ozone can neutralize coronavirus particles, potentially providing a way for hospitals to disinfect examination rooms and waiting areas.
  1852.  
  1853. >Scientists at Fujita Health University told a news conference they had proven that ozone gas in concentrations of 0.05 to 0.1 parts per million (ppm), levels considered harmless to humans, could kill the virus.
  1854.  
  1855. >The experiment used an ozone generator in a sealed chamber with a sample of coronavirus. The potency of the virus declined by more than 90% when subjected to low level ozone for 10 hours.
  1856.  
  1857. >"Transmission of the novel coronavirus may be reduced by continuous, low-concentration ozone treatment, even in environments where people are present, using this kind of system," said lead researcher Takayuki Murata.
  1858.  
  1859. >"We found it to be particularly effective in high-humidity conditions."
  1860.  
  1861. >Ozone, a type of oxygen molecule, is known to inactivate many pathogens, and previously experiments have shown that high concentrations, between 1-6 ppm, were effective against the coronavirus but potentially toxic to humans.
  1862.  
  1863. >A recent study at the Georgia Institute of Technology showed that ozone may be effective in disinfecting gowns, goggles and other medical protective equipment.
  1864.  
  1865. >Fujita Medical University Hospital, in Aichi Prefecture, has installed ozone generators to reduce infection in waiting areas and patient rooms.
  1866. https://archive.is/e8OEO
  1867.  
  1868. Third of young workers expect to work from home after the pandemic
  1869. >Almost a third of younger workers intend to ignore ministers’ pleas to return to the workplace and will carry on working from home.
  1870.  
  1871. >The Government hopes the reopening of schools next month will herald a mass shift in workers going back to their offices, but a study by University College London suggests a large proportion of the workforce may carry on home-working for good.
  1872. >A separate survey found 50 of the UK’s biggest employers will not ask employees to return to their workplaces full-time.
  1873.  
  1874. >It suggests ministers may be able to do little to prevent a permanent structural change in the economy, with businesses that rely on office-workers, such as city centre pubs and sandwich bars, among those in peril.
  1875. https://archive.is/XGw4h
  1876.  
  1877. New CDC study offers the strongest evidence yet that SARS-CoV-2 can spread in airplanes
  1878. >A study published by the CDC found that asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers can spread the coronavirus on flights.
  1879. >The study found that on a flight with 290 passengers, one passenger caught the novel coronavirus from one of six asymptomatic carriers on the flight.
  1880. >The researchers said the study shows that onboard mask usage is crucial to preventing the virus from spreading, as is hand hygiene, disinfecting surfaces, and working to limit contact during boarding and deplaning.
  1881. https://archive.is/A0Wqh
  1882.  
  1883. Berlin bans large weekend protests against coronavirus restrictions, citing health grounds
  1884. >The interior minister for the city-state of Berlin, Andreas Geisel, said the ban was prompted by coronavirus skeptics "deliberately" breaking hygiene safety rules agreed with police during a previous mass Berlin event on August 1 (pictured above). Many attendants did not wear face masks or seek to uphold social distancing measures as requested.
  1885. https://archive.is/xGWEn
  1886.  
  1887. Facial recognition designed to detect around face masks is failing, study finds
  1888. >In July, NIST released a report noting that face masks were thwarting regular facial recognition algorithms, with error rates ranging from 5% to 50%. NIST is widely considered the leading authority on facial recognition accuracy testing, and expected algorithms to improve on identifying people in face masks.
  1889. >Rank One, a facial recognition provider used in cities like Detroit, had an error rate of 0.6% without masks, and a 34.5% error rate once masks were digitally applied. In May, the company started offering "periocular recognition," which claimed to be able to identify people just off their eyes and nose.
  1890. >Trueface, which is used in schools and on Air Force bases, saw its algorithm error rate go from 0.9% to 34.8% once masks were added. The company's CEO, Shaun Moore, told CNN on Aug. 12 that its researchers were working on a better algorithm for detecting beyond masks.
  1891. >While every facial recognition algorithm suffered a higher error rate once masks got added, some error rates were as low as 3%, indicating that it's not impossible for algorithms to identify people even when their faces are covered.
  1892. https://archive.is/YcGNH
  1893.  
  1894. Dialysis patients at greater risk of coronavirus infection: Study
  1895. >The researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine Institute, Baltimore have found that people receiving hemodialysis for chronic kidney disease could be at a greater risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. According to a report published in ANI, COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 virus can spread rapidly among residents in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, leading to high numbers of cases and deaths in a very vulnerable population.
  1896. >According to research published in US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the researchers started their study in April 2020 at a 200-bed Maryland nursing home with an independently operated, on-site hemodialysis centre. The testing for exposure to SARS-CoV-2 was conducted on all residents but three were tested negative before the study completed.
  1897. https://archive.is/cMbuj
  1898.  
  1899. Ontario researchers make strides in predicting severity of coronavirus in patients
  1900. >The findings still need to be validated with larger groups of patients
  1901. >A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University in London, Ont., is reporting groundbreaking discoveries that researchers hope will lead to better outcomes for those seriously ill due to the novel coronavirus.
  1902.  
  1903. >The two small studies, published back-to-back this week in Critical Care Explorations, focus on identifying ways to predict the severity of illness and on understanding and treating serious blood clots.
  1904. >"If we know ahead of time that someone's going to get dreadfully ill and we think we have a variety of things that might help, we may implement them much, much earlier," lead researcher Dr. Douglas Fraser told Global News.
  1905. https://archive.is/Aiqpb
  1906.  
  1907. Study: Pandemic isolation makes eating disorders worse
  1908. >Eating disorders thrive on secrecy, and pandemic shelter-in-place orders have provided just that for millions.
  1909.  
  1910. >“Suddenly everyone was in isolation, having to change their routine, or having a lack of routine and structure,” says licensed professional counselor Lisa Clark.
  1911.  
  1912. >According to a new study in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, many suffering from anorexia have been restricting their eating more during the pandemic. Others with bulimia and binge-eating disorder are doing just the opposite.
  1913.  
  1914. >“With the pandemic, people were panicking and going to the grocery store. They were afraid things were going to close down,” Clark said. “So now instead of following their normal routine and structure, they have access to food all the time.”
  1915. https://archive.is/wX45q
  1916.  
  1917. Mexico on board with early-stage study of Italian SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  1918. >Mexico's Foreign Minister announces that it will participate in an early-stage study evaluating a COVID-19 vaccine candidate being developed in Italy by Rome-based ReiThera. The vaccine, dubbed GRAd-COV2, may be commercially available by the spring of next year if all goes well.
  1919.  
  1920. >Rome's Lazzaro Spallanzani institute will conduct the trial in 90 healthy volunteers.
  1921.  
  1922. >It is apparently unclear if Mexico, which signed on to provide 2,000 volunteers for studies of Russia's "Sputnik V" COVID-19 vaccine, will participate in mid- or late-stage trials.
  1923. https://archive.is/phqwV
  1924.  
  1925. Latin America's evangelical churches hard hit by pandemic
  1926. >Some 400 men and women gather to pray through face masks with arms raised for the health of friends and relatives suffering from the novel coronavirus
  1927. https://archive.is/TkA7d
  1928.  
  1929. FDA authorizes Abbott’s rapid $5 coronavirus test that doesn’t need specialty equipment to get results
  1930. >The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that doesn’t need any special computer equipment to get results.
  1931.  
  1932. >The 15-minute test from Abbott Laboratories will sell for $5, giving it a competitive edge over similar tests that need to be popped into a small machine. The portable test is based on the same technology used to test for the flu, strep throat and other infections.
  1933.  
  1934. >It's the latest cheaper, simpler test to hit the U.S. market, providing new options to expand testing as schools and businesses struggle to reopen and flu season approaches. The FDA also recently greenlighted a saliva test from Yale University that bypasses some of the supplies that have led to testing bottlenecks.
  1935.  
  1936. >Both tests have limitations and neither can be done at home. Several companies are developing rapid, at-home tests, but none have yet won approval. Abbott’s new test still requires a nasal swab by a health worker, like most older coronavirus tests. The Yale saliva test eliminates the need for a swab, but can only be run at high-grade laboratories.
  1937.  
  1938. >The two additions should help expand the number of available tests. The U.S. is now testing about 690,000 people per day, down from a peak of 850,000 daily tests late last month. Many public health experts believe the country will soon need to test vastly more people to find those who are infected, isolate them and contain the virus.
  1939. https://archive.is/02FAX
  1940.  
  1941. Multiple states report SARS-CoV-2 cases linked to Sturgis rally
  1942. >Health experts' fears about the hundreds of thousands of bikers who descended on South Dakota for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the middle of a pandemic are coming true.
  1943. >At least 100 coronavirus cases in eight states are believed to be linked to the 10-day motorcycle event earlier this month, according to The Associated Press. South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Washington state health departments all have reported cases.
  1944. >Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who's slated to speak at the Republican National convention Wednesday, supported holding the rally in her state.
  1945. https://archive.is/UtYsr
  1946.  
  1947. CDC did not get orders from President Trump to change coronavirus testing guidelines, HHS says
  1948. https://archive.is/i06UU
  1949.  
  1950. Trump administration defends 'inexplicable' changes to coronavirus testing guidelines
  1951. >The new guidance says that as long as a person is not showing symptoms, even close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 is not sufficient reason to get a test. “You do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your health care provider or State or local public health officials recommend you take one," the new guidance says.
  1952.  
  1953. >A top Trump administration official defended new guidelines that say people without symptoms do not need a coronavirus test, a development that has been widely criticized as unproductive since the guidance was issued on Tuesday.
  1954.  
  1955. >Adm. Brett Giroir, the assistant U.S. secretary for health, rejected reports that the guidance — which also discards an earlier recommendation that “all close contacts” of a person infected with COVID-19 be tested — was made because of political pressure. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States proportionally has more cases than other nations because of a significantly greater testing capacity.
  1956.  
  1957. >“All the docs signed off on this,” Giroir told reporters on a Wednesday morning call intended to counter negative coverage of the new guideline. He said he had worked on the guidance with Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  1958.  
  1959. >However, Giroir declined to respond to questions about what role, if any, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, played in formulating the amended guidance. Polls show Fauci is trusted by significantly more Americans than Trump when it comes to the pandemic. His insistent urging that Americans follow a rigorous public health approach has made him a target for those, including the president and his most loyal supporters, who have frequently downplayed the scope of the pandemic.
  1960. https://archive.is/pkBVg
  1961.  
  1962. SARS-CoV-2 lockdowns blocked flu in some places but fall looms
  1963. >Winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and country after country -- South Africa, Australia, Argentina -- had a surprise: Their steps against COVID-19 also apparently blocked the flu.
  1964. >But there’s no guarantee the Northern Hemisphere will avoid twin epidemics as its own flu season looms while the coronavirus still rages.
  1965. >“This could be one of the worst seasons we've had from a public health perspective with COVID and flu coming together. But it also could be one of the best flu seasons we've had,” Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press.
  1966. >U.S. health officials are pushing Americans to get vaccinated against the flu in record numbers this fall, so hospitals aren't overwhelmed with a dueling “twindemic."
  1967. >It's also becoming clear that wearing masks, avoiding crowds and keeping your distance are protections that are “not specific for COVID. They're going to work for any respiratory virus," Redfield said.
  1968. https://archive.is/t3bay
  1969.  
  1970. Lottery sales increase in Michigan during coronavirus pandemic
  1971. >Michigan residents are spending more money playing the lottery — and that could be good news for the state’s bottom line.
  1972. >Overall, year-to-date Michigan Lottery sales are up about 5% compared to last fiscal year, lottery spokesperson Jake Harris said.
  1973.  
  1974. >Profits from the Michigan Lottery go towards the state’s School Aid Fund, the state’s primary source of K-12 funding. To date, the lottery has contributed $968.2 million to the fund this fiscal year, roughly a 3% increase compared to the previous fiscal year, Harris said.
  1975. >David Zin, chief economist with the nonpartisan Senate Fiscal Agency, said the state has “had some of the most spectacular months we’ve ever had from the lottery during the pandemic” during a Monday presentation at the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference.
  1976.  
  1977. >Although other sources of School Aid Fund revenue, like casino taxes, are down due to measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19, the increase in lottery sales and better-than-expected sales tax revenue is helping cushion the blow, Zin said.
  1978. >When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Michigan in mid-March, sales of many lottery games declined as player behavior changed, Harris said. Powerball and Club Keno were down 54% and 43%, respectively, and Mega Millions and Fast Cash were both down 26% from March through July.
  1979.  
  1980. >But players shifted their spending to other games during that time period — sales of instant games increased 32%
  1981. https://archive.is/iZlrO
  1982.  
  1983. Coronavirus: Payment for people on low incomes who must self-isolate
  1984. >People on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to £182 if they have to self-isolate.
  1985.  
  1986. >From Tuesday, those who claim Universal Credit or Working Tax Credit and cannot work from home will be able to get the money - equal to £13 a day.
  1987. >The benefit will be trialled in parts of north-west England first.
  1988.  
  1989. >Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the payment "goes nowhere near far enough", adding people need "full pay".
  1990. >It will be worth £13 a day, so people who test positive for the virus will get £130 for their 10-day self-isolation.
  1991.  
  1992. >But members of the household - who currently must self-isolate for 14 days - will be entitled to up to £182, assuming they also qualify for the payment.
  1993. >And anyone who is told to self-isolate by NHS contact tracers and meets the qualification criteria will also be entitled to £13 per day for however long they must self-isolate.
  1994. https://archive.is/A1jHX
  1995.  
  1996. CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change SARS-CoV-2 testing guidance, official says
  1997. >A sudden change in federal guidelines on coronavirus testing came this week as a result of pressure from the upper ranks of the Trump administration, a federal health official close to the process tells CNN, and a key White House coronavirus task force member was not part of the meeting when the new guidelines were discussed.
  1998. >"It's coming from the top down," the official said of the new directive from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  1999.  
  2000. >White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was in surgery and not part of the discussion during the August 20 task force meeting when updated guidelines were discussed.
  2001.  
  2002. >"I was under general anesthesia in the operating room and was not part of any discussion or deliberation regarding the new testing recommendations," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
  2003.  
  2004. >"I am concerned about the interpretation of these recommendations and worried it will give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern. In fact it is," he said.
  2005.  
  2006. >The new guidelines raise the bar on who should get tested, advising that some people without symptoms probably don't need it -- even if they've been in close contact with an infected person.
  2007.  
  2008. >Previously, the CDC said viral testing was appropriate for people with recent or suspected exposure, even if they were asymptomatic.
  2009.  
  2010. >CDC would not comment on questions about its own policy change. A CDC spokesperson referred all questions to the Department of Health and Human Services.
  2011.  
  2012. >In a statement to CNN, HHS Assistant Secretary Brett Giroir said: "This Guidance has been updated to reflect current evidence and best public health practices, and to further emphasize using CDC-approved prevention strategies to protect yourself, your family, and the most vulnerable of all ages."
  2013.  
  2014. >HHS has not specified what change in "current evidence" may have driven the change. In a call with reporters Wednesday afternoon, Giroir said the update to the CDC guidelines on testing was deliberated and approved last week.
  2015.  
  2016. >"This was discussed at the last task force meeting and approved, I think that was Thursday of last week," Giroir told CNN's Jeremy Diamond on the call. "We posted this on Monday morning."
  2017.  
  2018. >Giroir said in the call that the updated CDC guidelines were written by multiple authors, adding that he, Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, worked on the updated guidelines.
  2019.  
  2020. >Giroir said the focus was to do more "appropriate" testing, not "less" testing, and said, "it cannot be interpreted that we are inhibiting local public health."
  2021. https://archive.is/BHnaf
  2022.  
  2023. Three-Decade Economic Boom Comes to a Sudden Halt in Vietnam
  2024. >With garment companies seeing orders slashed and other sectors hit with sudden export declines, Vietnam’s workers are enduring the downside of being tethered to the global economy. The economic slowdown in the U.S. and other markets Vietnam depends on for growth is being felt on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, as well as in villages and tourist centers.
  2025.  
  2026. >In April, Vietnam’s exports plummeted 14% from a year earlier, followed by a drop of 12.4% in May as global commerce came to a standstill, according to the Department of Vietnam Customs. For the seven months through July, exports rose just 1.5% compared with 8% in the same period last year.
  2027.  
  2028. >The pace of Vietnam’s shipments to the U.S., its largest market representing about 23% of exports in 2019, slowed in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period last year. The government reported a 14.6% increase in exports to the U.S., about half the rate of shipment growth in 2019.
  2029.  
  2030. >Many of the sectors that have been hard hit, such as garments and textiles, employ millions of low-skilled workers. Samsung’s Vietnam unit, whose electronics products represented about 20% of the country’s total exports last year, revised its 2020 exports forecast to $45.5 billion, a $13.5 billion drop from 2019, according to the industry and trade ministry.
  2031.  
  2032. >Meanwhile, the tourism industry, which represents about 9% of the economy, had a 55.4% revenue drop during the first seven months of the year.
  2033. https://archive.is/Kr6EG
  2034.  
  2035. Inside the company at the forefront of China's push to develop a coronavirus vaccine
  2036. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2037. >[!!!]Yang said the small number of newly "reported" Covid-19 cases in China "didn't meet the necessary conditions for a Phase 3 trial", so Sinovac reached an agreement with Brazil -- which ranks second in the world for infections, with more than 3.6 million reported cases.
  2038. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2039. >In collaboration with the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, a Phase 3 study was launched in late July involving 9,000 volunteers, all health professionals who have worked with Covid-19 patients but haven't been infected with the virus, according to São Paulo officials.
  2040.  
  2041. >In exchange, Brazil was promised 120 million doses of the vaccine, if the tests found it to be effective.
  2042.  
  2043. >This month, Sinovac also rolled out another Phase 3 trial in Indonesia with 1,620 volunteers. Indonesia's state-owned Bio Farma said in a statement Friday that it signed a preliminary agreement with Sinovac for the bulk purchase of 50 million vaccines from November to March 2021, with guaranteed priority access until the end of next year.
  2044. https://archive.is/aE7JE
  2045.  
  2046. Brazil asks China for proof chicken wings had coronavirus
  2047. >Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country,
  2048.  
  2049. >The request was made during a meeting in the city of Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, where Brazilian agriculture attachés met local health and trade officials on Tuesday, the statement said.
  2050.  
  2051. >In response, according to the statement, the Chinese participants said the results are being kept by health authorities of Guangdong, who did not participate in the meeting.
  2052.  
  2053. >The Brazilians said they would continue to liaise with China’s municipal, provincial and central government’s to obtain the lab reports as well as other relevant information pertaining to the cas
  2054. https://archive.is/ksweM
  2055.  
  2056. Air New Zealand to draw on government loan after first annual loss in 18 years
  2057. >Air New Zealand Ltd plans to draw on a NZ$900 million ($596.34 million) government loan within days to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic after reporting its first annual loss in almost two decades.
  2058.  
  2059. >The funding injection will provide some much needed liquidity as the airline burns through cash, but it will come at a cost. Along with interest rates of 7-9%, the loan gives the government the right to seek repayment through a capital raising after six months or convert the loan to equity.
  2060.  
  2061. >"It was always intended as a short-term funding arrangement," Chief Financial Officer Jeff McDowall told Reuters in an interview. "It is not cheap because it is short term."
  2062.  
  2063. >The loan also gives the government security over many of Air New Zealand's aircraft, complicating its ability to get commercial funding until the loan is retired, McDowall said.
  2064. https://archive.is/m7wVM
  2065.  
  2066.  
  2067. China claims Kazakhstan has "a virus that’s even more deadly than the coronavirus"
  2068. >Chinese officials claim that the neighboring country of Kazakhstan is dealing with an outbreak of a new virus that’s even deadlier than the novel coronavirus.
  2069. >Kazakhstan officials say there is no new virus, though the country is dealing with a spike in COVID-19 cases.
  2070. >China’s handling of COVID-19 news has been sketchy since the early days of the pandemic, and it’s unclear why the country is making the claims.
  2071.  
  2072. >Kazakhstan officials have noted a huge spike in pneumonia in the country, and as we all know, COVID-19 emerged as an unidentified pneumonia in China before it was isolated and named. However, there’s no real evidence that the illness is anything other than a combination of seasonal illness and undiagnosed COVID-19 infections, so it’s odd that China would immediately jump to declaring that a new virus was on the loose.
  2073. >Or, maybe it’s not so odd. China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been interesting, to say the least. The country has kept a lot of information about the pandemic and its process of fighting it from the public. Reports out of China suggest that the situation in some areas was much, much worse than Chinese officials were claiming, so perhaps it’s not a stretch to think that China was eager to draw attention away from itself by claiming that a new virus in a different country was even more of a problem.
  2074. >Whatever the case, it’s now been over a month since China made its initial claims, and Kazakhstan has yet to report the emergence of anything other than an increase in COVID-19 cases. If there really was a new virus in the country that was even worse than the novel coronavirus, it’s sure taking its time.
  2075. https://archive.is/ckEOi
  2076.  
  2077. Kazakhstan secures supplies of Russian SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
  2078. >Kazakhstan has signed a deal to get supplies of Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine once clinical trials are complete, the Central Asian nation’s government and the backers of the Russian project said on Wednesday.
  2079.  
  2080. >Under the deal, Kazakhstan will buy more than 2 million doses initially and could later increase the volume to 5 million doses, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) that is backing the vaccine said in a statement.
  2081.  
  2082. >The sides did not disclose the price of the deal. The Nur-Sultan government said the vaccine would be made available to at-risk Kazakh citizens free of charge.
  2083. https://archive.is/mzgbp
  2084.  
  2085. Portugal's public deficit soars due to pandemic
  2086. >Portugal’s government reported on Wednesday a public deficit of 8.3 billion euros between January and July this year, over 17 times higher compared to the same period last year, due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  2087.  
  2088. >Total revenues fell 10.5% and tax revenues dropped 14.6% as a consequence of a “contraction of the economic activity”, the finance ministry said in a statement, adding expenditures grew 6.9% due to, among other things, subsidies for the unemployment and ill people.
  2089.  
  2090. >“Budget execution highlights the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and public services following the adoption of mitigation policy measures,” the ministry said.
  2091.  
  2092. >The outbreak is set to leave long-lasting scars on Portugal’s tourism-dependent economy, with the central bank expecting it to contract 9.5% this year.
  2093.  
  2094. >Last year, the country reported 2.2% growth and a budget surplus of 0.2% of gross domestic product
  2095. https://archive.is/RQ6wd
  2096.  
  2097. USDA commits to trade aid for lobster industry using coronavirus coffers
  2098. https://archive.is/Az6PY
  2099.  
  2100. SARS-CoV-2 re-infection by a distinct strain confirmed by whole genome sequencing
  2101. https://archive.is/acmfj
  2102.  
  2103. Survey finds more than 26,000 coronavirus cases at US universities since pandemic began
  2104. >more than 26,000 coronavirus cases have been reported at U.S. universities since the beginning of the pandemic.
  2105.  
  2106. >The newspaper surveyed more than 1,500 American colleges and universities to determine that more than 26,000 cases and 64 deaths have been identified at more than 750 institutions.
  2107.  
  2108. >The data comes as many college students across the nation are returning to in-person instruction and COVID-19 cases have been uncovered in dorms, Greek rows and at college bars in the past few weeks.
  2109.  
  2110. >Seven large public universities in the South have documented more than 500 cases each, and more than 30 institutions have reported more than 200 each, the Times noted.
  2111.  
  2112. >The survey included every four-year public institution, every private college that competes in NCAA sports and others that have reported cases.
  2113. https://archive.is/s4GH7
  2114.  
  2115. US: Another 1 million expected to file unemployment claims as coronavirus spikes and ebbs
  2116. >Another wave of Americans likely sought unemployment benefits as the coronavirus flares and ebbs throughout the U.S., leaving many businesses in limbo.
  2117.  
  2118. >About 1 million people filed initial applications for unemployment insurance last week, economists estimate, a slight dip from the 1.1 million who applied the week before.
  2119.  
  2120. >The number seeking unemployment aid for the first time has been volatile, slightly dipping and rising, yet remaining stubbornly high — far above the previous record of 695,000 weekly claims set during an economic downturn in 1982.
  2121. https://archive.is/aEGYk
  2122.  
  2123. Hong Kong man was reinfected with Covid: study
  2124. >Researchers at the University of Hong Kong on Monday said they have proved that a Hong Kong man was infected with Covid-19 for a second time – the world’s first such documented case.
  2125.  
  2126. >The 33-year-old IT worker was cleared of Covid-19 and discharged from a hospital in April. He tested positive for the virus again after returning from Spain earlier this month.
  2127.  
  2128. >Health officials at first were unsure if the man was a "persistent carrier" of the virus from his previous infection.
  2129.  
  2130. >But the HKU research team said genetic sequencing showed the virus strains contracted by him in April and August were “clearly different”. The study has been accepted by the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal, the researchers said.
  2131.  
  2132. >“Many believe that recovered Covid-19 patients have immunity against re-infection because most developed a serum neutralising antibody response. However, there is evidence that some patients have waning antibody level after a few months," the researchers said.
  2133.  
  2134. >“Our findings suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 may persist in the global human population as is the case for other common cold-associated human coronaviruses, even if patients have acquired immunity via natural infection,” they said.
  2135.  
  2136. >They said, therefore, patients who recovered after getting Covid-19 should also wear masks and maintain social distancing.
  2137.  
  2138. >"Since the immunity can be short-lasting after natural infection, vaccination should also be considered for those with one episode of infection," they said.
  2139. http://archive.is/0LDsd
  2140.  
  2141. Great Britain: food rationing in the event of the 2nd corona wave
  2142. >As the "Sun" learned from leaked documents, the British government is preparing for power outages, economic chaos and public unrest. There could even be a food and fuel shortage on the British Isles around Christmas. Then even the food output would have to be rationed. London is also looking into the possibility of using thousands of soldiers in the cities to help police.
  2143. >The “worst case” would be if a second corona wave coincides with a disorderly Brexit. Then the country could also be affected by a drug shortage. Great Britain left the European Union on January 31st. Talks about the future relationship have been stuck for months. A transition period applies until the end of the year, during which the relevant regulations continue
  2144. >And by the end of which a new free trade agreement is to be agreed. Without a regulation, from 2021 only trade relations like those with third countries will be possible. Then a massive slump in the exchange of goods would be expected.
  2145. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.oe24.at%2Fcoronavirus%2Fbriten-essens-rationierung-bei-2-corona-welle%2F443371718
  2146.  
  2147. Belarus would be the first foreign country to receive deliveries of the Russian vaccine
  2148. http://archive.is/5Azub
  2149.  
  2150. US: Rare Coronavirus Syndrome In Kids: NJ Among 3 Hardest-Hit States
  2151. >New Jersey is among the three states hit hardest by a rare inflammatory syndrome diagnosed in children battling coronavirus, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control.
  2152.  
  2153. >The illness, known multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), has been diagnosed in at least 31 kids in New Jersey.
  2154.  
  2155. >Children with the syndrome have symptoms resembling Kawasaki disease, another rare childhood condition that can cause swelling and heart problems. Other symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, neck pain, rash, bloodshot eyes or feeling extra tired.
  2156.  
  2157. >The illness can also cause problems for cardiovascular systems and inflammation of the muscles of the heart as well as what's known as "strawberry tongue," a swollen, bumpy tongue.
  2158.  
  2159. >According to the CDC report, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts saw more than 31 cases of MIS-C between March and July. Illinois and Pennsylvania, Louisiana and California each reported 21 to 30 cases of the inflammatory illness in children.
  2160. http://archive.is/C2zKw
  2161.  
  2162. Flu, SARS-2 symptoms could be 'confusing' this fall, King County official says
  2163. >hough the severity of the flu season can't be predicted and a vaccine for influenza isn't perfect, Dr. Jeff Duchin with Public Health - Seattle & King County says the vaccine this year could play an especially important role.
  2164.  
  2165. >The prospect of a severe or even average flu season compounded with the COVID-19 pandemic should be enough to grab anyone's attention, said Duchin in a Friday afternoon press conference.
  2166.  
  2167. >Health experts have yet to know how influenza and COVID-19 will interact. Plus, it will be "tremendously confusing" to have people with influenza, which can resemble COVID-19 at the beginning of an illness, Duchin said.
  2168.  
  2169. >People who appear to be infected with COVID-19, but really have influenza, may still have to be tested and quarantined until COVID-19 can be ruled out.
  2170.  
  2171. >On Friday, Duchin said the number of COVID-19 cases is still "too high for comfort."
  2172.  
  2173. >Duchin said that in the past two weeks, nearly 200 businesses have reported one or more people working while contagious.
  2174.  
  2175. >There have also been "many cases" reported in conjunction with social gatherings, most commonly with people in their teens and 20s.
  2176. http://archive.is/Huboy
  2177.  
  2178.  
  2179.  
  2180. US FDA announces emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19
  2181. http://archive.is/g6fGY
  2182.  
  2183. New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown, Australia case numbers slow
  2184. >New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a coronavirus lockdown in the country's largest city until the end of the week and introduced mandatory mask wearing on public transport across the nation.
  2185.  
  2186. >Ardern said the four-day extension in the city of Auckland was critical to enable the country to step down its scale of emergency restrictions - and remain at less restrictive levels.
  2187.  
  2188. >"We want both confidence, and certainty for everyone," Ardern said during a televised media conference.
  2189.  
  2190. >The Auckland lockdown, imposed on Aug. 11 after officials detected the country's first locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in more than three months, had been scheduled to end on Wednesday.
  2191. http://archive.is/N8VvI
  2192.  
  2193. Global stocks jump as investors pin hopes on coronavirus treatment
  2194. >Asian shares advanced for a second straight session on Monday, underpinned by coronavirus hopes after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option.
  2195.  
  2196. >The announcement from the U.S. FDA of a so-called “emergency use authorization” came on the eve of the Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump will be nominated to lead his party for four more years.
  2197.  
  2198. >E-Mini futures for the S&P500 gained 0.3%.
  2199. >MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside of Japan jumped 0.65%, moving toward a six-month high touched last week.
  2200.  
  2201. >Japan’s Nikkei reversed early losses to be last up 0.4%. Chinese shares rose too with the blue-chip CSI 300 index adding 0.8%. South Korea’s KOSPI, which has been on a slippery slope since hitting a more than two-year peak earlier this month, climbed 0.9%.
  2202.  
  2203. >Sentiment was also supported by a Financial Times report that the Trump administration is considering by-passing normal U.S. regulatory standards to fast-track an experimental coronavirus vaccine from the UK for use in America ahead of the presidential election.
  2204.  
  2205. >“Markets are opening this morning to optimism on the therapeutics front after the FDA authorized the use of blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat sick patients,” said Stephen Innes, chief global markets strategist at AxiCorp.
  2206.  
  2207. >“Not the COVID-19 cure all the world is hoping for, but it is another positive step to help patient recovery time and get people back on their feet quicker.”
  2208. http://archive.is/vLokJ
  2209.  
  2210. US: Officials say some Georgians treat COVID with bleach-like cleaner
  2211. >Gov. Brian Kemp’s office said Monday that the Department of Public Health has received reports that people are using diluted chlorine dioxide to “treat” COVID-19.
  2212.  
  2213. >“Chlorine dioxide is a bleach-like cleaning agent and, if ingested, can have severe, adverse health effects, including death,” Kemp’s office said in a release.
  2214. >Chlorine dioxide products have not been shown to be safe and effective for any use. Products are being marketed under various names: MSS, Miracle Mineral Solution, Master Mineral Solution, Water Purification Solution, CDS, Aqueous Chlorine Dioxide, and others, the governor’s office said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration put out warnings against using the products earlier this month.
  2215.  
  2216. >Health officials said taking chlorine dioxide products can lead to respiratory failure, fatal abnormal heart rhythms, life-threatening low blood pressure, liver failure, low blood cell counts and severe vomiting and diarrhea.
  2217. http://archive.is/tSzh8
  2218.  
  2219.  
  2220. Florida Man Says Wife Died of SARS-2 After Ignoring Health Guidance Because of Misinformation on Facebook
  2221. >Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife Erin both contracted COVID-19 in May, leading to complications resulting in the wife's death earlier this month, the BBC reported on Monday. Hitchens said that he and his wife were confused by misinformation and conspiracy theories they read on Facebook, leading them to avoid taking precautions to curb their chances of getting sick.
  2222. http://archive.is/j97Er
  2223.  
  2224.  
  2225.  
  2226.  
  2227. Jared Kushner made a deal with Russia for ventilators during the SARS-2 crisis, but every single machine was faulty, report says
  2228. >Jared Kushner facilitated the delivery of 45 ventilators from Russia to the US earlier this year, two senior administration officials told The Daily Beast.
  2229. >Those ventilators turned out to be faulty and were cast aside, local officials told the news outlet.
  2230. >The report said that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's staffers were surprised to see the supplies arriving from Russia.
  2231. >Kushner hurried the order along via a personal relationship with the CEO of a Russian sovereign wealth fund that's under US sanctions.
  2232. http://archive.is/sdFPy
  2233.  
  2234.  
  2235. Brazil's Bolsonaro Says Journalist 'Wimps' More Likely to Die of SARS-2
  2236. >Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continued his attack on journalists during a public event on Monday, describing reporters as "wimps" and saying they have a heightened chance of dying of COVID-19 because they are not athletic.
  2237.  
  2238. >The right-wing former army captain has long had a fractious relationship with the media, frequently singling out specific newspapers and journalists for his ire. His followers have also attacked journalists at rallies and other public events.
  2239.  
  2240. >On Sunday, Bolsonaro told a reporter, "I want to punch you in the face," after the reporter asked about thousands of dollars that were transferred into a bank account of the president's wife by a former aide who is now the target of a corruption probe.
  2241. http://archive.is/ozXPn
  2242.  
  2243.  
  2244.  
  2245. 43 of University of Southern California students have SARS-2
  2246. >More than 100 students have been asked to quarantine. The outbreak was first reported by the USC student newspaper and has since been posted on the university's website. USC said 14 positive cases of COVID-19 were identified through asymptomatic population testing and 29 cases through contact tracing and testing of symptomatic and exposed individuals.
  2247. http://archive.is/USHHM
  2248.  
  2249. UK: Coronavirus: Food processing plant cluster cases in Coupar Angus up to 152
  2250. >A total of 134 employees at the 2 Sisters factory have tested positive, plus 18 of their contacts, an increase of 42 from Sunday.
  2251.  
  2252. >Indoor visits to care homes, due to be reinstated across Scotland on Monday, can no longer go ahead in the area.
  2253.  
  2254. >The plant, which employs than 1,200 workers when approximately 300 agency staff are included, closed last Monday.
  2255.  
  2256. >Dr Emma Fletcher, NHS Tayside's associate director of public health, said: "Today's increase in positive cases was anticipated by the team managing the outbreak as the high volume of contact tracing, which was under way over the weekend, has now been largely complete."
  2257.  
  2258. >"We are seeing fewer, new cases today for follow-up, however detailed contact tracing continues and we remain in a high state of vigilance across Tayside."
  2259. http://archive.is/JPbM4
  2260.  
  2261. US: BioReference Labs says contamination issue led to NFL’s coronavirus false positives
  2262. >The private New Jersey laboratory contracted to handle coronavirus testing for multiple professional sporting leagues says it has solved the issue that led to dozens of false-positive diagnoses among NFL organizations over the weekend.
  2263.  
  2264. >BioReference Laboratories launched an investigation after 77 tests returned inaccurate results and connected the problem to specimen preparation, one of four situations that can lead to false positives
  2265.  
  2266. >“What happens is during the pour out process into these special tubes, you can occasionally ... get some sort of contamination, which we prep for and we’re ready for if that actually occurs,” Cohen explained. “What we did is we were able to very quickly isolate it to the NFL players that were being tested in a very small area and identify that that was most probably where the contamination occurred.”
  2267. http://archive.is/A0f0y
  2268.  
  2269. US: Prisoners and guards agree about federal coronavirus response: ‘We do not feel safe’
  2270. >When the BOP announced Aug. 5 it had moved into Phase 9 of its covid-19 action plan, prisoners and their advocates panned the news as the bureau’s attempt to create the impression that the virus is under control in facilities while papering over a deepening health and safety crisis.
  2271. >Covid-19 cases are proportionally higher and have spread faster in prisons than in the outside population, said Brendan Saloner, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who is studying the issue. Saloner told The Post federal public defenders contacted his team with troubling details from clients. “Their contention is that it’s worse in the BOP than in the state prisons,” he said.
  2272.  
