Country,	Total	New	Total
Other	Cases	Cases	Deaths
World	234,033,672	488,480	4,787,536
USA	44,199,496	123,276	713,953
India	33,738,188	23,139	448,090
Brazil	21,399,546	17,756	596,163
UK	7,771,294	36,722	136,525
Russia	7,487,138	22,430	206,388
Turkey	7,124,966	29,386	63,838
France	7,008,228	5,835	116,657
Iran	5,572,962	13,271	120,160
Argentina	5,255,261	1,496	115,130
Spain	4,956,691	2,761	86,397
Colombia	4,955,848	1,472	126,261
Italy	4,668,261	3,212	130,870
Germany	4,230,691	12,209	94,191
Indonesia	4,213,414	1,954	141,826
Mexico	3,645,599	9,792	276,376
Poland	2,905,866	1,234	75,623
South Africa	2,900,994	2,106	87,525
Philippines	2,535,732	12,805	38,164
Ukraine	2,411,622	9,666	56,080
Malaysia	2,232,960	12,434	26,143
Peru	2,175,305	1,086	199,367
Netherlands	2,001,347	1,755	18,168
Iraq	2,000,869	2,254	22,221
Japan	1,697,631	1,723	17,551
Czechia	1,690,758	470	30,455
Chile	1,653,406	611	37,455
Canada	1,620,126	4,267	27,819
Thailand	1,591,829	10,414	16,620
Bangladesh	1,555,051	1,178	27,487
Israel	1,277,270	2,298	7,732
Pakistan	1,243,385	1,560	27,690
Belgium	1,240,232	1,874	25,581
Romania	1,221,636	10,826	36,865
Sweden	1,152,027		14,814
Portugal	1,068,530	755	17,968
Serbia	934,440	8,171	8,187
Morocco	931,973	1,082	14,248
Kazakhstan	882,634	1,925	11,142
Cuba	872,425	5,617	7,378
Switzerland	839,218	1,451	11,087
Jordan	822,892	1,052	10,710
Hungary	822,072	546	30,185
Nepal	794,163	892	11,123
Vietnam	779,398	8,758	19,098
Austria	741,046	2,283	10,998
UAE	735,727	270	2,095
Tunisia	706,314	840	24,842
Greece	653,535	2,157	14,795
Lebanon	623,609	626	8,316
Georgia	611,269	1,929	8,917
Guatemala	557,244	3,955	13,525
Saudi Arabia	547,090	55	8,713
Belarus	536,097	1,993	4,114
Costa Rica	530,113	2,036	6,349
Sri Lanka	516,465	941	12,847
Ecuador	509,238		32,762
Bulgaria	500,112	2,142	20,812
Bolivia	499,648	446	18,716
Azerbaijan	483,128	1,727	6,513
Panama	466,851	262	7,223
Myanmar	462,608	1,542	17,682
Paraguay	459,948	49	16,195
Kuwait	411,605	33	2,448
Slovakia	411,080	1,459	12,620
Croatia	403,080	1,911	8,628
Palestine	402,255	1,606	4,080
Uruguay	388,822	122	6,054
Ireland	388,665	1,447	5,249
Venezuela	367,672	1,522	4,454
Honduras	365,259	654	9,755
Dominican Republic	358,455	473	4,046
Denmark	358,369	542	2,654
Ethiopia	344,322	1,218	5,534
Libya	339,269	693	4,636
Lithuania	329,869	1,847	4,965
S. Korea	308,725	2,883	2,474
Egypt	303,783	738	17,294
Oman	303,738	33	4,096
Mongolia	301,434	2,515	1,258
Moldova	292,839	1,587	6,753
Slovenia	292,333	1,339	4,556
Bahrain	274,981	56	1,389
Armenia	260,675	896	5,299
Kenya	249,174	404	5,119
Qatar	236,558	76	605
Bosnia and Herzegovina	233,775	654	10,574
Zambia	209,002	90	3,648
Nigeria	205,484	437	2,701
Algeria	203,198	153	5,805
North Macedonia	190,915	452	6,646
Norway	188,850	555	861
Kyrgyzstan	178,444	69	2,605
Botswana	178,050		2,367
Uzbekistan	173,409	510	1,234
Albania	169,462	680	2,685
Latvia	157,083	1,203	2,706
Estonia	155,469	747	1,352
Afghanistan	155,174	41	7,204
Mozambique	150,662	90	1,915
Finland	140,889	802	1,062
Australia	102,723	1,804	1,279
Suriname	41,419	430	879

