Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
World	158,959,782	+649,149	3,306,532
USA	33,476,781	+22,200	595,812
India	22,662,410	+366,499	246,146
Brazil	15,184,790	+34,162	422,418
France	5,777,087	+9,128	106,392
Turkey	5,031,332	+15,191	43,029
Russia	4,880,262	+8,419	113,326
UK	4,434,860	+1,770	127,605
Italy	4,111,210	+8,292	122,833
Spain	3,567,408	+8186	78,792
Germany	3,527,540	+8,290	85,371
Argentina	3,147,740	+11,582	67,325
Colombia	3,002,758	+17,222	77,854
Poland	2,833,052	+3,852	70,012
Iran	2,654,811	+14,141	74,910
Mexico	2,364,617	+2,743	218,928
Ukraine	2,119,510	+5,372	46,393
Peru	1,850,290	+5,234	64,103
Indonesia	1,713,684	+3,922	47,012
Czechia	1,645,061	+717	29,667
South Africa	1,596,595	+1,778	54,735
Netherlands	1,560,022	+6,553	17,323
Canada	1,286,666	+6,695	24,626
Chile	1,247,469	+5,493	27,218
Iraq	1,112,725	+4,167	15,771
Philippines	1,101,990	+7,174	18,472
Romania	1,066,111	+857	28,966
Belgium	1,014,351	+3,364	24,511
Pakistan	858,026	+3,786	18,915
Portugal	839,582	+324	16,992
Israel	838,892	+7	6,377
Hungary	791,709	+1,145	28,602
Bangladesh	773,513	+1,386	11,934
Jordan	719,976	+743	9,092
Serbia	700,408	+834	6,558
Japan	633,027	+6,996	10,823
Austria	631,076	+1,026	10,382
UAE	536,017	+1,572	1,613
Lebanon	532,839	+570	7,486
Morocco	513,864	+236	9,072
Malaysia	440,677	+3,733	1,683
Saudi Arabia	426,384	+942	7,072
Bulgaria	410,202	+241	16,929
Ecuador	400,296	+1,375	19,222
Nepal	394,667	+8,777	3,720
Slovakia	385,475	+80	12,019
Belarus	368,888	+1,214	2,632
Panama	367,656	+386	6,271
Greece	362,004	+1,427	11,029
Croatia	344,494	+665	7,469
Kazakhstan	342,589	+2,350	3,913
Azerbaijan	326,716	+660	4,680
Georgia	321,919	+1,089	4,281
Tunisia	320,813	+1,301	11,429
Bolivia	317,547	+1,394	13,205
Palestine	301,751	+314	3,358
Paraguay	297,789	+1,483	7,130
Kuwait	285,068	+992	1,645
Dominican Republic	271,548	+948	3,532
Ethiopia	262,702	+485	3,888
Denmark	259,056	+874	2,497
Lithuania	257,827	+883	4,034
Ireland	252,809	+506	4,921
Moldova	252,749	+145	5,952
Slovenia	246,082	+289	4,293
Egypt	237,410	+1,138	13,904
Guatemala	235,098	+215	7,733
Uruguay	220,683	+1,883	3,122
Honduras	219,288	+958	5,617
Armenia	219,270	+178	4,234
Qatar	210,992	+389	508
Venezuela	207,870	+1,321	2,291
Oman	201,350	+634	2,120
Bahrain	189,356	+1,451	685
Libya	179,970	+273	3,070
Nigeria	165,419	+49	2,065
Kenya	163,554	+316	2,895
North Macedonia	154,026	+135	5,093
Myanmar	142,947	+13	3,210
Albania	131,723	+57	2,412
S. Korea	127,309	+564	1,874
Sri Lanka	125,906	+2,672	801
Estonia	125,126	+157	1,201
Algeria	124,104	+204	3,328
Latvia	123,963	+632	2,212
Norway	116,365	+231	767
Cuba	115,981	+1,069	732
Kyrgyzstan	98,400	+321	1,655
Montenegro	98,303	+66	1,540
Uzbekistan	94,397	+419	662
Ghana	92,951	+95	783
Zambia	92,092	+35	1,257
China	90,758	+12	4,636
Finland	88,723	+162	922
Thailand	83,375	+2,101	399
Suriname	11,112	+92	215
Aruba	10,770	+13	101
Vietnam	3,332	+102	35