  2273. >People inside the facilities aren’t the only ones at risk from an outbreak, Saloner added; as seen with other congregant facilities such as nursing homes, outbreaks in prisons inevitably spread back outside through staff, vendors and furloughed prisoners.
  2274. >“Prison isn’t Vegas — what happens there doesn’t stay in there,” he said.
  2275. http://archive.is/CjSCv
  2276.  
  2277. Coronavirus: Norfolk chicken processing plant staff test positive
  2278. >The outbreak at Banham Poultry in Attleborough, Norfolk, was announced by Louise Smith, the director of public health at Norfolk County Council.
  2279. >Ms Smith said more staff at the site would be tested.
  2280. >She said the plant, where several hundred people work, had acted quickly to prevent the spread of the virus.
  2281. >The council has been working with Public Health England, the NHS and Breckland Council.
  2282. >Ms Smith said Banham Poultry's management team was working closely with the county council to trace the contacts of those who have tested positive.
  2283. http://archive.is/0kafQ
  2284.  
  2285. AstraZeneca Drugmaker ramping up production of potential coronavirus vaccine in record time
  2286. >Drugmaker AstraZeneca's potential coronavirus vaccine is now in advanced trials, and the company says it has the capacity to make three billion doses when the vaccine is ready. But even before the final phase of testing and government approval, the vaccine is on a massive manufacturing drive.
  2287. http://archive.is/v3dsD
  2288.  
  2289. US: Campaign says Biden to be regularly tested for coronavirus
  2290. >Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, will be tested regularly for COVID-19, an aide said on Monday, as the campaign prepares for the possibility of more public events in the run-up to November's election.
  2291. http://archive.is/HdLvU
  2292.  
  2293. Coronavirus: Bus and coach firms facing financial hardship
  2294. >Bus firm Travel de Courcey has gone into administration, with it blaming a "collapse" in passenger numbers due to the pandemic.
  2295.  
  2296. >Based in Coventry, with 180 staff, it is thought to be the Midlands largest privately owned bus and coach company.
  2297.  
  2298. >It said passengers had not returned in sufficient numbers after a "sudden" fall at the start of lockdown.
  2299.  
  2300. >Warwickshire firm Johnsons Coaches said it was also looking to cut 78 jobs due to a fall in passenger numbers.
  2301.  
  2302. >John Johnson, commercial director of the 110-year-old family-run company, said they were running at 25% and had not operated a holiday since March.
  2303. https://archive.is/ONmb1
  2304.  
  2305. France: Over 100 Nudists Infected With Coronavirus After Outbreak at Naturist Resort
  2306. https://archive.is/2kbRW
  2307.  
  2308. A woman linked to the Coronavirus outbreak at a wedding reception in Maine has died
  2309. >One of the dozens of individuals who tested positive for Covid-19 after a wedding reception in Maine has died, according to hospital officials.
  2310. https://archive.is/XGzt5
  2311.  
  2312. Coronavirus: Jobless workers can receive $300 extra in California
  2313. https://archive.is/NkUeA
  2314.  
  2315.  
  2316. Coronavirus: Parents' fears as first schools in England to reopen
  2317. >Some parents, especially those shielding, have said they are scared to send their children back as England's first schools reopen.
  2318. >Leicester and Leicestershire pupils will be among the earliest in the country to return on Wednesday.
  2319. https://archive.is/FYKdx
  2320.  
  2321. South Korea Closes Most Schools in Seoul Area to Battle Resurgent Coronavirus
  2322. >Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online, the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
  2323. https://archive.is/2TwZH
  2324.  
  2325. Argentina records record number of coronavirus cases and deaths
  2326. >Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus on Monday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours, as the Latin American nation battles a surge of contagions.
  2327. >The country's health ministry said that just weeks into a stricter quarantine in the capital Buenos Aires and its suburbs, cases were now springing up in other regions of the country.
  2328. >Argentina has spent the past two years already mired in a serious economic crisis with recession, high inflation and soaring poverty, ills now deepened by the pandemic.
  2329. >The health ministry said on Tuesday that occupancy of intensive care beds is at 57.3% nationwide and 64.5% for the Buenos Aires area.
  2330. >To date, Argentina's number of cases and deaths have been fewer than those of neighbours such as Brazil, Chile and Peru.
  2331. https://archive.is/R5eWY
  2332.  
  2333.  
  2334.  
  2335. Louisiana coronavirus: State reports 622 more coronavirus cases, 18 additional deaths
  2336. https://archive.is/36rg7
  2337.  
  2338.  
  2339.  
  2340. German Experiment Tests How The Coronavirus Spreads At A Concert
  2341. >Even though only about a third of the 4,200 volunteers expected showed up for the experiment, researchers said they were satisfied with the data collected. The results of the study are expected in four to six weeks.
  2342.  
  2343. >Before the study was conducted, critics said such an experiment could not accurately create the conditions of a real concert, where people are drinking alcohol and singing without wearing masks. Gekle said health authorities wouldn't allow participants to drink indoors during the experiment.
  2344.  
  2345. >"That's the problem of every study, that it's not the 'real world,' " he said. "So we faced the option of either remaining without data or having data that doesn't completely reflect the normal context — but it's still halfway there. And halfway is still better than nothing at all."
  2346. https://archive.is/uApXl
  2347.  
  2348. NFL says zero players tested positive for coronavirus in latest round, expresses confidence
  2349. https://archive.is/gelVN
  2350.  
  2351. Google searches for anxiety soar to record high at beginning of coronavirus pandemic, study finds
  2352. >A new study found that people searched for severe anxiety-related information at record highs in March when the coronavirus pandemic was first declared a national emergency.
  2353. >Researchers analyzed Google Trends for terms such as “anxiety” or “panic” in combination with “attack” emerging from the U.S. dating back 16 years, according to the study.
  2354. >Most of the searches occurred between March 16, shortly after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, and April 14.
  2355. https://archive.is/Tov04
  2356.  
  2357. Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays
  2358. >The shrinking and outsourcing of U.S. manufacturing capacity has reached into all sectors. Vaccines are no exception.
  2359.  
  2360. >The number of U.S. biotech and pharmaceutical companies involved in vaccines development and production has fallen from 26 in 1967 to just five in 2004. There are many causes – relatively low profit margins, smaller markets compared to those of other medications, corporate mergers, liability risks and the anti-vaccination movement – but the result is that in some years, companies have struggled to meet need even for existing vaccines. Just take a look at the flu vaccine shortages of 2003-2005 and the childhood vaccine shortages of the early 2000s.
  2361.  
  2362. >When a coronavirus vaccine is approved, production of other vaccines will need to continue as well. With the flu season each year and children being born every day, you can’t simply reallocate all existing vaccine manufacturing capacity to COVID-19 vaccine production. New additional capacity will be needed.
  2363. https://archive.is/3dFZi
  2364.  
  2365. UW Medicine Seeks Volunteers To Test Coronavirus Treatment
  2366. https://archive.is/MWxc5
  2367.  
  2368. 'Vaccine nationalism' can damage everyone's health, WHO warns
  2369. >The World Health Organization has warned that "vaccine nationalism" could prolong the pandemic and urged countries to sign up to a global distribution pact.
  2370.  
  2371. >More than 170 countries have signed up to the WHO's COVAX facility, which aims to share future vaccines with developing nations.
  2372.  
  2373. >Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, explained: "The COVAX facility is a critical mechanism for joint procurement and pooling risk across multiple vaccines, so that whatever vaccine is proven to be safe and effective, all countries in the facility will be able to access them. Most importantly, it is the mechanism for a globally coordinated roll-out."
  2374.  
  2375. >Last week, Tedros sent a letter to the WHO's 194 member states urging them to sign up by the August 31st deadline. 172 nations are now described as being "engaged" with the facility.
  2376.  
  2377. >"Our only way out of this pandemic is together," Tedros said. "Initially, when there will be a limited supply, it is importance to provide the vaccine to those at highest risk around the world."
  2378.  
  2379. >COVAX aims to invest in around 12 vaccine candidates and to provide early access when they become available. The goal is to deliver 2 billion effective vaccines by the end of next year. Of those 950 million would be allocated to high-and-upper middle income countries, 950 million for low and lower middle-income and 100 million for humanitarian situations.
  2380.  
  2381. >But as the organization works to ensure a collective approach, others are working at bilateral deals. The European Union, Switzerland, the U.S. and the UK are working to strike deals with pharmaceutical countries to secure their own supplies of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses.
  2382. https://archive.is/jt7FN
  2383.  
  2384. Fastest man alive Usain Bolt tests positive for coronavirus
  2385. >Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Usain Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m and 200m distance, had tested positive after he posted a video on social media around midday saying he was waiting to hear back on his results.
  2386. >The only sprinter to win the 100m and 200m golds at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016) said he did not have any symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
  2387. https://archive.is/BbBou
  2388.  
  2389. Bank of Korea to keep interest rates steady despite worsening coronavirus fallout
  2390. >South Korea’s central bank will likely keep interest rates on hold on Thursday as the central bank weighs concerns about rising household debt and property prices with the need to support a coronavirus-hit economy.
  2391. >The Bank of Korea (BOK) was expected to keep its base rate KROCRT=ECI steady at a record low of 0.50%, according to all 26 analysts surveyed by Reuters, after a total of 75 basis points rate cuts since March.
  2392. https://archive.is/AIC3p
  2393.  
  2394. Spain warned of dire impact of second coronavirus lockdown
  2395. https://archive.is/zp4OQ
  2396.  
  2397.  
  2398. UK, Italy: Coronavirus: One in eight hospital cases were 'caught on-site'
  2399. >The King's College London study of 10 UK hospital sites plus one in Italy found at least one in eight patients who had received hospital treatment for coronavirus had caught it on-site.
  2400.  
  2401. >Researchers said that was a relatively low rate and showed there was effective infection control in place.
  2402.  
  2403. >They analysed data on 1,500 cases to 28 April, covering the peak in the UK.
  2404.  
  2405. >Lead author Dr Ben Carter said: "The majority of these patients had already been in hospital for a long time.
  2406.  
  2407. >"They were older, frailer and had pre-existing health conditions."
  2408.  
  2409. >But they also had better outcomes than those admitted with the virus, probably because of faster diagnosis and, therefore, treatment.
  2410. https://archive.is/uWHHI
  2411.  
  2412. Almost a million Rohingya refugees stuck in Bangladesh marked three years since escaping from Myanmar on Tuesday, with coronavirus forcing them to hold a day-long "silent protest" inside their flimsy, leaky huts
  2413. https://archive.is/BBLCU
  2414.  
  2415. Pandemic may fire up Japan's inflation, doing what cenbank could not, economist says
  2416. https://archive.is/RNBZP
  2417.  
  2418. FDA Commissioner Disputes Trump, Says No 'Deep State' Thwarting Vaccine
  2419. >The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not harbor "deep state" elements, the agency's head told Reuters on Monday, rejecting criticism from President Donald Trump that staff there were trying to delay a coronavirus vaccine.
  2420.  
  2421. >Dr. Stephen Hahn said he was completely confident that FDA workers were focused solely on the interests of the American people during the coronavirus pandemic.
  2422. https://archive.is/fMPfM
  2423.  
  2424.  
  2425. Apple preps more store reopenings ahead of new iPhone launch
  2426. >Apple is preparing to open more of its retail stores that were shuttered over the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  2427.  
  2428. >The tech company has been closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., reopening stores where infection cases have fallen away while closing ones where spikes have been detected. It’s a pattern that looks set to continue for some time as authorities across the country continue to battle the virus.
  2429. https://archive.is/8jWUc
  2430.  
  2431. Crowd shatters glass to get to Idaho House session on virus
  2432. >Angry, maskless spectators forced themselves into the Idaho House special session on the coronavirus pandemic Monday, shattering a glass door, rushing into the gallery that had limited seating because of the virus and forcing lawmakers to ask for calm in a crowd that included a man carrying an assault-style weapon.
  2433. >After some people shoved their way past Idaho State Police, Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke allowed the gallery to fully open as long as the crowd stopped chanting and was respectful.
  2434. https://archive.is/RrlZh
  2435.  
  2436. [No genome sequence comparisons] Russia: head of Tuva region has been re-infected with coronavirus
  2437. >The leader of Siberia's remote Tuva Republic has been flown to Moscow for treatment after apparently becoming infected with Covid-19 for the second time. He was initially diagnosed with coronavirus in early summer.
  2438. >Sholban Kara-ool said that this time the symptoms of the disease are different, complaining of a splitting headache, rather than the chest discomfort he experienced the first time round. "I am once again here, in an infectious diseases hospital. It’s Covid-19 once again. I am ill for a second time," Kara-ool said in a video uploaded to his official page on the VKontakte social network, and also shared on Instagram.
  2439. >"Maybe, my workload prevented antibodies, immunity from developing after the first infection," he wrote. During the previous hospitalization, the region’s chief was discharged from hospital on June 4. Kara-ool said that he was sure that it was impossible to get sick with coronavirus a second time, but "apparently, this self-confidence let me down.”
  2440. https://archive.is/99Jfz
  2441.  
  2442. Serbia to procure three SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
  2443. >Serbia will procure three COVID-19 vaccines, with the Chinese one to arrive as early as November, the Srpski Telegraf daily reported yesterday (24 August).
  2444.  
  2445. >Quoting sources from the government’s Crisis Headquarters, the paper added that Serbian physicians are already “studying documentation on the Russian and Chinese vaccines, as well as the one jointly produced by AstraZeneca and Oxford.”
  2446.  
  2447. >“Before the year ends, Serbia will have at least one vaccine, maybe even as early as mid or the end of November. This will most likely be the Chinese vaccine. Although the Russians were the first to register the coronavirus vaccine, a few knew that the Chinese have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable groups with the one produced by them as early as July,” the paper reported..
  2448.  
  2449. >Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić earlier said that he expects Serbia will procure the vaccine before the end of the year, noting that he expects “the vaccine [to arrive] within the next three months and this will be the end of the coronavirus and everything else.”
  2450. https://archive.is/mDTUN
  2451.  
  2452. Serbian Government relaxes some coronavirus measures
  2453. >Cinemas, theaters and concert halls in cultural institutions will be open again, with restrictions that organizers must comply with. Visits to nursing homes, social welfare institutions and similar facilities are also allowed.
  2454.  
  2455. >Visits to nursing homes and social welfare institutions are allowed with respect to all preventive measures and protocols.
  2456.  
  2457. >Visits can be organized on work days from 10 AM to 6 PM in favorable weather conditions in the courtyard of the building, and they must be scheduled in advance and last up to 15 minutes.
  2458. https://archive.is/mMnIq
  2459.  
  2460. Croatia's tourism turnover "excellent" in August: statistics
  2461. >Despite the recent resurgence of COVID-19, Croatia registered 2.3 million tourist arrivals and 17.6 million overnight stays between Aug. 1 and Aug. 23, which equals 67 percent of last year's figures, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Monday.
  2462. >The latest figures, drawn from the country's eVisitor system, cover commercial and non-commercial accommodations as well as boat rentals, the HTZ said in a press release.
  2463.  
  2464. >Istria and the Kvarner Bay welcomed the largest number of tourists in August, most of whom arrived from Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Poland.
  2465. >Calling the figures "excellent part of August so far," HTZ Director Kristijan Stanicic called on all tourist destinations in Croatia to make coronavirus tests available for all tourists to enable them to stay in the country as long and as undisturbed as possible, adding that the postseason is very important for the tourism industry.
  2466.  
  2467. >Tourism is a major sector of the Croatian economy, contributing to roughly 20 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Early on Sunday, Croatia's Tourism and Sports Minister Nikolina Brnjac said that the country's overall tourism revenue stood at 50 percent of last year's turnover, 20 percent more than expected, the national news agency HINA reported.
  2468. >Croatia has seen a surge in COVID-19 infections in August, with 306 new cases registered last Saturday alone, an all-time high since the outbreak started here in late February. There have been 136 new infections in Croatia in the last 24 hours, and 2,212 cases remain active, according to the Croatian Institute of Public Health.
  2469.  
  2470. >Due to the surge in infections, Croatia has been put on the quarantine list by Italy, Austria, Slovenia and the United Kingdom, while Germany listed certain counties along Croatia's Dalmatian coast as unsafe. Enditem
  2471. https://archive.is/CI1Xb
  2472.  
  2473. Boris Johnson plans to resign in 6 months because of lingering coronavirus health problems, according to Dominic Cummings' father-in-law
  2474. >The father-in-law of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's chief adviser has apparently said that Johnson plans to resign in six months.
  2475. >Dominic Cummings' father-in-law, Humphry Wakefield, reportedly told a woman interviewed by The Times of London that the prime minister would quit early next year over lingering health problems caused by the coronavirus.
  2476. >Johnson was admitted to an intensive-care unit with COVID-19 in April but returned to work just weeks later.
  2477. >Wakefield is said to have compared Johnson's condition to that of an injured horse that returns to work too soon.
  2478. >"If you put a horse back to work when it's injured, it will never recover," he was quoted as saying.
  2479. >A Downing Street source described the claim Johnson planned to stand down as "utter nonsense."
  2480. https://archive.is/zPxXy
  2481.  
  2482. UK: 'We were already full': universities face nightmare of exams chaos and SARS-2
  2483. >Tens of thousands of frantic school-leavers are still waiting to hear if they will be accepted at the university of their choice after receiving better A-level grades this week. But vice-chancellors are warning that taking large numbers of extra undergraduates would put students, staff and local communities at risk from coronavirus.
  2484.  
  2485. >Elite universities are racing to revise their social distancing plans, after the government U-turn led to 160,000 students having their A-level grades marked up. Some Russell Group universities say they took tens of thousands of calls in just two days this week, as students begged to be reconsidered for offers they had missed last Thursday.
  2486.  
  2487. >Ucas has confirmed that about 15,000 students rejected by their first-choice university last week now have the grades they need. The vast majority of these had chosen the most prestigious universities, which could be under most pressure to expand this year.
  2488.  
  2489. >Despite extra government funding for high-cost subjects, university chiefs are warning that ramping up numbers could be unsafe, and the capacity of lab-based subjects will be hardest to increase at short notice. Most institutions are nervous about publicly saying they cannot take more students, in case the government tries to blame them for the chaos.
  2490. http://archive.is/HSiLE
  2491.  
  2492. Trump accuses 'deep state' FDA of thwarting efforts for coronavirus treatments until after election
  2493. >President Trump on Saturday accused the “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration of making it hard for drug companies to test coronavirus treatments -- and suggested the agency is trying to delay them until after Election Day.
  2494.  
  2495. >“The deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics,” he tweeted. “Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!”
  2496. >Trump has repeatedly urged agencies to push forward with experimental treatments as part of the effort to move beyond the virus and reopen the country. But some in those agencies and other federal officials have been more cautious.
  2497. http://archive.is/CUfjZ
  2498.  
  2499. Three pop concerts are being staged on one day in Germany to enable scientists to investigate the risks of such mass indoor events during the coronavirus pandemic
  2500. >Some 4,000 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 50 were urged to sign up for Saturday's study in Leipzig, carried out by Halle University.
  2501. >Singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko agreed to perform at all three successive gigs.
  2502. >The study came as Germany recorded its highest number of Covid-19 infections since the end of April.
  2503.  
  2504. >The concert study, called Restart-19, was created "to investigate the conditions under which such events can be carried out despite the pandemic", researchers said.
  2505. >Scientists planned to run three different scenarios with some 4,000 visitors at the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig during the course of Saturday.
  2506.  
  2507. >The first aims to simulate an event before the pandemic; the second with greater hygiene and some social distancing; and the third with half the numbers and with each person standing 1.5m apart.
  2508. >Each staged scenario involves arrivals and departures from the stadium and performances by Tim Bendzko "in order to depict spectator behaviour as realistically as possible."
  2509.  
  2510. >All participants are being tested for Covid-19, and given face masks and tracking devices to measure their distancing. Exactly how many volunteers came forward to participate remains unclear.
  2511. >Researchers are using fluorescent disinfectants to track what surfaces audience members touch the most, and also reportedly monitoring aerosol particles breathed out and floating in the air.
  2512.  
  2513. >The project received 990,000 euros (£892,000, $1.17m) funding from the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony with the aim of helping to pave the way for the resumption of major indoor sporting and music events by ascertaining realistic levels of risk.
  2514. http://archive.is/TAPu5
  2515.  
  2516. Russia's Vektor SARS-CoV-2 vaccine to complete clinical trial in September
  2517. http://archive.is/9lsZ1
  2518.  
  2519. China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells
  2520. http://archive.is/gtQN9
  2521.  
  2522. France delays launch of SARS-2 economic reboot plan to September
  2523. >The French government said on Saturday it would unveil details of its 100 billion euro ($118 billion) plan to reinvigorate the economy in the first week of September, instead of next Tuesday, as it focuses on preparing the new school term.
  2524.  
  2525. >“The recovery plan is ready, the timetable for its implementation still stands,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal said in a statement.
  2526.  
  2527. >Schools are set to reopen on Sept. 1, after most were closed during a two-month lockdown earlier this year to fight the coronavirus, and the government is working to ensure protective measures will be adequate, Attal said.
  2528.  
  2529. >France has already outlined some of the parameters of its crisis measures, including cuts to domestic business taxes, investment in promoting jobs for the young and funding for environmental initiatives.
  2530. http://archive.is/kCJnP
  2531.  
  2532. Coronavirus: Violence and abuse against shop workers doubles during pandemic
  2533. >The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) says retail workers have been assaulted, threatened or abused at least once a week on average since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, compared to once a fortnight in 2019.
  2534.  
  2535. >Peter Denys, a store manager at a branch of Co-op Food in central London, says the situation is far worse than the statistics show.
  2536.  
  2537. >He told Sky News: "It happens on a daily basis - some days you can have three or four incidents.
  2538.  
  2539. >"People threaten us with bottles, knives, syringes and with COVID coming on, spitting. So they're just using whatever tools they've got."
  2540.  
  2541. >In many cases, the violence stems from customers being asked to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
  2542.  
  2543. >"Sometimes they ignore you, sometimes it can be a flashpoint," he said, pointing to the one-way system that weaves through the narrow aisles.
  2544. http://archive.is/r99zl
  2545.  
  2546. A new report from Europe’s main health agency shows SARS-2 case numbers are tracking up, raising the possibility of an impending second wave for Europe.
  2547. http://archive.is/4PhMe
  2548.  
  2549. Coronavirus crisis : Anxiety, depression are ‘normal reactions by people in abnormal situation’
  2550. http://archive.is/x9ANz
  2551.  
  2552. India: SARS-2 triggers a historic rise in mental health cases
  2553. >Depression, anxiety, suicide rates are doubling up, yet people are dismissive about psychological well-being
  2554. >Covid-19 might be the buzzword for the past few months, but the world’s reluctance was discreetly trending all these years.
  2555. >The reluctance to indulge in a mental health conversation, the constant ignorance of one’s deteriorating psychological condition and finally succumbing to the society’s nonchalant pressure.
  2556. >Despite being a country that has more than 50 per cent of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65 per cent persons below the age 35, India, in the WHO’s report of 2018, was crowned as the ‘most depressed nation’ in the world, with a large majority of the population struggling with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other mental health issues.
  2557. >Dr Sanjay Khanna, assistant professor, Government Medical College, said: “Cases of depression, anxiety and substance abuse have gone up during the pandemic. If I talk about anxiety in particular, it occurs when you do not have proper knowledge about what you are thinking or thinking about things you are uncertain about. So, instead of trusting social media messages and rumours, people should read latest updates on the websites of the WHO or the Ministry of Health.”
  2558. http://archive.is/RDFti
  2559.  
  2560.  
  2561. Dozens of people have posted about hair loss after they recovered from COVID-19 but still had lingering effects of the disease.
  2562. >Doctors believe that the physical and emotional stress that accompanies a case of COVID-19 may lead to a reversible hair loss condition called telogen effluvium.
  2563. >The condition is known to occur a few months after a stressful eventTrusted Source such as emotional distress, major surgery, or high fever.
  2564. >On the Survivor Corps Facebook group, there are dozens of posts about hair loss among people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 and still have lingering effects months later, also known as “long-haulers.”
  2565. >A survey created by the group’s founder, Diana Berrent, revealed that more than a third of the 1,700 respondents say they’ve had hair loss after enduring COVID-19.
  2566. >Dr. Dendy Engelman, a dermatologist at Manhattan Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, said she started seeing an uptick in patients with hair loss about 6 weeks after the initial stay-at-home orders were implemented in New York in mid-March.
  2567. >“There’s been at least a 25 percent increase in people coming in with hair loss, and that’s from a place of already being busy dealing with hair disorders,” said Engelman. “It’s not yet documented on major medical sites as a symptom, but patients show me their positive test results.”
  2568. http://archive.is/s6bsY
  2569.  
  2570.  
  2571. Where IS the Wuhan virus researcher who was named as Patient Zero? And why WERE road blocks placed around the lab where she worked last October? Top US body asks explosive questions on the origin of coronavirus
  2572. >The US government’s leading health research body has raised a series of bombshell concerns over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and the activities of a secretive Chinese laboratory that was investigating bat diseases.
  2573. >The National Institutes of Health has asked if Covid-19 was linked to the deaths of three miners eight years ago and questioned whether the high-security laboratory in Wuhan possessed samples of the virus prior to the pandemic’s outbreak late last year.
  2574.  
  2575. >The agency also demanded to know more about the ‘apparent disappearance’ of a scientist at the lab rumoured to be Patient Zero, and questioned if roadblocks were placed around the Wuhan Institute of Virology between October 14 and 19 last year.
  2576. >The questions will fuel growing suspicions over China’s cover-up.
  2577.  
  2578. >‘It seems NIH experts are not just discarding lab escape scenarios as conspiratorial theories any more,’ said one US-based biomedical expert.
  2579. >NIH raised the concerns in a letter last month to EcoHealth Alliance, a charity trying to get US support restored for research with its long-term collaborators at the Wuhan Institute of Virology into zoonotic diseases that cross from animals such as bats to humans.
  2580.  
  2581. >A $3.7 million (£2.8 million) grant to the charity – headed by British scientist Peter Daszak – was ended after The Mail on Sunday disclosed that the US was funding the controversial Chinese laboratory at the centre of global scrutiny.
  2582. >The NIH letter, sent by Michael Lauer, deputy director for extramural research, said there were ‘serious bio-safety concerns’ over research at the Wuhan lab. This confirms a series of MoS revelations about its safety procedures.
  2583.  
  2584. >Lauer said funding would be restored only if outside experts could probe the Wuhan facilities and records ‘with specific attention to addressing… whether staff had Sars-Cov-2 [the strain of coronavirus that causes disease] in their possession prior to December 2019’.
  2585. >He demanded a sample of their virus used to determine the genetic code and requested answers on ‘the apparent disappearance of Huang Yanling, a scientist/researcher who worked in the Wuhan Institute of Virology but whose lab web presence has been deleted’.
  2586.  
  2587. >The young researcher was identified on social media as Patient Zero soon after the virus erupted in Wuhan. The institute denied she had come to any harm, insisting she had completed her studies and moved to another part of China.
  2588. >The seven conditions for funding restoration in Lauer’s letter, according to a tweet by Daszak, sought explanations for a series of ‘out- of-ordinary restrictions’ on the lab’s facilities in mid-October that included ‘diminished cell phone traffic’ and roadblocks.
  2589. http://archive.is/BH5BV
  2590.  
  2591. Coronavirus researcher shut down by US funding agency vents frustrations
  2592. >Peter Daszak, president of small research organization EcoHealth Alliance, says he has been caught in political crosshairs over his partnership with a virology lab in China.
  2593. >The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a multimillion-dollar grant to a research organization to study how coronaviruses move from bats to people — which it had controversially cancelled this year. But as Peter Daszak, head of that small non-profit — EcoHealth Alliance, in New York — found out in early July, the funding can't be used unless the organization meets what he says are absurd conditions. The demands, detailed in a letter from the NIH, are politically motivated, he says.
  2594.  
  2595. >To carry out its research, EcoHealth Alliance partners with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, which has been at the centre of unfounded rumours that the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a coronavirus released from its lab. The NIH cancelled EcoHealth Alliance’s grant in April, days after US President Donald Trump told a reporter that the United States would stop funding work at WIV.
  2596. >EcoHealth Alliance and Dazsak have been working with Shi Zhengli, a virologist at WIV, for more than 15 years. Since 2014, an NIH grant funded EcoHealth’s research in China, which involves collecting faeces and other samples from bats, and blood samples from people at risk of infection from bat-origin viruses.
  2597. >The NIH makes seven demands of EcoHealth, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal this week, and viewed by Nature. The agency asks EcoHealth to obtain a vial of the SARS-CoV-2 sample used by WIV to determine the virus's genetic sequence. Another request is to arrange an inspection of WIV by US federal officials.
  2598.  
  2599. >Daszak calls the demands from NIH “heinous”, and worries that the funding freeze delays critical work to identify and prevent the next pandemic. The NIH declined to comment, saying the agency did not disclose internal deliberations on a specific grant.
  2600.  
  2601. >In an e-mail to Nature, Shi calls the NIH’s demands “outrageous” and echoes Daszak’s assertions that the agency’s demands are unrelated to WIV’s collaboration with EcoHealth.
  2602. http://archive.is/TopJL
  2603.  
  2604.  
  2605.  
  2606.  
  2607.  
  2608. Trump says could ‘decouple’ and not do business with China
  2609. >U.S. President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview airing Sunday, raised the possibility of decoupling the U.S. economy from China, a major purchaser of U.S. goods.
  2610.  
  2611. >In a video excerpt, Trump initially told interviewer Steve Hilton “we don’t have to” do business with China, and then later said about decoupling: “Well it’s something that if they don’t treat us right I would certainly, I would certainly do that.”
  2612.  
  2613. >Trump entered into a high-stakes trade war with China before reaching a partial Phase 1 trade deal in January. Trump has since shut the door on Phase 2 negotiations, saying he was unhappy with Beijing’s handling of the pandemic.
  2614.  
  2615. >In June U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a decoupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies will result if U.S. companies are not allowed to compete on a fair and level basis in China’s economy.
  2616. http://archive.is/kkKSP
  2617.  
  2618.  
  2619.  
  2620.  
  2621.  
  2622.  
  2623.  
  2624. Japan’s foreign arrivals down by almost 100%
  2625. >Government figures on Friday revealed that Japan’s foreign arrivals are down by almost 100% year-on-year.
  2626. >The country hit by the coronavirus received nearly 3,800 foreign travelers in July which was down by 99.9% for the fourth consecutive month, Kyodo News Agency reported.
  2627.  
  2628. >Besides, Japan’s deteriorating relations with South Korea since last October also affected foreign arrivals for the tenth consecutive month.
  2629. >The data showed Japan received 2,600 foreign visitors in June, 1,663 in May and 2,917 in April.
  2630.  
  2631. >However, to push up the number of arrivals, Japan has initiated dialogue with 16 countries including Australia and some Southeast Asian countries to ease the travel restrictions.
  2632. >Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported that the government has decided to allow entry of foreign nationals with resident visas from September.
  2633.  
  2634. >Only those with visa, including permanent residents and exchange students, will be allowed to enter the country on the condition that they undergo coronavirus testing and quarantine for 14 days.
  2635. http://archive.is/gMYT0
  2636.  
  2637.  
  2638.  
  2639. India: Gargled Water as Throat Swab for SARS-2 Test? Yes, Says ICMR in Big, Cost Effective Breakthrough
  2640. >A study done to assess the agreement between gargle lavage and swab as an appropriate respiratory sample for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 has thrown up interesting results. This study was also done to assess the patient acceptability of the two sampling methods.
  2641.  
  2642. A cross-sectional study was done at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, (at Delhi’s AIIMS) on 50 confirmed COVID-19 patients. Paired swab (NPS and OPS) and gargle samples were taken within 72 hour of diagnosis. Samples were processed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2. Post-sample collection, a 10-point scale was administered to assess the level of discomfort with either of the collection methods.
  2643.  
  2644. >It was found that all gargle samples were positive and comparable to their corresponding swab samples, irrespective of the symptoms and duration of illness.
  2645.  
  2646. >A majority (72%) of the patients reported moderate-to-severe discomfort with swab collection in comparison to 24 per cent reporting only mild discomfort with gargle collection.
  2647.  
  2648. >Importantly, the conclusion that has been arrived at is that the gargle lavage may be a viable alternative to swabs for sample collection for the detection of SARS-CoV-2.
  2649. http://archive.is/wF6cz
  2650.  
  2651.  
  2652.  
  2653. India: Covaxin, India’s 1st Coronavirus Vaccine, May be Available by End of This Year: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
  2654. >Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said the efficacy of India-made vaccines would be known by the year-end, upon completion of trials. Adding that the Oxford vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India was already being produced on a parallel end, he said this would reduce the time needed to market it.
  2655.  
  2656. >The Health Minister said that the other two vaccines would require at least a month extra for production, and phased introduction in the market. He pointed out that if the vaccine trial results were successful, it could be "ready to use" by the first quarter of 2021.
  2657.  
  2658. >Developed by Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the human trials of 'COVAXIN' had started two weeks back and could be available by the end of 2020, Vardhan said.
  2659. http://archive.is/zWy2h
  2660.  
  2661. Iran’s exports fall 39% following coronavirus pandemic
  2662. >the government had about $41 billion of non-oil exports on the agenda for the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20), and so far the figures for the first five months of the current calendar year (March 20-August 21) indicate that the exports have fallen about 39 percent compared to the previous year.
  2663.  
  2664. >Referring to the president's remarks on cutting economic dependence on oil, the official said: "The president has announced a reduction of 10 percent in the country's economic dependence on oil, which is unprecedented.”
  2665.  
  2666. >Today, the country's economy is based on non-oil exports, which is of particular importance, he stressed.
  2667.  
  2668. >“A country, which for years relied solely on the oil, is now facing conditions that have forced it to break its dependence on oil and to move toward a non-oil economy,” he added.
  2669.  
  2670. >According to Lahouti, Iran is the only oil-rich country in the world where the budget dependence on oil revenues has fallen to about 10 percent.
  2671. http://archive.is/sMpK3
  2672.  
  2673. >Japan: Okinawa’s anger over U.S. military bases stoked by coronavirus surge
  2674. http://archive.is/PP1SH
  2675.  
  2676. Dozens of WWII veterans to gather in Hawaii amid pandemic
  2677. http://archive.is/nW8be
  2678.  
  2679. New Ebola Outbreak: 100 Infected In Congo, Health Officials Raising Alarm
  2680. http://archive.is/UolRg
  2681.  
  2682. A third of Israel’s nurses are afraid to go to work due to coronavirus
  2683. >A third (29%) of Israeli nurses are afraid to go to work because they think they could contract coronavirus, according to a new study from the University of Haifa. The study also showed that 33% of nurses considered their work to be “high risk” or “very high risk,” and that 41% were afraid to treat coronavirus patients.
  2684. http://archive.is/7WW0h
  2685.  
  2686. Fighting breaks out as police forcibly clear protesters in Jerusalem
  2687. >Protesters were rallying in Jerusalem and elsewhere against Netanyahu as part of ongoing demonstrations over the premier’s indictment on corruption charges and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
  2688. >Scuffles broke out on Saturday night in Jerusalem as police attempted to forcibly remove anti-government protesters from Paris Square, near the Prime Minister’s Residence.
  2689.  
  2690. >After declaring the event illegal due to noise violations, dozens of police officers entered the square to disperse the remaining protesters by force. Some police dragged protesters out of the area and appeared to detain them.
  2691. >Police said in a statement that 30 people were detained or arrested for disturbing public order or attacking officers.
  2692. http://archive.is/IyOI5
  2693.  
  2694.  
  2695.  
  2696. US: A Coronavirus Outbreak Linked To A Wedding in Maine Has Led To One Dead And Dozens More Infected
  2697. >About 65 people attended the wedding reception in early August, flouting the state's 50-person limit on indoor gatherings.
  2698. http://archive.is/tVM6h
  2699.  
  2700. Coronavirus Limits California’s Efforts to Fight Fires With Prison Labor
  2701. http://archive.is/YUUmJ
  2702.  
  2703. England: Coronavirus: New £10,000 fines for organisers of illegal raves from Friday
  2704. >Police in England will be able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings of more than 30 people such as raves up to £10,000 from Friday, ministers say.
  2705.  
  2706. >Those who attend gatherings and those who do not wear face coverings where it is mandatory can be given a £100 fine, doubling on each offence up to £3,200.
  2707.  
  2708. >Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can set their own enforcement rules.
  2709.  
  2710. >The government first unveiled plans for tougher penalties for those breaking coronavirus rules earlier this month.
  2711.  
  2712. >Details of the stricter rules come after extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19 were introduced in north-west England.
  2713.  
