Coronavirus Global Updates, 27 August: South Korea pushes for work from home amid spike; World Economic Forum rescheduled

Thu Aug 27 08:13:40 CAT 2020

 <mailto:info at bulls.co.zw> Coronavirus Updates, 27 August: South Korea pushes for work from home amid spike; World Economic Forum rescheduled

Global Coronavirus Updates: Worldwide Covid-19 infections exceeded 24 million as cases continued to climb in Europe and Asia, with South Korea, Italy and France reporting a surge in infections recently.

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 Update: As at 24 August 2020, Zimbabwe had 6 070 confirmed cases, including 4 950 recoveries and 155 deaths.

Coronavirus Global Updates: Worldwide Covid-19 infections exceeded 24 million as cases continued to climb in Europe and Asia, with South Korea, Italy, and France reporting a surge in infections recently. The virus has claimed over 8 lakh lives, while over 15 million people have recovered worldwide. Arizona, Florida in the US reported a decline, while New Jersey said 1,200 gyms can reopen on September 1 at 25% capacity with spaced workout equipment, masking and other safety precaution

Covid-19 news from across the globe

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus cross an intersection in the central business district in Beijing. (AP)

WHO team did not visit Wuhan: Report

A World Health Organization team that was meant to investigate the origin of the coronavirus concluded their trip to China without a visit to Wuhan, the Financial Times reported, citing the UN agency. The WHO told the FT that its advance team had remote conversations with senior scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology but declined to comment on whether the team had planned to visit the city. The organization said the initial team had been laying groundwork before a larger international investigation but didn’t provide details on whether the bigger task-force would travel to Wuhan. China’s foreign ministry called concerns over the credibility of the inquiry “totally unjustified,” according to the FT.

Surge in South Korea

South Korea had 441 more coronavirus cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, the biggest gain since early March. The National Assembly in Seoul was shut down and more than a dozen ruling party lawmakers were forced to isolate Thursday following a positive test of a journalist who covered a ruling party leaders’ meeting. Vice Finance Minister Kim Yongbeom said he believed that the nation can handle the resurgence of the coronavirus with current social distancing rules. Still, so-called Level 3 rules would be needed if the situation worsens, he added at a briefing.

A medical worker holds a portable fan during a sweltering heat as police officers are tested for COVID-19 at a makeshift clinic at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea (AP Photo)

World Economic Forum rescheduled

The WEF will move its annual meeting, normally held each January in the Swiss ski town of Davos, to early summer next year, according to a statement on Wednesday. While convening to discuss economic challenges was urgent, “the advice from experts is that we cannot do so safely in January,” the organization said.

No new local cases in China

China reported no new local transmissions for an 11th straight day as it wraps up containment efforts for its most recent major outbreaks. Eight new imported cases were reported, while 324 people remained in treatment. China has reported 4,634 deaths from COVID-19 among 85,004 cases recorded since the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. The far northwestern city of Urumqi that saw more than 300 cases in China’s latest major outbreak has relaxed quarantine restrictions on communities that were closed off to contain the spread.

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk across a pedestrian bridge during a rainstorm in Beijing (AP)

Moderna vaccine promises to be as effective among old as in young

Moderna Inc. presented new safety data from an early trial that provides the first evidence that its Covid-19 vaccine stimulates the immune systems of older people. The results hold promise of the vaccine being equally effective in protecting the older people against the Covid-19 disease as the younger adults. Older people have been found to be much more susceptible to the disease, and have a far greater fatality rate.

Older people have been found to be much more susceptible to the disease, and have a far greater fatality rate.

US says testing not needed for some exposed to COVID-19, sparking outcry

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that people exposed to COVID-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated.

Anthony Fauci, US top infectious disease doctor, told CNN that he is concerned that the CDC’s new coronavirus testing guidelines will make people believe “that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern, when in fact it is.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state won’t follow recent guidance, calling it “political propaganda.” He accused Republican President Donald Trump of using the agency to “forward his political agenda,” saying it’s “frightening and it is alarming.”

Moscow invites residents to join vaccine trials

Moscow is inviting all its residents to participate in Phase 3 testing of a Covid-19 vaccine that was approved for use earlier this month, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his blog Wednesday. Russia approved the use of the Sputnik V vaccine, which Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute is developing with the sovereign Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Defense Ministry, before it finished clinical trials. The testing will continue even as medical workers are vaccinated. Many members of the local elite, including one of President Vladimir Putin’s daughters, have already been inoculated.

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