 

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

 

 

 

Los Angeles moves toward barring the unvaccinated from most businesses

By Dan Whitcomb

 

Students line up to be inoculated as vaccination teams begin visiting every Los Angeles Unified middle and high school campuses to deliver first and second doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

Los Angeles officials on Wednesday signaled they would vote next week to prohibit unvaccinated people from entering most businesses in the United States' second-largest city, one of the nation's most severe crackdowns so far of the COVID-19 pandemic.

All but one of the City Council members present on Wednesday said they supported the proposed "emergency" ordinance, which would require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, bars, shopping centers, gyms and other indoor spaces.

"I am sick and tired of yahoos going into Trader Joe's (grocery store) refusing to wear a mask," City Council member Paul Kerkorian said in angry remarks. "I am fed up with people who want to make this into such a politicized issue they have lost all semblance of civility in our society."

If the proposal is approved next week, as expected, Los Angeles would join San Francisco and New York among major U.S. cities requiring proof of vaccination for indoor businesses. The new rule would take effect in November.

Political leaders across the United States, led by Democratic President Joe Biden, have ratcheted up pressure on the unvaccinated in recent weeks. Laws requiring proof of vaccinations are deeply controversial in the United States, with many Americans criticizing them as unconstitutional and authoritarian.

A majority of the Los Angeles City Council was prepared to vote in favor of the proof-of-vaccine measure on Wednesday. They were frustrated in that effort by council member Joe Buscaino, who, by withholding his vote, stood in the way of a so-called "unanimous consent."

Buscaino said the vaccine mandate could not be enforced, citing a report by the city's Department of Building and Safety that it was not equipped to take on such a law enforcement role.

The Los Angeles County Unified School District has issued an order requiring all teachers, staff and students at least 12 years old to be inoculated by Oct. 15 unless they can establish a religious or medical exemption.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/los-angeles-moves-toward-barring-unvaccinated-most-businesses-2021-09-29/

 

 

 

EU extends vaccine export control mechanism until year-end

 

The European Union will extend a mechanism to monitor and potentially limit the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc until the end of 2021 from the current deadline of end-September, an EU official said on Wednesday.

The European Commission, the EU's executive, said earlier this week it would propose such an extension, but initially not all governments supported it because vaccination campaigns in the EU have been advancing quickly and there are no longer any shortages of shots like in the first half of the year.

Still, uncertainty about the need to secure booster shots as new variants of the coronavirus emerge convinced all governments to retain some control over exports, the official said.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-extends-vaccine-export-control-mechanism-until-year-end-official-2021-09-29/

 

 

 

Poland sends over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Egypt

 

 

Poland sent over 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt, the Polish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

"More than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines are on their way from Warsaw to Cairo. The donation of vaccines to Egypt is an expression of solidarity with an important partner of Poland in North Africa," the ministry said on Twitter.

Poland has earlier sent surplus vaccine doses to countries such as Australia, Spain, Norway, Ukraine or Taiwan.

Around 60% of Poles are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Vaccine Tracker. Demand for the shot has slackened considerably from record levels in June.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/poland-sends-over-100000-doses-astrazeneca-vaccine-egypt-2021-09-29/

 

 

 

France plans to extend COVID state of emergency until next summer

 

A tent for rapid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test is seen on the Champs-Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

France plans to extend the state of emergency until next year's summer to deal with the continuing coronavirus epidemic, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.

"What we will propose to the parliament is to maintain for several more months, until the summer, the possibility of using it", Attal told reporters after a cabinet when asked about the state of emergency and use of a health pass to gain access to venues such as restaurants, bars and cinemas.

