Coronavirus Global Updates 29 July ::: England to reopen borders to fully vaccinated visitors from U.S., Europe

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Coronavirus Global Updates 29 July :::  England to reopen borders to fully vaccinated visitors from U.S., Europe

 

	
 



Zimbabwe COVID19 Update


COVID-19 update: As at 28 July 2021, Zimbabwe had 103 567 confirmed cases, including 71 383 recoveries and 3 340 deaths. To date, a total of 1 562 285 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.








 



England to reopen borders to fully vaccinated visitors from U.S., Europe


England announced Wednesday that it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and Europe, in a major move that would boost the country’s sagging tourism industry and allow friends and family to reunite after months of separation.



“We’re helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK,” tweeted Grant Shapps, Britain’s transportation minister.



Starting at 4 a.m. on Aug. 2, fully vaccinated people coming to England from what the United Kingdom calls “amber” list countries — which include the United States and the European Union — will no longer have to quarantine. They will only need to take a coronavirus test before flying and two days after arrival.



Travelers must provide proof of inoculation with a vaccine authorized by the United States or European agencies, Shapps said.

“We want people to be able to come from the U.S. freely in a way that they normally do,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with LBC radio that aired Wednesday morning.



The move would apply to all travelers from the European Union and associated countries in the European Free Trade Association, except those from France, who must continue to quarantine even if fully vaccinated, according to a statement from the Department for Transport.



France has been placed on an “amber plus” list of countries due to the spread of the beta variant. British media reported this week that it is likely to be removed from that list soon, as the number of beta variant cases has peaked.


Currently, travelers from the United States must quarantine for 10 days but can opt to take an additional coronavirus test after day five to be released. Only those who have been vaccinated by Britain’s own health system are eligible for a “covid pass” that would allow them to skip quarantine.



The move could put pressure on the United States to relax some of its own restrictions on travelers. Britain, along with most of Europe, remains under a U.S. travel ban that was first imposed by then-President Donald Trump in March 2020.



The White House said Monday that the continuation of existing travel restrictions was due to concerns about the delta variant. But business groups and travelers have complained that the rules are not reciprocal and that the delta variant is already spreading widely in the United States.



The European Union lifted restrictions on U.S. travelers several weeks ago.



The push to lift travel restrictions in England follows a broader relaxation of covid-related curbs earlier this month, even as new cases surged, driven by the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.



Other parts of the United Kingdom have kept some rules in place, even as they were relaxed in neighboring England. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said Tuesday that Scottish rules may be relaxed next month. London’s airports, however, remain the principal entry point to Britain.



Over the past week, public health authorities have reported a 30 percent decline in new infections across Britain, a downturn officials have attributed to the country’s successful vaccination campaign.



“We do know that double vaccination hasn’t just protected us domestically. … [It] has also opened up possibilities for us to look again at international travel,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Sky News on Wednesday. “And I know, whether it’s businesses or individuals that want to go on holiday, that would be an important step.”



Even as cases fell in Britain, the United States continued to grapple with a spike in new cases also blamed on the delta variant.

“At the moment we’re dealing with a delta wave, the U.S. is dealing with a delta wave, but be assured that we are on it the whole time,” Johnson said Wednesday.



“We’ve seen some encouraging recent data. There’s no question about that,” he said. “But it is far, far too early to make, to draw any general conclusions.”



Opposition leaders Wednesday called the move “reckless” even before it was announced, however, warning against the spread of new variants and urging the government to maintain restrictions until a more unified system is in place.



“I am very concerned about the government’s announcement via the press this morning,” Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner told Sky News. “We need to make sure that we have got a proper data-driven analysis and that we look at an international passport for vaccines. … We also know that people who have had the vaccine of course can still get the virus, so a testing regime is very important and crucial as well.”

 

 


Manitoba to scale back hours at COVID-19 vaccine super sites


Manitoba is scaling back hours at COVID-19 vaccine super sites across the province amid waning demand for the shots.

Starting in August, days and hours of operations will be adjusted at the large-scale vaccine clinics in order to shift focus on more precise methods of getting shots into arms, says Johanu Botha, operations, logistics and planning lead from Manitoba’s vaccine implementation task force.

“Our supersites are still an important part of the rollout, for now, but as the vaccine campaign evolves, the demand on our supersites and clinics are changing,” he explained at a Wednesday press conference.

“We are continuing our shift from the focus on volume towards access and accessibility.”

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After months of higher demand for vaccines — that at times saw tens of thousands of doses administered at single super sites a day — Botha said the province started to see a plateau in interest start roughly three weeks ago.

Many of the super sites have increasingly been taking walk-ins without a prior appointment in recent weeks.

On Wednesday the province said thousands of Moderna and Pfizers appointments are currently open and available to book and the province’s largest super site at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg will be accepting walk-ins everyday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. until the end of July with both vaccines available.

Both shots will also be available without an appointment at the Selkirk super site all day Wednesday.

Both said while the province will be able to quickly change course on the scaling back of super sites if needed, the province’s main focus now is reaching those who haven’t been able to get to a larger clinic, or may be hesitant to get the vaccine at all.

The province’s five urban Indigenous clinics continue to offer vaccinations, for instance, and a plan to provide shots at provincial parks and campgrounds will continue through the summer.

Botha said more than 40,000 doses have also been distributed to community-hosted clinics, and roughly 8,000 first doses made available in 16 communities last week alone.

“The vaccine is here, we have more than enough supply — we have a dose for everyone who wants one,” he said.

“We want to make it as easy as possible.”