  2714. >Police say they have dispersed hundreds of illegal gatherings since coronavirus restrictions came into place.
  2715. http://archive.is/Z53a3
  2716.  
  2717.  
  2718.  
  2719.  
  2720. Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France, minister says
  2721. >The new coronavirus is circulating four times more among people under 40 in France than over among 65-year-olds, France’s health minister said, though he warned that contamination was on the rise among the elderly and more vulnerable too.
  2722. >“We’re in a risky situation,” Olivier Veran said in an interview with France’s Journal Du Dimanche (JDD) published on Sunday, adding that the higher number of cases being detected was not solely down to more testing.
  2723. >Like President Emmanuel Macron, Veran ruled out the need for another total lockdown to combat the spread of the disease. But he said localised measures could be taken as cases grow in France and elsewhere.
  2724. >“This is not a French exception, it’s a European dynamic,” Veran said.
  2725. http://archive.is/7oGfU
  2726.  
  2727. Modeling system projects more than 310,000 coronavirus deaths by December
  2728. http://archive.is/Kk38g
  2729.  
  2730. Coronavirus pandemic halts life-saving UK cancer and heart disease research
  2731. >More than 1,500 clinical trials of new drugs and treatments for cancers, heart disease and other serious illnesses have been permanently closed down in Britain in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, a further 9,000 have been suspended and most will need major cash injections if they are to be reactivated.
  2732. http://archive.is/FEgl4
  2733.  
  2734. Kenya: Anti-Nyagarama protestors arrested in Nyamira
  2735. >Nyamira police boss Lilils Wachira said that they could not allow the demo because of the coronavirus guidelines.
  2736. >The protesters disrupted business in the towns as they called for accountability from Governor John Nyagarama.
  2737. >The youths — members of Nyamira ni Yetu Sisi Mayouth organisation — carried twigs, placards and whistled through the towns to denounce Nyagarama’s 'rotten' leadership
  2738. http://archive.is/9bhcW
  2739.  
  2740. Six million people in UK are behind on bills due to coronavirus, study says
  2741. >Citizens Advice is calling on the Government to provide financial support to those in debt after the charity's research showed that one in nine people in the UK are behind on bills.
  2742. >Around a fifth of these individuals are having to go without essentials including food.
  2743. >The study also found that carers and those who were shielding during the pandemic and key workers are twice as likely to have fallen behind on bill payments due to Covid-19, while black people, those aged between 18 and 34 and disabled people are also at least twice as likely to be in arrears.
  2744. http://archive.is/ozi9t
  2745.  
  2746. Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 was likely in Seattle as early as Christmas
  2747. >The spread of COVID-19 in Wuhan and Seattle was far more extensive than initially reported.
  2748. >The virus likely spread for months in Wuhan before the lockdown.
  2749. >Given that COVID-19 appears to be overwhelmingly mild in children, our high estimate for symptomatic pediatric cases in Seattle suggests that there may have been thousands more mild cases at the time.
  2750. http://archive.is/1qKao
  2751. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-5370%2820%2930223-6
  2752.  
  2753. Coronavirus effect: 61% Indian students postpone plans to study abroad, finds survey
  2754. >The QS survey of prospective international students is an ongoing one, and it aims to find out how the students’ plans have been affected due to the pandemic. The report stated that till August 11, the survey had been answered by 66,959 students, of whom 11,310 are Indian.
  2755. http://archive.is/MLW4u
  2756.  
  2757. Top 10 U.S. States Where People Need Loans the Most Due to Coronavirus - Study
  2758. >The top 10 states are:
  2759. >New York
  2760. >Oklahoma
  2761. >Tennessee
  2762. >Missouri
  2763. >Maryland
  2764. >Florida
  2765. >Minnesota
  2766. >Michigan
  2767. >Texas
  2768. >Ohio
  2769. http://archive.is/MUqR7
  2770.  
  2771. Germany: At least 41 schools in Berlin report coronavirus cases
  2772. http://archive.is/bjdae
  2773.  
  2774. New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes in Children During SARS-2: an apparent increase in new-onset type 1 diabetes in children during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure in a proportion of those tested
  2775. http://archive.is/2d2BZ
  2776.  
  2777. Remdesivir doesn't boost outcomes in moderate pneumonia from SARS-2
  2778. >Remdesivir does not improve clinical outcomes in people hospitalized with moderate pneumonia from COVID-19, a study published Friday by JAMA Network Open found.
  2779.  
  2780. >Patients given a 10-day course of the antiviral drug fared no better than those who didn't receive it, and were just as likely to die, the data showed.
  2781.  
  2782. >Those that were administered a five-day course of remdesivir saw an improvement, "but the difference was of uncertain clinical importance," according to the researchers.
  2783.  
  2784. >"Among patients with moderate COVID-19, those randomized to a 10-day course of remdesivir did not have a statistically significant difference in clinical status compared with standard care at 11 days after initiation of treatment," the researchers, from remdesivir maker Gilead Sciences, wrote.
  2785. http://archive.is/AEy4A
  2786. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769871
  2787.  
  2788. Doctors Studying Nitric Oxide Gas As SARS-2 Treatment
  2789. http://archive.is/TKXOw
  2790.  
  2791. Scientists find SARS-CoV-2 variant in Singapore linked to milder infections
  2792. >The variant, which likely came from Wuhan, China, was detected in a cluster of infections that occurred from January to March 2020.
  2793. >In Singapore, the virus was transmitted from person-to-person across several clusters before being contained.
  2794. http://archive.is/NUMG6
  2795.  
  2796. Japan to ease SARS-CoV-2 re-entry curbs on foreigners with resident visas: NHK
  2797. >Japan plans to ease its COVID-19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas starting next month, public broadcaster NHK reported, after an outcry over the emotional and economic hardship that the measures are inflicting.
  2798. >Re-entry will be permitted for visa holders, including permanent residents and exchange students, on condition that they undergo coronavirus testing and quarantine for 14 days, the same policy that applies to Japanese citizens re-entering the country, NHK reported on Friday.
  2799.  
  2800. >A consular official with Japan’s foreign ministry said there was “no decision yet” on easing border restrictions.
  2801. >Japan’s travel curbs to battle the pandemic are among the world’s strictest, effectively banning entry with few exceptions of not only tourists but long-term visa holders from more than 140 countries.
  2802. >That means many permanent and other long-term residents who have made Japan their home remain stuck outside the country, unable to carry on with their livelihoods and suffering enormous financial pain as bills pile up.
  2803. http://archive.is/sH1id
  2804.  
  2805. U.S. closes lanes, adds checks at Mexico border to contain coronavirus
  2806. >The United States on Friday closed lanes at select ports of entry at the border with Mexico and will conduct more secondary checks to limit non-essential travel and the spread of coronavirus, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said.
  2807.  
  2808. >Non-essential travel has been restricted at the border since March, but the restrictions have mostly been applied to Mexican citizens. The new measures appeared to be aimed at U.S. citizens and legal residents living in Mexico.
  2809. http://archive.is/jTKRA
  2810.  
  2811. Venezuela Says Most-Used Border Crossing From Colombia Is Now Open
  2812. >Venezuela on Friday said its most-used crossing along the border with Colombia was now open following a brief closure this morning for disinfection, after Colombian migration authorities earlier said it had been closed.
  2813.  
  2814. >Colombian authorities had said they were informed by Venezuelan counterparts that the Simon Bolivar bridge connecting the cities of Cucuta and San Antonio would be closed due to the high number of recently arrived Venezuelans who are in quarantine to halt the spread of COVID-19 on the other side.
  2815. http://archive.is/Pj4Z1
  2816.  
  2817. Afghanistan, Pakistan reopen key border crossing
  2818. >Closed for 6 months due to coronavirus pandemic, Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing serves as key route between 2 neighbors
  2819.  
  2820. >The agreement was reached following a meeting between border commissioners from both sides of the disputed Durand Line land border, the office of the governor of Kandahar province bordering Pakistan said.
  2821.  
  2822. >The two neighbors agreed to resume non-stop movement of goods and passengers on the key crossing point from Friday onward, it added.
  2823. http://archive.is/AIOQj
  2824.  
  2825. Hungary to tighten border crossing as of Sept. 1 to curb spread of coronavirus
  2826. >Hungary will tighten border crossing rules from Sept. 1 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of new infections is rising in neighbouring countries, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.
  2827.  
  2828. >“As the school year starts, we will no longer be able to work with the border crossing system that was used during the summer,” Orban said.
  2829.  
  2830. >Under current regulations, those returning from countries with higher infection rates need to self-quarantine for 14 days unless they produce two negative virus tests.
  2831. http://archive.is/0XBon
  2832.  
  2833. UK: Holidaymakers face hundreds to return before quarantine deadline as Grant Shapps insists regional rules are 'too difficult'
  2834. >British holidaymakers have paid hundreds of pounds to return home to avoid quarantine after Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago were pulled from the safe travel list.
  2835.  
  2836. >Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Thursday that travellers from those countries to the UK would be required to self-isolate for 14 days with the restrictions coming into effect from Saturday at 4am. Meanwhile, Portugal was given travel corridor status, meaning that Brits will not have to quarantine on their return to the UK from the country.
  2837.  
  2838. >It comes as Mr Shapps said it would be too "difficult" to implement regional quarantine rules as opposed to removing an entire country from the exemption list. He said it is "still rather too difficult to do the kind of regionalisation that you’re talking about because we just don’t have the same control elsewhere".
  2839. http://archive.is/H9VIN
  2840.  
  2841. States Should Require a Coronavirus Vaccine For Kids to Attend School, Some Experts Say
  2842. >States require most students to have certain vaccinations before attending in-person classes and it's a measure that experts say should at least be considered for the new coronavirus.
  2843. >Schools across the U.S. are beginning to reopen their doors to students or making plans for the upcoming year after having closed in the spring to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. So far in the school year, schools in at least six states had to once again close down because of COVID-19 infections, prompting concerns about the safety and efficiency of having in-person classes in the fall.
  2844. >Large populations of school-aged children being vaccinated against the new coronavirus could alleviate some of these concerns, as the risk of a student or faculty member contracting the new coronavirus would be lower.
  2845. http://archive.is/TLGD3
  2846.  
  2847. Peru, Morocco to test China Sinopharm's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Phase 3 trial
  2848. >Authorities in Peru and Morocco have approved Phase 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said late on Thursday on Chinese social media platform WeChat.
  2849. >Phase 3 trials, which usually involve several thousand participants, allow researchers to gather data on the efficacy of potential vaccines for final regulatory approvals.
  2850.  
  2851. >The experimental vaccine of CNBG, a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), has entered a Phase 3 trial in the United Arab Emirates that has already recruited 15,000 volunteers.
  2852. >It has also obtained approval to be tested in Bahrain in a Phase 3 study designed to involve around 6,000 participants.
  2853. http://archive.is/4VS9t
  2854.  
  2855.  
  2856. Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: 9 More Kids Diagnosed With SARS-2-Related MIS-C
  2857. >There have been no deaths reported in the county.
  2858. http://archive.is/6yePM
  2859.  
  2860. The coronavirus made me do it: Man mounts SARS-2 defense in domestic violence case
  2861. >Luis Suriel, arrested for domestic abuse, said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and his family said the disease caused his erratic behavior.
  2862. >A 34-year-old Palm Beach County woman woke up startled and found her boyfriend and father of her young child hovering over her. He said he had visions of God and needed to remove the demon within her, according to a sheriff’s report.
  2863.  
  2864. >Luis Suriel then struck her at least three times with a belt, leaving deep welts, deputies said.
  2865. >Now Suriel’s attorney and family say that his erratic behavior was caused by COVID-19, resulting in a fever that made him delusional with hallucinations.
  2866. >Suriel, 45, may very well be the first in Palm Beach County to employ a novel defense based on the novel coronavirus.
  2867. http://archive.is/xPGox
  2868.  
  2869. Europe’s economic rebound slows as coronavirus cases rise
  2870. >The European economy’s rebound from the coronavirus recession slowed in August as an uptick in new COVID-19 cases appeared to hobble the reopening of some businesses and travel after their near-complete shutdown in the spring.
  2871. >An indicator of business activity by research firm IHS Markit fell back to a level that suggests Europe’s economy is barely growing after a relatively strong burst in July, when many countries lifted the restrictions imposed in the spring to contain the pandemic. Those lockdowns combined to push the European economy into a record slump.
  2872.  
  2873. >The purchasing managers’ index, which is based on a survey of 5,000 companies across the Eurozone, the group of 19 nations that use the euro currency, dropped to 51.6 points in August from 54.9 in July. The 50-mark separates economic contraction from growth.
  2874.  
  2875. >The drop in economic momentum coincides with an increase in coronavirus cases in some European countries that is forcing governments to put limits on travel again and to reimpose new lockdown restrictions on some communities. Airlines have said the trend has hurt a recovery in travel in Europe as the news saps consumer confidence.
  2876. >Experts say the outlook for the economy is closely tied to the number of reported coronavirus cases and whether a second wave of outbreaks will keep schools from reopening and restrict shops, restaurants and other businesses from operating.
  2877. http://archive.is/r5R3N
  2878.  
  2879. Despite Modi's SARS-CoV-2 unlock plan, India's economy is suffering
  2880. http://archive.is/7My2r
  2881.  
  2882. A scientific power in Soviet times, today’s Ukraine incapable of making own SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, says Zelensky
  2883. >Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that his country doesn’t have the capability to create a domestic coronavirus vaccine, but is ready to help mass produce a formula once another nation develops its own.
  2884. >Zelensky claims Ukraine has brilliant doctors and scientists, but suffers from a lack of infrastructure. According to the World Bank, it has a GDP per capita of just $3,659, making it the poorest country in Europe.
  2885. >“We have no laboratories to create vaccines, but there are already several enterprises ready to produce a vaccine in bulk,” the president said, explaining that the administration is already in consultation with other countries with a view to making enough doses to cover the nation’s internal needs. He didn’t name any particular state.
  2886. http://archive.is/WhwrI
  2887.  
  2888. Polish zloty weakens on concerns of rising coronavirus infections
  2889. >The Polish zloty slipped on Friday, as a fresh record number of daily coronavirus cases added to worries about the toll the pandemic is taking on the global economy.
  2890. http://archive.is/mC1kj
  2891.  
  2892. Madagascar Sacks Health Minister After Virus Squabble
  2893. >Madagascar on Thursday said it had fired its health minister as part of a government reshuffle, a move that came a month after he butted heads with the president for seeking outside help for coronavirus.
  2894. >The Indian Ocean island-nation saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink touted as a remedy for the virus.
  2895.  
  2896. >As hospitals raised concern about lack of beds, Health Minister Ahmad Ahmad wrote a letter in July asking international agencies to send medical equipment.
  2897. >His appeal sparked anger in President Andry Rajoelina's administration, which said Ahmad had acted "without consulting" either the government or head of state.
  2898.  
  2899. >Ahmad's cabinet exit was revealed on Thursday in the announcement of a new list of ministers following a reshuffle.
  2900. >"Jean Louis Hanitrala Rakotovao has been named new health minister," cabinet secretary Valery Ramonjavelo told a press conference, without giving details about the change.
  2901. http://archive.is/fBlQI
  2902.  
  2903. Papua New Guinea blocked the arrival of a flight carrying workers from China after a Chinese mine operator said its employees were given a coronavirus vaccine in a possible unauthorized trial, authorities said Friday.
  2904. >The Pacific nation's pandemic response controller, David Manning, banned COVID-19 vaccine trials after Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Ltd. said it vaccinated Chinese employees.
  2905. >The vaccine was administered to the 48 Chinese in China three days before they landed in Port Moresby on Aug. 13, according to Health Minister Jelta Wong.
  2906.  
  2907. >"Details of the vaccine used ... are still not known,” Wong said in an email to The Associated Press.
  2908. >Manning said the National Department of Health had not approved any trials. He said any vaccines required approval by the World Health Organization and had to undergo "vigorous vaccine trials, protocols and procedures."
  2909. >Wong said no applications for such a trial had been received by his government.
  2910.  
  2911. >A document on the mine company's letterhead titled “Vaccination Statement” said 48 Chinese employees “have been vaccinated with SARS-COV-2 vaccine” on Aug. 10.
  2912. >The statement was sent to the Papua New Guinea Health Department and advised that the vaccine could cause false-positive test results in those who received it.
  2913.  
  2914. >Manning has written to Chinese Ambassador Xue Bing seeking “immediate clarification of the Chinese government’s position regarding the vaccination statement.”
  2915. >It was unclear which Chinese producer supplied the vaccine.
  2916. http://archive.is/VtH1k
  2917.  
  2918. Travelers from France to UK must self-certify no coronavirus symptoms
  2919. >Travelers from France to the United Kingdom will be required to self-certify that they are not suffering coronavirus symptoms or have been in contact with a confirmed case within 14 days preceding travel, the British government said on Friday.
  2920. http://archive.is/Hqm38
  2921.  
  2922. German authorities cover up SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hamburg schools
  2923. http://archive.is/B2OJW
  2924.  
  2925.  
  2926.  
  2927. Russia's Top Doctor Quits Over SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Registration
  2928. >It appears that Professor Alexander Chuchalin wanted to block the registration of the vaccine on "safety" grounds, before quitting the ethics council, said the report on Thursday.
  2929. >A top respiratory doctor quit the Russian health ministry's ethics council after the country decided to go ahead with the registration of a COVID-19 vaccine even before conducting a crucial Phase 3 trial, MailOnline reported.
  2930. >Chuchalin's resignation suggests that the vaccine, dubbed "Sputnik V", faced criticism from within the country also.
  2931. >The MailOnline report also said that no specific reason was given for his resignation.
  2932. >However, shortly before he quit, Chuchalin in an interview with journal Nauka i Zhizn (Science and Life) underlined the importance of ensuring safety before approving any drug or vaccine.
  2933. >"In the case of a drug or vaccine, we, as ethical reviewers, would like to understand, first of all, how safe it is for humans," Chuchalin was quoted as saying in the interview.
  2934. http://archive.is/0nlys
  2935.  
  2936. EU Secures Coronavirus Vaccine Deal With AstraZeneca
  2937. >Drugmaker to supply the bloc with up to 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine now in development
  2938. http://archive.is/rWtx0
  2939.  
  2940. Malaysia Detects D614G Coronavirus Strain That’s 10 Times More Infectious
  2941. >The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner returning from India and breaching his 14-day home quarantine. The man has since been sentenced to five months in prison and fined. The strain was also found in another cluster involving people returning from the Philippines.
  2942. http://archive.is/ONsnB
  2943.  
  2944. Infection of respiratory viruses, cigarette smoking and allergic respiratory diseases might affect the susceptibility to and the development of SARS-2
  2945. http://archive.is/m6TdZ
  2946.  
  2947. New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears
  2948. http://archive.is/zXHbr
  2949.  
  2950. South Korea accuses church pastor as SARS-2 cases surge
  2951. >South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's worst outbreak in over five months.
  2952. >The focus on the Sarang Jeil Church, led by Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, revived bad memories of the country's biggest outbreak, among followers of a secretive Christian sect back in February.
  2953. http://archive.is/3M5yO
  2954.  
  2955. >President Donald Trump expressed interest in a new unproven coronavirus treatment — the botanical extract, oleandrin — recommended by HUD Secretary Ben Carson and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Axios reported Sunday.
  2956. >Lindell told Axios that Trump "basically said: …'The FDA should be approving it,'" regarding oleandrin as a potential treatment for the coronavirus.
  2957. >Researchers found that oleandrin could enhance in cancer therapies due to the way the botanical extract reacts to cells, Axios reported, but there isn't much public data showing oleandrin's effect on patients infected with COVID-19.
  2958. >A senior administration officials expressed concern on Carson and Lindell's "involvement" in recommending the product.
  2959. >"The involvement of the Secretary of HUD and MyPillow.com in pushing a dubious product at the highest levels should give Americans no comfort at night about their health and safety during a raging pandemic," the official told Axios.
  2960. >HUD Secretary Carson, who has expertise in pediatric neurosurgery, serves on the White House coronavirus task force, though his range of knowledge on antiviral drugs is not immediately clear.
  2961. http://archive.is/vMl2X
  2962.  
  2963.  
  2964. Coronavirus: Public Health England 'to be replaced'
  2965. >Public Health England is to be replaced by a new agency that will specifically deal with protecting the country from pandemics, according to a report.
  2966. >The Sunday Telegraph claims Health Secretary Matt Hancock will this week announce a new body modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute.
  2967. >Ministers have reportedly been unhappy with the way PHE has responded to the coronavirus crisis.
  2968. >The government was contacted by the BBC but declined to comment on the report.
  2969. >A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "Public Health England have played an integral role in our national response to this unprecedented global pandemic.
  2970. >"We have always been clear that we must learn the right lessons from this crisis to ensure that we are in the strongest possible position, both as we continue to deal with Covid-19 and to respond to any future public health threat."
  2971. >Mr Hancock will merge the NHS Test and Trace scheme with the pandemic response work of PHE.
  2972. >The paper said the new body could be called the National Institute for Health Protection and would become "effective" in September, but the change would not be fully completed until the spring.
  2973. >The Robert Koch Institute, which the new body will reportedly be based on, is an independent agency that has taken control of Germany's response to the pandemic.
  2974. http://archive.is/El3Xu
  2975.  
  2976. More infectious mutated coronavirus strain detected in Philippines, Quezon City
  2977. >This mutation changes the amino acid at position 614, from D (aspartic acid) to G (glycine) — thus the D614G mutation name. Meaning, the initial D614 is now the G614 variant.
  2978. http://archive.is/948T6
  2979.  
  2980. Coronavirus lockdown leads to surge in puppy ownership across UK
  2981. http://archive.is/xchXW
  2982.  
  2983. Wife of Brazil's president says she has tested negative for coronavirus
  2984. http://archive.is/nHgZj
  2985.  
  2986. U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials
  2987. >U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that could be used in human challenge trials of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would be vaccinated and then intentionally infected with the virus
  2988. >The work is preliminary and such trials would not replace large-scale, Phase 3 trials such as those now under way in the United States testing experimental COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) and Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), according to a statement emailed to Reuters by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
  2989.  
  2990. >U.S. officials organizing the fight against the pandemic have been under pressure from advocacy groups such as 1 Day Sooner and others that see challenge trials as a way to speed up tests of a COVID-19 vaccine. Most vaccine trials rely on inadvertent infection, which can take time to occur.
  2991.  
  2992. >Some drugmakers, including AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), have said they would consider human challenge trials to test COVID-19 vaccines if needed.
  2993. U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials
  2994. http://archive.is/iQCXT
  2995.  
  2996. [USA COVID-19 K-12 SCHOOL CLOSURES, QUARANTINES, AND/OR DEATHS] (117 death entries, 200 deaths)
  2997. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQSD9mm5HTXhxAiHabZA6BPUByWBlP5HZ2jfOPEeGZkMB0ZFsmFBL5orqjIq22mjFNZ7n-11ObCylGn/pubhtml
  2998.  
  2999. Coronavirus complicates California's worst power shortage in two decades
  3000. >A late-summer heat wave in Southern California typically sends people fleeing to movie theaters, shopping malls and crowded beaches in search of a cool respite.
  3001. >But the coronavirus pandemic has forced the closure of places where people once gathered, upending those routines.
  3002.  
  3003. >So as temperatures soared Friday, many people instead stayed at home with their air conditioners blasting. Even though many offices and businesses were closed due to the pandemic, that intense demand — along with other factors including a dearth of power coming in from other states — was enough to create the most serious statewide energy shortage in nearly 20 years, officials said. On Saturday night, another round of temporary blackouts was ordered in parts of the state.
  3004.  
  3005. >The California Independent System Operator, the body that runs the electric grid for most of California, declared a statewide Stage 3 emergency Friday evening and ordered utilities to shed about 1,000 megawatts, prompting rolling blackouts across the state. A single megawatt powers about 750 homes, spokeswoman Anne Gonzales said.
  3006. http://archive.is/ak0n9
  3007.  
  3008. Test for SARS-CoV-2 T cells immunity developed
  3009. http://archive.is/Peyii
  3010.  
  3011. Renowned European scientist Professor Giuseppe Tritto: SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in China lab, effective vaccine ‘unlikely’
  3012. http://archive.is/UlqHA
  3013.  
  3014. >Beijing art exhibition celebrates China's Covid-19 response
  3015. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/beijing-art-exhibition-celebrates-chinas-covid-19-response/ar-BB182fiA
  3016.  
  3017. Robot chicken butchers, brought to you by SARS-2
  3018. >The trend toward robots and computers taking jobs people have held is getting a big push from Covid-19.
  3019.  
  3020. >A human face behind the counter is traditionally a welcome sight, but now people are warier of close contact with strangers. That opens the door to robots taking orders, flipping burgers, even delivering room service meals.
  3021.  
  3022. >“This was an issue for germaphobes, and now everybody is going to be a germaphobe. The future started in March,” said Johannes Moenius, a University of Redlands business professor.
  3023.  
  3024. >Adding some robots can help factories keep up production when they must limit the number of human workers for safety’s sake. Robots can even do now-dangerous hospital jobs such as cleaning rooms and allowing doctors and nurses to communicate remotely with patients to minimise staff exposure.
  3025.  
  3026. >In a June survey, 44% of corporate financial officers said they were considering more automation in response to coronavirus issues.
  3027.  
  3028. >Experts and advocates say states and cities must help workers displaced by automation, though most agencies are overwhelmed with a backlog of unemployment claims they must clear first.
  3029.  
  3030. >Employers adopting automation usually stress that workers may find it more fulfilling to do more involved tasks while robots do the grueling jobs.
  3031. http://archive.is/OqQPc
  3032.  
  3033.  
  3034.  
  3035. China grants country's first SARS-CoV-2 vaccine patent to CanSino - state media
  3036. >China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.
  3037.  
  3038. >It is the first COVID-19 vaccine patent granted by China, state-owned newspaper People’s Daily reported on Sunday.
  3039.  
  3040. >The paper cited documents published by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration saying that the patent was issued on Aug. 11.
  3041.  
  3042. >CanSino’s Hong Kong shares rose around 14% in Monday’s morning session. Its Shanghai shares rose by 6.6% as of midday.
  3043. http://archive.is/4LaZK
  3044.  
  3045.  
  3046. Kiadis collaborates with premier Dutch institutions to apply K-NK-cell technology for the development of a novel SARS-2 therapy
  3047. >In support of the K-NK-ID101 program, Kiadis has started collaborating with five premier Dutch institutions to study different anti-viral mechanisms of Kiadis’ K-NK cell therapy platform against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration will study NK-cell biology in COVID-19 patients, the elimination of SARS-CoV-2 virus and virally infected cells by K-NK cells, and synergies between monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and K-NK cells.
  3048.  
  3049. >Natural killer (NK) cells are the human immune system’s first line of defence against tumor cells and infectious disease. Activity of K-NK cells has been demonstrated against cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK virus in the K-NK002 clinical trials, and against CNS and pulmonary fungal and bacterial agents in the K-NK003 clinical trials.
  3050.  
  3051. >COVID-19 breaks down NK cell immunity, and severe COVID-19 patients lack functional NK cells. K-NK-ID101 cells potentially have enhanced anti-viral activity, while avoiding exacerbating needless inflammation, and therefore may be uniquely suited to repair this lack of functional NK cells. Since K-NK-ID101 cells can be manufactured at large scale and frozen down, they can be immediately and globally made available to patients. Also, the broad anti-viral activity of K-NK cells could potentially serve as a universal countermeasure to fight future viral pandemics; Kiadis will learn more about the potential of the platform through research conducted through these collaborations
  3052. http://archive.is/sb7vk
  3053.  
  3054.  
  3055.  
  3056. Anti-Mask Protests Across Europe as Coronavirus Cases Rise 4 Days in a Row
  3057. http://archive.is/UW68J
  3058.  
  3059. Coronavirus: Japan suffers its biggest economic slump on record
  3060. >The world’s third largest economy saw gross domestic product fall 7.8% in April-June from the previous quarter, or 27.8% on an annualised basis.
  3061. http://archive.is/Kc27U
  3062.  
  3063. Latest news on coronavirus in Scotland
  3064. >A pupil at a Glasgow High school has tested positive for Covid-19 as a cluster of cases in the area continues to grow
  3065. >The student at Bannerman High in Baillieston attended classes when the school reopened last week
  3066. >A fifth Lanarkshire school pupil has tested positive for Covid-19 amid concern the virus is being transmitted at indoor social gatherings
  3067. >The pupil at Caldervale High School in Airdrie attended school on Thursday
  3068. >However officials say there is no evidence to suggest the virus is being spread at the school
  3069. >A food processing plant in Perth and Kinross has been closed after three members of staff tested positive for Covid-19
  3070. >At least 37 patients were transferred from Scottish hospitals to care homes after testing positive for coronavirus, according to an investigation by the Sunday Post
  3071. >The number of coronavirus cases in Scotland rose by 43 in the latest 24 hours period available
  3072. >It included one new case in Orkney, which has been linked to an outbreak among the crew of a fishing vessel
  3073. >The Victoria Bar in Edinburgh has temporarily closed after a customer confirmed overnight they had tested positive
  3074. http://archive.is/YnPfa
  3075.  
  3076.  
  3077.  
  3078. Coronavirus: South Korean churchgoers refuse to get tested as expert warns ‘medical system could collapse’
  3079. >Rev Jun’s church has become South Korea’s second-biggest virus cluster, behind a branch of the secretive Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the city of Daegu, which was tied to more than 5,000 cases in late February and March.
  3080.  
  3081. >The government is pressing charges against Rev Jun for allegedly disrupting disease-control efforts by ignoring orders to self-isolate, discouraging worshippers from getting tested and underreporting the church’s membership to avoid broader quarantines.
  3082.  
  3083. >“It is a very senseless act that hampers efforts of the whole people to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. It is a clear challenge to the national disease control and prevention system, and an unforgivable act that threatens the lives of the people,” he wrote, warning the government would take “very stern and strong measures”.
  3084.  
  3085. >Rev Jun’s lawyer, Kang Yeon-jae, has denied the accusations insisting that he only received self-isolation orders after returning home from Saturday’s rally.
  3086.  
  3087. >The pastor has also claimed that the outbreak at his church was the result of an attack, and during Saturday’s protests accused an unspecified opponent of “pouring” the virus onto the church.
  3088.  
  3089. >The Korean Herald reported that Rev Jun was heard telling his followers at a rally earlier this year that it was “patriotic to die from illness”, adding that “those who suffer from illness will be healed if they attend the rally”.
  3090.  
  3091. >Prosecutors have asked a Seoul court to revoke his bail, having been indicted in March on charges of violating election laws ahead of April’s parliamentary elections by allegedly asking participants at his rallies to vote against the party of Mr Moon – who he has compared to Adolf Hitler – before the official campaigning period had started.
  3092.  
  3093. >His bail was granted on condition that he doesn’t take part in rallies that could be related to his pending case.
  3094. http://archive.is/JWsOk
  3095.  
  3096. Thousands return to streets in Israel urging Netanyahu to resign
  3097. >Thousands of demonstrators have returned to the streets of Jerusalem calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegations of corruption and his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
  3098. http://archive.is/dJKaK
  3099.  
  3100. Cellcom Israel Q2 loss widens on SARS-CoV-2 impact
  3101. >Cellcom CEL.TA, Israel's largest mobile phone operater, reported a larger quarterly net loss, weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic which took a hit on revenue.
  3102. >Cellcom CEL.N said on Monday it lost 46 million shekels ($13.5 million) in the second quarter, versus a 35 million shekel loss a year earlier.
  3103. >Revenue fell 7.1% to 855 million shekels, and service revenue decreased 1.7% to 683 million shekels.
  3104. http://archive.is/blG40
  3105.  
  3106. Israel’s Coronavirus Czar apologizes After Likening Virus Spread Among Arabs to ‘Mass Terror Attack’
  3107. http://archive.is/LpDBi
  3108.  
  3109. Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo
  3110. >Researchers studying tigers and lions at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New York City have studied the first known cases in the United States of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) being naturally transmitted from humans to animals.
  3111.  
  3112. >The case series describes the clinical outcomes, duration of infection and viral shedding patterns among Malayan tigers, Amur tigers and African lions that appeared to have become infected following exposure to zookeepers who were shedding the virus.
  3113.  
  3114. >The report is the first to document SARS-CoV-2 infection among non-domestic felids, say SusanBartlett (Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx) and colleagues.
  3115.  
  3116. >The team recommends that personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used to reduce the risk of coronaviruses being transmitted to Felidae and other vulnerable species.
  3117. http://archive.is/Nj4JT
  3118. [PRE-PRINT]
  3119. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.14.250928v1
  3120.  
  3121. Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand SARS-2 protection
  3122. >The Kayapo Mekragnotire people blame authorities for the deaths of four of their elders and infections of dozens more on their land in southern Para state, near the city of Novo Progresso. Leaders said people from outside their territory spread the new coronavirus among them because there were no restrictions on entry to their land.
  3123.  
  3124. >They claimed to have few doctors, scarce personal protective equipment and no nearby intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients. They wore headdresses of yellow, green and blue feathers, and brandished bows, arrows and clubs. Some had colorful beads, armbands and headbands of Brazilian soccer clubs.
  3125. http://archive.is/0OrQ0
  3126.  
  3127.  
  3128. Gustavo Montezano, president of Brazil's BNDES national development bank, has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2
  3129. >"Montezano's health is good and he will continue to carry out his duties, working from home," the bank said in a statement.
  3130. http://archive.is/4CPTe
  3131.  
  3132. Mexico And Argentina Team Up To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine For Latin America
  3133. >Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is concerned Latin America won't be the first in line for a coronavirus vaccine. So he has teamed up with Argentina to produce one.
  3134. http://archive.is/DRx3T
  3135.  
  3136. Novavax begins mid-stage study of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
  3137. >“Because South Africa is experiencing a winter surge of COVID-19 disease, this important Phase 2b clinical trial has the potential to provide an early indication of efficacy,” Novavax research chief Gregory Glenn said.
  3138.  
  3139. >The trial of Novavax’s NVX-CoV2373, backed by a $15 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was being conducted in two separate groups, one comprising 2,665 healthy volunteers and the other, 240 HIV-positive adults.
  3140. http://archive.is/EbY7H
  3141.  
  3142. Outcry In France Over 'Incomprehensible' Mass Show At Theme Park
  3143. >The French government has defended a decision to allow a theme park to stage a show attended by up to 9,000 people, after critics blasted the move as wildly irresponsible and hypocritical due to the coronavirus epidemic.
  3144. >The Puy du Fou historical theme park in western France was given an exemption by local authorities to allow the show with up to 9,000 spectators, even though the number of people permitted to gather in France is limited to 5,000 due to social distancing rules.
  3145.  
  3146. >The controversy is even more acute given that the park's founder Philippe de Villiers, a former culture minister and ex-MP, is according to French media on friendly terms with President Emmanuel Macron.
  3147. >Participants in France's cultural scene, ravaged by the coronavirus and ensuing restrictions, have expressed outrage that the weekend event was allowed to go ahead when major summer festivals were cancelled.
  3148.  
  3149. >Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot, however, denied that the Puy du Fou, which attracts millions each year with its mediaeval and history-themed attractions, had received special treatment.
  3150. >Local authorities have the power to grant exceptional permission for gatherings of more than 5,000 people.
  3151.  
  3152. >"I understand the emotion and the anger of the professionals and the artists who had to cancel their activities and it is a real heartbreak," said Bachelot, quoted by Le Parisien website late Sunday.
  3153. >But, "the park of Puy du Fou did not benefit from any special privilege," she insisted.
  3154. http://archive.is/1TxGG
  3155.  
  3156. Germany mistakenly neglects to tell 949 travelers they have coronavirus
  3157. >The state of Bavaria said it had tracked down most of the people returning from abroad who tested positive for the COVID-19 but were not told about it.
  3158.  
  3159. >Bavaria said in a statement that it had found 903 of the 949 people who tested positive out of 44,000 travelers returning to the country, while it could not locate personal data for 46 of the positive tests.
  3160.  
  3161. >The tests had been carried out up to two weeks ago at special centers that were opened with great fanfare in the southern state, but problems with data entry meant that the travelers had been waiting for their test results for days.
  3162.  
  3163. >Bavaria's state premier, Markus Soeder, apologized for the problems Thursday, promising to fix the mistakes by adding extra staff. He also said he supported his health minister, who had offered to resign.
  3164. http://archive.is/Y62lY
  3165.  
  3166. >72 workers test positive for coronavirus at Newark desserts factory Bakkavor
  3167. >A total of 701 workers at Bakkavor have already been tested for Covid-19 during the first days of on-site testing at the factory in Newark.