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

 

WHO authorizes China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

From CNN’s Naomi Thomas

 

Syringes filled with doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign in Skopje, Macedonia on May 6. Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images

The World Health Organization on Friday authorized China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.

“This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing’s Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news briefing in Geneva Friday. 

Tedros said this is another vaccine that can be purchased by COVAX, the initiative to provide equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines, and gives countries confidence to expedite their own regulatory approvals and imports.

WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) reviewed the available data and recommended the vaccine for adults age 18 and older with a two-dose schedule, Tedros said. 

WHO has also given emergency use authorization to vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech, Astrazeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India, Janssen and Moderna.

 

 

 

Malaysia bars long-distance travel to stop Covid-19 from spreading

From CNN’s Sophie Jeong in Hong Kong

Malaysia banned all interstate and inter-district travel for four weeks starting from Monday to curb the spread of Covid-19, the country's Bernama News Agency reported.

People in Malaysia will not be allowed to travel between districts or states unless they receive permission from police.

Malaysia's Ministry of Health has detected 46 Covid-19 clusters linked to cross-state activities since December 7. Those clusters account for 6,044 Covid-19 cases, Bernama reported.

Malaysia has confirmed 440,677 coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. At least 1,683 people have died.

 

 

 

It's up to the IOC to decide whether Tokyo Olympics will go forward, Japan's Prime Minister says

From Chie Kobayashi in Tokyo

 

Athletes compete in the 400m race test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on May 9. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

 

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it is up to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to decide whether or not the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead.

After being delayed one year due to the pandemic, the Games are set to begin July 23 despite significant opposition among the Japanese public..

The country's vaccine rollout has not gone as quickly as anticipated, and cases are still spreading. Tokyo is under a Covid-19 state of emergency, which is scheduled to last until the end of the month.

"My priority has been to protect the lives and health of the Japanese population," Suga said. "Let me address that clearly. In terms of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is important that we must first prevent the spread of the virus. The IOC has already made a decision to hold the Games and notified countries as such."

 

 

 

The latest news from India, where Covid-19 cases are surging in record numbers

From CNN's Swati Gupta and Manveena Suri in New Delhi and journalist Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

 

Public health authorities in India are continuing to fight high numbers of new Covid-19 cases.

Authorities reported another 366,161 cases of Covid-19 on Monday, the first time the daily figure has dipped below 400,000 since May 6, according to figures released by the Health Ministry. However, case numbers from Monday -- which are reported on Sunday -- are often lower than on weekdays because fewer people are tested.

To date, 22,662,575, Covid-19 cases have been identified in India. At least 246,116 people have died.

More than 3,000 Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in India every day since April 28. Another 3,754 were reported Monday, authorities said.

To date, 170,153,432 vaccine doses have been administered in India. At least 35,759,005 people having received their second dose, which means 2.75% of India’s 1.3 billion-strong population is fully vaccinated, according to a press release issued by the Health Ministry on Sunday.

Ventilators and oxygen support: 902,291 Covid-19 patients in India are on oxygen support and another 170,841 are on ventilators, Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday.

He added that 488,861 patients out of the active caseload were in intensive care.

Curfew in Jammu and Kashmir: India’s northernmost union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has imposed curfew until May 17 across all its districts because of the rising number of coronavirus cases there.

The administration also imposed a cap of 25 people at weddings starting Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir reported a total of 4,788 fresh cases Saturday evening and 60 Covid-19-related deaths, according to the daily government bulletin.

