Coronavirus Global Updates, Feb 08:::: France Deaths, Cases Slow, California's Positive Test Rate, New Cases Slide and Ireland Cases Hit Six-Week Low

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Coronavirus Global Updates, Feb 08:::: France Deaths, Cases Slow,
California's Positive Test Rate, New Cases Slide and Ireland Cases Hit
Six-Week Low

 


 

 


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Zimbabwe COVID19 Update


COVID-19 update: As at 07 February 2021, Zimbabwe had 34 552 confirmed
cases, including 28 551 recoveries and 1 326 deaths.





 


Experts Urge Super Bowl Caution as Outbreak Slows: Virus Update


 

New U.S. virus cases continued to signal a declining trend in the pace of
infections. The daily average rise, measured over a week, fell by 20%
compared to the previous week.

Public health experts advise caution on Super Bowl Sunday, worried about a
spike that could reverse the outbreak's slowing. "Don't do that," Dr.
Anthony Fauci said, on inviting outsized crowds home to watch.

AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine does not appear to offer protection
against mild and moderate disease caused by the variant first identified in
South Africa, the Financial Times
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-06/astra-vaccine-less-effec
tive-against-south-africa-variant-ft> reported, citing a study due to be
published on Monday. None of the participants in the study died or was
hospitalized.

 


London Mosque Seeks to Overcome Vaccine Mistrust 


A London mosque has become a vaccination center aimed at overcoming mistrust
among Muslims about getting inoculated, the Press Association
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QO4AQ33HBS3K> reported. An official
at the London Muslim Centre said only three of 200 people contacted recently
to receive the vaccine showed up for the AstraZeneca shot.

"We are telling the people that it is wise for you to take the vaccine
because you are not only helping yourself but you are helping the community
and beyond," the mosque official, Asad Jaman, was quoted as saying.


Astra Vaccine Less Effective Against South Africa Variant: FT 


AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine does not appear to offer protection
against mild and moderate disease caused by the variant first identified in
South Africa, the Financial Times
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-06/astra-vaccine-less-effec
tive-against-south-africa-variant-ft> reported, citing a study due to be
published on Monday.

While none of the participants in the study died or was hospitalized, "a
two-dose regimen of [the vaccine] did not show protection against
mild-moderate Covid-19" due to the South African variant, the newspaper
cited the study as saying. The study said efficacy against severe Covid-19
cases, hospitalization and deaths was not yet determined.


Advice for Covid-Year Super Bowl 


The Super Bowl may not be an actual holiday but public health experts are
treating it like others of this past year: a moment when Covid-19 could
spread, now at a time when infections are finally falling again.

"Enjoy the Super Bowl but don't do it with a large crowd of people in your
house," Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday on MSNBC. "It's a perfect setup to
have a mini-superspreader event in your house. Don't do that."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines to
avoid Covid-19 both for the thousands of people at the event itself (a spare
mask is a good idea) or the millions watching it at home (best to keep it to
people you live with).

Bloomberg's CityLab
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-02-06/navigator-a-super-bow
l-without-the-cheering?sref=hm8oMGrA> calculated the possibility for
exposure among the roughly 25,000 people allowed to attend the game in Tampa
between home-team Buccaneers and and Kansas City Chiefs. It calculated 7,500
vaccinated health care workers, 1,488 partially vaccinated people, 4,259
with natural immunity -- leaving 11,753 attendees susceptible.

In general, clapping or foot-stomping were preferred over yelling or
chanting. "There's no rule against cheering, but that's probably
ill-advised," the article said.


France Deaths, Cases Slow 


France reported 191 new deaths, a decline, while the 7-day average of new
cases fell to the lowest in two weeks, according to data from Sante Publique
France. A total of 2,112,192 vaccine shots have been administered since the
start of the rollout, 88% of which are the first dose, the health ministry
said.


California's Positive Test Rate, New Cases Slide 


California's 14-day positive test rate continued its descent, dropping to
6.3%, down from 12.7% a month ago and the lowest since Nov. 29. The state
has administered 43.7 million coronavirus tests in total.

There were 12,394 new Covid-19 cases in California yesterday, below the
14-day rolling average of 16,844, according to the health department's
<https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#top> website. The number of deaths
at 623 was higher than the 520 average. The total number of Covid-19 cases
has topped 3.32 million, with 43,647 deaths.




Ireland Cases Hit Six-Week Low 


Ireland reported the fewest new cases in six weeks, as the country received
its first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine. There were 827 new virus cases
recorded Saturday. That's the lowest since Dec. 28. The first batch of
21,000 AstraZeneca vaccines was delivered earlier in the day, with the first
doses to be administered on Monday, health minister Stephen Donnelly
tweeted. Ireland also reported 55 more deaths.


Covid-19 and Plasma May Boost Mutation Risk 


British doctors who spent 102 days treating a cancer survivor for Covid-19
documented how the virus
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-06/chronic-covid-19-and-con
valescent-plasma-may-boost-mutation-risk> mutated after the man was treated
with convalescent plasma.



