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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
233,085,854 |
+376,703 |
4,769,457 |
|
43,942,335 |
+81,409 |
709,119 |
|
|
33,693,148 |
+14,905 |
447,406 |
|
|
21,366,395 |
+14,423 |
594,702 |
|
|
7,701,715 |
+37,960 |
136,208 |
|
|
7,443,149 |
+22,236 |
204,679 |
|
|
7,066,688 |
+27,188 |
63,372 |
|
|
6,995,628 |
+1,309 |
116,537 |
|
|
5,547,990 |
+14,470 |
119,649 |
|
|
5,251,940 |
+1,538 |
114,954 |
|
|
4,952,690 |
+1,015 |
126,178 |
|
|
4,951,640 |
+1,679 |
86,298 |
|
|
4,662,087 |
+1,772 |
130,742 |
|
|
4,211,071 |
+4,814 |
94,035 |
|
|
4,209,403 |
+1,390 |
141,585 |
|
|
3,632,800 |
+3,988 |
275,446 |
|
|
2,903,655 |
+421 |
75,572 |
|
|
2,897,521 |
+578 |
87,216 |
|
|
2,509,177 |
+18,319 |
37,494 |
|
|
2,395,404 |
+3,007 |
55,720 |
|
|
2,209,194 |
+10,959 |
25,695 |
|
|
2,173,354 |
+320 |
199,314 |
|
|
1,997,885 |
+1,387 |
18,154 |
|
|
1,996,214 |
+2,447 |
22,142 |
|
|
1,694,675 |
+2,134 |
17,482 |
|
|
1,689,616 |
+250 |
30,454 |
|
|
1,652,364 |
+614 |
37,445 |
|
|
1,612,431 |
+4,345 |
27,698 |
|
|
1,571,926 |
+10,288 |
16,369 |
|
|
1,552,563 |
+1,212 |
27,439 |
|
|
1,270,230 |
+3,514 |
7,684 |
|
|
1,240,425 |
+1,757 |
27,597 |
|
|
1,236,554 |
+1,142 |
25,563 |
|
|
1,199,761 |
+5,655 |
36,450 |
|
|
1,067,175 |
+230 |
17,955 |
|
|
929,699 |
+394 |
14,199 |
|
|
917,802 |
+6,736 |
8,097 |
|
|
878,990 |
+1,878 |
11,065 |
|
|
860,799 |
+6,632 |
7,279 |
|
|
821,261 |
+1,183 |
30,171 |
|
|
820,798 |
+1,015 |
10,697 |
|
|
792,367 |
+975 |
11,103 |
|
|
766,051 |
+9,362 |
18,758 |
|
|
737,202 |
+1,312 |
10,976 |
|
|
735,180 |
+286 |
2,094 |
|
|
705,474 |
+179 |
24,794 |
|
|
648,091 |
+2,122 |
14,727 |
|
|
622,440 |
+205 |
8,296 |
|
|
607,155 |
+663 |
8,844 |
|
|
550,333 |
+773 |
13,394 |
|
|
546,985 |
+59 |
8,704 |
|
|
532,149 |
+1,946 |
4,102 |
|
|
525,999 |
+1,178 |
6,277 |
|
|
514,592 |
+983 |
12,731 |
|
|
498,895 |
+105 |
18,700 |
|
|
495,397 |
+2,536 |
20,638 |
|
|
481,401 |
+558 |
6,476 |
|
|
466,357 |
+179 |
7,216 |
|
|
459,855 |
+27 |
16,191 |
|
|
459,436 |
+1,282 |
17,583 |
|
|
411,533 |
+49 |
2,447 |
|
|
408,609 |
+121 |
12,596 |
|
|
400,108 |
+217 |
8,606 |
|
|
398,946 |
+2,200 |
4,046 |
|
|
388,572 |
+70 |
6,053 |
|
|
385,721 |
+1,044 |
5,209 |
|
|
364,758 |
+1,458 |
4,427 |
|
|
364,099 |
+317 |
9,694 |
|
|
357,370 |
+333 |
2,646 |
|
|
342,305 |
+591 |
5,439 |
|
|
337,890 |
+910 |
4,617 |
|
|
326,654 |
+1,043 |
4,930 |
|
|
303,673 |
+34 |
4,095 |
|
|
303,553 |
+2,381 |
2,456 |
|
|
302,327 |
+702 |
17,224 |
|
|
296,766 |
+1,991 |
1,225 |
|
|
290,043 |
+1,018 |
6,713 |
|
|
289,955 |
+285 |
4,543 |
|
|
274,877 |
+63 |
1,389 |
|
|
259,007 |
+462 |
5,264 |
|
|
248,515 |
+54 |
5,109 |
|
|
236,388 |
+90 |
605 |
|
|
208,867 |
+10 |
3,647 |
|
|
204,752 |
+296 |
2,690 |
|
|
202,877 |
+155 |
5,786 |
|
|
189,999 |
+112 |
6,607 |
|
|
187,593 |
+658 |
850 |
|
|
178,317 |
+59 |
2,602 |
|
|
178,050 |
+1,623 |
2,367 |
|
|
172,493 |
+403 |
1,225 |
|
|
168,188 |
+295 |
2,653 |
|
|
118,181 |
+136 |
553 |
|
|
40,476 |
+415 |
861 |
|
|
15,432 |
+16 |
166 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
A Sanofi logo is seen during the company's annual results news conference in Paris, France, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier//File Photo
French healthcare company Sanofi (SASY.PA)announced on Tuesday positive Phase I/II study interim results for its first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Sanofi said initial data from these results showed neutralizing antibody seroconversion in 91%-100% of study participants, two weeks after a second injection, across all three dosages tested.