  3168. http://archive.is/qN0w5
  3169.  
  3170. Philippine capital's virus lockdown being eased
  3171. >Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ease a mild lockdown in the capital and four outlying provinces to further reopen the country’s battered economy despite having the most coronavirus infections in Southeast Asia
  3172. http://archive.is/5NC9H
  3173.  
  3174. Coronavirus spread accelerates in Denmark, reproduction rate rises to 1.4
  3175. http://archive.is/HCo9V
  3176.  
  3177.  
  3178.  
  3179.  
  3180. Italy’s MSC Grandiosa launched today, months after cruise ships became early incubators of the coronavirus. The ship will dock at destinations close to Italy with new health procedures.
  3181. http://archive.is/C2Mdp
  3182.  
  3183. Doctors warn Turkish outbreak 'out of control' as SARS-2 cases pass 250,000
  3184. >The government says inspections of businesses will be increased to ensure enforcement rules on masks and physical distancing as the country battles more than 1,000 new cases a day.
  3185. >Turkish medical professionals are worried Turkey may lose control of the coronavirus outbreak as the country passed the grim milestone of a quarter million cases this week.
  3186.  
  3187. >Official figures showed 1,263 more people were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 251,805 since the novel coronavirus reached Turkey in March. New daily cases have been above 1,000 every day since Aug. 4. They were last at these levels at the end of June.
  3188.  
  3189. >Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Monday most of the new cases were “easily treatable but the number of those who are seriously ill for whom treatment is difficult is rising.”
  3190.  
  3191. >Turkey ended a partial lockdown at the beginning of June in an effort to kickstart economic activity. On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said it would step up inspections of businesses, transportation, beaches, wedding halls and other facilities to make sure they are complying with rules on hygiene, mask-wearing and physical distancing.
  3192.  
  3193. >“The current situation in our country shows we are on a rising trajectory [and] without having brought the first wave under control, the outbreak is starting to get out of control,” the Turkish Medical Association said in a press statement Tuesday.
  3194. http://archive.is/Xudux
  3195.  
  3196. California Coronavirus Update: “Very Low” Number Of Kids Vaccinated So Far In 2020 As State Heads Into Flu Season
  3197. >California’s Health and Human Services Director Dr. Mark Ghaly began his Tuesday news conference by pointing out that he is a pediatrician.
  3198.  
  3199. >Ghaly then went on to reveal some shocking statistics for a state in the midst of a pandemic.
  3200.  
  3201. >Among children ages 0-18, he said, “California is running at only two-thirds the vaccination level we were at the same point in 2019.”
  3202.  
  3203. >On a more granular level, Ghaly said that the state has seen two great drops in vaccinations this year and both have coincided with more stringent stay-at-home orders in April and July.
  3204.  
  3205. >“When we went to a stay-at-home order,” he noted, “we saw a significant decrease in vaccinations of young people.”
  3206.  
  3207. >“The fact that we are still very low, compared to the peak in August, is a concern,” said Dr. Ghaly. “We hope to see that number increase.”
  3208. http://archive.is/QmyvW
  3209.  
  3210. Singapore announces another $5.8 billion to boost its coronavirus-hit economy
  3211. >Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced another 8 billion Singapore dollars ($5.8 billion) to support an economy under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic
  3212. >The country’s open and trade-dependent economy has been among the hardest hit in Asia following lockdown measures around the world aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
  3213. http://archive.is/emCeH
  3214.  
  3215. Brazil and China drafting a protocol for chicken slaughterhouses to avoid SARS-2
  3216. >Following China's claims, the two countries are in negotiations to establish a protocol to prevent contamination of Covid-19 in slaughterhouses that export to the Asian largest economy.
  3217.  
  3218. >This followed an incident in June when a new outbreak of the virus appeared in Beijing, resulting in the suspension of imports from six Brazilian plants, and a seventh unit was also banned by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.
  3219.  
  3220. >The protocol rules which are also to be applied in other countries target “zero risk”. However there are some differences on the definition of “zero risk” between the Brazilian ministry of agriculture and Chinese sanitary officials.
  3221.  
  3222. >Among China´s requirements are the establishment of a rule where exporters will ‘self-suspend’ if problems involving Covid-19 arise at slaughterhouses, which Brasilia considers as a legally complex rule to empower. Beijing wants to know precisely what protocol Brazil will follow in the event of contamination by a slaughterhouse worker, the measures it will take to prevent infections, etc.
  3223.  
  3224. >According to some sources, if the two countries do not reach an agreement, there is a risk that the Asian economy will suspend certain imports from Brazil.
  3225.  
  3226. >As a result of China’s claims that it found traces of the new coronavirus in Brazilian chicken shipments, on Friday, August 14, the Philippines imposed a temporary ban on chicken imports from Brazil.
  3227.  
  3228. >“With recent reports from China and in compliance with the country’s Food Security Act to regulate food business operators and protect Filipino consumers, a temporary ban has been imposed on chicken imports,” said the Department of Agriculture in a statement in Manila.
  3229.  
  3230. >The agency did not say how long the ban would apply. Brazil is the world´s largest chicken exporter and accounts for about 20% of the Philippines’ chicken imports.
  3231. http://archive.is/EaLnd
  3232.  
  3233. Scott Morrison announces free SARS-CoV-2 vaccines for Australians but says it will be ‘as mandatory as possible’
  3234. >Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he intends to make a COVID-19 vaccine “as mandatory as possible” for all Australians once it becomes available.
  3235. >“I would expect it to be as mandatory as you can possibly make it,” the PM said.
  3236. >“There are always exemptions for any vaccine on medical grounds but that should be the only basis.
  3237. >“I mean we’re talking about a pandemic that has destroyed you know, the global economy and taken the lives of hundreds of thousands all around the world and over 450 Australians here.
  3238. >“We need the most extensive and comprehensive response to this to get Australia back to normal.”
  3239. http://archive.is/zbBOl
  3240.  
  3241. Australia signs deal with AstraZeneca for possible SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  3242. >Australia has signed a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca to secure a potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday, joining a growing list of countries lining up supplies of the drug.
  3243.  
  3244. >With several countries moving to secure supplies that some fear may lead to a global shortage, Australia said it had signed a letter of intent with AstraZeneca to produce and distribute enough doses for its population.
  3245.  
  3246. >"Under this deal we have secured early access for every Australian," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in an emailed statement.
  3247. >"If this vaccine proves successful we will manufacture and supply vaccines straight away under our own steam and make it free for 25 million Australians."
  3248. http://archive.is/1ftB4
  3249.  
  3250. [REMINDER]
  3251. AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
  3252. >“This is a unique situation where we as a company simply cannot take the risk if in ... four years the vaccine is showing side effects,” Ruud Dobber, a member of Astra’s senior executive team, told Reuters.
  3253. >“In the contracts we have in place, we are asking for indemnification. For most countries it is acceptable to take that risk on their shoulders because it is in their national interest,” he said, adding that Astra and regulators were making safety and tolerability a top priority.
  3254. >Dobber would not name the countries.
  3255. http://archive.is/l91JW
  3256.  
  3257.  
  3258.  
  3259. Pakistan to conduct phase-III clinical trial of vaccine
  3260. >As many as 200 volunteers from Karachi, representing various ethnic groups, have been registered and the trial will be completed in 56 days during which three injections of inactivated virus will be administered to the volunteers — both male and female.
  3261. >Pakistan’s drug watchdog has approved phase-III clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in collaboration with a Chinese company, a media report said on Tuesday.
  3262.  
  3263. >According to a statement from the National Institute of Health (NIH), it has obtained “formal approval” from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for phase-III Clinical Trial of Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Adenovirus Type 5 vector (Ad5-nCoV) developed by CanSinoBio and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology China (BIB)“.
  3264. >The NIH said this would be the first-ever phase-III clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan.
  3265.  
  3266. >“It is a multi-country multi-centre clinical trial which CanSinoBio is already conducting in China, Russia, Chile, Argentina and will shortly start in Saudi Arabia. The principal investigator of the multi-centre clinical trial in Pakistan is NIH executive director Maj Gen Aamer Ikram,” the statement said.
  3267. http://archive.is/qEGgE
  3268.  
  3269.  
  3270.  
  3271.  
  3272.  
  3273. Ukraine, Israel urge Hasidic Jews to cancel pilgrimage due to coronavirus
  3274. >The Ukrainian and Israeli governments issued a joint statement on Tuesday asking Israeli Hasidic Jews to cancel their annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian town of Uman this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  3275.  
  3276. >Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews descend on Uman every Jewish New Year to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, who revived the Hasidic movement and died in 1810.
  3277.  
  3278. >This year, Jewish New Year celebrations run from Sept 18-20.
  3279.  
  3280. >"Guided by the recommendations and warnings of the Ministries of Health of Ukraine and Israel, we urge all pilgrims who plan to take part in the current festive events on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah in Ukraine to refrain from visiting the city of Uman due to the threatening epidemic situation," the governments said in the statement.
  3281.  
  3282. >It was published on the site of Ukraine's government and on the Facebook page of the Israeli embassy in Kyiv.
  3283.  
  3284. >Ukraine has registered 94,436 coronavirus cases and 2,116 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in March.
  3285.  
  3286. >Some regions have had to reimpose some restrictions such as the mandatory wearing of masks due to a jump in the daily number of new cases to above 1,500 last week.
  3287. http://archive.is/Eue0V
  3288.  
  3289.  
  3290.  
  3291. India: SARS-CoV-2 hits war room operations
  3292. >The novel coronavirus has struck at the nerve-centre of COVID-19 operations in Puducherry with positive cases being reported at the war rooms of both the health and police departments.
  3293.  
  3294. >While the control room at the health directorate was temporarily shut for several hours for disinfection after a staffer tested positive, the police war room at Gorimedu, too, had to be temporarily closed after a rash of cases were reported recently.
  3295.  
  3296. >Among those on the frontlines of COVID management, the police force has been among the worst-affected with about 100 policemen catching the infection so far.
  3297.  
  3298. >At the war room in Gorimedu, after four policemen tested positive, a section of police felt that it was ironical that the downtime of the war room, which was the pivot of operations, was too insufficient to offer any meaningful protection to other staff.
  3299.  
  3300. >"The premises were shut for a few days as four cases identified in quick succession were treated as a cluster,” said Rahul Alwal, SSP, who himself had gone into precautionary quarantine and resumed work only on Sunday.
  3301. http://archive.is/LK6CG
  3302.  
  3303.  
  3304.  
  3305. US: Coin shortage hits retailers, laundromats
  3306. >There is a shortage of coins across the U.S., yet another odd side effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Quarters, dimes and nickels aren’t circulating as freely as they usually do because many businesses have been closed and consumers aren’t out spending as much.
  3307. >The Federal Reserve announced in June that the supply system for coins had been severely disrupted. The U.S. Mint and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have urged Americans to use coins or turn them in to banks. As the economy recovers and businesses reopen, the coin supply is expected to normalize.
  3308.  
  3309. >Meanwhile, retailers large and small have urged shoppers to use cards or exact change whenever possible. Some won't provide change. Grocery giant Kroger Co. is still accepting cash, but offers customers the option to load their change onto loyalty cards to use on their next visit or to donate the balance to charity.
  3310. >Convenience store chain WaWa offered customers a free beverage at some of its stores if people brought in $5 worth of coins, or a sandwich for $50 or more. Community State Bank, a regional bank chain in Wisconsin, even offered a $5 bonus for every $100 worth of coins that people brought in. They had to suspend it after a week due to overwhelming response.
  3311.  
  3312. >As the shortage persists, it's become clear that there are still some conundrums that only coins can solve.
  3313. >“It’s at the minimum an inconvenience...at worst it’s a business challenge," said Brian Wallace, CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, a trade group for laundromats.
  3314.  
  3315. >About 56% of laundromats that serve the public take quarters as the only form of payment. And 89% take quarters as some form of payment, with cards, loyalty programs or mobile payments as an alternative, according to the trade group.
  3316. >Laundromats rely heavily on coins, in part, because many of their customers are “unbanked” or “underbanked,” meaning they mostly or entirely use cash instead of cards to pay for things.
  3317. http://archive.is/tp3Kk
  3318.  
  3319.  
  3320. U.S. and European firms face $1 trillion over 5 years in costs to relocate their supply chains outside of China, according to new Bank of America research
  3321. >Even before the pandemic, BofA’s survey of global analysts found that companies were shifting away from globalization and towards a more localized approach when it came to their supply chains.
  3322. >The report revealed that the pandemic had caused 80% of global sectors to face supply chain disruptions, forcing over 75% to widen the scope of their existing re-shoring plans.
  3323. >Around two thirds (67%) of participants in BofA’s Global Fund Manager survey thought localization or re-shoring of supply chains would be the most dominant structural shift in the post-Covid world.
  3324. http://archive.is/cikaT
  3325.  
  3326.  
  3327.  
  3328. Coronavirus and heart inflammation in athletes, myocarditis
  3329. >In athletes, myocarditis — whatever the cause — is rare, yet studies suggest it is a significant cause of sports-associated sudden cardiac death in players under age 35, accounting for 9% of these shocking cases.
  3330. >“Whether or not it’s 1% or 10%, it’s still important,” Jonathan Drezner, director of the University of Washington Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology and a consultant to the NCAA, told ESPN.
  3331. >How is myocarditis diagnosed in athletes? Some colleges have started screening athletes for the condition, but their methods vary, and diagnosis can be difficult.
  3332. >Athletes may have mild or no symptoms of heart inflammation until it’s too late. They may have mild or no symptoms of COVID-19 infection even as it injures their hearts.
  3333. >“There are reported cases of sudden cardiac death in non-hospitalized COVID-19-positive individuals with only mild symptoms,” the European Society of Cardiology wrote in a recent paper on returning to sports after COVID-19 infection.
  3334. >How is myocarditis treated? In many cases, myocarditis improves on its own with rest. However, it can be unpredictable, and even before the pandemic, it posed treatment challenges.
  3335. http://archive.is/piEzx
  3336.  
  3337. Heart condition linked with SARS-2 fuels Power 5 concern about season's viability
  3338. >Myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, has been found in at least five Big Ten Conference athletes and among several other athletes in other conferences, according to two sources with knowledge of athletes' medical care.
  3339. >Dr. Matthew Martinez, director of sports cardiology for Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, said he has received calls from physicians from at least a dozen Power 5 schools who have identified more than a dozen athletes with some post-COVID-19 myocardial injury. He said about half of them had symptoms.
  3340. >People can get myocardial inflammation, feel fine and never know it, Drezner said. He said most athletes who get myocarditis will be able to safely return to sports after a restriction of activity for three to six months. But he said that in some cases, the inflammation can turn to scar tissue and put the patient at risk for an irregular heartbeat that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest, which can be triggered by exercise.
  3341. >study published in July in JAMA Cardiology found that out of 100 adult patients in Germany who had recovered from the COVID-19 infection, 60% had findings of ongoing myocardial inflammation
  3342. http://archive.is/9Nwe5
  3343.  
  3344. Return to sports after SARS-2 infection: myocarditis
  3345. >The cardiovascular effects and long-term consequences of COVID-19 are currently unclear
  3346. >The question of eligibility for sport and the point of return to sport following both asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 with or without suspected involvement of the myocardium is currently becoming more and more important in leisure as well as in competitive sports
  3347. >Fortunately, from previous studies and registries of acute myocarditis, it has been known that athletes with a complete recovery have a very good prognosis
  3348. http://archive.is/jlpzJ
  3349.  
  3350. Former Florida State center Michael Ojo dies after collapsing during training at age 27
  3351. >Ojo was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus, but also that he had recovered. Local media reported that he died of a heart attack.
  3352. http://archive.is/xLAX1
  3353.  
  3354.  
  3355.  
  3356. The CDC wants state and local sewage systems tested for coronavirus
  3357. >The CDC, HHS and other federal agencies will begin working with state, local, territorial and tribal health departments to collect data on the sewage samples.
  3358. >The goal is to find traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, that shed from people and traveled through wastewater.
  3359. >Depending on the level of virus in the sewage, wastewater testing can also be a leading indicator of a worsening outbreak, the CDC says.
  3360. http://archive.is/poHyb
  3361.  
  3362.  
  3363.  
  3364. Scientists warn it may be years before students can return to school without masks, social distancing
  3365. >As schools consider whether it’s safe to reopen this fall, medical experts warn it could take years before students and teachers can return to in-person education safely without masks, social distancing and other measures intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
  3366. >It’s unclear how soon the clinical trials needed to vaccinate children against Covid-19 will be completed.
  3367. http://archive.is/xb2Ho
  3368.  
  3369.  
  3370. Military posted at checkpoints as Australian state extends SARS-2 lockdown
  3371. http://archive.is/AneRD
  3372.  
  3373. US: SARS-2 lockdown should have been more strict, White House coronavirus task force coordinator says
  3374. http://archive.is/mdbzU
  3375.  
  3376. >One more instance of a superspreader spreading coronavirus to 71 people in China has been documented. The superspreader continued to remain asymptomatic for over a month after arriving in China and spreading the virus.
  3377. https://journosdiary.com/2020/08/01/asymptomatic-superspreader-china-coronavirus-spread-71-people/
  3378.  
  3379. >A Study on 455 contacts (224 hospital staffs, 196 family members and 35 fellow patients) of a 22-year-old woman with no specific symptoms of COVID-19 who was in hospital for over a month
  3380. >The woman had a complex cardiocirculatory pathology due to congenital abnormality and was tested for COVID-19 but showed no specific symptoms of COVID-19 throughout her stay in hospital.
  3381. https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-infectivity-of-asymptomatic-sars-cov-2-carriers/
  3382.  
  3383. The Council of Atamans of Russia announced the "possibility of memory erasure" from thermometers
  3384. >The Kazakovs were warned of the threat of erasing their memory if they put a remote thermometer on their forehead to measure the temperature. This is reported by the newspaper "Zavtra" with reference to the order of the Council of Cossacks of Russia.
  3385. >The directive also recommends refusing to vaccinate with the domestic drug against the Sputnik V coronavirus until the research results appear and the World Health Organization (WHO) approves it .
  3386. >The representative of the association, Gennady Kovalev, said that not a single Cossack had been infected during the entire epidemic. “Why is this phenomenon silent and not studied? Everyone is sick, even the ministers of the Russian Orthodox Church , but the Cossacks are not, ”he said.
  3387. >According to him, the Cossacks are against vaccination, because they want to get strong evidence of the safety of the drug. “The Cossacks are reasonable and pragmatic people, we not only read Pikaba, but we also visit RBC , and they are far from being fools,” added Kovalev.
  3388. >In early March, the Cossacks were among the first to introduce restrictions in their circles due to the pandemic. They were forbidden to kiss crosses, icons, hands of priests.
  3389. >On August 11, the world's first coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, was registered, which was created by Russian specialists from the Gamaleya Center. Its production was launched on August 15. The first to receive the vaccine will be doctors and citizens from risk groups. Around the middle of September, a massive voluntary vaccination of the population may begin.
  3390. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Flenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2020%2F08%2F18%2Fmemory%2F
  3391.  
  3392. Russian governor tested coronavirus vaccine
  3393. >The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that he had become a participant in the tests of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V. He announced this on the air of the regional TV channel "Seim".
  3394. >He was vaccinated two weeks ago before the vacation while in Moscow. The governor noted that the Russian vaccine contains two components, and in a week he will receive a second vaccine.
  3395. >He noted that he himself applied to the Gamaleya Research Center for Electrochemistry to become one of the volunteers. “I passed all the necessary tests, I am remotely under the supervision of doctors,” he said. Starovoit added that in the first three to four days after the vaccination, he had a sore throat and had a "pre-cold condition, muscle aches."
  3396. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Flenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2020%2F08%2F19%2Fvaccine%2F
  3397.  
  3398. China Seeks to Use Access to SARS-2 Vaccines for Diplomacy
  3399. >Beijing’s top officials and its drugmakers have offered Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia and the Philippines priority in receiving doses and other deals
  3400. http://archive.is/zbG1O
  3401.  
  3402. Consumers are proving resilient despite coronavirus and unemployment
  3403. http://archive.is/tkcWr
  3404.  
  3405. Trump pushes for universities to reopen even as coronavirus cases spike on campuses
  3406. >President Trump on Wednesday pushed for universities to reopen for classes in the fall amid coronavirus outbreaks on campuses that have reopened — and in some cases closed — this month.
  3407. >“We have learned one thing, there’s nothing like campus, there’s nothing like being with a teacher as opposed to being on a computer board,” Trump said Wednesday at a briefing. “The iPads are wonderful but you’re not going to learn the same way as being there.”
  3408. >Trump has long pushed for schools to reopen for in-person classes this fall, as health experts and educators warn about potential issues surrounding students returning for classes.
  3409. >The president again suggested that COVID-19 does not pose a serious danger to younger Americans after previously falsely stated that children are "essentially immune" to the virus.
  3410. >“For university students the likelihood of severe illness is less than or equal to the risk of a seasonal flu,” Trump said Wednesday.
  3411. >Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but health experts have said evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on children is far from clear and studies have found infections in children of all ages.
  3412. http://archive.is/MW6XE
  3413.  
  3414. Endless first wave: how Indonesia failed to control coronavirus
  3415. >Only last week Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s maritime minister and close confidant of the country’s president, touted herbal mangosteen juice as a coronavirus remedy.
  3416. >His suggestion was the latest in a string of unorthodox treatments put forward by the president’s cabinet over the past six months, ranging from prayer to rice wrapped in banana-leaf to eucalyptus necklaces.
  3417. >The remedies reflect the unscientific approach to battling the coronavirus in the world’s fourth-most populous country, where the rate of testing is among the world’s lowest, contact tracing is minimal, and authorities have resisted lockdowns even as infections spiked.
  3418. >Indonesia has officially reported 6,346 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, the highest overall toll in Southeast Asia. Including people who died with acute COVID-19 symptoms but were not tested, the death toll is three times higher.
  3419. >Indonesia shows no signs of containing the virus. It now has the fastest infection spread in East Asia, with 17% of people tested turning out positive, rising close to 25% outside the capital, Jakarta. Figures above 5% mean an outbreak is not under control, according to the World Health Organization.
  3420. http://archive.is/rnmIG
  3421.  
  3422. Middletown girl, 9, diagnosed with coronavirus has died
  3423. >A Middletown fourth-grader who was diagnosed with coronavirus and spent parts of four months in the hospital has died, according to the city school district.
  3424. >After Dorielis complained the left side of her body was weak and she was having trouble walking, she was taken to the hospital
  3425. >an MRI showed inflammation on the brain. She was treated for possible multiple sclerosis, but the medications had no effect
  3426. >Another biopsy was performed on June 19 and that showed Dorielis had vasculitis
  3427. >another MRI revealed the inflammation in her brain continued growing
  3428. >Dorielis Reyes, 9, died Wednesday at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her ailments were called a medical mystery by the doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and other physicians around the world were consulted.
  3429. http://archive.is/xcVXR
  3430. http://archive.is/PxDim
  3431.  
  3432. Southern California teen girl with underlying health conditions dies of SARS-2, officials say
  3433. http://archive.is/H8hSY
  3434.  
  3435. South Africa’s Big Coronavirus Aid Effort Tainted by Corruption
  3436. >As South Africans cope with hunger in the pandemic, government efforts at delivering relief have floundered amid widespread allegations of fraud and mismanagement.
  3437. >Contracts are being doled out to family members. Food parcels have gone missing. And funds meant for unemployment insurance are making their way into the pockets of political cronies.
  3438. >South Africa, the continent’s economic powerhouse, responded to the coronavirus pandemic by announcing the largest relief effort in the country’s history. But the undertaking has been dogged by allegations of widespread corruption and mismanagement, undermining confidence in a government that had initially received international acclaim for its assertive response to the pandemic.
  3439. >Charities and ordinary citizens say they have been left to fill in the gaps created by the government’s failures.
  3440. http://archive.is/yCP81
  3441.  
  3442. Russia to begin SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week
  3443. http://archive.is/HISdU
  3444.  
  3445. Amid coronavirus, Ukraine ready to enhance economic ties with Israel
  3446. >As part of this cooperation, Ukraine is ready to expand cooperation in the fields of agritech and water management.
  3447. http://archive.is/s5QA6
  3448.  
  3449. Study: Black, White SARS-2 patients with access to care die at similar rates
  3450. >White Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 are just as likely to die from the disease as Black Americans, according to a study published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open.
  3451. >Just over 23% of White patients with COVID-19 being treated in the hospital ultimately died after getting infected, compared to 19% of Black patients, the data showed.
  3452. >Researchers have previously found that Black and Hispanic Americans are hospitalized for the new coronavirus at a rate up to three times their share of the general population, but with access to care the death rates appear to even out.
  3453. >"These findings suggest that while Black U.S. residents might be at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and represent a disproportionate share of COVID-19 deaths, mortality for those able to access hospital care does not differ from White patients," researchers wrote in the study.
  3454. http://archive.is/QwM6G
  3455.  
  3456. US: Troubled SARS-CoV-2 Data System is Returning to CDC
  3457. >Trump administration says hospitals will soon report new cases to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after rocky shift to Health and Human Services drew criticism
  3458. >The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reversing course on a change to the way hospitals report critical information on the coronavirus pandemic to the government, returning the responsibility for data collection to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  3459. >Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, told hospital executives and government officials in Arkansas this week that the current system under which hospitals report new cases is “solely an interim system” and that the reporting would soon go back to the CDC.
  3460. >“CDC is working with us right now to build a revolutionary new data system so it can be moved back to the CDC, and they can have that regular accountability with hospitals relevant to treatment and PPE,” Dr. Birx said, referring to personal protective equipment used by doctors and nurses.
  3461. >The reversal comes after increasing reports that the new system has been plagued by delays and inconsistencies in data since being implemented in July. Among other things, certain key statistics, such as inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients, were updated only once a week, rather than daily or multiple times a week, as under the CDC system.
  3462. http://archive.is/xw6Hh
  3463.  
  3464. Trump Claims Border Wall is Helping Stop Spread of SARS-CoV-2 from Mexican city in 'South America'
  3465. >During his trip this week to Yuma, Arizona, to mark the construction of nearly 300 miles of his U.S.-Mexico border wall, President Donald Trump claimed that the wall had already been helping keep coronavirus out of the U.S., particularly from the Mexican city of Tijuana, which the president wrongly suggested had the highest rates of COVID-19 in "South America."
  3466. >"Mexico is heavily infected and it's stopping people from coming across," the president said of his border wall, during his visit on Tuesday.
  3467. >"We put up 18 miles in San Diego, as an example, right opposite Tijuana," Trump said. "And Tijuana is probably the worst place in South America, in terms of the 'China virus'," he said, using a racially charged label that he has deployed repeatedly since the pandemic began, referencing its origins in Wuhan, China.
  3468. http://archive.is/6duDV
  3469.  
  3470. US: 1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in coronavirus rebound
  3471. >One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the Trump administration pledged to help, according to a study released Thursday that finds facilities in areas hard-hit by COVID-19 also struggled to keep staff.
  3472.  
  3473. >Significantly, there was no improvement from May to July in the shortages of personal protective equipment, known as PPE, or in the staffing shortfalls, according to the analysis of federal data by academic researchers. The summer has seen the coronavirus surge across the South, and much of the West and Midwest.
  3474.  
  3475. >People living in long-term care facilities represent less than 1% of the U.S. population, but account for 43% of coronavirus deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project. Similar glaring disparities have been seen with nursing home residents in other countries, but in the U.S. the issue has become politically sensitive for President Donald Trump, who is trying to hang on to support from older voters in his reelection bid.
  3476. http://archive.is/Ry6zw
  3477.  
  3478. JBS ordered to impose 1.5-meter (!) worker distancing at Brazil beef plant after SARS-CoV-2 outbreak
  3479. >A Brazilian court this week ordered JBS SA to impose a 1.5-meter (5-feet) distance between workers in the production line at its beef plant in Pontes e Lacerda to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, prosecutors told Reuters on Thursday.
  3480. >The ruling comes after an outbreak of COVID-19 at that plant, where at least 145 workers were infected as of July 27, according to labor prosecutors in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest farm state. JBS employs 1,035 people there, the statement noted.
  3481. >“As the contamination occurs through respiratory droplets and also through the air, it is essential to maintain adequate distancing,” the prosecutors’ statement said referring to workstations where people spend at least eight hours in closed quarters with little air ventilation.
  3482. >JBS declined to comment on the ruling, but has repeatedly defended its health protocols as “robust.”
  3483. http://archive.is/uewQC
  3484.  
  3485. US, Bay Area: Wildfires, Extreme Heat, SARS-CoV-2 Present Challenges To Health Care Systems
  3486. >The combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, crushing heat and the sudden, disastrous onset of wildfire season could intensify the current health care crisis in the Bay Area, according to a group of doctors from the University of California San Francisco.
  3487. http://archive.is/AARHs
  3488.  
  3489. Study adds to evidence that cells in the nose are key entry point for SARS CoV-2
  3490. >Scientists experimenting with a small number of human cell samples report that the 'hook' of cells used by SARS-CoV-2 to latch onto and infect cells is up to 700 times more prevalent in the olfactory supporting cells lining the inside of the upper part of the nose than in the lining cells of the rest of the nose and windpipe that leads to the lungs
  3491. http://archive.is/26DsS
  3492. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2020/07/23/13993003.01948-2020
  3493.  
  3494. Peru, Argentine Economies Post Huge Falls
  3495. >Peru's year-on-year GDP fell by 30 percent in the second quarter of 2020 as it was badly affected by coronavirus containment measures, the government said on Thursday.
  3496. >The Central Bank expects GDP to fall by 12.5 percent in 2020 compared to growth of two percent in 2019 and four percent the year before.
  3497.  
  3498. >Meanwhile, Argentina's state statistics institute said its economy contracted by almost 13 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year.
  3499. >The International Monetary Fund expects the economy to shrink by almost 10 percent in 2020.
  3500. http://archive.is/jMR57
  3501.  
  3502. Pandemic's toll among journalists in Peru is especially high
  3503. >Dozens of journalists have died from COVID-19 in Peru since the pandemic began, in the highest reported death toll of media workers from the new coronavirus in Latin America, according to journalists’ groups that are monitoring available data.
  3504.  
  3505. >As in many countries, the new coronavirus has hit virtually all sectors of society and areas in Peru, killing and sickening medical workers, teachers, street vendors, the unemployed and others. But emerging data on fatalities among journalists in Peru is among the highest in the world, although it is extremely difficult to confirm in many cases whether they got sick after covering pandemic news or doing other work.
  3506. >At least 82 reporters in Peru died from the disease between March 16, when Peru imposed a lockdown because of the health crisis, and Aug. 17, according to the association. Many were more than 65 years old, and several of those listed were retired.
  3507.  
  3508. >The Peruvian toll is more than double the reported 40 deaths of journalists in neighboring Ecuador, and a total of 171 journalists in Latin America are reported to have died from the disease, according to the regional office of the International Federation of Journalists. However, the non-profit Fundamedios group said Aug. 11 that the death toll in Ecuador was 20.
  3509. >On Aug. 7, the Inter American Press Association paid tribute to more than 100 media workers in the Americas who had died from COVID-19 “in the exercise of their profession,"
  3510. http://archive.is/QRjnX
  3511.  
  3512. Coronavirus: Egypt to reopen some mosques for Friday prayers
  3513. >Egypt will reopen mosques for Friday prayers from August 28 after five months.
  3514. >The decision was announced late on Wednesday by Awqaf Minister Mukhtar Gomaa.
  3515. >Friday prayers will only be allowed in major mosques, which will be announced later, Mr Gomaa said.
  3516. >Worshippers will have to wear masks, maintain social distancing and bring their own prayer mats, he said.
  3517. >The sermon will be restricted to 10 minutes and mosques will close immediately after prayers.
  3518. http://archive.is/qoKCY
  3519.  
  3520. Millions of jobs lost to coronavirus pandemic could take years to return
  3521. >Millions of American jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic could take years to return, according to new projections released by the Internal Revenue Service, underscoring the depth of the damage inflicted by the crisis on the nation's labor market.
  3522. >The IRS forecasts there will be about 229.3 million employee-classified jobs in the U.S. in 2021 — a drop of roughly 38.9 million from the previous year, before the virus hit, the projections show. The data is an estimate of how many W-2 tax forms the agency expects to receive that year.
  3523.  
  3524. >The damage inflicted to the jobs market is expected to persist for years, the data shows, with W-2 filings still nowhere close to their pre-pandemic levels even in 2028. The IRS expects to see about 255.5 million that year.
  3525. >Since the pandemic triggered an unprecedented shutdown of the nation's economy in mid-March, about 57 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits.
  3526.  
  3527. >The unemployment rate is officially at 10.2% after the economy added 1.8 million jobs last month, according to the Labor Department's July jobs report. The report marked the third consecutive month of job growth in the millions, the economy has so far added back less than half – about 42 percent – of the 22 million jobs it lost during the pandemic.
  3528. http://archive.is/kJS9F
  3529.  
  3530. A surge in SARS-2 cases means tighter lockdowns in the Bahamas and Jamaica
  3531. >The Bahamas has shut down all public offices in its capital, banned all international flights except for emergencies, restricted hotels to essential staff only and ordered journalists to first contact the police if they need to be out on the street.
  3532. >They’re all part of new controls the country began Tuesday to try and control the spread of COVID-19 in New Providence.
  3533.  
  3534. >For Jamaica, rather than placing all of it under a lockdown, Holness announced in an emergency online press briefing that the parish of St. Thomas will come under tighter measures beginning Tuesday.
  3535. >A 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will be in effect for the next 14 days, he said. In addition, a community quarantine in effect for the Church Corner area in the parish was extended for another 14 days and will now end Sept. 2 instead of Aug. 20.
  3536. http://archive.is/H37kI
  3537.  
  3538. Three quarters of New Zealand public intend to get SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, study finds
  3539. >Three quarters of New Zealanders intend to get immunised against coronavirus when a vaccine becomes available, new research has found.
  3540. >The research, undertaken by Massey University, puts New Zealanders ahead of the UK, US and Germany in their willingness to to be vaccinated against the disease, at 74% of the population.
  3541. http://archive.is/Mnfa7
  3542.  
  3543. New Zealand court rules part of early coronavirus lockdown was illegal
  3544. >A New Zealand court on Wednesday found the first nine days of a hard lockdown put in place by the government earlier this year requiring people to isolate at home was justified, but unlawful.
  3545. >The ruling comes after Wellington lawyer Andrew Borrowdale challenged the legality of steps taken in the early stages of the five-week lockdown, including calls by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other officials between March 26 and April 3 telling New Zealanders to stay at home.
  3546.  
  3547. >An order imposing stay at home restrictions was not passed until April 3, so New Zealanders rights and freedoms were unlawfully limited for those first nine days, the court said.
  3548. >“The Government was trying to educate people about the health risks and transition them quickly to take actions that curtailed normal freedoms like staying at home to stop the spread of the virus," Attorney General David Parker said after the ruling. "In the end the measures taken by the government worked to eliminate COVID-19, save lives and minimise damage to our economy."
  3549. http://archive.is/I40Sj
  3550.  
  3551. Chinese students in Australia head home as coronavirus upends study
  3552. >With Australia already sliding into its worst recession in almost a century, education leaders expect the disappearance of international students to cost billions of dollars. Data on how many international students have left the country this year is not yet available, but anecdotal evidence on departures and data on new enrolments paints a worrying picture.
  3553.  
  3554. >New enrolments of international students, who generally make up about 20% of all university students in Australia, grew by an average of 10% over the past two years.
  3555. >But growth in the first six months of this year was negligible as Australia closed its borders in March to all foreigners because of the pandemic.
  3556.  
  3557. >The slowdown in foreign student enrolments mean Australian universities are facing a revenue hit of between A$3.1 billion and A$4.8 billion (£1.7 - £2.6 billion) this year alone.
  3558. >New enrolments from China fell 8% in the first half of the year, compared with a gain of 4% across 2019, according to government data.
  3559. http://archive.is/xKdyj
  3560.  
  3561. Mexico exploring phase 3 trials of Russian coronavirus vaccine
  3562. >Mexico told Moscow on Wednesday it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, as part of the Latin American country’s intensifying efforts to secure early supplies of an effective medicine to control the pandemic.
  3563. http://archive.is/zd5qZ
  3564.  
  3565. Artificial Antibodies Bolster Hope for Inhaled Coronavirus Treatment
  3566. >Researchers have developed an inhalable artificial coronavirus antibody that they say “straitjackets” the SARS-CoV-2 virus and appears (in laboratory, albeit still non-clinical, tests) to impede its ability to infect.
  3567.  