The case study suggests the use of blood plasma donated from Covid-19
survivors may have put enough pressure on the virus to force it to evolve.
The result: Less susceptibility to immune system antibodies that normally
fight off infection, according to the report published Friday in the journal
Nature.


Italy Cases Slow, Deaths Rise 


Italy reported 13,442 cases Saturday, down from 14,218 a day earlier, while
deaths increased to 385 deaths from 377 on Friday. The positivity rate fell
to 4.8% from 5.3%, and patients in intensive-care units decreased by 32 to
2,110.

Italy's Health Minister Roberto Speranza said he signed the decree to
authorize the emergency use of monoclonal antibodies, based on the
indications of the country's Aifa medicines agency and the public health
institute, according to a Facebook post on Saturday. He added that thus
Italy has, along with vaccines, "another way to fight Covid-19."


U.S. Dockworkers May Get Better Vaccine Access


Dockworkers at the busiest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia may soon have
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-06/u-s-dockworkers-may-get-
better-vaccine-access-easing-port-risk> better access to coronavirus
vaccines, as officials on the West Coast battle congestion blamed on
shortages of labor and equipment needed to handle a record influx of cargo.

"State officials here are concerned and are trying to make sure that we get
distribution to the port complex," Mario Cordero, executive director of the
Port of Long Beach in California, said in an interview Friday. "I think it
could happen in days."

Rising infection rates threaten to worsen bottlenecks around the twin ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach, raising a damaging prospect for the U.S.
economy: that cargo terminals staffed largely by unions might have to close
temporarily if too many workers get sick.


U.K. Hospital Cases Below 30,000 


The U.K. said 29,326 people were being treated in hospitals with Covid-19 as
of Feb. 4, the lowest since Jan. 3. The country reported 18,262 new cases on
Saturday and 828 deaths, both below the previous 7-day average. The average
number of deaths fell below 1,000 for the first time in about a month.


St. Louis Inmates Rise Up Again 


A third disturbance broke out at a St. Louis jail, as inmates set fires,
broke windows and hurled debris to the street below, according to news
reports. Inmates at the jail, which now holds 633 people, have expressed
worry about unsafe conditions amid the virus outbreak, the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
<https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/inmates-set-fire-smash
-windows-at-downtown-st-louis-jail/article_42dda377-67aa-5685-ba3d-e96b83cee
8a8.html#tracking-source=home-top-story> reported.




N.Y. Hospitalizations Decline 


New York state's hospitalizations for Covid-19 were the lowest since Dec.
27, though the state still has the
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-05/new-york-trails-only-ari
zona-in-hospitalized-covid-patients> highest rate after Arizona. Total
hospitalizations fell, to 7,804 from 7,937 the day before, Governor Andrew
Cuomo said in a statement. The statewide positive test rate is 4.31%, with
the seven-day average the lowest since Dec. 2, he said. The state added
11,252 new cases, the most in a week, though far fewer than the record of
almost 20,000 set on Jan. 14. Another 158 people died.



Portugal's Surge Continues to Ease 

Portugal on Saturday reported 6,132 new cases, taking the total to 761,906.
In each of the last seven days Portugal has reported less than 10,000 daily
cases after a record 16,432 new infections on Jan. 28. The government
reported 214 fatalities on Saturday, taking the total to 13,954 deaths.


The number of patients in intensive-care units fell by 13 to 891. The
country's national health service has a capacity of about 1,320
intensive-care beds, according to the health ministry.


Pace of U.S. Weekly Case Increases Falls 20%; Deaths Steady 


The U.S. added 131,747 new cases on Friday, an increase over the previous
day but in line with the overall declining trend of new infections,
according to data compiled by  <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/43935MF:US>
Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. The number brings the daily average,
measured over a week, to 126,283. This is a 20% drop from the previous
week's average.

The nation added 3,625 new deaths on Friday, a substantial drop from the
previous day's 5,054, which was one of the highest on record. The number is
higher than the weekly average of 3,247. Average daily deaths remained
essentially unchanged this week over the last, the data show.


Poland Reports Fall in New Virus Cases


Poland reported 6,026 new cases, with the number falling for a third day, as
deaths increased by 367 to just short of 39,000. The government on Friday
announced a partial easing of restrictions, allowing hotels, theaters,
cinemas to reopen at half capacity from Feb. 12 for a two-week trial period.
Meanwhile, Germany recorded over 10,000 new virus cases for a third day.
Deaths rose by 690, bringing Germany's total to over 61,000.


U.K. Eyes Road Map to Exit Virus Lockdown 


Britain's hospitality sector could reopen as soon as April if pubs and
restaurants agree not to sell alcohol, the Telegraph reports. Government
ministers are discussing three-stage plans for lifting restrictions,
including allowing some outdoor socializing from March when schools are set
to return. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to announce detailed plans on
Feb. 22 for Britain's exit from lockdown.


Supreme Court Lets Some California Churches Hold Indoor Services 


A divided U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to let indoor worship
services resume at a group of suing churches, easing restrictions that
officials said were needed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

The Friday night orders stopped short of abolishing the Covid restrictions
altogether, saying the state could impose a 25% capacity cap at church
services. The justices also let California continue to ban singing and
chanting at indoor services.

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

 


 

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