"These results will clearly help inform the path forward for our mRNA development programs," said Jean-Francois Toussaint, global head of research and development at Sanofi Pasteur.
Sanofi added that these results showed the potential behind the Translate Bio company recently acquired by Sanofi.
Sanofi is under pressure to revive its drug pipeline and is also eager to overcome setbacks in the COVID-19 vaccine race.
Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/frances-sanofi-announces-positive-update-mrna-based-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-2021-09-28/
By Kantaro Komiya
Japan will lift a coronavirus state of emergency in all regions on Thursday as the number of new cases falls and the strain on the medical system eases, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said.
The plan, approved by a government advisory panel, takes Japan as a whole out of an emergency state for the first time in nearly six months. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a news conference at 7 p.m. (1000 GMT) to announce the decision after the plan is formalised by a government task force.
But Nishimura said some limitations on eateries and large-scale events would remain in place for about a month to prevent a resurgence in cases.
"New cases will undoubtedly rise after the emergency state is lifted," Nishimura, who also oversees Japan's coronavirus response, said on Tuesday as the advisory panel began its meeting.
"We need to continue with the necessary measures to prevent a rebound," he said, adding that if cases surged again, reinstatement of a more limited "quasi emergency" was possible.
Restaurants in areas under emergency curbs are now required to close by 8 p.m. and not serve alcohol.
Nishimura said the government would introduce a certification system whereby only approved restaurants could stay open until 9 p.m., although the ban on alcohol would be lifted everywhere unless prefectural governors objected.
Like many other countries, Japan had struggled to contain the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant - including through the Summer Olympic Games - keeping much of the country under emergency restrictions.
But new daily cases have steadily fallen over the past month, to 1,128 nationwide on Monday, according to the health minister, nearly halving from the 2,129 on Sunday and down from a daily high of about 25,000 infections at the peak.
Nearly 60% of the population is fully vaccinated and the government has said all those who want shots will have had them by November.
Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japan-seeks-end-covid-19-state-emergency-this-month-minister-2021-09-28/
By Bhadra Sharma
At Mount Everest base camp in Nepal in May.Credit...Prakash Mathema/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Nepal has reopened to tourists in a bid to revive an industry battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government began offering visas to foreigners who land at Kathmandu airport last week, said Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, director general of the immigration department. Vaccinated tourists and those with negative PCR tests will no longer have to quarantine in hotels, he said.
The decision has lifted the hopes of tourism operators and Nepalis who saw the pandemic decimate their livelihoods. More than a million people in Nepal work in the trekking and climbing industry, which brings about $2 billion a year into one of Asia’s smallest and poorest nations. Climbers spend tens of thousands of dollars each to attempt to scale one of the eight peaks in Nepal above 8,000 meters (26,000 feet).
Trekking regions, including Mount Everest, emptied out at the start of the pandemic as Nepal canceled all expeditions. The country then introduced mandatory quarantines and stopped issuing visas at the airport. Companies laid off workers, and sherpa guides were forced to return to their villages in the mountains, many growing potatoes to make their living.
This spring, Nepal allowed expeditions for some mountains, including Everest. Large outbreaks at the base camp marred the attempts, leading some climbers to abandon their efforts.