 

Lockdowns in Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh: The Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat extended their statewide lockdowns as the massive surge of Covid-19 cases across India.

Uttar Pradesh is home to about 200 million people and is India's most populous state. Its government said in a statement Thursday that the lockdown will continue until May 15.

 “Only medical related work, vaccinations, commercial activities which are providing essential services will be allowed,” read the statement. 

Gujarat has extended its lockdown of 36 different cities until May 12. Only services which the government considers essential will be allowed to operate until then.

Uttarakhand will go into lockdown Tuesday for a week. The state's vaccination drive will go on as planned, and individuals will be "required to show the registration proof of vaccination" to be able to travel.

This is the first time during India’s second wave that Uttarakhand has imposed statewide restrictions. Earlier, curbs were put in place in districts with high case numbers.

Covid-19 infections in Uttarakhand have been spiking since Kumbh Mela in April, a festival when Hindu pilgrims across the country gather along the banks of the Ganges River to offer their prayers.

 

Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-05-10-21/index.html

 

 

 

Spain ended its state of emergency, and streets erupted in celebrations

By Raphael Minder

 

People gathered at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on Sunday to celebrate the end of the state of emergency decreed by the Spanish government. Credit...Susana Vera/Reuters

Street parties broke out in Madrid and many other Spanish cities late Saturday to celebrate the end of a nationwide state of emergency and the lifting of curfews in most regions of the country.

The partying, however, immediately raised concerns over whether such behavior could trigger another uptick in coronavirus cases. It also intensified the political blame game over who should be held responsible if Spain’s Covid-19 situation worsens.

Thousands of people, mostly young, took over Puerta del Sol and the other main squares of Madrid. Wild celebrations also occurred in Barcelona and Seville.

In the spring of 2020, Spain was among the worst-hit countries in Europe, even though residents were under strict lockdown from mid-March to June. In October, to curtail a second wave of Covid-19, the central government declared a second state of emergency, which lasted until Sunday.

José Luis Martínez Almeida, the mayor of Madrid, on Sunday described as “lamentable” some of the scenes witnessed overnight, particularly those showing unmasked people drinking together on the streets.

He insisted that such behavior did not correspond to the “freedom” slogan that was used by Madrid’s regional leader, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to win a landslide re-election victory last Tuesday. Voters rewarded her for defending small businesses and keeping bars and shops in Madrid open, in defiance of the central government.

“Freedom means that we live in society,” the mayor said, adding: “Freedom does not mean that you can infringe norms, freedom does not consist in getting together to drink outdoors.”

 

Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/09/world/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cases/spain-ended-its-state-of-emergency-and-streets-erupted-in-celebrations

 

 

 

A potentially fatal fungal infection is cropping up among India’s Covid patients

By Mujib Mashal

 

Medical staff attending to Covid-19 patients in the emergency ward at the Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, India, last week.Credit...Rebecca Conway/Getty Images

NEW DELHI — Doctors in India are concerned about an increasing number of potentially fatal fungal infections affecting either people who have Covid-19 or those who have recently recovered from the disease.

The condition, known as mucormycosis, has a high mortality rate and was present in India before the pandemic. It is caused by a mold that thrives in wet environments and can attack through the respiratory tract, potentially eroding facial structures and harming the brain.

The condition is relatively rare, but doctors and medical experts say it seems to be infecting some Covid patients whose weakened immune systems and underlying conditions, particularly diabetes, leave them vulnerable.

Some experts attribute the fungal infections to an increased use of steroids to treat hospitalized patients. Another factor could be that, with hospitals overwhelmed in this second wave of the pandemic, many families are self-medicating and applying oxygen therapy at home without the proper hygiene, experts say.

In the western state of Maharashtra, which includes the commercial hub of Mumbai and has been badly devastated by the pandemic, local news media reported that around 200 patients who had recovered from Covid were being treated for mucormycosis and that eight had died.