This would mean that the government would keep the power to extend or reinstate restrictive measures such as lockdowns, limits on crowd movements and the health pass that currently is required until Nov. 15.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-plans-extend-covid-state-emergency-until-next-summer-2021-09-29/

 

 

 

Slovenia temporarily suspends J&J's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

 

Slovenia on Wednesday temporarily suspended the application of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) Janssen COVID-19 vaccines after the death of a young woman, health minister Janez Poklukar was quoted as saying by the STA national news agency.

Johnson & Johnson was not available for an immediate comment.

"The patient had blood clots and bleeding in the brain at the same time, intensive care was not successful," Igor Rigler, a neurologist at the Ljubljana hospital centre, told the STA.

Poklukar said he was not familiar with the details of the case. "I can't make comments, but the conditions have been met for clarifying all the circumstances of what happened," he said.

Janssen is one of the several vaccines Slovenia is using in its vaccination programme.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovenia-temporarily-suspends-jjs-janssen-covid-19-vaccine-2021-09-29/

 

 

 

Beijing 2022: athletes not vaccinated against Covid to face 21-day quarantine

 

Performers at a ceremony revealing the Beijing 2022 slogan – ‘together for a shared future’ – earlier this month.Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters

 

Athletes and other participants who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 must spend 21 days in quarantine before competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.

The organisers of the Beijing Games presented their Covid-19 counter-measures at a meeting with the IOC president, Thomas Bach, on Wednesday. Tickets for events will be sold only to spectators from mainland China, while all fully vaccinated participants will be able to move freely within what it called a “closed-loop management system”.

This will cover all Games-related areas and stadiums as well as accommodation, catering and the opening and closing ceremonies, served by a dedicated transport network. All domestic and international participants, as well as workers deployed within the system, will be tested daily.

As part of their mission to deliver “safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as scheduled,” the committee will impose a 21-day quarantine on arrival for participants who are not fully vaccinated.

The Olympic Games begin on 4 February 2022, and will last 16 days in total. The delayed 2020 Summer Games, which took place in Tokyo earlier this year, was closed off to fans except for a handful of events which took place outside the Japanese capital.

“Athletes who can provide a justified medical exemption will have their cases considered,” the IOC said in a statement. The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has already announced only fully vaccinated athletes would be considered for selection at the 2022 Games.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/29/winter-olympics-china-beijing-2022-covid-vaccinations

 

 

 

Summary

 

Hello and welcome to today’s live coronavirus coverage.

Britain’s charity food banks are “preparing for the worst”, Reuters reports, as the government starts winding up emergency aid measures put in place to cushion the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on millions of workers and low-income households.

Meanwhile in Australia, the Victorian state of Melbourne has reported its highest one-day case total of the pandemic so far, as its Delta outbreak overtakes infections in the neighbouring state of New South Wales.

More on these stories shortly. In the meantime, here are the other key recent developments:

· Latvia has reported 1,203 new coronavirus cases – the country’s highest daily figure since February. It is the first time infections have crossed the threshold of 1,000 since May.

· There have been 1,847 new coronavirus cases in Lithuania over the past 24 hours, the country’s statistics office has said – the highest number of cases since early January.

· The number of Covid fatalities recorded in Scotland hit the highest level since February last week, with 165 deaths registered that involved Covid-19, 30 more than the previous week.

· Slovenia has temporarily suspended use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine while it investigates the death of a 20-year-old woman. Health minister Janez Poklukar said the benefits of receiving the vaccine “continue to outweigh the risks”.

· Singapore has reported 2,268 new cases - its highest number since the pandemic began. Its previous highest daily increase was 2,236 reported on Tuesday.

· The UK has reported 36,722 new cases, an increase on Tuesday figure of 34,256. It also report 150 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.

· Merck & Co’s experimental oral Covid-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir is likely to be effective against known variants of the coronavirus, the company has said following laboratory studies.

· The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is in advanced talks with vaccine manufacturers to purchase further vaccine doses for its members after reaching a deal with Sinovac to buy 8.5 million vaccine doses for 2021 and some 80 million doses next year.

· Cuba reported 5,617 new cases – the first time since July that the island has reported fewer than 6,000 new cases. It also reported 48 more deaths from the virus.

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/sep/30/coronavirus-live-news-uk-food-banks-preparing-for-worst-record-cases-in-australian-state-of-victoria