  3568. >The protein they’ve developed, called mNb6-tri (which they’ve dubbed “AeroNabs”), clamps efficiently and tenaciously atop the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, hindering the coronavirus’s ability to infect human cells. And, so far as the researchers have been able to determine, once mNb6-tri locks on to the spike protein, it doesn’t readily come off.
  3569. http://archive.is/wUy7l
  3570.  
  3571. A mechanistic model and therapeutic interventions for SARS-2 involving a RAS-mediated bradykinin storm
  3572. >Here, we present a novel molecular mechanism for COVID-19 that provides therapeutic intervention points that can be addressed with existing FDA-approved pharmaceuticals.
  3573. >The entry point for the virus is ACE2, - component of the counteracting hypotensive axis of RAS. Bradykinin is a potent part of the vasopressor system that induces hypotension and vasodilation and is degraded by ACE and enhanced by the angiotensin produced by ACE2.
  3574.  
  3575. >Here, we perform a new analysis on gene expression data from cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from COVID-19 patients that were used to sequence the virus.
  3576. >Comparison with BALF from controls identifies a critical imbalance in RAS represented by decreased expression of ACE in combination with increases in ACE2, renin, angiotensin, key RAS receptors, kinogen and many kallikrein enzymes that activate it, and both bradykinin receptors. This very atypical pattern of the RAS is predicted to elevate bradykinin levels in multiple tissues and systems that will likely cause increases in vascular dilation, vascular permeability and hypotension. These bradykinin-driven outcomes explain many of the symptoms being observed in COVID-19
  3577. http://archive.is/asPdK
  3578.  
  3579. Kazakhstan Completes Preclinical Trial Of Domestic Vaccine Against SARS-2
  3580. >A Kazakh research center has completed preclinical trials of a domestic vaccine against COVID-19, local media reported on August 19, citing the Almaty-based institute’s press service.
  3581. >The Scientific Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems said on August 19 that the vaccine, QazCovid, had been thoroughly tested on animals.
  3582. >Administering the vaccine in large doses, the center tested its safety, side effects, and allergic reactions, among other impacts, paving the way for human trials.
  3583. http://archive.is/5GI2g
  3584.  
  3585. Coronavirus: UK tourists face new quarantine deadline race
  3586. >British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days' quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in.
  3587. >Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday that those arriving in the UK from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago will need to self-isolate.
  3588.  
  3589. >It is thought around 20,000 British tourists are currently in Croatia.
  3590. >The changes apply to anyone arriving after 04:00 BST on Saturday.
  3591.  
  3592. >But UK tourists returning from Portugal will no longer need to self-isolate after the country was added to the UK's list of travel corridors.
  3593. http://archive.is/u3OFT
  3594.  
  3595. CDC Director: Between 30 and 60 million U.S. Residents Were Infected with Coronavirus
  3596. >The U.S. once again recorded more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths on Thursday. The United States still leads the world in both deaths — officially more than 174,000 — and confirmed cases — with more than 5.5 million. But public health officials say the true toll is far higher. On Thursday, CDC Director Robert Redfield estimated as much as 18% of the U.S. population has already been infected with the coronavirus.
  3597. http://archive.is/gmgWY
  3598.  
  3599. Germany: At least 41 schools in Berlin report coronavirus cases
  3600. http://archive.is/bjdae
  3601.  
  3602. CDC director warns flu season could strain hospitals
  3603. >As the U.S. gets closer to flu season, the combination with the COVID-19 pandemic could strain hospitals across the country, according to CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield.
  3604. >"The biggest fear I have of course by COVID and flu at the same time, is that our hospital capacity could get strained," he said Thursday during a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) livestream.
  3605. >"We need to stay vigilant to the mitigation steps right now. Because, come the fall, if we have flu causing its problems and we have COVID causing its problems, and they build on each other, we could end up with another loss of significant life," Redfield said.
  3606. >Redfield said that the CDC has purchased 9.3 million additional doses of the flu vaccine, and has a goal of "65% vaccine acceptance across the board."
  3607. >"This fall and winter could be one of the most complicated public health times we have with the two coming at the same time," Redfield said. "On the other hand, I'm an optimist that if the American public heeds the advice that we said about the face covering and the social distancing and the handwashing and being smart about crowds, this could be one of the best flu seasons we had, and particularly if they do one more thing: and that is to embrace the flu vaccine with confidence."
  3608. http://archive.is/3VhF5
  3609.  
  3610. Cautious handling of urine from moderate to severe COVID-19 patients
  3611. >In conclusion, our results suggest that SARS2 RNA may be excreted in the urine depending on the severity of SARS2
  3612. http://archive.is/r7iE1
  3613.  
  3614. SARS-CoV-2 seems to be spreading faster in India than any other nation, but officials claim success
  3615. >If India's infection rate keeps climbing, India may soon overtake Brazil to become the world's second worst affected country in terms of the number of cases.
  3616. >Experts continue to voice fears that India's government may be under-reporting coronavirus deaths.
  3617. >The World Health Organization and independent experts have raised concerns about low testing rates in the world's second most populous country. India has administered over 31 million tests, but that's only about 23,000 tests per million inhabitants — much lower proportionally than in the U.S., Russia and many European countries.
  3618. >While India's seemingly low death rate and higher recovery rates seem like good news, some experts believe the country is yet to see the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, and the real figures, when they emerge, could be grim.
  3619. http://archive.is/Dw2Qs
  3620.  
  3621. Jamaica negotiating for equal access to SARS-2 vaccine
  3622. >Foreign affairs minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica is in discussions through PAHO with the COVAX vaccination programme to ensure that when a vaccine is available for COVID-19, Jamaica is not at a disadvantage in accessing the vaccine.
  3623. >The negotiations, which involves other developing countries, is to ensure that there is a level playing field for access, she said.
  3624. >Johnson Smith was speaking in her capacity as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) campaign spokesperson at a press conference called by the party at Belmont Road this afternoon.
  3625. >“This is an important process and Jamaica has been engaged with bilateral partners and regionally at the technical level and we have also had discussions with international partners at the bilateral political level so that when developments come on stream we would have put Jamaica in the best place possible to have access,” she stated.
  3626. >The World Health Organization (WHO) says the COVAX Facility, and its Advance Market Commitment guarantees rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries.
  3627. http://archive.is/wip/x0FaM
  3628.  
  3629. Summary on the pandemic in Scotland:
  3630. http://archive.is/QU3aT
  3631.  
  3632. Chinese fishing boats near Galapagos have cut satellite systems, Ecuador says
  3633. >149 vessels in a mostly Chinese fleet are accused of turning off tracking as Ecuador tries to stop unsustainable fishing off its coast
  3634. >Boats have also had their names changed in an attempt to avoid detection, according to Ecuadorean navy
  3635. http://archive.is/HHTJY
  3636.  
  3637. Man charged with falsely saying he had coronavirus, coughing on cops
  3638. >Walter Ray Poindexter told police after his arrest that he was having difficulty breathing
  3639. >A Cleveland man was charged Wednesday with falsely claiming that he had the coronavirus before he allegedly coughed in police officers’ faces during his arrest in March.
  3640. >A four-count federal grand jury indictment charges Walter Ray Poindexter, 32, with false information and hoaxes, according to a press release from the Justice Department.
  3641. >Court documents say police officers this past March 14 responded to calls of an intoxicated individual aboard a trolley in downtown Cleveland.
  3642. >The man, later identified as Poindexter, was arrested and transported to the Cuyahoga County Jail due to an outstanding parole violation warrant in Franklin County.
  3643. >Poindexter allegedly claimed during processing that he had been diagnosed with the coronavirus and was having difficulty breathing, the DOJ says.
  3644. >While being transported to a county jail, Poindexter is accused of intentionally coughing into the faces of the police officers and the Cuyahoga County Jail nurse after repeatedly claiming that he had coronavirus.
  3645. >Poindexter was then transferred to an area hospital for medical evaluation. Upon arriving in the emergency room, Poindexter allegedly claimed, once again, to have the coronavirus and began coughing on and spitting in the direction of the paramedics, police officers, and hospital staff.
  3646. >As paramedics were attempting to move Poindexter from the gurney to a hospital bed, he allegedly sat up and spat directly in the face of a paramedic. Both Poindexter and the paramedic were later tested for the coronavirus and the results came back negative.
  3647. >If convicted of the charges, Poindexter’s sentence will be determined by the Court after “review of factors unique to this case,” the DOJ said.
  3648. http://archive.is/WpjPC
  3649.  
  3650. SARS-CoV-2 RECESSION IN TEXAS: As the Texas restaurant industry struggles, so do farmers, truckers and others in the food supply chain
  3651. >Economists project that up to 30% of all Texas restaurants will close or have to significantly shift their business models. That will not only continue to impact restaurant owners and their employees, but will also send ripple effects into related industries including agriculture, trucking and food processing.
  3652. >Although many Texas restaurants have been allowed to operate at limited capacity for months, this summer’s dramatic surge in coronavirus cases left Texans worried about venturing out in public. Meanwhile, the economic recession wrought by the virus has left many Texans without the extra income needed to dine out.
  3653. >Experts say the potential for a significant economic rebound in the industry remains low for the near future.
  3654. >“It could be six to 18 months before we can see a full recovery,” said Venkatesh Shankar, a marketing professor at Texas A&M University.
  3655. >The struggling restaurant industry has negatively impacted other parts of the food service supply chain
  3656. >As demand for meat decreases and prices go down during the pandemic, livestock supply will become tighter in the long run.
  3657. >Produce, which is highly perishable, also had to be thrown out when restaurants began to close, forcing farmers to reconsider how many crops they produce this upcoming season.
  3658. >The trucking industry has also been clobbered by the pandemic, especially refrigerated trucks. As restaurants reopened Refrigerated Transport is now operating at 80% of where it used to be.
  3659. http://archive.is/UvItQ
  3660.  
  3661. India rice prices rise as exporters grapple with floods, coronavirus
  3662. >Rice export prices in top-hub India edged higher this week as floods and surging coronavirus cases hammered supply and export logistics.
  3663. >India's 5% broken parboiled variety rose to $383-$389 per tonne from last week's $382-$387, with exporters struggling to fulfil orders due to limited availability of containers and workers at the country's biggest rice handling port, Kakinada, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
  3664. >"Demand is huge for Indian rice due to lower prices, but exports are getting affected by floods and the coronavirus outbreak in Andhra Pradesh," said Nitin Gupta, vice president for Olam India's rice business.
  3665. http://archive.is/XQ8aZ
  3666.  
  3667. SARS-CoV-2: China face questions over 'vaccinated' workers sent to Papua New Guinea
  3668. >China faced demands on Thursday (Aug 20) to explain why a state-backed firm claimed it had vaccinated dozens of staff against the coronavirus before sending them back to work at a mine in Papua New Guinea.
  3669. >The China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) - which controls a major nickel mine in the country - warned local authorities that 48 staff who returned from China this month may test positive for the virus because they had received a vaccine.
  3670. >In response, Papua New Guinea authorities called for "immediate clarification" from Beijing and blocked a charter flight full of Chinese workers that was due to land on Thursday.
  3671. >Chinese ambassador Xue Bing told AFP: "We don't have any comments for the moment. However, one thing is for sure, China is not doing (coronavirus) tests here in PNG."
  3672. http://archive.is/gQs2x
  3673.  
  3674. Impact from SARS-CoV-2: India's monetary policy committee constrained by rising inflation
  3675. >Rising inflation has complicated the task of India’s monetary policy committee and could limit its ability to support growth, its August meeting minutes showed on Thursday, while it also called on the government for more fiscal action
  3676. >MPC unanimously decided to hold interest rates steady while keeping its stance accommodative as long as necessary to revive growth and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 while ensuring inflation remains within target.
  3677. >Despite the dovish tone, the minutes suggest the bank sees little room for rate cuts in the current environment.
  3678. >Almost all members highlighted the uncertainty on the inflation front and the need for more fiscal measures that would help the economic recovery as the MPC’s hands are tied due to its inflation-targeting mandate.
  3679. >The MPC is mandated to maintain inflation at 4% over the medium term and keep it within a 2% to 6% range at all times. A breach of this band for three straight quarters would require the committee to offer an explanation to the government.
  3680. >Inflation has remained above this range in the last two quarters.
  3681. http://archive.is/2Xnl4
  3682.  
  3683. Presentation of new onset anosmia (loss of smell) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
  3684. >2428 surveys were completed within 7 days; 64% respondents were under 40. The majority of respondents reported onset of their anosmia in the last week. Of the cohort, 17% did not report any other symptom thought to be associated with COVID-19. In patients who reported other symptoms, 51% reported either cough or fever and therefore met current guidelines for self-isolation
  3685. >Anosmia is reported in conjunction with well-reported symptoms of coronas virus, but 1 in 6 patients with recent onset anosmia report this as an isolated symptom
  3686. http://archive.is/VLsBK
  3687.  
  3688. North Korea’s Leader Had Big Economic Plans. He Admits They’ve Failed.
  3689. >North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged his plans to improve the country’s dismal economy aren't succeeding as his ruling party scheduled a rare congress in January to set development goals for the next five years.
  3690. >The Workers’ Party said North Korea’s economy has “not improved in the face of the sustaining severe internal and external situations" — a reference to a triple blow of U.S.-led sanctions, the coronavirus pandemic and devastating floods — and that development goals have been “seriously delayed and the people’s living standard (has) not been improved remarkably.”
  3691. >Kim announced his first five-year development plan with goals of improving North Korea’s power supply and agricultural and manufacturing production during the last Workers’ Party congress in 2016, its first in 36 years.
  3692. >Experts say the coronavirus derailed some of Kim’s major economic goals after North Korea imposed a lockdown that significantly reduced trade with China — its major ally and economic lifeline — and likely hampered its ability to mobilize its workforce.
  3693. http://archive.is/sZNCs
  3694.  
  3695. Massey researchers use new rapid method to sequence SARS-CoV-2 genomes in recent Auckland outbreak
  3696. >Scientists at Massey University sprang into action last week as the Government made the first announcements about a new COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland.
  3697. >Dr Nikki Freed, Dr Olin Silander, and PhD student Markéta Vlková were quickly shoulder-tapped by colleagues at ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research) to help sequence and confirm the SARS-CoV-2 genomes (the virus that causes the COVID-19) from these new cases.
  3698. >The School of Natural and Computational Sciences’ senior lecturers in genetics, Dr Freed and Dr Silander have recently developed faster, cheaper way to sequence the SARS-CoV-2 genome (http://archive.is/Vb9dO) to track the evolution and transmission of the virus among people who have tested positive. Their results and method of sequencing are now being used internationally.
  3699. http://archive.is/DT6T0
  3700.  
  3701. 9 people test positive for coronavirus at Georgia school that went viral for crowded photo
  3702. >Nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Georgia high school where a photo of a packed hallway went viral earlier this week.
  3703. >Six students and three staff members who were at the school last week have tested positive, according to a letter sent to parents Saturday that was acquired by ABC News. The positive cases were reported to the school after private tests.
  3704. >"We have anticipated that COVID-19 would impact us as it has nearly every community, and the district has worked in partnership with the Department of Public Health (DPH) to proactively implement safety precautions and response plans," the letter reads. It does not say whether anyone will be quarantined or if the school will close fully or in part, but says custodial staff will continue daily disinfecting procedures.
  3705. http://archive.is/6gPjD
  3706.  
  3707. Japan's SARS2 'excess mortality' relatively low, but fails to show whole picture
  3708. >According to the health ministry team, excess mortality in five prefectures including Tokyo between the end of 2019 and April this year is estimated at up to 138. However, at least 400 people had died as of the end of April after being diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
  3709. >Japan's "138" excess mortality figure cannot be evaluated as simply reflecting the effects of the coronavirus, as the overall death toll, regardless of their causes, is compared with the mortality figures counted in a regular year, and there is a possibility that traffic accident deaths had dropped due to people staying home to avoid infection, among other possibilities.
  3710. >Koji Wada, a professor of public health at the International University of Health and Welfare, points out that excess mortality "shows up clearly when an explosive spread happens, as seen in European countries." Compared to that, he continued, "Japan seems to have succeeded in containing the spread of the viral infection." At the same time, Wada said, "excess mortality is an important index to monitor how infections are spreading, so we should continue checking it in preparation for a potential second wave of the outbreak."
  3711. http://archive.is/7WHV8
  3712.  
  3713. DeWine tests negative for coronavirus a second time
  3714. >Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested negative for coronavirus a second time on Saturday after he received conflicting positive and negative results two days before
  3715. http://archive.is/XQAmE
  3716.  
  3717. Ireland Reimposes Some SARS2 Restrictions in Three Counties
  3718. >Ireland announced its first localised reimposition of some coronavirus restrictions on Friday as it sought to control outbreaks in three of the country's 26 counties, one of which borders the most populous, Dublin.
  3719. >Restaurants, cafes and pubs in Kildare, Laois and Offaly can only serve food in outdoor areas to small groups for the next two weeks, with residents only allowed to leave their county in limited circumstances. The adjoining counties accounted for almost half of all cases in Ireland over the last two weeks.
  3720. >"We all need to understand that this virus is still a deep and urgent threat, it is merciless and it is unrelenting. We have to be decisive. We can't afford to wait and see," Micheal Martin said in his first televised address as prime minister.
  3721. http://archive.is/kdrWi
  3722.  
  3723. Brazilian Billionaire Lemann Leads Initiative to Build SARS2 Vaccine Factory
  3724. >Brazilian billionaire Jorge Lemann's foundation and other business interests will fund the building of factory to produce the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC.
  3725. http://archive.is/pA0gu
  3726. [Reminder]
  3727. AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
  3728. http://archive.is/kFOjp
  3729.  
  3730. Japan's coronavirus fatigue is fueling defiance in Tokyo, even as the case count rises
  3731. >There's a tinge of defiance throughout the Japanese capital, where many feel their leaders have only done the bare minimum to stop the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  3732. http://archive.is/F0CQk
  3733.  
  3734. Persistent hiccups could be coronavirus warning sign after man suffered unusual symptom for four DAYS, docs warn
  3735. >It comes after a man who had hiccups for several days tested positive for Covid, despite having no other symptoms of the deadly bug.
  3736. >In the case report, Garrett Prince, MD, and Michelle Sergel, MD, from Cook County Health described what happened to a 62-year-old male, who went to the Cook County Health Emergency Department (ED) after experiencing four days of persistent hiccups and an unintentional 25-pound weight loss over a four month period
  3737. >Nonetheless, these seemed to be the man’s only symptoms. There was no fever, nasal congestion, sore throat, chest pain, or shortness of breath. There were none of the symptoms found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “Symptoms of Coronavirus” list. His only other medical problems seemed to be diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease
  3738. http://archive.is/CBGcZ
  3739.  
  3740. Russia Offers to Supply Philippines With SARS2 Vaccine
  3741. >Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines, or team up with a local firm to mass produce it, its ambassador to Manila said on Friday, as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge.
  3742. >Russia is expecting regulatory approval for its first potential COVID-19 vaccine this month, with doses to be administered to frontline health workers first.
  3743. >But the frenetic race globally to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is raising some concern that speed could compromise safety and that some countries could be putting national prestige before solid science.
  3744. >"We are ready to supply vaccines to the Philippines," Igor Khovaev, Russia's ambassador to the Philippines, told a virtual news conference.
  3745. >It can also invest with a Philippine partner for local vaccine production, he said, adding that Russia was awaiting a response to its proposal from the Philippines' foreign ministry.
  3746. http://archive.is/CDrF5
  3747. [Reminder]
  3748. >“I’m worried that Russia is cutting corners so that the vaccine that will come out may be not just ineffective, but also unsafe,” a global public health law expert at Georgetown University, Lawrence Gostin, told the Associated Press Friday. “It doesn’t work that way. ... Trials come first. That’s really important.”
  3749. >U.S. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has warned against rushing to find a vaccination without the necessary precautions and studies being taken.
  3750. >“I do hope that the Chinese and the Russians are actually testing a vaccine before they are administering the vaccine to anyone, because claims of having a vaccine ready to distribute before you do testing I think is problematic at best,” Fauci said last week.
  3751. http://archive.is/D56ug
  3752.  
  3753. Beijing's strategic 25-year partnership with Tehran
  3754. >Beijing is in the final stages of approving the 25-year $400 billion economic and security deal with Tehran dubbed Sino-Iranian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The media reports that the agreement incorporates massive Chinese investment in Iran's infrastructure envisions closer defense and intelligence sharing and guaranteed Iranian oil for China.
  3755. >The partnership was in process since 2016 when China's Xi Jinping proposed it during his visit to Tehran. However, the proposal managed to remain low on the media radars and resurfaced when President Hassan Rouhani's cabinet approved it in June. Chinese and Iranian officials confirmed that it is a document which is labeled "final version" and dated June 2020.
  3756. >According to the Indian business newspaper, the Financial Express, China is to invest $120 billion for upgrading Iran's transport infrastructure, beginning with the 2,300-km road that will link Tehran with Urumqi in China's Xinjiang province. This road will be dovetailed with the Urumqi-Gwadar link developed under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor under the "New Silk Road." The road link will provide connectivity with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan and thereafter via Turkey into Europe.
  3757. http://archive.is/kE0l8
  3758.  
  3759. Singapore's Nightclubs struggle to survive amid SARS2 restrictions
  3760. >Nightclubs and KTV establishments form the bulk of those that remain shut due to the higher risk of coronavirus transmission
  3761. >the nightlife industry employs up to 50,000 workers, including bartenders, security guards and performers.
  3762. >A recent poll by SNBA and the Singapore Entertainment Affiliation, which represents karaoke operators, found that of about 130 respondents that have yet to open, about 40 per cent said they would have to shut permanently if they could not reopen by this month.
  3763. >Less than 10 per cent said they would survive to end-October if the closures continued.
  3764. >In the first six months of the year, 59 nightclubs, discotheques, dance clubs and karaoke lounges wound up, according to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
  3765. http://archive.is/Rv0YU
  3766.  
  3767. Coronavirus has disrupted global supply chain, say experts
  3768. >The loss of the seven core resilience capabilities — acquiring materials, transporting, capacity to communicate, convert, human resources, financial flows and distribution to customers -- in the pandemic is greater than any other disaster. “There are infinite ways that supply chains are affected. Can the organisations mitigate every source of financial, strategic, operational risk? Not really,” said Rice.
  3769. >“Many of us had to close operations and make decisions that affect livelihoods, leaving people helpless. It makes us wonder what we could have done differently, said Jim Rice, deputy director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics
  3770. >“Covid has caused huge losses in transport, finance and all the resilience capabilities. Fortunately, many of these capabilities have been recreated using online resources,” he added. Janat Shah, Director, IIM, Udaipur, said that disruptions are inevitable. “Lack of disruptions can be worrying. But the issue with Covid-19 is that it is different in scale, scope and timeframe,” said Shah.
  3771. >Assessing the impact of the pandemic on the industry, Shah said that some industries like hospitality and travel are going to be badly affected. There are, however, some medium-scale firms, which were agile and quick to respond to the emerging needs in the pandemic.
  3772. http://archive.is/nNkV4
  3773.  
  3774. Supply Chain Risk Grows as Weary Crews Halt Ships and Clog Ports amid coronavirus precautions
  3775. >A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a breaking point caused by restrictions on crew changes amid coronavirus precautions.
  3776. >Three vessels are idled in Australia after crews who worked beyond their contracts demanded to be repatriated, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The organization’s national coordinator in Australia, Dean Summers, said he is discussing options for about four other ships, without elaborating.
  3777. >The Conti Stockholm, Ben Rinnes and Unison Jasper vessels are idle at the ports of Fremantle, Geelong and Newcastle, respectively, the union said in a statement Thursday. The three ships are “just the tip of the iceberg,” Summers said in the statement, adding that crews are within their rights to refuse to sail
  3778. >“The Covid-19 pandemic has made crew changes extremely difficult, and we’re starting to see fleet inefficiencies emerge,” Braemar ACM Shipbroking Ltd. said in a report dated Aug. 6. “A huge number of seafarers on merchant ships have been unable to disembark once their contracts have ended, facing excessive times at sea and away from home.”
  3779. >According to the International Chamber of Shipping, about 250,000 seafarers are stuck at sea at increasing risk of physical and mental exhaustion. This could have an impact on safety as fatigue raises the risk of human error and accidents, said Ralph Leszczynski, head of research at shipbroker Banchero Costa & Co
  3780. http://archive.is/eGlq5
  3781.  
  3782. Pakistan to roll back lockdown measures as SARS2 death numbers decline
  3783. >The government will initially reopen public spaces, with plans to resume in-person education next month
  3784. >Pakistan is planning to roll back most of its coronavirus lockdown measures as cases drop, according to reports.
  3785. >The main focus is to reopen most public spaces starting Aug. 10, including all restaurants and parks, and some theaters, cinemas and public transport, said Asad Umar, head of Pakistan’s task force to fight the pandemic.
  3786. >Schools and universities planned to reopen Sept. 15, subject to a final review, Umar said. Non-contact sports will resume Monday, but no audiences will be present.
  3787. http://archive.is/XKy7P
  3788.  
  3789. Boris Johnson 'would close pubs before schools' in local SARS2 lockdown
  3790. >Boris Johnson has spoken of “a moral duty” to get all children back in class amid indications he would force pubs, restaurants and shops to close ahead of schools in the event of severe coronavirus flare-ups.
  3791. >The prime minister is understood to favour only closing schools as the last resort after scientific advisers warned more restrictions may be needed to reopen classrooms in England next month.
  3792. >Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, had said the reopening of schools “should be prioritised”, insisting they must be first to reopen and last to close during any reintroduction of restrictions.
  3793. >But the schools minister, Nick Gibb, said this week the government cannot “decree” that classroom education would be prioritised, instead saying decisions would be made by local health chiefs.
  3794. >Writing in the Mail on Sunday, however, Johnson said it is the “national priority” to get all pupils back into classrooms in September after months without in-person education.
  3795. >“This pandemic isn’t over, and the last thing any of us can afford to do is become complacent,” he wrote. “But now that we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils safely, we have a moral duty to do so.”
  3796. >He warned of the “spiralling economic costs” of parents and carers being unable to work, adding: “Keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible.”
  3797. http://archive.is/C5lDM
  3798.  
  3799. Coronavirus squeezes Americans out of jobs, making room for robots
  3800. >Customer service givers, cashiers, hotel employees and even menial workers, have been slowly replaced by robots or AIs since the coronavirus caused an economic turmoil.
  3801. >The process, however, was not caused by the outbreak per se, but it was simply accelerated by it. People have been worried about losing their jobs to technology for years, but now, after so much progress has been made in the field of AI and automation the fear is becoming real for many.
  3802. >The potential job loss is especially true for people of color, as it is likely likely to oust many of them in the US. According to Mckinsey's estimates, the global management consulting company, the progressing trend may lead to the lay off some 132,000 black workers by 2030.
  3803. http://archive.is/Iq6K3
  3804.  
  3805. Coronavirus Spikes In Ireland, France, Spain And Italy Put Europe On High Alert
  3806. >On Saturday, Ireland counted the highest number of new coronavirus cases (174) since May, a far cry from the average of 58 per day seen last week, and officials said they were mostly tied to Kildare, Laois and Offaly counties where coronavirus crackdowns were put back into place Friday to prevent further resurgence.
  3807. >A rise in local infections pushed Parisian officials to announce a new face mask order Saturday, directing people older than 11 years old to cover their face while in many of Paris’ crowded public spaces from Monday.
  3808. >On Wednesday, France as a whole counted 1,695 new daily cases, a two-month high and the most diagnosed since the country reeled back their lockdown.
  3809. >Spain on Friday became the country with the most total confirmed coronavirus cases in Western Europe after a recent spike was enough to push it past the United Kingdom’s total infection count, though Spain was largely believed to have pushed past the worst of their outbreak with a strict lockdown in spring.
  3810. >Germany counted 1,045 new infections on Thursday, the first time the daily number of cases has hit a four-digit figure in three months.
  3811. >Italy too is hitting daily totals not seen for months, having counted 552 confirmed cases Friday after reporting only about 200 each day just several weeks ago, Associated Press reported.
  3812. http://archive.is/hjdnj
  3813.  
  3814. SARS2 Surge During Staff Shortage at California Women's Prison
  3815. >One of California's two state prisons for women is experiencing its second surge in COVID-19 cases.
  3816. >California Institution for Women first experienced a surge of over 150 inmate cases in May. Cases began to subside, but prison officials have now identified 55 new cases in the last 14 days.
  3817. >Since the first outbreak, the 1,297-inmate facility has had a total of 344 confirmed cases.
  3818. >One COVID-19 case at California Institution for Women has resulted in a death, according to state data.
  3819. http://archive.is/h7nly
  3820.  
  3821. US: 97,000 kids test positive for SARS2 in two weeks, report says
  3822. >Just over 97,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus from July 16 to July 30, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds.
  3823. >More than 25 children died of the coronavirus in July alone. Pressure to get kids back into the classroom has left superintendents in more than 13,000 different school districts across the country to figure out how to keep children safe amid a myriad of public health advisories, and handle learning differences.
  3824. http://archive.is/bc7ic
  3825.  
  3826. Hong Kong Offers Free Testing as China Sends in Teams to Contain Coronavirus
  3827. >Screening is voluntary, but some Hong Kong residents worry that Beijing is compiling a DNA database as it asserts control over the city
  3828. >Hong Kong will roll out a program to offer free, one-time coronavirus testing for all of its citizens as part of an aggressive push to contain the pandemic, sources report.
  3829. >A team of medical officials from mainland China will help to expand the testing capacity as the city moves to identify asymptomatic carriers of the virus.
  3830. >Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the testing effort will start within the next two weeks, and that a new makeshift hospital will be built to help handle the increasing numbers
  3831. >“People in Hong Kong fear they will be subject to similar methods of control like in Xinjiang,” said Maya Wang, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch who has studied biometric surveillance in China. “A large part of it is the mass collection of biometrics.”
  3832. http://archive.is/IXeKE
  3833.  
  3834. 570 children were admitted to U.S. hospitals with MIS-C associated with the novel coronavirus over four months during the peak of the pandemic
  3835. >Among the MIS-C cases, all patients tested positive for COVID-19 and 10 died, the CDC said in the report.
  3836. http://archive.is/LISyI
  3837.  
  3838. One-third of children hospitalized with SARS2 require ICU care, CDC says
  3839. >Roughly one in three children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has required treatment in the intensive care unit, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  3840. >Hospitalized adults infected with the new coronavirus are admitted to the ICU at essentially the same rate, the agency said.
  3841. >However, adults are about 20 times more likely to need hospital care after getting infected than children, the CDC said.
  3842. http://archive.is/cx08h
  3843.  
  3844. Fourth Louisiana child has died from coronavirus-linked illness, officials say
  3845. >Two of the four children who died in Louisiana had underlying medical conditions.
  3846. >The state did not elaborate on those conditions, the ages of the children who died or the location.
  3847. http://archive.is/PZe57
  3848.  
  3849. Coronavirus-related children’s disease PIMS-TS ‘linked to white blood cell changes’, researchers claim
  3850. >Scientists looked at blood samples from children admitted with the diseases to Birmingham Children’s Hospital during the UK’s coronavirus lockdown.
  3851.  
  3852. >They found large changes in the monocytes – a type of white blood cell – in patients with PIMS-TS and Kawasaki disease, according to a preprint which has not yet been peer-reviewed.
  3853.  
  3854. >Co-lead author Dr Graham Taylor said the study was the first to show both conditions are “both characterised by profound changes in the numbers of monocytes and their genetic make-up”.
  3855.  
  3856. >“Our results require confirmation in a larger patient cohort, but the changes we have observed are likely to be highly relevant, Dr Taylor, from the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham, said.
  3857.  
  3858. >He said the findings could potentially help to “predict the disease resistance of children with PIMS-TS and Kawasaki’s Disease, as well as identifying alternative therapies for both diseases”.
  3859. http://archive.is/j8Ms5
  3860. SARS-CoV-2 Quasispecies Mediate Rapid Virus Evolution and Adaptation
  3861. >The quasispecies nature of the virus population ensured rapid adaptation of the spike PRRARS motif upon passaging in Vero cells. On the other hand, SARS-CoV-2 replication in TMPRSS2 expressing cells led to a reverse mutation at the same site
  3862. >Our research has far-reaching implications for development of antiviral strategies, suggesting viral quasispecies may facilitate rapid emergence of escape mutants under selection pressure, such as the treatment with antivirals against SARS-CoV-2.
  3863. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.10.241414v1
  3864.  
  3865. Researchers identify a protein that may help SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly through cells
  3866. https://natsci.source.colostate.edu/researchers-identify-a-protein-that-may-help-sars-cov-2-spread-rapidly-through-cells/
  3867.  
  3868. SARS2 patients have same viral load regardless of symptom severity
  3869. https://www.modernhealthcare.com/clinical/covid-19-patients-have-same-viral-load-regardless-symptom-severity
  3870.  
  3871. Vaping increases SARS2 risk among teens, young adults, study finds
  3872. >Teens and young adults who vape are up to seven times more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than peers who don't use e-cigarettes, according to a study published Tuesday by the Journal of Adolescent Health.
  3873.  
  3874. >Young people who used both cigarettes and e-cigarettes were almost five times as likely to experience symptoms of the new coronavirus, including coughing, fever, fatigue and difficulty breathing, as those who never smoked or vaped, the researchers said.
  3875.  
  3876. >This might explain why they were also more likely to receive COVID-19 testing, given that in May, when the study was conducted, many regions limited COVID-19 testing to people with symptoms.
  3877.  
  3878. >"This study is just one of many to show that e-cigarette use leads to harmful outcomes in the lungs," study co-author Bonnie Halpern-Felsher told UPI.
  3879. http://archive.is/MrXmg
  3880.  
  3881.  
  3882.  
  3883.  
  3884. Anti-Mask Protests Across Europe as Coronavirus Cases Rise 4 Days in a Row
  3885. http://archive.is/UW68J
  3886.  
  3887. Coronavirus: Japan suffers its biggest economic slump on record
  3888. >world’s third largest economy saw gross domestic product fall 7.8% in April-June from the previous quarter, or 27.8% annualised
  3889. http://archive.is/Kc27U
  3890.  
  3891. Latest news on coronavirus in Scotland
  3892. >A pupil at a Glasgow High school has tested positive for Covid-19 as a cluster of cases in the area continues to grow
  3893. >The student at Bannerman High in Baillieston attended classes when the school reopened last week
  3894. >A fifth Lanarkshire school pupil has tested positive for Covid-19 amid concern the virus is being transmitted at indoor social gatherings
  3895. >The pupil at Caldervale High School in Airdrie attended school on Thursday
  3896. >However officials say there is no evidence to suggest the virus is being spread at the school
  3897. >A food processing plant in Perth and Kinross has been closed after three members of staff tested positive for Covid-19
  3898. >At least 37 patients were transferred from Scottish hospitals to care homes after testing positive for coronavirus, according to an investigation by the Sunday Post
  3899. >The number of coronavirus cases in Scotland rose by 43 in the latest 24 hours period available
  3900. >It included one new case in Orkney, which has been linked to an outbreak among the crew of a fishing vessel
  3901. >The Victoria Bar in Edinburgh has temporarily closed after a customer confirmed overnight they had tested positive
  3902. http://archive.is/YnPfa
  3903.  
  3904. 20 countries interested in Russian SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  3905. >It is already known that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines will participate in the third stage of vaccine trials. Brazil wants to both fulfill and use our vaccine. Argentina, Jordan and Israel are looking closely. Kazakhstan announced this morning that it had sent negotiators to Russia to purchase the vaccine. In addition, Serbia will buy the drug.
  3906. https://www.1tv.ru/news/2020-08-12/391229-rossiya_poluchila_zayavki_iz_20_stran_na_pokupku_vaktsiny_ot_koronavirusa
  3907.  
  3908. Israel will buy Russia SARS-CoV-2 vaccine if it is a 'serious product'
  3909. http://archive.is/ENl2W
  3910.  
  3911. Russia aims SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at Asian buyers beyond Philippines
  3912. http://archive.is/gN8MZ
  3913.  
  3914. Vietnam to buy Russian SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  3915. http://archive.is/jDoKI
  3916.  
  3917. Philippines' Duterte says will be Russia SARS-CoV-2 vaccine 'guinea pig' as talks begin
  3918. http://archive.is/apGVc
  3919.  
  3920. Cuba's top epidemiologist expects SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in 2021
  3921. >Cuba’s top epidemiologist Francisco Duran told a daily briefing on Wednesday he expected a COVID-19 vaccine to be available worldwide from early next year, skirting questions about Russia’s granting of regulatory approval to one such vaccine.