In Gujarat, a western state north of Maharashtra, the state government ordered the allocation of separate wards in hospitals for the treatment of the infection, and said it had put purchase orders for 5,000 doses of amphotericin b, a medicine used to treat it. Infections have also been reported in hospitals in the country’s capital, New Delhi.

Health experts are keeping close tabs on the situation. “We have heard that in some areas, people who are Covid-infected or recovered suffer from mucormycosis, but there is not big outbreak of it,” Dr. V.K. Paul, who heads India’s Covid task force, said last week. “We are watching and monitoring.”

“It is a fungus that has a strong relation to diabetes,” he added. “If the person is not diabetic, it is very uncommon that the person would have mucormycosis.”

Many less populous countries have higher percentages of diabetes, but only one — China, with a population even larger than India’s 1.38 billion — has a higher raw number of diabetics. In India, more than 10 percent of the adult population has the condition, or 77 million people. China has more than 116 million adult diabetics, or 9 percent, according to the 2019 International Diabetes Foundation Atlas.

Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, who leads the Public Health Foundation of India, said a large number of the recent reported mucormycosis cases are of hospitalized coronavirus patients who have been discharged after their recovery.

“You are using steroids to reduce the hyperimmune response, which is there in Covid,” Dr. Reddy said. “But you are reducing the resistance to other infections.

The coronavirus tore through prisons, jails and immigration detention centers in the United States over the past year, killing more than 2,700 incarcerated people. Dozens of them died after being approved for release by a parole board, or while being held before trial.

At least nine prison inmates around the country who were already cleared for release died before their scheduled discharge dates. More than 50 men and women died of Covid-19 in local jails while awaiting resolution of the charges that put them there.

Those findings come from a New York Times review of state and federal court records and data, and interviews with prosecutors, judges, defense lawyers and court administrators.

The deaths raise troubling questions about the way the country’s justice system responded to a pandemic that infected incarcerated people at more than three times the national rate.

“Being in jail or prison, especially for a nonviolent offense, should not be a death sentence,” said Andrew H. Warren, the state attorney for Hillsborough County, Fla.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/world/india-covid-mucormycosis.html

 

 

 

Summary

 

Here are the other key developments from the last few hours:

· The US is turning the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, with health officials now focused on getting more Americans vaccinated, the White House said on Sunday.

· Social distancing restrictions in England between family and friends will be relaxed, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said, adding the prime minister would confirm details on Monday.

· The European Commission has so far not renewed its order for AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19 for after June.

· A third of UK adults are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, latest figures have shown.

· There are signs that Tokyo might experience an explosive resurgence of the virus, as the Japanese capital’s fever consultation hotline was deluged with inquiries from people, after a nationwide holiday period came to an end on Sunday.

· Vietnam’s prime minister Pham Minh Chinh said the country’s new outbreak of coronavirus infections threatened political stability if not brought under control, as Vietnam
reported 102 new Covid-19 infections, including 92 locally transmitted cases.

· New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, will extend most of its Covid-19 restrictions for another week as it struggles to identify the missing link between a quarantine case and the recent, small outbreak.

· Laos has recorded its first death from Covid-19, losing its place among the few countries that haven’t seen Covid fatalities so far.

· The mayor of Madrid has appealed for people to behave responsibly after thousands of people greeted the end of Spain’s six-month state of emergency by taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country in spontaneous celebration.

· India is to recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system, as India’s capital, New Delhi, and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh extended their lockdown and curfew rules till 17 May amid calls for a nationwide lockdown.

· People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Germany are exempt from many restrictions from Sunday, after the government passed new legislation to restore some freedoms.

· The Duchess of Sussex has said women had been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, in remarks during her first TV appearance since her interview with Oprah Winfrey.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/may/09/covid-live-news-coronavirus-modi-lockdown-india-uk-new-south-wales-australia-latest-updates