Coronavirus Global Updates 23 August ::: Australian PM refocuses on COVID exit plan, NSW records 818 new cases; No new Covid-19 case in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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Coronavirus Global Updates 23 August  ::: Australian PM refocuses on COVID exit plan, NSW records 818 new cases; No new Covid-19 case in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

 

	
 



Zimbabwe COVID19 Update


COVID-19 update: As at 22 August 2021, Zimbabwe had 122 652 confirmed cases, including 106 810 recoveries and 4 249 deaths. To date, a total of 2 312 417 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.




 


PM refocuses on COVID exit plan, NSW records 818 new cases
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians have to adjust their mindset away from the focus on COVID-19 case numbers and instead focus on opening up in accordance with the national plan


 


Vaccine clinical trials set to begin in Queensland
The University of the Sunshine Coast says it's planning to begin clinical trials on a potential new COVID-19 vaccine, produced by American company Icosavax.


USC Clinical Trials Director Lucas Litewka said in a statement that the "need for new and continuing research into potential COVID-19 vaccines was fundamental to improving our pandemic response and preparedness".

“We hope to build upon our experience in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials to partner on this new and innovative vaccine technology,” the statement read.

The next step will be getting participants for the trial — we're expecting to hear more about this research in the coming days and weeks.

 


New Zealand sticking with elimination strategy
As we heard earlier, New Zealand's nationwide lockdown is here to stay until at least Friday as authorities try and get a handle on the outbreak of Delta cases there.


PM Jacinda Ardern says it's important for New Zealand to maintain its COVID-19 elimination strategy for now. 

"That's the way that we have managed to have a larger number of days when we have been without restrictions … and not had our people gravely ill, hospitalised and losing their lives. 

"It means getting those cases back down to a point where we can remove our restrictions again and importantly continue with our vaccination program."  

But with elimination the goal, authorities warned cases would "get worse before they get better". 

Known contacts have been identified right across New Zealand, including throughout the South Island, and there are now 13,230 individual contacts identified in the outbreak, with the majority being considered close contacts by the Health Ministry.

 


New lockdown being enforced in Vietnam
Soldiers have been deployed on the streets of Vietnam's biggest city to enforce strict new lockdown rules. 


Ho Chi Minh City has become the epicentre of Vietnam's worst coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began.

There have been 176,000 cases and more than 6,000 deaths, with most over the past four months.

New lockdown rules began today, banning people from leaving their homes, with residents told to "stay put" and "stay in".

Soldiers have been deployed to neighbourhoods to check people are complying and to deliver food — panic buying broke out over the weekend at supermarkets, with long queues to get supplies. 

 


Man fined for going mask-less in Tasmania
A man who had recently been in New South Wales has been fined for not wearing a mask in Tasmania.


The freight and logistics worker had been granted an essential traveller exemption to enter Tasmania, but was caught without wearing a mask in public.

The man aged in his 60s from southern Tasmania was exempt from hotel quarantine due to the nature of his work, but had strict rules about when he could leave his residence and has been required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

He's been fined $1,557.

·         No new Covid-19 case in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record any new Covid-19 case in the last 24 hours, a health official said on Monday.

The Covid-19 tally in the union territory remained at 7,557, he said.

The archipelago now has eight active Covid-19 cases and all eight patients are in the South Andaman district. The other two districts - North and Middle Andaman and Nicobar - are Covid-19 free, the official said.

 

With the addition of 196 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,49,596, an official said on Monday. These new cases were reported on Sunday, he said. (PTI)

 

Taiwan's president leads way in first domestic Covid-19 vaccine

President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose approval critics say has been rushed.

The health ministry last month approved the emergency use of Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp's Covid-19 vaccine, part of a broader plan for inoculation self-sufficiency as delays in vaccine deliveries from global drug companies have affected Taiwan and many other countries. (Reuters)

 

N Korea develops its own PCR equipment for Covid-19 tests

North Korea has developed its own Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment to conduct coronavirus tests, state media said on Monday, as the country steps up efforts to head off more contagious new strains of the virus.

The isolated country has not confirmed any Covid-19 cases, but has sealed borders, restricted travel and imposed strict prevention measures, seeing the pandemic as a matter of national survival. (Reuters)

 

New Zealand's Delta outbreak tops 100 cases

New Zealand on Monday reported 35 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of infections in its current outbreak to 107.

The health ministry said in a statement that 33 new cases are in Auckland and two are in the capital Wellington. (Reuters)

 

China reports no new local Covid-19 cases for first time since July

China's health authority reported on Monday that there were no new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 for the first time since July, offering more signs that the current outbreak which began late last month may be tapering off soon.

The latest outbreak was driven mainly by infections first detected among a few airport workers in the eastern city of Nanjing on July 20. Since then, more than 1,200 people in China have been confirmed to be infected. (Reuters)

 

Covid under-reporting rampant in big cities, less so in Bengaluru

Out of the six major metropolitan cities in India, only Mumbai and Bengaluru have not under-reported Covid-19 deaths for the month of July, a data analysis shows.

 

Karnataka sees steady decline in new Covid infections

The Covid-19 outbreak in Karnataka saw a further decline in the number of new cases over the last one week. However, the rate of decline of Karnataka’s active cases has slowed substantially in recent weeks, data shows.

 

Many private schools in Karnataka may stick to online classes

Karnataka government’s decision to resume offline classes for grades 9 and above from Monday has not gone down well with many parents, forcing many schools to continue with online mode.

 

Israel finds Covid-19 vaccine booster significantly lowers infection risk

A third dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compared with those who received two shots, findings published by the Health Ministry showed on Sunday.

 

 


 


 


 

 


 

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