  3922. http://archive.is/hEHsx
  3923.  
  3924. Russia Offers to Supply Philippines With SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
  3925. http://archive.is/D56ug
  3926.  
  3927. Brazilian technology institute said on Wednesday it expects to produce a controversial SARS-CoV-2 Russian vaccine by the second half of 2021
  3928. http://archive.is/CJNuE
  3929. [but]
  3930. Brazil not yet ready to buy Russia vaccine, says health minister
  3931. http://archive.is/ko599
  3932.  
  3933. Malaysia Detects D614G Coronavirus Strain That’s 10 Times More Infectious
  3934. >D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner returning from India and breaching his 14-day home quarantine. The man has since been sentenced to five months in prison and fined. The strain was also found in another cluster involving people returning from the Philippines.
  3935. http://archive.is/ONsnB
  3936.  
  3937. Infection of respiratory viruses, cigarette smoking and allergic respiratory diseases might affect the susceptibility to and the development of SARS-2
  3938. http://archive.is/m6TdZ
  3939.  
  3940. New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears
  3941. http://archive.is/zXHbr
  3942.  
  3943. South Korea accuses church pastor as SARS-2 cases surge
  3944. >South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's worst outbreak in over five months.
  3945. >The focus on the Sarang Jeil Church, led by Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, revived bad memories of the country's biggest outbreak, among followers of a secretive Christian sect back in February.
  3946. http://archive.is/3M5yO
  3947.  
  3948. >President Donald Trump expressed interest in a new unproven coronavirus treatment — the botanical extract, oleandrin — recommended by HUD Secretary Ben Carson and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Axios reported Sunday.
  3949. >Lindell told Axios that Trump "basically said: …'The FDA should be approving it,'" regarding oleandrin as a potential treatment for the coronavirus.
  3950. >Researchers found that oleandrin could enhance in cancer therapies due to the way the botanical extract reacts to cells, Axios reported, but there isn't much public data showing oleandrin's effect on patients infected with COVID-19.
  3951. >HUD Secretary Carson's range of knowledge on antiviral drugs is not immediately clear.
  3952. http://archive.is/vMl2X
  3953.  
  3954. US: Testing slowdown: Fewer coronavirus tests casts doubt on falling case counts
  3955. http://archive.is/dn2yN
  3956.  
  3957. Coronavirus latest news: Almost 9 in 10 Britons would accept local lockdowns if no Covid cure found
  3958. >A new survey from King’s College London has revealed that if no treatment for coronavirus can be found, 87 per cent would accept local lockdowns
  3959. http://archive.is/0ptDf
  3960.  
  3961. Baby born in Dallas believed to be first to contract SARS-CoV-2 in womb
  3962. SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal
  3963. http://archive.is/8m0zx
  3964. http://archive.is/ojEOi
  3965.  
  3966. England: Parents to be told schools safe for September return
  3967. >A campaign aimed at persuading parents in England it will be safe for children to return to the classroom in September is being launched by the government.
  3968. >Under the #backtoschoolsafely slogan, it will highlight the various measures being implicated to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission.
  3969. >Boris Johnson said there was a "moral duty" to get pupils back to school.
  3970. >But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it is the PM's "moral responsibility" to ensure that schools reopen.
  3971. >Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Sir Keir said he expects children to be back in the classroom in September "no ifs, no buts, no equivocation".
  3972. >"It is the prime minister's responsibility to guarantee children get the education they need and the benefit of being back with their teachers and classmates," Sir Keir added.
  3973. >"My offer to help the government reopen schools still stands, but responsibility for making it happen lies squarely at the door of Number 10."
  3974. http://archive.is/6RndL
  3975.  
  3976. US Navy midshipmen test positive returning to school
  3977. >A significant number of returning midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis have tested positive for COVID-19, a Navy source told ABC News.
  3978.  
  3979. >A USNA spokesperson confirmed that "less than two percent of the current population of midshipmen who are in Bancroft Hall are currently COVID-19 positive." Bancroft Hall is the main dormitory for midshipmen at the Academy and currently houses less than 4,000 midshipmen as the school readies for the opening of the fall semester on Aug. 19.
  3980.  
  3981. >For operational security reasons the Defense Department does not provide actual numbers of infected individuals in military units or facilities.
  3982.  
  3983. >The Naval Academy's COVID-19 positivity rate is similar to the 1.5% rate at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in early July when its 4,400 cadets returned for summer training. Since then there have been no additional positive COVID cases at West Point.
  3984. http://archive.is/8TaiX
  3985.  
  3986. Zimbabwe, Bulawayo: Dead bodies at parlors
  3987. >Some funeral parlors have recorded a 100% increase in funeral services requests. This also comes as the country's health system has crumbled to unprecedented levels, as people are dying unnecessarily due to non-availability of health care services.
  3988.  
  3989. >The report also noted a "delay in collection of deceased patients and returning bodies to bereaved relatives," the audit reads.
  3990.  
  3991. >Out of the 47 patients that were admitted at the Covid-19 unit of the hospital, 16 died. The hospital also handled bodies of people who died of other diseases at the institution or at home.
  3992. http://archive.is/WJMfo
  3993.  
  3994. The self-styled archbishop of a fake Florida church has been arrested in Colombia on charges of selling bleach as a COVID-19 cure
  3995. http://archive.is/cdmVB
  3996.  
  3997. SARS-CoV-2 won’t prevent Israel Festival from going ahead
  3998. http://archive.is/szszf
  3999.  
  4000. Only 11 Percent of Brazilians Blame President for SARS2 Death Toll, Highest Popularity Yet
  4001. >Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who in late March referred to COVID-19 as a "little cold," is enjoying his highest approval ratings and a tiny percentage of residents who blame him for the world's second-highest toll death.
  4002.  
  4003. >A new poll published Saturday in Brazil's Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper finds just 11 percent of the country's residents blame Bolsonaro in any way for the country's more than 105,000 deaths tied to coronavirus. Second only to U.S. President Donald Trump and the United States, Bolsonaro's leadership has been marked by his repeated pushes for usage of unproven anti-malarial drugs and downplays of the disease.
  4004. http://archive.is/fUMiU
  4005.  
  4006. India: Shocking Medical Apathy: Dogs Found Chewing on Covid-19 Patient’s Corpse in Andhra Pradesh Hospital
  4007. >“As per our records, Kantha Rao was not admitted to the hospital. There is no record of him either as an in-patient or outpatient. The family members are saying that he was brought to the hospital on August 5 in an ambulance after testing positive for coronavirus. But he was staying in the old canteen shed, which is usually occupied by homeless people, so nobody in the hospital attended to him,” Dr Sreeramulu told TNM.
  4008. >Expressing shock, former Chief Minister and opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu shared a video of the dead body and wrote, ”This is heartbreaking! A patient’s dead body has been lying uncared at the Ongole GGH for 2 days. Dogs have mauled & eaten the body sending jitters into co-patients. This is a serious violation of human dignity & huge mgmt failure of AP Gov. I am at a loss of words to condemn this”
  4009. http://archive.is/f8yvP
  4010.  
  4011. Japan: Coronavirus Chased Off Tourists—Lots of Locals Don’t Want Them Ever Flocking Back
  4012. http://archive.is/JvgCk
  4013.  
  4014. Florida high school sports approved to return this fall, despite thousands of new coronavirus cases daily
  4015. http://archive.is/GuFgF
  4016.  
  4017. US coronavirus: New CDC guidance says SARS2 rates in children 'steadily increasing'
  4018. >Health experts say children make up more than 7% of all coronavirus cases in the US -- while comprising about 22% of the country's population -- and the number and rate of child cases have been "steadily increasing" from March to July.
  4019. http://archive.is/SGTaI
  4020.  
  4021. Coronavirus updates: University of Notre Dame reports 29 cases of SARS2 in a single week
  4022. http://archive.is/FoT46
  4023.  
  4024. US: Cheesecake Factory, Denny’s among restaurant chains facing bankruptcy amid coronavirus
  4025. >At least a half-dozen name-brand U.S. restaurant chains are facing significant unpaid debts and potential bankruptcy filings linked to the COVID-19 pandemic
  4026. http://archive.is/RfvAF
  4027.  
  4028. Zimbabwe, Bulawayo: Dead bodies at parlors
  4029. >Some funeral parlors have recorded a 100% increase in funeral services requests. This also comes as the country's health system has crumbled to unprecedented levels, as people are dying unnecessarily due to non-availability of health care services.
  4030.  
  4031. >The report also noted a "delay in collection of deceased patients and returning bodies to bereaved relatives," the audit reads.
  4032.  
  4033. >Out of the 47 patients that were admitted at the Covid-19 unit of the hospital, 16 died. The hospital also handled bodies of people who died of other diseases at the institution or at home.
  4034. http://archive.is/WJMfo
  4035.  
  4036. Trump says in-person voting will be safe
  4037. >Asked at a news conference about whether he'd veto legislation including additional funding, Mr. Trump replied, "No, not at all." However, in response to a follow-up question, he said, "a separate thing, I would do it." He pressed for in-person voting and conceded that voters are "gonna have to feel safe." Mr. Trump said, "They will be safe, and we will make sure they're safe. We're not gonna have to spend $3.5 billion to do it."
  4038. http://archive.is/ulfth
  4039.  
  4040. The self-styled archbishop of a fake Florida church has been arrested in Colombia on charges of selling bleach as a COVID-19 cure
  4041. >Mark Grenon, self-styled archbishop in a Florida-based church, has been arrested in Colombia along with one of his sons.
  4042.  
  4043. >Colombia's attorney general's office said in a series of tweets that Grenon was arrested over charges filed in the US that he marketed a "miracle potion" as a COVID-19 cure.
  4044.  
  4045. >The substance, which advocates call "Miracle Mineral Solution" or MMS, is really a form of toxic bleach associated with seven deaths in the US, according to Colombian prosecutors.
  4046.  
  4047. >Previously Grenon and others were marketing MMS as a remedy for an almost endless array of ailments.
  4048.  
  4049. >In July, prosecutors in Florida charged Grenon and three of his sons with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and criminal contempt.
  4050.  
  4051. >Colombian authorities say that Grenon will be extradited to the US to face the charges.
  4052. http://archive.is/cdmVB
  4053.  
  4054. SARS-CoV-2 won’t prevent Israel Festival from going ahead
  4055. http://archive.is/szszf
  4056.  
  4057. Mexico City reopens movie theaters to sparse crowds
  4058. http://archive.is/Hb8Ec
  4059.  
  4060. New Zealand's Ardern Extends Lockdown to Stamp Out Coronavirus Outbreak
  4061. >New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective.
  4062. >Ardern said genomic testing has shown the latest outbreak is a different strain to the original outbreak in New Zealand earlier in the year, suggesting it was new to the country.
  4063. >The New Zealand leader said lockdown measures in Auckland, home to about 1.7 million people, and social distancing measures across the country that were imposed on Wednesday would remain in place for another 12 days.
  4064. http://archive.is/rmwx0
  4065.  
  4066. Japan: Coronavirus Chased Off Tourists—Lots of Locals Don’t Want Them Ever Flocking Back
  4067. http://archive.is/JvgCk
  4068.  
  4069. Ruby Princess Inquiry Slams Health Officials Over SARS-CoV-2 Cruise: Australia US Deaths
  4070. >The New South Wales government inquiry was launched in April to determine why 2,700 passengers, hundreds of them infected with Covid, left the cruise ship in Sydney on March 19, before results of tests on some passengers were known.
  4071.  
  4072. >In a scathing report released Thursday, it finds state health officials made “inexcusable”, “inexplicable” and “serious mistakes” in the Ruby Princess handling.
  4073.  
  4074. >Specifically by assessing the ship passengers as “low risk”, that is, “do nothing”, despite all the expert advice at hand. Also with delays in testing, amounting to "a serious failure by NSW Health.”
  4075.  
  4076. >The probe, led by barrister Bret Walker, heard everyone on the ship should have been tested, then quarantined. Instead, they were let loose in the community, leading to Australia’s biggest single source of the coronavirus outbreak at the time.
  4077.  
  4078. >“The report linked more than 900 Covid-19 cases and 28 deaths to the ship, including 20 in Australia and eight in the US,” reports 9News. It also found over 16% of the crew contracted the virus, and almost 40% of Australian passengers onboard.
  4079.  
  4080. >“The passengers, some of whom had displayed respiratory symptoms, scattered widely, spreading the virus,” says Michelle Grattan, a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra.
  4081.  
  4082. >The decision to let passengers disembark and travel onwards both domestically and internationally defied a Public Health Order, the report finds. It requires all cruise ship passengers entering NSW from any other country to self-isolate in suitable accommodation for 14 days. The measure was implemented as Australia’s borders closed on March 17.
  4083. http://archive.is/LxI3p
  4084.  
  4085. Trump on Russia’s approved ‘Sputnik V’ coronavirus vaccine: ‘We hope it works’
  4086. >“We don’t know much about it. We hope it works, we do, we hope it works,” Trump said during a White House press conference.
  4087. http://archive.is/mvrLg
  4088.  
  4089. Russia Offered Trump Administration Help With Coronavirus Vaccine, US Declined
  4090. >Russia is still touting its unproven COVID-19 vaccine named "Sputnik V"
  4091. >It offered to be part of the Trump Administration's Operation Warp Speed
  4092. >The administration brushed aside the offer due to widespread mistrust in the vaccine
  4093. http://archive.is/oDhO6
  4094.  
  4095. New Zealand's Ardern Extends Lockdown to Stamp Out Coronavirus Outbreak
  4096. >New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective.
  4097.  
  4098. >Ardern said genomic testing has shown the latest outbreak is a different strain to the original outbreak in New Zealand earlier in the year, suggesting it was new to the country.
  4099.  
  4100. >The New Zealand leader said lockdown measures in Auckland would remain in place for another 12 days.
  4101. http://archive.is/rmwx0
  4102.  
  4103. US: Doctor counted at least 1,000 lives lost while working in health care during the pandemic; the CDC, meanwhile, has counted 625.
  4104. http://archive.is/75QNw
  4105.  
  4106. US coronavirus: Herd immunity attempts would lead to massive death tolls
  4107. http://archive.is/DfPcW
  4108.  
  4109. Poland braces for influx from Belarus after crackdown
  4110. http://archive.is/d0RO5
  4111.  
  4112. Congress Has Stopped Negotiating On Coronavirus Aid, As Tens Of Millions Of People Remain Out Of Work
  4113. >The US Senate adjourned for a month Thursday, further signaling there will be no coronavirus relief package passed this summer, nearly three weeks after unemployment benefits expired.
  4114.  
  4115. >Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled the next Senate vote for Tuesday, Sept. 8. The House had already recessed for the summer. If a deal on a coronavirus aid package is reached before then, lawmakers will be given at least 24 hours' notice to get to Washington to vote.
  4116.  
  4117. >As things stand, that seems unlikely. Talks between Democrats and the White House are at a standstill and the sides are not currently in active negotiations. Both parties have presidential conventions in the coming weeks, creating another distraction. The delay could be catastrophic for millions of Americans.
  4118. http://archive.is/4laOp
  4119.  
  4120. Trump, Biden trade barbs on coronavirus response
  4121. http://archive.is/nn2B9
  4122.  
  4123. ISIS Allegedly Ran a SARS2 PPE Scam Site
  4124. http://archive.is/JU9sw
  4125.  
  4126. Dow Drops 80, Nasdaq Climbs 30
  4127. >Wall Street fell just short of another record for the S&P 500 Thursday. The S&P 500 dipped 6.92 points, or 0.2%, to 3,373.43. At one point during the day, it climbed above 3,386.15. That’s the record closing level it set in February, before investors appreciated how much devastation the new coronavirus would cause for the global economy.
  4128. >Another afternoon fade for stocks left Wall Street just shy of its record heights on Thursday, after the S&P 500 briefly crossed above its all-time closing high for the second straight day.
  4129.  
  4130. >The S&P 500 dipped 6.92 points, or 0.2%, to 3,373.43. At one point during the day, it climbed above 3,386.15. That’s the record closing level it set in February, before investors appreciated how much devastation the new coronavirus would cause for the global economy.
  4131.  
  4132. >The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 80.12, or 0.3%, to 27,896.72. The Nasdaq composite climbed 30.27, or 0.3%, to 11,042.50.
  4133.  
  4134. >It’s just the second loss for the S&P 500 in the last 10 days. The index began stumbling in the early afternoon, as Treasury yields were accelerating following an auction of 30-year bonds by the U.S. government. Higher yields mean prices for bonds were falling.
  4135. http://archive.is/RcmB8
  4136.  
  4137. Netherlands: SECURITY REGIONS WANT MANDATORY QUARANTINE, DESPITE MINISTER BACKING OUT
  4138. >The 25 security regions in the Netherlands want to be able to oblige people to quarantine after they had close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus or return from a coronavirus hotspot abroad, Hubert Bruls, mayor of Nijmegen and chairman of the Security Council said to AD.
  4139.  
  4140. >On Wednesday Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said that he would reconsider his plans for mandatory quarantine under immense pressure from a critical Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament. He delayed his plans, saying he would first get advice from the Outbreak Management Team.
  4141. http://archive.is/AHHXo
  4142.  
  4143. SECOND COVID WAVE COULD HIT NETHERLANDS IN SEPTEMBER, ICU ASSOCIATION WARNS
  4144. >"If the figures continue as they are now, there will be a second corona wave in September and we cannot handle that," Diederik Gommers, chairman of the Netherlands' intensive care association NVIC, said on talk show Op 1. "We expected that in January next year, but if this continues, it will come sooner."
  4145.  
  4146. >"We don't know for sure, I don't want to cause a panic," Gommers said. "But if it continues like this, things will simply go wrong again." We'll have to hope things improve, he said. "We don't want to shut the whole country down again. If we have to, then we can't blame politics or young people, we all did this."
  4147.  
  4148. >Over the past two weeks, the number of coronavirus related hospital admissions rose from 80 to 150. "Although this seems fairly limited now, it is expected that this number will increase to 200 to 300 admissions between a week and ten days. And that is worrying, " Kuipers said to the newspaper. The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care increased from 14 to 35.
  4149. http://archive.is/pw9T7
  4150.  
  4151. Bhutan Imposes Coronavirus Lockdown for the First Time
  4152. http://archive.is/68TTB
  4153.  
  4154. UK: A new anti-obesity coronavirus campaign is a nightmare for eating disorder sufferers
  4155. >The new measures include a ban on junk food advertisements before 9 p.m., tools to help people lose weight and a proposal requiring restaurants to show how many calories their dishes contain.
  4156.  
  4157. >As part of the strategy, Johnson has spoken about his own weight loss in strikingly personal terms. The British Prime Minister was infected with coronavirus earlier this year and was admitted to ICU in April, at the height of the UK's lockdown.
  4158.  
  4159. >Johnson has said that he was "way overweight" at the time of his illness. "I was too fat," he said in a video posted to his Twitter account on Monday.
  4160.  
  4161. >"I've always wanted to lose weight for ages and ages," Johnson added. "And like [...] many people, I struggle with my weight."
  4162.  
  4163. >"If you can get your weight down a bit [...] and protect your health, you'll also be protecting the NHS," he said.
  4164. http://archive.is/R55j3
  4165.  
  4166. Dollar loses ground amid doubts about U.S. stimulus
  4167. >The dollar fell against most of its peers on Thursday amid fading hopes for a compromise between Republicans and Democrats over additional stimulus for the U.S. economy.
  4168.  
  4169. >The greenback was hampered by a decline in Treasury yields, but analysts say this is likely only a temporary setback because U.S. lawmakers will eventually agree to more stimulus to help the economy recover from the coronavirus.
  4170. http://archive.is/EmTms
  4171.  
  4172.  
  4173. US: Kansas prison locked down due to 2nd COVID-19 outbreak
  4174. >Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Jeff Zmuda said none of the 84 inmates and 10 staff members at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility who tested positive this week are showing symptoms. Fifteen inmates and seven staff members previously tested positive at the prison, which houses about 1,880 men.
  4175.  
  4176. >Some inmates will remain locked in their cells because of the new outbreak, while others will be relocated to the prison in Lansing, where a medical unit has been set up to handle COVID-19 cases. Lansing was the site of an earlier outbreak in which more than 900 people became infected.
  4177. http://archive.is/utrSG
  4178.  
  4179. US, Carolina: 12 more inmates test positive for coronavirus in Durham County jail's 2nd outbreak
  4180. http://archive.is/RSYs1
  4181.  
  4182. US, California: Folsom Prison Employee Dies From Coronavirus, At Least 108 Inmates Test Positive
  4183. http://archive.is/9Tbf4
  4184.  
  4185. US, Michigan: Muskegon prison cases climb
  4186. >As of late afternoon on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 395 prisoners, and six staff members, had tested positive for the virus, and prison officials promise that they are enacting a plan developed months ago to obtain distance for inmates who test positive for COVID-19.
  4187. http://archive.is/34p3T
  4188.  
  4189. US: Texas prison that houses Idaho inmates reports first case, state creates hotline
  4190. >Among Idaho inmates, the IDOC had performed 3,244 coronavirus tests as of Friday evening. Of those tests, 72 people tested positive and are showing symptoms, while there are 216 people who recently tested positive but are not showing symptoms.
  4191. http://archive.is/8YZ20
  4192.  
  4193.  
  4194. White House, congressional Democrats trade blame over coronavirus aid deadlock
  4195. >One of President Donald Trump’s top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a five-day lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  4196.  
  4197. >Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin disputed a statement from Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that said Republicans had invited more talks but refused to budge from their initial offer of a $1 trillion response that is less than a third of what the Democratic-controlled House passed in May.
  4198.  
  4199. >“An overture was made by Secretary Mnuchin to meet and he made clear that ... the White House is not budging from their position concerning the size and scope of a legislative package,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement.
  4200. http://archive.is/tMijb
  4201.  
  4202. SARS-CoV-2 may have been circulating in New Zealand for weeks, as fresh case emerges
  4203. >Covid-19 may have been circulating in the community for weeks, New Zealand’s top health official has said, as a potential ninth new case emerged overnight.
  4204.  
  4205. >Dr Ashley Bloomfield, the director-general of health, said a new case had been identified at the country’s second-largest school, Mt Albert Grammar, which hosts 3,000 students.
  4206.  
  4207. >Bloomfield said isolation and testing of any close or casual contacts to positive cases was the primary response to the outbreak, as was tracing the original source.
  4208.  
  4209. >Genome sequencing was “well underway” on the original four cases, to trace the train of transmission, but he agreed “it was possible” the virus has been circulating in the community for weeks, as some experts are now suggesting.
  4210.  
  4211. >“We will find the source, I have no doubt about that.” Bloomfield said
  4212. http://archive.is/gFCRG
  4213.  
  4214. Health officials around the US are quitting or getting fired amid the outbreak
  4215. >Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health officials around the U.S. have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.
  4216. >A review by the Kaiser Health News service and The Associated Press finds at least 48 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states. The list has grown by more than 20 people since the AP and KHN started keeping track in June.
  4217. http://archive.is/E0meO
  4218. The number of people employed in the UK dropped by the most since 2009 because of the pandemic
  4219. >Employment in the UK dropped by the most since 2009, signalling that more pain may lay ahead for British-based workers, data released Tuesday showed.
  4220. >The number of UK employees on payrolls fell in July by 730,000 from March, when the COVID-19 crisis had just begun.
  4221. >"The alarm bells couldn't be ringing any louder. Ministers must act now to protect and create jobs," the general secretary of the national federation of trade unions said.
  4222. >Those claiming unemployment benefits, which includes universal credit and jobseeker's allowance, rose about 117% to 2.7 million in July from March 2020.
  4223. http://archive.is/NUViu
  4224.  
  4225. Gold prices drop from record high
  4226. >Gold prices dropped by more than 5% on Tuesday – the largest fall in a single day for seven years – as investors’ appetite for risk returned following encouraging economic numbers and hopes of new coronavirus relief package boosted the S&P 500 to near record highs.
  4227. http://archive.is/2QFZE
  4228.  
  4229. Romania's government spent just over EUR 1 bln to fight the coronavirus in H1
  4230. >Romania's expenditures from the state, local and social security budgets dedicated to mitigating the effects of the pandemic until June 30, amounted to RON 5 billion (just over EUR 1 bln, or 0.5% of this year's projected GDP), according to a report released by the Court of Auditors
  4231.  
  4232. >Out of the total EUR 1 bln anti-coronavirus expenditures estimated by the Court, 73% account for the subsidies paid to employees under technical unemployment (RON 3.69 bln). Another 13% are the allowances granted to other categories of staff whose activities were interrupted or took place at a very low level (RON 662 mln). The expenses for medical emergency stocks (RON 266 mln) represented just 5.3% of the total sum.
  4233. http://archive.is/LzkLy
  4234.  
  4235. The UK is in an official SARS2 recession after GDP plunged 20.4% in Q2
  4236. >The UK is in an official recession, the country's statistics authority confirmed on Wednesday.
  4237.  
  4238. >GDP fell by 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, the biggest fall on record, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
  4239.  
  4240. >The fall marks the second consecutive quarter of retraction, a widely-used definition of a recession.
  4241.  
  4242. >UK GDP began to contract sharply in late March, when COVID-19 began to spread rapidly in the population, and the government imposed sweeping lockdown measures in response.
  4243.  
  4244. >Although most of the impact was not registered in the Q1 figures due to the timing, UK GDP still fell 2.2% in Q1 2020, setting the stage for the much sharper fall in Q2.
  4245.  
  4246. >Statistics released on July 31 from the Eurozone — which includes economies like France, Spain, and Italy — showed that the bloc was also in an official recession, reporting a 12.1% fall in its Q2 GDP.
  4247. http://archive.is/PFlKV
  4248.  
  4249. Belgium is entering a “crucial” week - the rate at which new infections are detected this week will determine whether more drastic measures will need to be adopted for the coming weeks.
  4250. http://archive.is/jpCPV
  4251.  
  4252. Brussels set to impose face masks in public as region slides towards alarm threshold
  4253. http://archive.is/sU9Nl
  4254.  
  4255. Melbourne healthcare workers relying on charity groups for PPE
  4256. >Health care workers on the coronavirus frontline in Melbourne have been relying on a Buddhist charity for crucial PPE supplies amid calls by doctors they don't have enough.
  4257. >Since April 1 Buddhist charity Tzu Chi has delivered more than 41,000 masks, 1300 gowns and nearly 400 face shields to seven hospitals and eight aged care facilities around Melbourne.
  4258. >Wayne Cockerall a volunteer at Tzhu Chi told Today many healthcare workers have been overwhelmed as supplies were dropped off.
  4259. >"The lady at the Northern Hospital when we turned out 20 boxes worth of face masks she was so emotional she was nearly in tears," he said.
  4260. >Doctors have contacted the charity throughout the pandemic to ask for help and continue to do so.
  4261. >Another volunteer, Mei Cockerall, added: "Yes, they are still in need of it so what we are going to do is make further contact to see whether they need more and how we are going to deliver it to them."
  4262. >The donations come from the charity's members, many of them based overseas, as well as the general public.
  4263. http://archive.is/JguRD
  4264. [Note(?)]
  4265. >Since April 1 Buddhist charity Tzu Chi (Humanitarian and non-governmental organization in Taiwan) has delivered more than 41,000 masks, 1300 gowns and nearly 400 face shields to seven hospitals and eight aged care facilities around Melbourne.
  4266. ...possibly could be related to?:
  4267.  
  4268. /cVg/ Report #74: Hundreds of types of face masks withdrawn in Australia amid safety fears
  4269. >Guardian Australia was sent images from nurses working in Victorian and New South Wales hospitals of masks and surgical gowns they were supplied with carrying labels in Chinese characters that stated “Single-use protective masks (not for medical use)” and “Disposable not for medical use isolation gown”.
  4270. http://archive.is/nf2hM
  4271. https://pastebin.com/csBRKKJH
  4272.  
  4273. Putin announced the registration of the first Russian vaccine against coronavirus. One of his daughters has already vaccinated
  4274. >The vaccine, said the President of the Russian Federation, is effective, forms a stable immunity and has passed all the necessary tests.
  4275. >The President expects that Russia will be able to organize mass production of the vaccine. He noted that vaccination in Russia should be voluntary.
  4276. http://archive.is/e5slX
  4277.  
  4278. Promising SARS2 treatment sends Seattle biotech company’s stock soaring
  4279. >Shares in a Seattle biotech firm shot up 80% Monday after a preliminary trial suggested a new drug could boost survival rates for patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms.
  4280.  
  4281. >Omeros, a biopharmaceutical firm focused on immune-related diseases and other disorders, said the trials showed its drug narsoplimab improved recovery and survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with COVID-19.
  4282.  
  4283. >Those results, coupled with news that Omeros was in talks to receive federal funding to scale up production of narsoplimab, pushed the company’s share price to a high of $25.46, or 80% above Friday’s closing price, before it fell back below $20 in after-hours trading.
  4284.  
  4285. >Although narsoplimab is still under review for federal approval, it is being considered for federal support under the “Operation Warp Speed” initiative, which is trying to accelerate development of COVID-19 treatments.
  4286. http://archive.is/bYPLt
  4287.  
  4288. Trudeau says Canada handled coronavirus pandemic better than US
  4289. >“We were able to control the virus better than many of our allies, particularly including our neighbour,” he told reporters.
  4290. http://archive.is/fgIwq
  4291.  
  4292. Australia: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he can’t promise Victoria’s current restrictions will work in six weeks
  4293. http://archive.is/KMk39
  4294.  
  4295. Trump administration weighs blocking U.S. citizens coming home if coronavirus infection feared
  4296. >The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a measure to block U.S. citizens and permanent residents from returning home if they are suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Reuters.
  4297.  
  4298. >The official said a draft regulation, which has not been finalized and could change, would give the government authorization to block individuals who could “reasonably” be believed to have contracted COVID-19 or other diseases.
  4299.  
  4300. >Trump has instituted a series of sweeping immigration restrictions since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, suspending some legal immigration and allowing U.S. border authorities to rapidly deport migrants caught at the border without standard legal processes.
  4301. http://archive.is/eMkf6
  4302.  
  4303. California's public health officer resigns after COVID-19 undercount problem
  4304. >California's top public health officer has resigned following data-collection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID-19 infections, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday.
  4305.  
  4306. >Dr. Sonia Angell offered in a letter to step down as the director of the Department of Public Health over the weekend, and "I accepted her resignation," Newsom told a news conference in Sacramento, the state capital.
  4307.  
  4308. >Calling it a "personnel" issue, Newsom declined to say directly whether the departure of Angell less than a year into her tenure was related to computer problems that caused nearly 300,000 COVID-19 test results to go temporarily unprocessed.
  4309.  
  4310. >When pressed by reporters, the governor said, "We all have a role and responsibility as it relates to what happens within our respective departments," adding, "technology is always stubborn and challenging."
  4311. http://archive.is/3PTXB
  4312.  
  4313. Mexico's legendary masked wrestlers thrown out of ring by coronavirus
  4314. >Mexico’s legendary masked wrestlers have been economically body-slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, with some resorting to food parcels or even underground fights to survive a ban on sporting events.
  4315. >“It’s hit us because all arenas, gyms and rings, everything has closed,” said 59-year-old veteran fighter ‘Octagon,’ dressed in his trademark black kimono and mask.
  4316. >“If we don’t fight, we don’t earn,” he said. “We thought this was going to last three or four weeks, and we’ve been here for almost four months.”
  4317. http://archive.is/VoWa5
  4318.  
  4319. US Now Has Now Seen 200,000 More Deaths Than In Previous Years, CDC Estimates Show
  4320. http://archive.is/MM118
  4321.  
  4322. French hospitals see first rise in COVID-19 patients since end of lockdown
  4323. >The French health ministry on Monday reported the first significant rise in the number of people in hospital due to the new coronavirus since the end of the country’s lockdown, reversing a trend seen since mid-April.
  4324. http://archive.is/TzQVq
  4325.  
  4326. USA the source of most of New Zealand's coronavirus cases
  4327. http://archive.is/zjHyA
  4328.  
  4329. Big Ten cancels football season, sources tell the USA TODAY Network
  4330. >The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.
  4331. >The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected to Tuesday, the sources said.
  4332. http://archive.is/Oko7b
  4333.  
  4334. Health officials around the US are quitting or getting fired amid the outbreak
  4335. >Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health officials around the U.S. have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.
  4336. >A review by the Kaiser Health News service and The Associated Press finds at least 48 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states. The list has grown by more than 20 people since the AP and KHN started keeping track in June.
  4337.  
  4338. >The departures are making a bad situation worse, at a time when the U.S. needs good public health leadership the most, said Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
  4339. >“We’re moving at breakneck speed here to stop a pandemic, and you can’t afford to hit the pause button and say, ‘We’re going to change the leadership around here and we’ll get back to you after we hire somebody,’” Freeman said.
  4340.  
  4341. >Many of the firings and resignations have to do with conflicts over mask orders or social distancing shutdowns, Freeman said. Many politicians and ordinary Americans have argued that such measures are not needed, contrary to the scientific evidence and the advice of public health experts.
  4342. >“It’s not a health divide; it’s a political divide,” Freeman said.
  4343. http://archive.is/E0meO
  4344.  
  4345. Dominican Republic hospitals hit capacity for SARS2 patients
  4346. >The Dominican Republic is leading the Caribbean in COVID-19 infections, leaving the health care system strained and hospitals on the verge of overflow.
  4347. >Ramirez said that since rural hospitals were not equipped to treat patients, patients went to the cities and overwhelmed the hospitals.
  4348. >“The people migrated searching for better care,” he said “At one moment they had to send patients back to the provinces. Here, for example, in the hospital Marcelino Velez they reported that all of the beds were full and they were still taking people into the COVID unit so they could sit in a chair with an oxygen tank.”
  4349. >The U.S. Embassy published a warning to avoid travel to the Dominican Republic, adding: “Medical care is severely limited with many hospitals at or near full capacity. … Many hospitals no longer have beds vacant for COVID-19 and are no longer able to accept new COVID-19 patients.”
  4350. >Thirty-three percent of COVID-19 tests are positive (positivity rate), suggesting cases are being substantially undercounted because not enough testing is being done. Experts say a positivity rate of below 5% can indicate most cases are being accounted for by tests.
  4351. >The government scrambled to add hospital and ICU beds for COVID-19, adding more than 100 in a week, but hospitals remain 77% full nationally and in Santo Domingo as of Tuesday. “The pressure from the demand for hospital beds has dropped in the national district,” Cardenas said.
  4352. http://archive.is/igL9t
  4353.  
  4354. Vietnam: The mysterious resurgence of SARS2
  4355. >So what went wrong?
  4356. >Local media have carried reports suggesting the latest outbreak may have been caused by a more virulent strain of the virus. Others have pointed to recent people-smuggling cases along the Vietnam-China border.
  4357. http://archive.is/S8jbz
  4358. [REMINDER]
  4359. 10 Chinese citizens who entered Vietnam illegally were detained along with four Vietnamese accomplices.
  4360. http://archive.is/tqu0b
  4361.  
  4362. Ireland has a new coronavirus fear: Americans on vacation
  4363. >Millions of Americans consider Ireland a home away from home. But as the number of coronavirus cases in the United States surges, many Irish businesses say they have been forced to turn away some of their most lucrative customers — vacationing Americans.
  4364. >Most visitors to Ireland, including those from the U.S., have to fill out a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form that includes their contact details while in the country and where they will be staying.
  4365. >They also are required to self-quarantine for 14 days, staying indoors and avoiding contact with other people as much as possible. But there are few if any checks on whether visitors actually comply with the requirement. And for many in Ireland, visitors from the U.S. seem to pose a particularly serious threat.
  4366. http://archive.is/F0Nhg
  4367.  
  4368. Ukraine: foreign ship where several crew members are infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus has entered the seaport of Pivdenny, Odesa region.
  4369. >The ship where 11 tested positive for the coronavirus is the Greece-registered PATRA bulk carrier
  4370. http://archive.is/lQjBo
  4371.  
  4372. SARS2 test required for foreigners to enter Egypt
  4373. http://archive.is/eU0Ut
  4374.  
  4375. Christians hold church in casinos as restrictions on worship are tighter than those on gambling
  4376. http://archive.is/qC6SA
  4377.  
  4378. SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Turkey increased since May, Koca warns
  4379. >The infection rate from the coronavirus in Turkey has increased by 1.3 times since May, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Sunday, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
  4380. >In the capital Ankara, the rate rose by 1.6 times, and in southeastern Diyarbakir and Gaziantep, it rose by 1.4 times and 1.3 times, respectively, Koca said on Twitter.
  4381. http://archive.is/xE7T2
  4382.  