Tourism entrepreneurs were elated by the recent government decision. “It will certainly take some time to return to normalcy,” said Samsher Parajuli, managing director of Global Holidays Adventure Nepal. “Nevertheless, this is a good decision to save the tourism industry.”
Nepal, a country of 30 million people, has fully vaccinated just 21 percent of its population, and is adding fewer than 900 new infections a day, according to health ministry statistics. Although the authorities say that the virus’s spread is under control for now, they have asked people to follow health protocols and social distancing to avoid outbreaks during religious festivals.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/27/world/covid-coronavirus-vaccine/nepal-eases-rules-for-visitors-to-help-revive-its-tourism-industry
By Yan Zhuang
Gladys Berejiklian, the premier of New South Wales, Australia, said restrictions in Sydney and other areas of the state still under lockdown would start lifting in October when officials expect 70 percent of residents over the age of 16 to be fully vaccinated.CreditCredit...Dan Himbrechts/EPA, via Shutterstock
Three months after Australia’s biggest city locked down to contain its latest coronavirus outbreak, the authorities have outlined a path to reopening. If it reaches a series of milestones in vaccination rates, Sydney will see restrictions start to lift in early October, with the aim of returning to normal life by December.
The city’s five million residents will begin to emerge from lockdown on Oct. 11, Gladys Berejiklian, premier of the state of New South Wales, said on Monday. That is the date by which officials expect to have vaccinated 70 percent of the state’s population over the age of 16, she said. Residents of Sydney, as well as some parts of rural New South Wales still under lockdown, will once again be able to go to hairdressers and attend weddings, funerals and small gatherings.
By late October, when 80 percent of the state is projected to be fully vaccinated, Sydney residents will be able to drink standing up in restaurants and bars, and attend larger events. Unvaccinated people will still be barred from those activities, officials said, but they will be able to attend places of worship. And New South Wales will allow more Australians stranded overseas to return.
On Dec. 1, most venues including cinemas, nightclubs and museums will reopen, masks will no longer be mandatory indoors and restrictions will be lifted for unvaccinated residents. Melbourne, Australia’s second biggest city, is set to start emerging from lockdown on Oct. 26, when 70 percent of residents aged over 16 are expected to be fully vaccinated.
Nationwide, 41 percent of Australia’s population is fully vaccinated and 63 percent have had at least one dose.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that before the end of the year, he expects to reopen the border to foreign visitors and allow Australians to travel abroad again.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/world/australia/sydney-reopening-covid-lockdown.html
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told fellow leaders of the Quad partnership on Friday India will allow the export of 8 million COVID-19 vaccines by end of October in line with a deal reached by the grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States in March, India's foreign secretary said on Friday.
A plan reached by the Quad earlier this year to supply a billion COVID-19 shots across Asia by the end of 2022 stalled after India, the world's largest vaccine producer, banned exports in April amid a massive COVID outbreak at home.
U.S. President Joe Biden listens as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a 'Quad nations' meeting at the Leaders' Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework held in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told reporters Modi had told his fellow Quad leaders at a summit in Washington on Friday that India would make available 8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
"This would be made ready by the end of October," he said. "It will be compatible with our decision to export vaccines. The Quad will pay for the vaccine and India will bear a certain share of those. This will be an immediate delivery from the Quad in the Indo-Pacific."
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/27/hospitals-in-england-relax-covid-rules-to-help-tackle-waiting-lists
· Covid infection control measures in UK hospitals should be relaxed to help the NHS tackle a record backlog of patients waiting for treatment, the UK’s public health agency has advised.
· In the US, president Joe Biden has had a coronavirus booster jab, the White House confirmed. It comes days after his administration gave the go-ahead for a third shot of Pfizer’s vaccine in certain populations.
· The British prime minister Boris Johnson has finally agreed to meet the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group at Downing Street, well over a year after first promising to do so.
· The UK has fully vaccinated more than two-thirds of its population against Covid – one of a small number of countries to reach the milestone.
· In the US, hospital and nursing home workers in New York must be vaccinated against Covid by the end of today to be allowed to continue working in their jobs.
· Australian authorities have announced plans to reopen locked-down Sydney using a two-tiered system that will give people who are vaccinated against Covid more more freedoms than their unvaccinated neighbours for several weeks.
· South Korea has announced it will begin vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 and offering Covid vaccine booster shots to those 75 years and above.
· In Northern Ireland, shoppers have been urged not to “rush at once” to apply for a high street voucher scheme. All adults are eligible for a £100 pre-paid card to spend on the high street as the government looked to boost local businesses devastated by the pandemic.
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