  4383. DOH issues scam alert on SARS2 survivors’ blood
  4384. >The Department of Health (DOH) has warned the public against selling and buying convalescent plasma of people who have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.
  4385.  
  4386. >Health Secretary Francisco Duque III issued the alert over the weekend amid reports of an increasing number of patients buying convalescent plasma from COVID-19 survivors, hospital personnel and fixers.
  4387.  
  4388. >Duque said trading of blood plasma, including those from recovered COVID 19 patients, is not only illegal but also highly dangerous.
  4389.  
  4390. >“Convalescent plasma is not for sale and should be donated voluntarily to COVID patients in need,” he said.
  4391.  
  4392. >Duque said they received reports that some people are “intentionally infecting themselves with the virus so that after their recovery their plasma can be donated in exchange for money.”
  4393.  
  4394. >Citing studies, Duque said transfusion of illegally bought convalescent plasma poses serious health risks to patients, including the possibility of acquiring blood-borne infections such as malaria, HIV and hepatitis.
  4395.  
  4396. >“Those individuals do not only place their lives at risk, but also put their families and communities in danger,” he pointed out.
  4397. http://archive.is/OeZKB
  4398.  
  4399. Pet cats in Texas first in state to test positive for coronavirus
  4400. >Both felines were asymptomatic
  4401. >Texas scientists have reported finding two pet cats with the coronavirus — the first in the state.
  4402. >The cats were swabbed as part of a study being conducted at Texas A&M University to understand how pets living in “high-risk” households may be impacted by COVID-19.
  4403. >The cats were in separate homes in Brazos County — and asymptomatic. One cat began sneezing after a visit from researchers.
  4404. http://archive.is/HCood
  4405.  
  4406. Coronavirus: August set to be Israel’s deadliest month
  4407. >Israel is trending to have one of its most deadly months since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, new data by the Health Ministry has revealed. Moreover, it looks like the country will have the most people hospitalized in serious condition this month since the peak of the crisis.
  4408.  
  4409. >The report comes despite reports by both newly appointed coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein that Israel has flattened the curve, as well as against the backdrop of a decision by the government to hold off rolling out any new restrictions for at least the next two weeks.
  4410.  
  4411. >This month, there have already been 355 patients in serious condition in the first nine days and an average of 33.4 new patients per day. If the trend continues, by August 31, there will be between 1,056 and 1,222 new patients in serious condition.
  4412.  
  4413. >Hospitals are straining under the weight of the novel coronavirus. The latest daily report by the Health Ministry shows that some hospitals are at more than 100% capacity – in a month when hospitalizations are normally down – and that the coronavirus units of at least five major hospitals are bursting at their seams
  4414.  
  4415. >“If this growth continues, then we will be in danger,” warned Eli Waxman, former chairman of the National Security Council’s expert advisers committee on the coronavirus outbreak. “We must make sure that every few days the numbers are going down; otherwise, we will have to take more serious measures.”
  4416. >Since then, the numbers have not gone down.
  4417. http://archive.is/29X8A
  4418.  
  4419. 9 people test positive for coronavirus at Georgia school that went viral for crowded photo
  4420. >Nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Georgia high school where a photo of a packed hallway went viral earlier this week.
  4421. >Six students and three staff members who were at the school last week have tested positive, according to a letter sent to parents Saturday that was acquired by ABC News. The positive cases were reported to the school after private tests.
  4422. >"We have anticipated that COVID-19 would impact us as it has nearly every community, and the district has worked in partnership with the Department of Public Health (DPH) to proactively implement safety precautions and response plans," the letter reads. It does not say whether anyone will be quarantined or if the school will close fully or in part, but says custodial staff will continue daily disinfecting procedures.
  4423. http://archive.is/6gPjD
  4424.  
  4425. Japan's SARS2 'excess mortality' relatively low, but fails to show whole picture
  4426. >Koji Wada, a professor of public health at the International University of Health and Welfare, points out that excess mortality "shows up clearly when an explosive spread happens, as seen in European countries." Compared to that, he continued, "Japan seems to have succeeded in containing the spread of the viral infection." At the same time, Wada said, "excess mortality is an important index to monitor how infections are spreading, so we should continue checking it in preparation for a potential second wave of the outbreak."
  4427. http://archive.is/7WHV8
  4428.  
  4429. DeWine tests negative for coronavirus a second time
  4430. >Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested negative for coronavirus a second time on Saturday after he received conflicting positive and negative results two days before
  4431. http://archive.is/XQAmE
  4432.  
  4433. AstraZeneca Inks a Deal for Production of at Least 100 Million Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine for the Chinese Market
  4434. >AstraZeneca has filled a notable gap in its coronavirus vaccine production plans. On Thursday, the sprawling pharmaceutical company announced in a social media post that it had made a deal to have BioKangtai Biologics produce a minimum of 100 million doses of its AZD1222 vaccine candidate in China for that country's immense market.
  4435. >Guangdong-based BioKangtai has been granted exclusive rights to develop, produce, and market the vaccine in China. AstraZeneca did not disclose the financial terms of the arrangement, but it did say the collaboration might not remain limited by that country's borders. "In the future, the two parties will continue to explore the possibility of cooperation in other regions and markets," it wrote.
  4436. http://archive.is/mmzeg
  4437. [Reminder]
  4438. AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
  4439. http://archive.is/kFOjp
  4440.  
  4441. US: As Schools Open, Coronavirus Outbreaks Follow
  4442. http://archive.is/EAyee
  4443.  
  4444. Nightclubs around Europe are shut. But that doesn’t mean the continent’s party people are staying home.
  4445. >As coronavirus lockdowns are eased, illegal raves are growing in popularity. Outdoor events for hundreds — in some cases, thousands — organized via social media and messaging apps, are in full swing every weekend, causing headaches for police forces and lawmakers, and stirring public debate and news media panic.
  4446. >Tom Wingfield, a senior lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, said in an email that there were no medical studies about the coronavirus and outdoor parties, but that a likely lack of social distancing posed risks for transmission. Throw in alcohol or drugs, and those risks could be exacerbated, he said.
  4447. >Some countries have tried bringing nightclubs back. In Switzerland, most regions let venues reopen in June, provided they kept attendees’ contact details. (After many partygoers gave false information, I.D. checks became mandatory in some areas.) Clubs in Barcelona, Spain, reopened at the end of June, but shut again a few weeks later as the virus surged in the city.
  4448. >In most countries, the idea of packed dance floors is too much to even consider right now. Many nightclub operators fear they will be the last businesses allowed to reopen.
  4449. >Until then, thousands are partying in secret, despite the risk and the backlash. Last weekend, Times reporters attended three events, in Berlin, in London and near Paris. Here’s what we saw.
  4450. http://archive.is/xfgpO
  4451.  
  4452. US: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended Michigan's coronavirus emergency through Sept. 4, enabling her to keep in place restrictions designed to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2
  4453. http://archive.is/8oQuo
  4454.  
  4455. 570 children were admitted to U.S. hospitals with MIS-C associated with the novel coronavirus over four months during the peak of the pandemic
  4456. >Among the MIS-C cases, all patients tested positive for COVID-19 and 10 died, the CDC said in the report.
  4457. http://archive.is/LISyI
  4458.  
  4459. China exports jump a surprise 7.2% in July driven by rising demand for medical supplies
  4460. http://archive.is/ixMax
  4461.  
  4462. Coronavirus vaccine likely won’t be as effective in obese people, experts say
  4463. http://archive.is/brvnm
  4464. [Reminder]
  4465. >13% of adults in the world are obese.
  4466. https://ourworldindata.org/obesity
  4467.  
  4468. >A series of data failures have created a backlog of as many as 300,000 test results in California, the state's top health official said Friday as he provided the first public explanation of a problem that has stymied efforts to understand the spread of the coronavirus.
  4469. http://archive.is/19dX5
  4470.  
  4471. One-third of children hospitalized with SARS2 require ICU care, CDC says
  4472. http://archive.is/cx08h
  4473.  
  4474. China exports jump a surprise 7.2% in July driven by rising demand for medical supplies
  4475. http://archive.is/ixMax
  4476.  
  4477. Coronavirus vaccine likely won’t be as effective in obese people, experts say
  4478. http://archive.is/brvnm
  4479. [Reminder]
  4480. >13% of adults in the world are obese.
  4481. https://ourworldindata.org/obesity
  4482.  
  4483. Russia claims it will win race in finding coronavirus vaccine, scientists say not so fast
  4484. http://archive.is/D56ug
  4485.  
  4486. Japan in deals with AstraZeneca, Novavax for SARS2 vaccines
  4487. http://archive.is/VrFKg
  4488. [Reminder]
  4489. AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
  4490. http://archive.is/kFOjp
  4491.  
  4492. Brazil soccer's Serie A begins as SARS2 deaths at 100,000
  4493. http://archive.is/dJbGq
  4494.  
  4495. Russia: Lipetsk residents re-positive with SARS2
  4496. http://archive.is/WsUPI
  4497.  
  4498. France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO
  4499. http://archive.is/0Jynu
  4500.  
  4501. Belgian meat processing plant confirms 67 SARS2 cases
  4502. http://archive.is/p5VbA
  4503.  
  4504. Ireland: Six more staff test positive for SARS2 at Kildare factory as 98 new cases reported nationwide
  4505. http://archive.is/yX36g
  4506.  
  4507. England: Coronavirus: Newark Bakkavor Deserts factory workers to be tested after cases spike
  4508. http://archive.is/PY8OO
  4509.  
  4510. In June 2020, 11,917 people died in Russia who contracted the coronavirus. This was reported on the Rosstat website.
  4511. >Rosstat notes that the main cause of death was the coronavirus in 5448 people, and in 1589 it is assumed as the main cause of death, but the results of tests for the presence of COVID-19 are still being investigated.
  4512. >In 1,399 deaths, the coronavirus affected the development of other diseases and contributed to the emergence of complications that accelerated the death of the patient. Another 3,481 people were diagnosed with the coronavirus, but "in no way influenced the onset of death."
  4513. >According to the operational headquarters, at the end of June, 4,681 died from coronavirus, which is 2.5 times less than Rosstat data
  4514. http://archive.is/VK4av
  4515.  
  4516. A 7-year-old boy is now the youngest SARS2 victim in Georgia
  4517. >The child, who was a resident of Chatham County, had no known underlying health conditions, the state's health department confirmed to CBS News on Friday.
  4518. http://archive.is/kXxfJ
  4519.  
  4520. Portuguese cancelling holidays and avoiding public spaces
  4521. >respondents continue to express a fear of returning to their routines before the beginning of the crisis caused by the new coronavirus
  4522. >More than three-quarters of the 1006 respondents, between 18 and 74 years old, avoided or even stopped using public spaces
  4523. >fear of infection led respondents to avoid certain services, namely public transport
  4524. >More than half of the respondents expressed the same feeling regarding sports centres, shops, restaurants and cultural events.
  4525. > more than three-quarters of respondents consider that travel by plane, bus or train poses a high risk of contagion and more than half do not trust measures in hotels and holiday accommodation.
  4526. http://archive.is/4zZW1
  4527.  
  4528. Poll: 35% of Americans, most Republicans would reject SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  4529. >More than one-third of U.S. adults and a majority of Republicans would not receive a free, government-approved COVID-19 vaccine if one was presently available, a Gallup survey showed Friday.
  4530. >According to the poll, 35% of U.S. adults said they would not get the vaccine, compared to 65% who said they would. The share was the exact same 65/35 split among both men and women.
  4531. >The age group that expressed the most skepticism about a vaccine were those between 50 and 64 years old (59%) -- and the group that was most accepting of a vaccine were between 18 and 29 (76%).
  4532. http://archive.is/IkxNC
  4533.  
  4534. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says second Covid-19 test is negative (previous was positive)
  4535. http://archive.is/Eom3t
  4536.  
  4537. State prison officials say as many as 17,600 California inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus
  4538. http://archive.is/DZS4G
  4539.  
  4540. Dead Bodies Stored in Coolers As Arizona Coronavirus Deaths Surge
  4541. http://archive.is/CQqvZ
  4542.  
  4543. Beirut explosions stoke fears of coronavirus spike as hospitals are overwhelmed
  4544. http://archive.is/gMh0H
  4545.  
  4546. State prison officials say as many as 17,600 California inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus, 70% more than previously estimated and a total that victims and police say includes dangerous criminals who should stay locked up.
  4547. http://archive.is/DZS4G
  4548.  
  4549. Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection
  4550. >Certain species of lemurs in Madagascar share a similar enzyme receptor to humans that could make them susceptible to contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, a study shows.
  4551. >Following calls from the scientific community both on the island and abroad, an emergency unit is being set up to strengthen the protection of lemurs in the face of the virus.
  4552. >To date, there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in lemurs.
  4553. >The possibility of the virus spreading among lemurs, most of which are endangered species, worries researchers.
  4554. >The resemblance between lemurs’ ACE2 receptor and those in humans varies by species. For example, according to the April study, the largest lemur, the indri (Indri indri), the blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons), and the Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) have a very similar receptor to that of humans. All three species are critically endangered.
  4555. http://archive.is/HhGCa
  4556.  
  4557. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine tests positive for coronavirus before Trump meeting
  4558. http://archive.is/lQtEt
  4559.  
  4560. Trump: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine may be ready 'right around' Election Day
  4561. http://archive.is/46Gld
  4562.  
  4563. Coronavirus: A disproportionate number of non-white children are dying
  4564. http://archive.is/5bfUY
  4565.  
  4566. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine approval could stall tech stocks boom: Goldman
  4567. http://archive.is/xncuP
  4568.  
  4569. US: Early Coronavirus Vaccine Supplies Likely Won’t Be Enough for Everyone at High Risk
  4570. http://archive.is/cDKYS
  4571.  
  4572. Malta would be 'brought to its knees' by a Foreign Office travel ban
  4573. http://archive.is/lBU8n
  4574.  
  4575. Muslim religious activity related to England's coronavirus outbreaks
  4576. http://archive.is/7RENo
  4577.  
  4578. Vietnam's SARS2 outbreak could peak in 10 days: health official
  4579. http://archive.is/k56WO
  4580.  
  4581. Coronavirus: A disproportionate number of non-white children are dying
  4582. >A disproportionate number of non-white children are dying from the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to data released in an internal memo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency obtained by ABC News on Wednesday night.
  4583. >Nationwide, the number of COVID-19 cases among people under the age of 18 from March 1 to Aug. 3 were 40% Hispanic, 34% white and 19% Black. The ethnicity breakdown of those patients who died from the disease is 38% Hispanic, 34% Black and 25% white, according to the memo.
  4584. >The gender breakdown of those cases is 50% male and 50% female. However, just as in adults, COVID-19 is more fatal among males under 18, making up 64% of the deaths compared to females under 18 accounting for 36%, according to the memo.
  4585. http://archive.is/5bfUY
  4586.  
  4587. SARS2: Oman to lift total lockdown
  4588. >Oman Wednesday said it would end a two-week lockdown between its governorates and reduce hours of a nighttime curfew in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
  4589. >A state supreme committee on COVID-19 announced that the complete lockdown, which was enforced as of July 25 until August 8, will be lifted starting from 6am next Saturday, Oman’s news agency ONA reported. The lockdown included the Eid Al Adha holiday and banned Eid gatherings in an effort to contain the virus incidence.
  4590. >The committee also decided Wednesday to reduce a ban on night-time movement in all governorates of the sultanate to run from 9pm until 5am daily starting from the evening of next Saturday for one week until the morning of August 15.
  4591. >The panel, moreover, cited epidemiological indications and decided to keep putting the Governorate of Dhofar on lockdown until further notice, ONA reported.
  4592. http://archive.is/Sgztt
  4593.  
  4594. Dead Bodies Stored in Coolers As Arizona Coronavirus Deaths Surge
  4595. >Twenty-two bodies in Maricopa County, the home of state capital Phoenix, were moved from the medical examiner's office to coolers to create space for other cases requiring investigation.
  4596. >The medical examiner's office has hit 85 percent capacity, which triggered the move, the director of the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management, Robert Rowley, confirmed to 12 News.
  4597. >"There's been a sharp increase in deaths in Maricopa County," he noted, adding: "We just wanted to make sure we always had plenty of extra space."
  4598. >The medical director for disease control at the Maricopa County Health Department, Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, said at a news conference Wednesday: "We did see a significant increase in the number of deaths in June and July. We know that many of those are due directly to COVID-19."
  4599. >The executive director of the Arizona Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers, Judith Stapley, told 12 News: "There is a spike in deaths for sure. Funeral homes are working their tails off to serve Arizona consumers."
  4600. >Last month, the county rented 14 refrigerated units that could store up to 280 bodies and more than double morgue capacity ahead of the expected surge in deaths, Reuters reported.
  4601. >The units are available for storing bodies through mid-January. The latest measure was reported to be the first time, in at least a decade, that the medical examiner's office had to acquire refrigeration space.
  4602. http://archive.is/CQqvZ
  4603.  
  4604. Ukraine air traffic falls 68.3% y/y in July due to the pandemic - state agency
  4605. http://archive.is/fRJvX
  4606.  
  4607. Vietnam's SARS2 outbreak could peak in 10 days: health official
  4608. http://archive.is/k56WO
  4609.  
  4610. Muslim religious activity related to England's coronavirus outbreaks
  4611. >Muslims were "caught off guard" last week, when the UK government announced local lockdowns in a slew of areas in northern England where cases have spiked.
  4612. >The announcement came hours before Eid al-Adha, one of the festivals in Islam
  4613. >Local politicians and Muslim leaders criticized the timing of the announcement
  4614. >UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "Well, I think it's up to all of us in government to make sure that the message is being heard loud and clear by everybody across the country, and to make sure that everybody is complying with the guidance."
  4615. http://archive.is/7RENo
  4616.  
  4617. Malta would be 'brought to its knees' by a Foreign Office travel ban
  4618. >Ireland removed the Maltese archipelago from its Green List on Tuesday – meaning anyone returning from Malta must now quarantine for 14 days, while Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have taken similar steps.
  4619. >the UK might follow suit, dealing a huge blow to Malta which derives nearly a third of its GDP from tourists, many of them British.
  4620. http://archive.is/lBU8n
  4621.  
  4622. US: Early Coronavirus Vaccine Supplies Likely Won’t Be Enough for Everyone at High Risk
  4623. http://archive.is/cDKYS
  4624.  
  4625. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine approval could stall tech stocks boom: Goldman
  4626. http://archive.is/xncuP
  4627.  
  4628. Remittances to Mexico rise during pandemic
  4629. http://archive.is/cUm2h
  4630.  
  4631. Beirut explosions stoke fears of coronavirus spike as hospitals are overwhelmed
  4632. http://archive.is/gMh0H
  4633.  
  4634. Japan region declares coronavirus emergency
  4635. >The governor of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has announced a regional “state of emergency” seeking to curb the coronavirus.
  4636. >Gov. Hideaki Ohmura on Thursday asked businesses to close altogether or close early and urged people to stay home at night.
  4637. >The measures continue through Aug. 24, a period that coincides with the Obon holidays, when schools and many companies close. Aichi includes Nagoya, which is home to Toyota Motor Corp.’s headquarters.
  4638. http://archive.is/MBZ4n
  4639.  
  4640. ‘Death’ stalks tourists in Quintana Roo, invites them to stay at home
  4641. >A man dressed as the mythological figure of Death has been patrolling the beaches of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, urging people follow coronavirus rules and “stay at home.”
  4642. >Covered from head to toe in a skeleton suit and walking with a large pole made to look like Death’s traditional scythe, the unidentified man has been surprising sunbathers on the beach and at the town’s famous marina boardwalk with his admonitions to take more precautions to avoid spreading the disease.
  4643. >However, the vigilante’s in-person encounters have not always been so positive, according to some locals. While some thank him for his concern, others ignore or insult him
  4644. http://archive.is/QzUxN
  4645.  
  4646. Facebook removes Trump post over coronavirus misinformation
  4647. >Facebook removed a video post from President Donald Trump's personal page on Wednesday that included a segment from a Fox News interview in which the president said children are "almost immune" to COVID-19
  4648. >The action is the first time Facebook has removed a Trump post for COVID-19 misinformation and marks a rare instance in which it has been willing to censor the president.
  4649. http://archive.is/w462x
  4650.  
  4651. Brazil indigenous leader Aritana dead from SARS2
  4652. http://archive.is/BhuOA
  4653.  
  4654. Brazil's Embraer reports $315 mln in losses
  4655. >aircraft manufacturer Embraer reported second quarter losses of $315 million Wednesday, as sales plunged due to the pandemic and a proposed joint venture with Boeing collapsed
  4656. http://archive.is/uINF4
  4657.  
  4658. Brazil unemployment, end of emergency aid threaten economic recovery
  4659. http://archive.is/LM3MX
  4660.  
  4661. Russia stoking coronavirus disinformation online, U.S. says
  4662. >The State Department says Russia is using a well-developed online operation that includes a loose collection of proxy websites to stir up confusion around the coronavirus by amplifying conspiracy theories and misinformation.
  4663. >The websites the State Department identified Wednesday have promoted unsupported conspiracy theories that allege COVID-19 was created in a lab as a bioweapon, billionaire Bill Gates is plotting to use the pandemic as an excuse to microchip people, and that plans for a coronavirus vaccine are simply a ploy for pharmaceutical companies to make money. There is no evidence behind those claims.
  4664. >One of the sites, Canadian-based Global Research, has amassed an audience of nearly 300,000 followers on Facebook. The website regularly publishes articles from fictitious personas created by Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU. The headline of a recent Global Research article suggested the coronavirus originated in the U.S., and it was shared by a Chinese spokesman on Twitter before the website took the unsubstantiated claim down.
  4665. >Chinese, Iran and Russian government leaders have regularly echoed one another on social media and in state media reports.
  4666. >Another website, NewsFront, pitches itself as an “alternative” news source to Western audiences, despite its reported Kremlin funding and being registered with the Russian government, according to the State Department’s report. Facebook removed dozens of accounts and pages associated with NewsFront for inauthentic, coordinated behavior in April.
  4667. http://archive.is/cGvBT
  4668.  
  4669. France's Charles-de-Gaulle airport enforces SARS-CoV-2 testing on arrival - but with no quarantine
  4670. http://archive.is/ZYbr4
  4671.  
  4672. Brazil indigenous leader Aritana dead from SARS2
  4673. http://archive.is/BhuOA
  4674.  
  4675. Brazil's Embraer reports $315 mln in losses
  4676. http://archive.is/uINF4
  4677.  
  4678. Brazil unemployment, end of emergency aid threaten economic recovery
  4679. http://archive.is/LM3MX
  4680.  
  4681. Macron announces coronavirus bonus for France's homecare workers
  4682. http://archive.is/IlCQZ
  4683.  
  4684. French cities make outdoor mask use mandatory
  4685. http://archive.is/2LEcS
  4686.  
  4687. France's tourist sites are empty as SARS-CoV-2 travel restrictions limit movement
  4688. http://archive.is/ECbGc
  4689.  
  4690. U.S. to pay $1 billion for 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
  4691. http://archive.is/rhk0h
  4692.  
  4693. >'Do you really need to party?' WHO asks world's youth
  4694. http://archive.is/b2ReL
  4695.  
  4696. U.S. to pay $1 billion for 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
  4697. http://archive.is/rhk0h
  4698.  
  4699. WHO Says North Korea's SARS2 Test Results for First Suspected Case 'Inconclusive'
  4700. >North Korea's test results for a man suspected of being the country's first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined over 3,635 primary and secondary contacts
  4701. >On July 26 North Korea said it had declared a state of emergency and locked down the border city of Kaesong after a person who defected to South Korea three years ago returned across the fortified border with what state media said were symptoms of COVID-19.
  4702. >Kaesong remains under lockdown, and household doctors continue to conduct surveillance in the city, he said.
  4703. >Despite having no confirmed cases, North Korea had imposed a widespread lockdown and conducted contract tracing, he added.
  4704. >North Korea's ruling party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, called on Wednesday for all citizens to take part in anti-epidemic measures warning that any breach of rules could have "critical consequences".
  4705. http://archive.is/u3VPA
  4706.  
  4707. UK Risks Big Second Coronavirus Wave if It Reopens Schools Without More Testing, Study Finds
  4708. >The second spike of the coronavirus would peak in December 2020 under that scenario, and be 2.0 to 2.3 times the size of the original COVID-19 wave.
  4709. http://archive.is/9wdn6
  4710.  
  4711. Disney theme parks lose $3.5 billion in revenue from coronavirus closures
  4712. >The coronavirus shutdown of Disney World and the rest of its global empire of theme parks cost Walt Disney Co. $3.5 billion in operating income, the entertainment giant said Tuesday in its latest earnings report.
  4713. >The company released numbers that reflect the devastating blow the pandemic left on what was once one of Disney’s top moneymakers.
  4714. http://archive.is/Xf8JP
  4715.  
  4716. Small-business workers continue saving despite coronavirus financial chaos, study shows
  4717. >A new study conducted by small-business retirement firm Ascensus showed that 93.1 percent of employees at small businesses made no change to their workplace savings rates despite the financial upset.
  4718. >Between January and June, nearly 2% reduced their savings rate, while 3.7% actually increased their contributions.
  4719. http://archive.is/anw0R
  4720.  
  4721. Poll: 31 percent trust Trump on coronavirus
  4722. >The NBC News-SurveyMonkey weekly tracking poll found 58 percent of Americans do not trust the president on the pandemic, compared to 31 percent who say they do trust him.
  4723. >By comparison, 51 percent of adults said they trust statements on the virus by Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases specialist. A larger majority, 55 percent, said they trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the virus.
  4724. >Twenty-nine percent of Americans said they distrust Fauci on the virus, while 32 percent said they do not trust the CDC.
  4725. >A plurality of Americans — 49 percent — also trust their states’ governors, compared to 37 percent who do not.
  4726. http://archive.is/Yrhx9
  4727.  
  4728. Chief of staff to Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for SARS-CoV-2
  4729. http://archive.is/fOAxq
  4730.  
  4731. >Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
  4732. >President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
  4733. http://archive.is/Fc2CE
  4734.  
  4735. >A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID-19 had “extensive discussions” and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
  4736. http://archive.is/6Zzxr
  4737.  
  4738. Global Visa Study Finds 67% of Small Businesses and 78% of Consumers Have Adopted New Behaviors to Adjust to SARS-CoV-2
  4739. >Despite the unpredictable nature of the pandemic, 75% of SMBs are optimistic about the future. Additionally, 71% of global SMB owners say they have received support from their local communities, with the most coming in the form of business referrals (33%) and favorable reviews (31%). An area for improvement: where consumers shop, as just 9% of consumers say they shop exclusively at locally owned businesses, whereas 15% shop exclusively at larger retailers, with a large mix of combined approaches falling in between these two extremes
  4740. http://archive.is/68IGX
  4741.  
  4742. Australian state to impose hefty fines to compel SARS2 isolation
  4743. http://archive.is/tC1qF
  4744.  
  4745. Millions in Manila back in lockdown as Duterte loses control of coronavirus spread
  4746. http://archive.is/ldQQ4
  4747.  
  4748. Australian state to impose hefty fines to compel SARS2 isolation
  4749. >Anyone breaking COVID-19 isolation orders will face hefty fines, as high as A$20,000 ($14,250), and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus.
  4750. >Victoria earlier this week imposed a night curfew, tightened restrictions on people's daily movements and ordered large parts of the local economy to close to slow the spread of coronavirus.
  4751. >But nearly a third of those who contracted COVID-19 were not home isolating when checked on by officials, requiring tough new penalties, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday.
  4752. >"There is literally no reason for you to leave your home and if you were to leave your home and not be found there, you will have a very difficult time convincing Victoria police that you have a lawful reason,"
  4753. >The only exemption will be for urgent medical care, said Andrews, adding anyone under a self-isolation order will no longer be allowed to leave their homes for outdoor exercise.
  4754. http://archive.is/tC1qF
  4755.  
  4756. Millions in Manila back in lockdown as Duterte loses control of coronavirus spread
  4757. >More than 27 million people have been put back into lockdown in and around the Philippines’ capital, as stricter measures are imposed in an attempt to halt the country’s spiralling coronavirus case numbers.
  4758. >The measures were reintroduced on Tuesday after the country’s infection tally topped 100,000 and a coalition of health groups issued a “distress signal” urging President Rodrigo Duterte to act.
  4759. >Two major government hospitals in Manila city have been forced to close temporarily because infections among health workers have escalated so sharply, while some private hospitals are turning away patients due to bed shortages.
  4760. http://archive.is/ldQQ4
  4761.  
  4762.  
  4763. Oxford University and ZOE partner on SARS2 treatment trials
  4764. >Those users who have already signed up to the COVID Symptom Study Vaccine and Trial registry and test positive for COVID-19, or show signs of symptomatic COVID in the app, will be contacted and given the opportunity to join Oxford University's PRINCIPLE and STOIC trials.
  4765. >PRINCIPLE is currently evaluating azithromycin and doxycycline, which are two commonly prescribed antibiotics. These drugs are thought to have anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties against coronavirus, and also treat bacterial infections like pneumonia, which is a common reason for deterioration in people with COVID-19.
  4766. >The STOIC (STerOids In COVID) study is investigating the early use of a steroid inhaler, in people with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, as a treatment to reduce the chance of needing to go to hospital. Inhaled steroids are a type of medicine which reduces inflammation, so their use early in the disease course of COVID-19 could reduce the inflammation caused by the virus and help prevent severe disease.
  4767. http://archive.is/0zUA9
  4768.  
  4769. We Could Know if Moderna’s SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Works by Halloween, Analyst Says
  4770. >Jefferies analyst Michael Yee has crunched the numbers and has an estimate as to when Moderna will be able to offer answers: sometime around Halloween.
  4771. >data from another Phase 3 trial testing Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could come around the same time, if not a bit earlier.
  4772. >Yee wrote that he believed that the Moderna Phase 3 trial had a 65% chance of working.
  4773. http://archive.is/t49YV
  4774.  
  4775. Russia: The State Research Center "Vector" plans to begin production of a vaccine against coronavirus in November.
  4776. >On August 1, the head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, announced that vaccination against coronavirus would be free for Russians
  4777. http://archive.is/KUPPT
  4778.  
  4779. SARS-CoV-2: eyes are affected, can be an entry point
  4780. http://archive.is/X5Jji
  4781.  
  4782. Differences and similarities between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2: spike receptor-binding domain recognition and host cell infection with support of cellular serine proteases
  4783. >Receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the S protein may constantly switch between a “lying-down” and a “standing-up” position. In SARS-CoV-2, RBD is mostly in the “lying-down” position, a state associated with not only ineffective receptor binding, but also immune evasion. In SARS-CoV, RBD is mostly in “standing-up” position, a state associated with not only high effective receptor binding, but also immune recognition
  4784. http://archive.is/9m4Uz
  4785. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393809/pdf/15010_2020_Article_1486.pdf
  4786.  
  4787. SARS-CoV-2 Dissemination Through Peripheral Nerves Explains Multiple Organ Injury
  4788. >We propose that nerve terminals in the orofacial mucosa, eyes, and olfactory neuroepithelium act as entry points for the brain invasion, allowing SARS-CoV-2 to infect the brainstem.
  4789. >By exploiting the subcellular membrane compartments of infected cells, a feature common to all coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 is capable to disseminate from the brain to periphery via vesicular axonal transport and passive diffusion through axonal endoplasmic reticula, causing multiple organ injury independently of an underlying respiratory infection.
  4790. http://archive.is/NNGds
  4791.  
  4792. Victoria declares 'state of disaster,' locking down millions in Melbourne to fight a soaring coronavirus outbreak
  4793. http://archive.is/pwFzq
  4794.  
  4795. Coronavirus: Stage Four lockdown prompts panic buying in Melbourne
  4796. http://archive.is/muEiw
  4797.  
  4798. >A large-scale Covid-19 outbreak has hit an Arctic expedition cruise ship operated by the first company to start up international cruises since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the continuous challenge for the industry as infections flare up in Europe.
  4799. >Almost 400 passengers from two cruises in July to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have had to go into quarantine, affecting 69 municipalities throughout Norway and possibly further afield, according to Norwegian health authorities.
  4800. >Further tests uncovered another 32 infections among employees, and the rest of the staff are now isolated on the ship. Nearly all of the infected staff are from the Philippines.
  4801. http://archive.is/qxWoH
  4802.  
  4803. Moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates SARS-CoV-2: Study
  4804. >moist heat treatment of masks for 60 min at 70 degrees Celsius in a humid condition did not damage their structure or affect function.
  4805. >“A single heat treatment rendered SARS-CoV-2 undetectable in all mask samples”
  4806. >“This low-cost reprocessing strategy can be applied 10 times without affecting the mask’s filtration, breathing resistance, fit and comfort, and thus may help to alleviate the global shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic”
  4807. >the researchers tested four common models of N95 masks at various temperatures and humidity levels to determine whether the virus could be detected on the treated masks.
  4808. >“After 10 disinfection cycles, masks maintained fibre diameters similar to untreated masks and continued to meet standards for fit, filtration efficiency, and breathing resistance”
  4809. http://archive.is/upRm7
  4810.  
  4811. A large-scale Covid-19 outbreak has hit an Arctic expedition cruise ship operated by the first company to start up international cruises since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the continuous challenge for the industry as infections flare up in Europe.
  4812. >Hurtigruten said over the weekend that 36 staff from its MS Roald Amundsen had tested positive for coronavirus as had one passenger from the first of two affected cruises.
  4813. >Almost 400 passengers from two cruises in July to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have had to go into quarantine, affecting 69 municipalities
  4814. >The current outbreak was discovered only once the Hurtigruten ship had docked on Friday in Tromso, the largest town in northern Norway. Of 158 staff on board the Roald Amundsen, four who had been isolated due to other symptoms subsequently tested positive for coronavirus and were admitted to hospital in Tromso.
  4815. >Nearly all of the infected staff are from the Philippines.
  4816. http://archive.is/qxWoH
  4817.  
  4818. Moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates SARS-CoV-2: Study
  4819. >the process could be used in hospitals and long-term care facilities with commonly available equipment to mitigate the depletion of N95 masks
  4820. >moist heat treatment of masks for 60 min at 70 degrees Celsius in a humid condition did not damage their structure or affect function
  4821. >“A single heat treatment rendered SARS-CoV-2 undetectable in all mask samples”
  4822. >“This low-cost reprocessing strategy can be applied 10 times without affecting the mask’s filtration, breathing resistance, fit and comfort, and thus may help to alleviate the global shortage”
  4823. >“After 10 disinfection cycles, masks maintained fibre diameters similar to untreated masks and continued to meet standards for fit, filtration efficiency, and breathing resistance”
  4824. http://archive.is/upRm7
  4825.  
  4826. Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) was given approval for a clinical trial that, if effective, could advance COVID care until a vaccine can be developed.
  4827. http://archive.is/dANoo
  4828.  
  4829. Merck To Begin Studies Of Oral Coronavirus Treatment In September
  4830. >The oral treatment, MK-4482, is currently in Phase 2 trials. If approved, it would be used to halt the virus in early stages while reducing the severity and the need for hospitalization.
  4831. http://archive.is//W2G0V
  4832.  
  4833. Victoria declares 'state of disaster,' locking down millions in Melbourne to fight a soaring coronavirus outbreak
  4834. >The premier of Victoria plunged the region into a "state of disaster" on Sunday, announcing even stricter lockdown measures, introducing a nightly curfew and banning virtually all trips outdoors
  4835. >Daniel Andrews told Victorians at a news conference that "we have to do more, and we have to do more right now," as the state battles to contain a devastating coronavirus outbreak that had already stripped residents of their freedoms, livelihoods and social interactions and made it an outlier from the rest of the country.
  4836. >In that part of the state, only one person per household will be allowed to leave their homes once a day -- outside of curfew hours -- to pick up essential goods, and they must stay within a 5 kilometer radius of their home.
  4837. http://archive.is/pwFzq
  4838.  
  4839. Germany: About a fifth of the impatient SARS2 patients have died
  4840. >High mortality rate in ventilated patients: Just over half of the patients who needed artificial respiration died (53 percent).
  4841. >The highest mortality rates were found in ventilated patients in the age group from 70 to 79 years (63 percent) and in patients aged 80 and over (72 percent).
  4842. >The mortality rate was also very high at 73 percent for the ventilated patients who also had to undergo dialysis during hospitalization due to kidney failure (27 percent of all ventilated patients).
  4843. http://archive.is/b6yd2
  4844.  
  4845. Adelaide school closed over new SARS2 case
  4846. >South Australian authorities are on high alert, closing a school after one of the two new SARS2 cases recorded was a student.
  4847. http://archive.is/yEFX9
  4848.  
  4849. Coronavirus: Stage Four lockdown prompts panic buying in Melbourne
  4850. >Stock piling and panic buying has prompted the reintroduction of supermarket buying limits after Stage Four restrictions were announced in Melbourne.
  4851. http://archive.is/muEiw
  4852.  
  4853. Australia’s Victoria state will toughen its social distancing measures in the coming days as the country’s second-most populous state struggles to contain the novel coronavirus, media reported on Sunday.
  4854. >Melbourne newspapers reported that plans going into effect on Wednesday would restrict movement for six weeks and close all but essential businesses.
  4855. http://archive.is/kq2gA
  4856.  
  4857. Arizona congressman diagnosed with coronavirus blasts other lawmakers who 'fail to take this crisis seriously'
  4858. >“While I cannot blame anyone directly for this, this week has shown that there are some Members of Congress who fail to take this crisis seriously,” he said in a statement Saturday. “Numerous Republican members routinely strut around the Capitol without a mask to selfishly make a political statement at the expense of their colleagues, staff, and their families.”
  4859. http://archive.is/QVMSO
  4860.  
  4861. New Orleans' killings, shootings have risen sharply since coronavirus
  4862. >Killings and shootings have risen steeply since the coronavirus hit New Orleans, mirroring a national trend that has further rattled communities reeling from the pandemic and its economic fallout.
  4863. >The rate of gun homicides since New Orleans began allowing more economic activity to resume on May 16 is up more than 50% compared to where things stood in the months before the COVID-19 outbreak, and non-fatal shootings are up 48%, according to an analysis of 911 call data.
  4864. >New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said he believes the alarming spike stems in part from the economic and social instability that have defined 2020.
  4865. http://archive.is/TVh7g
  4866.  
  4867. Thousands demand Netanyahu quit over coronavirus, corruption
  4868. >Israeli media estimated at least 10,000 people demonstrated near the official residence in central Jerusalem
  4869. >Hundreds of people remained in the area well after midnight, ignoring calls by police to leave.
  4870. http://archive.is/R6VG8
  4871.  
  4872. A student at Greenfield Central Junior High School in Indiana tested positive for SARS2 on Thursday, the first day of school after reopening.
  4873. >Just hours into the first day of classes on Thursday, a call from the county health department notified Greenfield Central Junior High School in Indiana that a student who had walked the halls and sat in various classrooms had tested positive for SARS2.
  4874. >Administrators began an emergency protocol, isolating the student and ordering everyone who had come into close contact with the person, including other students, to quarantine for 14 days. It is unclear whether the student infected anyone else.
  4875. http://archive.is/ezK1X
  4876.  
  4877. One of first cruise ships to resume sailing quarantined after coronavirus outbreak
  4878. >Crew are quarantined and hundreds of passengers are being traced after four staff on Norwegian Hurtigruten expedition cruise MS Roald Amundsen tested positive for coronavirus en route from Tromso to Svalbard
  4879. >The Hurtigruten expedition ship is currently quarantined with 160 crew members aboard off the coast of northern Norway.
  4880. >Hundreds more passengers who left the MS Roald Amundsen are now being traced, after four crew members tested positive for Covid-19 - without initially having any symptoms.
  4881. >The 535-passenger Norwegian ship is currently docked off the coast of Tromso, after it had to cut short its sailing to the remote islands of Svalbard.
  4882. >Hurtigruten's headquarters said the ship is isolated with 160 crew members aboard.
  4883. http://archive.is/718gP
  4884.  
  4885. Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte has once again told people to disinfect their face masks with petrol - insisting he was "not joking".
  4886. >He had made similar remarks last week - but officials were quick to correct him, and suggested it was a joke.
  4887. >Health officials also said cloths masks should be washed normally, and surgical masks replaced after use.
  4888. >But on Friday, the president doubled down - saying "what I've said was true... go to a gasoline station".
  4889. >There is no evidence that gasoline can disinfect masks; having prolonged contact with it can be harmful; and pouring flammable liquids can be a fire risk.
  4890. http://archive.is/s9szj
  4891.  
  4892. Russian Health Ministry plans mass vaccination against coronavirus for October
  4893. http://archive.is/GPghP
  4894.  
  4895. Researcher at Ohio Children’s Hospital Admits To Stealing Scientific Trade Secrets To Sell In China
  4896. http://archive.is/o0GWV
  4897.  
  4898. Thousands march in Berlin against coronavirus curbs
  4899. >The gathering, estimated by police at 17,000, included libertarians, constitutional loyalists and anti-vaccination activists. There was also a small far-right presence with some marchers carrying Germany’s black, white and red imperial flag.
  4900. >Protesters danced and sang ‘We are free people!’ to the tune of rock band Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’. Others marched with placards saying ‘We are making a noise because you are stealing our freedom!’ and ‘Do think! Don’t wear a mask!’.
  4901. http://archive.is/jSkKT
  4902.  
  4903. Donald Trump Says US Will Ban Chinese App TikTok due to concerns over Chinese intelligence activity related to it.
  4904. http://archive.is/txaeV
  4905.  
  4906. Dutch Officials’ Continued Reluctance To Embrace The Mask To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus
  4907. http://archive.is/BBcE0
  4908.  
  4909. US: Coronavirus creates election worker shortage ahead of November
  4910. http://archive.is/V9HOw
  4911.  
  4912. From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, SARS2’s lingering problems alarm scientists
  4913. http://archive.is/03tKD
  4914.  
  4915. Turning Point USA co-founder dies of coronavirus-related complications
  4916. http://archive.is/k6gB2
  4917.  
  4918. Boris Johnson Raises Specter of New U.K. Lockdown as Virus Reignites
  4919. >For Boris Johnson, and the country he leads, the grim reality of a prolonged pandemic is finally hitting home: coronavirus remains a threat and restrictions on daily life are here to stay.
  4920. >Faced with a surge in infections, the British prime minister ditched plans to reopen leisure facilities such as bowling alleys, and canceled trials aimed at getting sports fans back into stadiums. Stricter social-distancing measures were imposed on large areas of northern England, and Johnson said police will enforce new laws requiring people to wear face masks from Aug. 8.
  4921. http://archive.is/DEZNR
  4922.  
  4923. Boris Johnson announced there will be a crackdown on the wearing of face masks in public places as the death toll creeps up.
  4924. >Boris announces face mask crackdown as deaths reach 46,084 and Northern cities face local lockdown
  4925. >The official UK death toll has now passed 46,000 as a further 120 Covid-19 deaths have been recorded.
  4926. >During today's press conference, Mr Johnson slammed the breaks on further lockdown relaxation, postponing the opening of many leisure businesses for another two weeks.
  4927. >Casinos, bowling alleys and skating rinks were meant to reopen on August 1, but will remain closed.
  4928. >Wedding receptions of up to 30 guests are also not permitted but ceremonies may still go ahead.
  4929. http://archive.is/h0iHs
  4930.  
  4931. The Fed's Dollar Debasement Will Trigger An Unprecedented Structural Shift
  4932. >Whether it is merely the continued debasement of the dollar by a Fed that has gone full-tilt on money printing, or a historic transition away from the current global reserve currency, the recent sharp drop in the US currency is all Wall Street is talking about, with some such as Goldman going so far as to warn that "real concerns are emerging" about the US Dollar as global reserve currency (and is a reason why the bank is buying gold instead).
  4933. >As Hartnett puts it, when looking at dollar bear markets, new highs in gold tends to emerge on "dollar debasement" themes, and notes the two great dollar bear markets were in 1970s & 2000s, with outperforming assets those decades were EM equities, commodities, small cap, and value stocks.
  4934. http://archive.is/HRpjJ
  4935.  
  4936. Report: Coronavirus infected scores of children and staff at Georgia sleep-away camp
  4937. >A new report suggests children of all ages are susceptible to coronavirus infections and may also spread it to others — a finding likely to intensify an already fraught discussion about the risks of sending children back to school this fall.
  4938. >The report, released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, details an outbreak at a sleep-away camp in Georgia last month in which 260 children and staff — more than three-quarters of those tested — contracted the virus less than a week after spending time together in close quarters. The children had a median age of 12. The camp had required all campers and staff to provide documentation they had tested negative for the virus before coming. Staff were required to wear masks, but children were not.
  4939. >While similar clusters have occurred around funerals, weddings, teenage parties and adult gatherings throughout the covid-19 pandemic, few super-spreading events have been documented among children.
  4940. >The report is certain to add fuel to an already polarizing nationwide discussion about whether sending children back to crowded school buildings is worth the risk, in large part because so little data has been available about children’s vulnerability to the infection and their ability to transmit the virus.
  4941. http://archive.is/1Dueh
  4942. CDC report: SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp
  4943. https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/497af396-19d9-4e92-9757-2f9c396279d1/note/c46d9483-5107-4cfc-8adc-17f27e02414d.#page=1
  4944.  
  4945. Flu may be "nonexistent this fall" due to SARS2 hygiene measures, doctor says
  4946. >A top autoimmune disease expert said that the flu could be "nonexistent this fall" as the U.S. moves into the colder months while still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.
  4947. >"We may not have the flu at all, but we should all get vaccinated," Dr. Bob Lahita, chairman of the Department of Medicine at St. Joseph's Healthcare System, told CBSN anchor Anne-Marie Green.
  4948. >The World Health Organization estimates that each year there are roughly 3-5 million severe influenza cases globally and up to 500,000 deaths annually linked to the disease.
  4949. http://archive.is/5KfM0
  4950.  
  4951. Trump says he doesn't think Herman Cain caught SARS-CoV-2 at Tulsa rally
  4952. >President Trump said Friday he doesn’t think that Herman Cain, who died this week after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, caught the virus when he attended the president’s Tulsa, Okla., rally last month.
  4953. >“No, I don’t think he did,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for a trip to Florida when asked if he was worried Cain contracted COVID-19 in Tulsa.
  4954. >Cain, who co-chaired the Black Voices for Trump coalition, traveled to attend Trump's June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa, where he was photographed not wearing a mask indoors. The president was widely criticized for staging the indoor rally and not requiring participants to wear masks. At the time, the city was experiencing a rise in cases, and the local health director urged Trump to reschedule the gathering.
  4955. >On Friday, Trump praised Cain as "a great man."
  4956. >“He did a fantastic job. He was respected by everybody, he was loved by everybody. And we will miss Herman Cain,” Trump said.
  4957. http://archive.is/aSBY2
  4958.  
  4959. Coronavirus: after discharge Jair Bolsonaro has a lung infection and feels "weak"
  4960. http://archive.is/9Uwx6
  4961.  
  4962. MAINLAND CHINA PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH MASS TESTING IN HK
  4963. >In a statement, the HKMAO said Beijing will also help speed up the construction of quarantine and treatment centres in the SAR.
  4964. >On Monday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung said that being as the mainland has experience in building temporary hospitals in a short space of time, it is going to send a team of experts to Hong Kong to help with the hardware involved.
  4965. >But he said the SAR government had not asked Beijing to send any medical personnel to the SAR so people "don't need to be concerned about that".
  4966. http://archive.is/qQEpd
  4967.  
  4968. Eurozone GDP drops 12.1% in record pandemic plunge
  4969. http://archive.is/LQ3wq
  4970.  
  4971. Looming Eviction Crisis Has NYC Renters Fearing The Worst
  4972. >1.5 million people in New York State are still collecting unemployment benefits as of this month and more than 85,000 people applied the week ending July 25th. According to a recent analysis led by the firm Stout Risius Ross, some 46 percent of New York renters are unable to pay rent, putting them at risk of eviction.
  4973. http://archive.is/0gZ11
  4974.  
  4975. Federal German Research Minister says coronavirus vaccine won't come sooner than mid-2021
  4976. http://archive.is/bJcMg
  4977.  
  4978. Spread of SARS-CoV-2 to 700 people on the Diamond Princess originated from a single “SUPERCONTAMINATOR”
  4979. http://archive.is/bUwqn
  4980.  
  4981. Federal German Research Minister says coronavirus vaccine won't come sooner than mid-2021
  4982. http://archive.is/bJcMg
  4983.  
  4984. Looming Eviction Crisis Has NYC Renters Fearing The Worst
  4985. >As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on across the country, tenants and advocates fear an eviction crisis is looming around the corner. This week, the $600-per-week pandemic unemployment benefits through the federal CARES Act expires. In Brooklyn, housing courts have reopened for in-person trials on pre-coronavirus cases in which both sides have lawyers, with Staten Island's housing court expected to reopen on August 10th.
  4986. >And yet 1.5 million people in New York State are still collecting unemployment benefits as of this month and more than 85,000 people applied the week ending July 25th. According to a recent analysis led by the firm Stout Risius Ross, some 46 percent of New York renters are unable to pay rent, putting them at risk of eviction.
  4987. http://archive.is/0gZ11
  4988.  
  4989. There is no 'zero risk' in easing travel restrictions, WHO says
  4990. http://archive.is/njceq
  4991.  
  4992. Cruises in Germany, Taiwan Set Sail With Social Distancing, Masks, and Isolation Wards
  4993. >To help prevent the potential spread of COVID-19, passengers and crew must stay five feet away from each other or wear face masks, they will not be able to serve themselves at the buffet, and passengers had to undergo a temperature checks before boarding.
  4994. http://archive.is/xTH4e
  4995.  
  4996. Nitric oxide may be an effective treatment for SARS2
  4997. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/nitric-oxide-may-be-an-effective-treatment-for-covid-19
  4998.  
  4999. Pakistan urges worshippers to buy sacrificial animals online to prevent COVID-19 surge
  5000. >Pakistani authorities are encouraging people to buy sacrificial animals online or at least wear masks when visiting cattle markets, fearing preparations for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha could reverse a decline in COVID-19 infection numbers.
  5001. >Government social-distancing restrictions this year including half-day closing have seen a drop in customers at the normally bustling markets which, like in other Muslim countries, are set up in urban centres ahead of one of Islam’s most important festivals
  5002. >Most visitors flouted a requirement to wear masks, and many were accompanied by children
  5003. http://archive.is/sdUwN
  5004.  
  5005. Trump says coronavirus stimulus checks, direct payments may be more than $1,200
  5006. >President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants the next coronavirus relief package to be "very generous" with direct stimulus payments to Americans that are potentially more than $1,200.
  5007. >"It may go higher than that, actually," Trump said in an interview with ABC affiliate KMID in Texas during a trip to the state.
  5008. >"I'd like to see it be very high because I love the people," he said. "I want the people to get it."
  5009. http://archive.is/sv6go
  5010.  
  5011. Pakistan's de facto health minister resigns amid pandemic
  5012. >Pakistan’s de facto health minister Zafar Mirza stepped down on Wednesday in the middle of the pandemic citing criticism on his government’s advisers who hold dual nationality.
  5013. >The resignation has come at a time when Pakistan might see a spike in the virus spread due to two major Muslim gatherings in coming weeks.
  5014. http://archive.is/P7h2H
  5015.  
  5016. Bulgaria fully reopens borders to Ukrainians, dropping PCR testing, quarantine requirements
  5017. http://archive.is/dA0U7
  5018.  
  5019. Ukraine's health minister: Almost 5,000 children, over 8,500 healthcare workers contract SARS2
  5020. http://archive.is/Eg0la
  5021.  
  5022. Some 1,505 SARS2 cases, 42 fatalities reported in occupied Crimea since start of pandemic
  5023. http://archive.is/cylUq
  5024.  
  5025. Another "servant of the people" in the Council confirmed to be positive for coronavirus
  5026. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unian.ua%2Fpolitics%2Fdanilo-getmancev-zahvoriv-na-koronavirus-novini-ukrajina-11091563.html
  5027.  
  5028.  
  5029. SARS-CoV-2 crushes U.S. economy in second quarter; rising virus cases loom over recovery
  5030. >The U.S. economy suffered its biggest blow since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new cases of coronavirus.
  5031. >More than five years of growth have been wiped out.
  5032. http://archive.is/qUob9
  5033.  
  5034. Osterholm: Americans will be living with the coronavirus for decades
  5035. http://archive.is/JsRJz
  5036.  
  5037. South Africa SARS2 Deaths Higher Than Reported, Experts Say
  5038. http://archive.is/lZ9KT
  5039.  
  5040. Switzerland: Anti-pandemic measures keep tropical diseases at bay
  5041. >There have been 82 reported cases of malaria (down from 140), 60 cases of dengue fever (118) and ten cases of Chikungunya fever (23).
  5042. http://archive.is/FuaWY
  5043.  
  5044. AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
  5045. >“This is a unique situation where we as a company simply cannot take the risk if in ... four years the vaccine is showing side effects,” Ruud Dobber, a member of Astra’s senior executive team, told Reuters.
  5046. >“In the contracts we have in place, we are asking for indemnification. For most countries it is acceptable to take that risk on their shoulders because it is in their national interest,” he said, adding that Astra and regulators were making safety and tolerability a top priority.
  5047. >Dobber would not name the countries.
  5048. http://archive.is/l91JW
  5049.  
  5050. U.S. economy suffers titanic 32.9% plunge in 2nd quarter, GDP shows, and points to drawn-out recovery
  5051. http://archive.is/rPeK6
  5052.  
  5053. Texas university plans to mail mandatory coronavirus tests to all students
  5054. http://archive.is/6jm0b
  5055.  
  5056. US, California: San Jose tech firm to pay back wages after firing workers who sought coronavirus sick leave
  5057. >San Jose technology firm Rogar Manufacturing will pay back wages to 17 workers it fired after they sought coronavirus sick leave, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.
  5058. >Rogar, which makes wiring setups for semiconductors, will pay $41,214 after “wrongly denying the employees’ requests for paid sick leave for coronavirus-related reasons,” the department said in a news release
  5059. http://archive.is/ckP1T
  5060.  
  5061. India: 300-400 million doses of Oxford’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine to be ready by December
  5062. >Serum Institute of India (SII) has said the company is going to produce 300 to 400 million doses of the experimental Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca by December this year
  5063. http://archive.is/Vul7V
  5064.  
  5065. UK: Police to visit pubs after Stone coronavirus outbreak
  5066. >A police force will visit venues to encourage social distancing following an outbreak of coronavirus cases.
  5067. >Staffordshire Police said it visited the Crown and Anchor in Stone on 18 July and the early hours of 19 July over social distancing concerns.
  5068. >The director of public health at Staffordshire County Council said about 500 people have now been tested.
  5069. >A spokesman for the force said when officers attended the pub it gave advice to the duty manager around social distancing.
  5070. >"Our officers will be out again this weekend, engaging with local licensees and customers at venues and encouraging social distancing," it added.
  5071. http://archive.is/kxZRF
  5072.  
  5073. India: Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till August 31, e-pass must for inter-district travel
  5074. >The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced the extension of coronavirus-induced lockdown in the state till August 31 even as the Centre released fresh guidelines for Unlock 3.0 and lifted certain restrictions to resume normalcy. The state government, however, announced several relaxations, including scaling up workforce in private establishments and allowing dine-in services in hotels and restaurants.
  5075. http://archive.is/ch0bp
  5076.  
  5077. More than half the residents of slums in three areas in India's Mumbai tested positive for antibodies to coronavirus
  5078. http://archive.is/q8h2l
  5079.  
  5080. Researchers from John Hopkins Medical School including a team of otolaryngologists and pathologists has confirmed that SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can colonize the middle ear and mastoid region of the head behind the ear.
  5081. >This also has implications of where else it could next spread to and its actions of the tissues and organs or regions and its resulting damages and health effects.
  5082. http://archive.is/U6dGZ
  5083.  
  5084. Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works
  5085. http://archive.is/dTsBf
  5086.  
  5087. Hong Kong: Deep throat saliva samples found outside aisles of an unidentified laboratory office
  5088. http://archive.is/DnDQ5
  5089.  
  5090. Papua New Guinea: US has donated 40 ventilators to the Government to fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2
  5091. http://archive.is/aUHV9
  5092.  
  5093. German universities move to reject China’s Confucius Institutes
  5094. >German universities have joined U.S. and other European universities in scrutinizing the role of China's Confucius Institutes, which allegedly function as a propaganda apparatus for the Chinse Communist Party (CCP).
  5095. >The University of Hamburg is reportedly severing its ties with the institute by the end of this year, citing risks involving “political influence and information leak,” said Die Welt, a German daily newspaper.
  5096. http://archive.is/ohpYC
  5097.  
  5098. Africa Heads To Coronavirus Landmark With Worse To Come
  5099. >Africa is now edging towards a million cases of coronavirus, but experts warn far worse lies ahead in a continent struggling with fragile health systems and slender economic resources.
  5100. >Countries across Africa have recorded more than 850,000 infections and at least 18,000 deaths, according to an AFP tally as of Tuesday.
  5101. >"We haven't seen the peak yet"
  5102. >"All countries in Africa are at risk because our health systems are relatively weak."
  5103. http://archive.is/XiTEY
  5104.  
  5105. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that the statewide pause for counties looking to advance from their current stage of SARS2 economic reopening will continue indefinitely
  5106. http://archive.is/uBsHA
  5107.  
  5108. Italy Deploys Troops to Stop Migrants Breaking Coronavirus Quarantine
  5109. >The Italian government will send soldiers to Sicily to stop recently arrived migrants leaving holding centers after a raft of breakouts in recent days, including some by people who had been quarantined to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
  5110. >The government has said none of the escapees had tested positive for the virus and that most had been caught soon after breaking out of the facilities.
  5111. >But the breakouts are adding to unease over rising numbers of migrants who have made their way across the Mediterranean in recent weeks
  5112. >So far in July, 5,583 migrants have arrived in Italy, almost five times as in the same month last year, though fewer than in the crush who came during the height of the European migrant crisis.
  5113. >So far this year, around 12,500 have arrived, compared with about 180,000 who came in 2016 alone.
  5114. http://archive.is/pgYOr
  5115.  
  5116. UAE: Abu Dhabi allows restaurants, cafes to operate at 80% capacity
  5117. >Employees will need to undergo laser-based DPI screening every two weeks at designated test centres, and at-work temperature checks every two hours during working hours.
  5118. >Vulnerable members of staff must be prevented from returning to work, with outlets relying on employees with low-risk health status in order to ensure workplace health and safety
  5119. >All staff members must have their body temperature checked on arrival using an infrared thermometer. Outlets located outside malls are permitted to use manual temperature screening devices. Entry must be denied to anyone displaying a high temperature.
  5120. >All buffets, open food displays and food samples are to be restricted, except in hotels where buffets are served by dedicated waiters, as per guidelines outlined by Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
  5121. http://archive.is/cgpPe
  5122.  
  5123. India: Another minister of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s cabinet has tested positive for coronavirus
  5124. http://archive.is/Y5Op2
  5125.  
  5126. Many parents worry children will catch SARS2 at school
  5127. >More than 40% of parents worry their children will catch COVID-19 at school this fall and pass the virus on to more vulnerable family members, a survey released Wednesday by Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio found.
  5128. >Just under 40% fear their youngsters will fall behind academically and socially if online learning remains the norm when the school year starts, the researchers who conducted the survey said.
  5129. http://archive.is/kABNz
  5130.  
  5131. Malta says 65 rescued migrants have Covid-19
  5132. >More than two thirds of a group of 94 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by the Maltese coastguard have tested positive for coronavirus.
  5133. >The migrants - thought to be from Eritrea, Morocco and Sudan - were reported to have been at sea for 30 hours before being picked up when their vessel started taking on water.
  5134. >They will remain in quarantine at a reception centre.
  5135. http://archive.is/asIKZ
  5136.  
  5137. A charity warns that one in five people who receive hospital treatment for SARS2 could be infected with sepsis within a year.
  5138. >One in five people who receive hospital treatment for the coronavirus are at risk, according to the UK Sepsis Trust.
  5139. http://archive.is/jObyB
  5140.  
  5141. South Africa under-testing for SARS2, says research scientist
  5142. >“There are testing facilities that are not running at full capacity because there are not enough diagnostic reagents. The project will ensure that we close that gap and reduce the turnaround time of testing,” said Naicker on Tuesday.
  5143. http://archive.is/pPEAj
  5144.  
  5145. China SARS2 News: SARS-CoV-2 Cluster Spreading At Rapid Rates Across Five Chinese Regions
  5146. http://archive.is/ZP2qA
  5147.  
  5148. SARS-CoV-2 will spread in ‘one big wave’ & won’t go away as seasons change – WHO
  5149. http://archive.is/oHBWR
  5150.  
  5151. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday announced he had asymptomatic SARS2, but said he'd already recovered from it.
  5152. http://archive.is/KCWQu
  5153.  
  5154. U.S. Medical News: George Washington University’s Report Shows That Eleven American States With Surge Of COVID-19 Cases Facing Shortages Of ICU Doctors
  5155. http://archive.is/uZoXL
  5156.  
  5157. Vietnam COVID-19 News: Da Nang, Vietnam’s Third Largest City Goes Into Lockdown As COVID-19 Cases Grows
  5158. http://archive.is/Bx56h
  5159.  
  5160. SARS-CoV-2 will spread in ‘one big wave’ & won’t go away as seasons change – WHO
  5161. http://archive.is/oHBWR
  5162.  
  5163. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday announced he had asymptomatic COVID-19, but said he'd already recovered from it.
  5164. http://archive.is/KCWQu
  5165.  
  5166. Gold may eclipse dollar as reserve currency after outsize coronavirus spending
  5167. >The U.S. dollar’s longstanding status as the world’s reserve currency is at risk after the greenback's weakening by unprecedented government efforts to shore up the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
  5168. >Ballooning federal debt levels and a potential shift in favor of inflation at the Federal Reserve amid increased geopolitical hostilities, domestic unrest and an onslaught of new COVID-19 cases are among the headwinds the greenback faces, according to the firm’s strategists.
  5169. >“Real concerns around the longevity of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency have started to emerge,” wrote a team of Goldman strategists led by Jeffrey Currie.
  5170. >Those concerns may give an opening to an even older value-storage option, he said: "We have long maintained gold is the currency of last resort, particularly in an environment like the current one where governments are debasing their currencies and pushing real interest rates to all-time lows.”
  5171. http://archive.is/Rj7MD
  5172.  
  5173. Spain's health emergency chief, Fernando Simón, on Monday thanked Belgium and the UK for discouraging trips to Spain, saying less tourists reduces the risk of cases of imported coronaviruses.
  5174. >"I thank the Belgians for not coming to Spain; that's one less problem that we have to deal with," Simón said during a press conference on Monday. The statement has triggered strong criticism from the several political parties in the opposition.
  5175. http://archive.is/DLwDC
  5176.  
  5177. Instead of trying to enforce a rule with countless exceptions, local authorities in northern Belgium have decided to make masks mandatory outdoors at all times from July 25.
  5178. http://archive.is/uv3k0
  5179.  
  5180. Iran produces anti-SARS2 Actemra drug
  5181. http://archive.is/vrhbD
  5182.  
  5183. Safety fears over lack of translated virus advice
  5184. >A lack of translated coronavirus guidance is jeopardising the safety of non-English speakers in the UK, a joint letter to the health secretary claims
  5185. http://archive.is/ciHW6
  5186.  
  5187. SARS-CoV-2 will spread in ‘one big wave’ & won’t go away as seasons change – WHO
  5188. http://archive.is/oHBWR
  5189.  
  5190. Young, healthy adults with mild SARS2 also take weeks to recover: CDC
  5191. >Young, previously healthy adults can take weeks to fully recover from even a mild COVID-19 infection, with about a fifth of patients under 35 years reporting not returning to their usual state of health up to 21 days after testing positive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  5192. >A telephone survey across 13 states of symptomatic adults with mild COVID-19 found 35% had not returned to their usual state of health when interviewed two to three weeks after testing, the CDC reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Friday.
  5193. >Cough, fatigue and shortness of breath were among the symptoms reported while testing that persisted even weeks later, according to the report.
  5194. >The findings indicate recovery can be prolonged even in young adults without chronic medical conditions, making a case for public health messaging to target populations that might not perceive COVID-19 as being a severe illness.
  5195. http://archive.is/RpKFW
  5196.  
  5197. SARS2 confirmed in pet cat in the UK
  5198. http://archive.is/K2CPW
  5199.  
  5200. President of Uzbekistan appears in public in face mask first time since SARS2 outbreak
  5201. >Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered to support the national health care system by recruiting medical personnel to the newly created patient sorting centers and new clinics accommodated in sport complexes in the capital, attracting military personnel and medical specialists from military medical institutions for effective treatment of coronavirus patients
  5202. http://archive.is/BCV0q
  5203.  
  5204. India: Eye on China, quality curbs on 370 items
  5205. http://archive.is/VPa9o
  5206.  
  5207. Da Nang locks down hospitals, streets linked to recent COVID-19 cases
  5208. >Authorities in Da Nang have locked down three local hospitals and four streets from July 28 until at least August 11 as these areas are linked to the locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases recently recorded in the city.
  5209. >These areas are where recently-recorded COVID-19 patients had been prior to their diagnosis.
  5210. >Many businesses and residents were seen evacuating their possessions from the areas on Monday night before the lockdown was enforced.
  5211. >Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said Monday the virus strain detected in the new wave of patients had not been identified in Vietnam before.
  5212. http://archive.is/qVJzU
  5213.  
  5214. 10 Chinese citizens who entered Vietnam illegally were detained Monday along with four Vietnamese accomplices.
  5215. >Five of them were discovered by police in Lao Cai Province bordering China at 1 a.m. Monday while they were in a car. Two Vietnamese citizens, Duong Dinh Quyen and Nguyen Thanh Cuong, took turns to drive the car.
  5216. >At the police station, Quyen and Cuong said they were hired in Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa to travel more than 1,500 km to Lao Cai, pick up the five Chinese citizens and bring them to Nha Trang.
  5217. >Based on their statements, Lao Cai police informed the traffic police tasked with overseeing the Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway connecting the two cities to find a car that was driving five other Chinese citizens the same day with a driver and an assistant from Nha Trang.
  5218. >The Chinese group had hired Vietnamese citizens for around VND500,000 ($21.66) to help them cross the Nanxi River, a tributary of the Red River in China's Yunnan Province, and enter Muong Khuong District in Lao Cai.
  5219. >The foreigners had come to Vietnam to work at factories in Nha Trang and Da Nang, police said, without giving further details.
  5220. http://archive.is/tqu0b
  5221.  
  5222. President of Uzbekistan appears in public in face mask first time since SARS2 outbreak
  5223. >Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered to support the national health care system by recruiting medical personnel to the newly created patient sorting centers and new clinics accommodated in sport complexes in the capital, attracting military personnel and medical specialists from military medical institutions for effective treatment of coronavirus patients
  5224. http://archive.is/BCV0q
  5225.  
  5226. India: Eye on China, quality curbs on 370 items
  5227. http://archive.is/VPa9o
  5228.  
  5229. ‘No intention’ to close Belgium’s borders, says Interior Minister
  5230. >Belgium’s borders will not close to deal with the coronavirus crisis for the time being, according to Interior Minister Pieter De Crem.
  5231. >After Monday’s National Security Council, De Crem told VRT that “at the moment, there is no intention to close the borders whatsoever.”
  5232. http://archive.is/NmrTM
  5233.  
  5234. Belgium’s Security Council introduces further coronavirus restrictions
  5235. >“Our aim is clear: avoid another full lockdown,” Wilmès said.
  5236. >From 29 July, and for at least the next four weeks, social bubbles will be reduced to a maximum of 5 fixed people per household, children under 12 not included. Within this bubble, caution is necessary: keep your distance and wear a face mask if required.
  5237. >Non-guided events, such as tr1ps and gatherings with family and friends, as well as receptions, such as weddings, however, are limited to groups of 10 people, children younger than 12 not included. An exception will be made for summer camps.
  5238. http://archive.is/bL7sm
  5239.  
  5240. Coronavirus: Girl, 3, dies of SARS2 and becomes Belgium's youngest-known victim
  5241. http://archive.is/3QU3K
  5242.  
  5243. Germany's coronavirus tracing app criticized over warning failures
  5244. >A media report first revealed an issue affecting Android devices that meant some users weren't notified if they had come into contact with COVID-19. The fault was also later found on iPhones.
  5245. >Germany's coronavirus app for tracking infections wasn't working properly for up to five weeks due to an issue affecting millions of Android and Apple devices, German media have reported.
  5246. >Initially, the Bild daily newspaper said users of Samsung and Huawei phones, among others, weren't sent an alert if they had come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19.
  5247. >The issue was confirmed by the Health Ministry, which admitted that some Android operating systems had blocked the app from running in the background in order to save power.
  5248. http://archive.is/Mtigr
  5249.  
  5250. Germany braces for a second coronavirus wave amid rising infections
  5251. >German health authorities have warned that the infection rate has risen to around 800 per day from 500 earlier. The state premier of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer thinks the "second wave is already here."
  5252. >Michael Kretschmer, premier of the eastern German state of Saxony, told Saturday's edition of the Rheinische Post newspaper: "It is already taking place every day. We have new clusters of infection every day which could become very high numbers."
  5253. http://archive.is/0VI4F
  5254.  
  5255. Miami medical teams feel helpless as COVID-19 devastates South Florida
  5256. >As the coronavirus ravages Florida, healthcare workers in Miami hospitals are struggling to cope with the emotional and physical impact of treating a crushing wave of COVID-19 patients.
  5257. >After seeing 10,000 new cases a day become the norm across the state in July, many of those on the frontlines are frustrated with the apparent inability of local, state, and federal governments to coordinate an adequate response.
  5258. http://archive.is/OLjrn
  5259.  
  5260. SARS2 case spike puts Argentina's health system on alert
  5261. >An increase in confirmed Covid-19 cases and deaths this week in Argentina has raised concerns about the capacity of the nation’s health system, especially in Buenos Aires and its heavily populated periphery, where 90 percent of the infections are concentrated.
  5262. >The country has recorded around a hundred deaths daily since Monday, almost double the average of the previous week. Positive cases also grew from 3,800 daily averages last week to a record 5,782 on Wednesday.
  5263. >"The trend does not make us think that this will improve," admitted Buenos Aires Province's Deputy Health Minister Nicolás Kreplak on Thursday.
  5264. >"The numbers that we are seeing is alarming; we cannot continue with this growth rate," he said in an interview with Futurock radio.
  5265. http://archive.is/m6ac0
  5266.  
  5267. Catering firms likely to shed a quarter of staff as coronavirus measures bite
  5268. >Up to a quarter of staff at contracted catering companies could lose their jobs now that more people are working from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, trade union FNV fears.
  5269. >Sodexo, the French-owned company that runs canteens in offices, universities and hospitals, announced two weeks ago that it was laying off 800 of its 3,000 staff in the Netherlands.
  5270. >The largest Dutch catering personnel company, Mise-en-Place, which had a temporary workforce of 9,500 students, filed for bankruptcy in April, while Brabant-based Maison van den Boer had to let nearly half its 300 permanent staff go after creditors started winding-up proceedings.
  5271. >The FNV said it expected job losses in the sector to continue. ‘In the long term it will definitely cost between 4,000 and 5,000 staff their positions,’ said Johan Bijlsma of the union’s catering branch. He called for the government to provide more support to catering businesses to compensate for the effects of home working.
  5272. http://archive.is/Pit4x
  5273.  
  5274. Africa is tackling its supply chain deficit with a US-backed research center in Ghana
  5275. http://archive.is/rLVlD
  5276.  
  5277. Algeria SARS2: Small businesses to receive financial aid
  5278. >President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune has instructed Prime Minister to take measures with immediate effect in favour of small businesses by allotting them a financial aid worth DZD30,000 for a period of three months in order to weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
  5279. http://archive.is/iu17M
  5280.  
  5281. Trump not at risk of coronavirus after security adviser tests positive: White House
  5282. >U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but there is no risk of exposure to Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, the White House said in a statement.
  5283. http://archive.is/a4Ck0
  5284.  
  5285. Stop partying or we may go back into lockdown, regional chief tells young Catalans
  5286. >Young Catalans should stop partying to help halt a surge in new coronavirus cases or local authorities may have to reimpose harsh restrictions, the leader of the northeastern Spanish region said on Monday.
  5287. >Catalonia is at the heart of a rebound in coronavirus cases in Spain that started after a nationwide lockdown was lifted last month. France has asked its citizens not to travel there and Germany and Belgium have done the same for part of the region.
  5288. http://archive.is/64dyX
  5289.  
  5290. Pandemic deals brutal blow to Argentina’s tourism industry
  5291. >Tourism chambers and agencies call for emergency legislation to protect businesses, with slump in activity expected to shave between one and four percent off Argentina’s GDP this year. More than 80,000 job losses anticipated across sector.
  5292. http://archive.is/1WcUM
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