Meanwhile Botha said Wednesday Manitoba is close to meeting the next vaccination milestone for reopening that is set to begin on Labour Day weekend in early September.

As of Wednesday 79.1 per cent of eligible Manitobans 12 and over have received one dose and 67.8 per cent have received two shots, according to a provincial site tracking vaccinations.

So far, Manitoba has reached each milestone in its plan ahead of schedule.

 


B.C. reports 185 new COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in Interior Health region


British Columbia health officials reported three COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, along with 185 new cases, the majority of which were in the Interior Health region.

More than 60 per cent of Wednesday’s cases were in Interior Health, which saw 113 infections. Thirty-five cases were reported in the Fraser Health region, 26 in Vancouver Coastal Health, two in Northern Health and eight in Island Health. There was one case involving someone who resides outside of Canada.

ion campaign to target the unvaccinated

B.C. revamps its COVID-19 vaccination campaign to target the unvaccinated

Earlier in the day, the province declared an outbreak in the Central Okanagan, which is part of Interior Health. The positivity rate in the region has spiked recently, up to 6.8 per cent as of Tuesday from 2.7 per cent a week ago.

The three deaths — two people in their 60s and one in their 80s — bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,771.

Active cases in the province rose sharply to 909, an increase of 126 from Tuesday. More than 500 of the active cases in the province are in Interior Health.

The number of people in hospital with the disease rose by three to 47, while the number of patients in intensive care declined by two to 20.

Health officials declared an outbreak in the Central Okanagan, which includes Kelowna, West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation, Peachland, Lake Country and local electoral areas.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said additional measures are needed in the Central Okanagan to curb a rise of COVID cases in the area. They include:

·      A regional order instituting a mask mandate for indoor public spaces to address the COVID-19 outbreak

·      Events should be organized outdoors and not indoors

·      Restaurants are back to Step 3, which means the maximum capacity of indoor venues has now been reduced

·      Bars, restaurants and nightclubs must have COVID-19 safety plans in place. Liquor service can remain at normal hours but people should not be socializing between tables.

·      Reducing the second-dose interval to four weeks, to get people vaccinated quicker

·      Discouraging non-essential travel to the region by people who are not yet fully vaccinated

·      Expanded availability of asymptomatic testing

The province said Wednesday that 80.9 per cent of people aged 12 and older have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 63.2 per cent have received two doses

 


Saskatchewan reports 50 new cases, 43 hospitalizations


Health officials in Saskatchewan reported 50 new COVID-19 cases across the province on Wednesday.

The new cases are located in the far north west (10); far north central (8); north west (1); north central (2); north east (1); Saskatoon (13); central east (3); Regina (7); south west (1); south central (1); and south east (1).  Two cases are pending residence information.

The seven-day daily average of new cases is 41 or 3.4 per 100,000.

There were no new deaths related to COVID-19 reported on Wednesday. The total number of deaths in the province remains at 578.

Across Saskatchewan, there are 376 COVID-19 cases considered active.

Provincial officials are reporting the lowest number of COVID-19 patients since Nov. 9. Currently, there are 43 patients receiving care including nine in ICU.

Health-care workers in Saskatchewan have administered 4,562 COVID-19 vaccines since the province’s last report on Tuesday. As of Wednesday’s update, 74 per cent of those aged 12 and older have gotten their first dose of the vaccine and 63 per cent are fully vaccinated.

 


Ontario reports 158 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths


Ontario is reporting 158 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a slight increase from the day prior. The provincial case total now stands at 549,734.



On Tuesday, there were 129 new cases with 119 on Monday and 172 on Sunday.

According to Wednesday’s report, 25 cases were recorded in Toronto, 19 in York Region, 16 in Waterloo Region, 15 in Hamilton, 13 in Durham Region and 10 in Peel Region.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 10 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,325 as four more deaths were recorded.

As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 94,116 vaccines (16,768 for a first shot and 77,348 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 8.7 million people fully immunized with two doses which is 67.3 per cent of the eligible (12+) population. First dose coverage stands at 80 per cent.

Meanwhile, 539,031 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 171 from the previous day.

There were more resolved cases than new cases on Wednesday.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 1,378 — down from the previous day when it was at 1,395, but is up from July 21 when it was at 1,334. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases hit just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.

The seven-day average has now reached 160 which is up from yesterday at 157, and is up from last week at 150. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 300.

The government said 20,527 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. There is currently a backlog of 8,121 tests awaiting results. A total of 16,511,028 tests have been completed since the start of the pandemic.

Test positivity for Tuesday hit 0.8 per cent. Last week, test positivity was also at 0.8 per cent.

Ontario reported 117 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 (down by eight from the previous day) with 122 patients in intensive care units (down by five) and 85 patients in ICUs on a ventilator (down by six).


Variants of concern in Ontario
Officials have listed breakdown data for the new VOCs (variants of concern) detected so far in the province which consist of the B.1.1.7 (now named by WHO as “Alpha” and was first detected in the United Kingdom), B.1.351 (now named by WHO as “Beta” and was first detected in South Africa), P.1 (now named by WHO as “Gamma” and was first detected in Brazil), and B.1.617.2 (now named by WHO as “Delta” and was first detected in India).


 

“Alpha” the B.1.1.7 VOC: 145,474 variant cases, which is up by 62 since the previous day,

“Beta” the B.1.351 VOC: 1,492 variant cases, which is unchanged since the previous day.

“Gamma” the P.1 VOC: 5,159 variant cases, which is up by 17 since the previous day.

“Delta” B.1.617.2 VOC: 4,044 variant cases, which is up by 123 since the previous day.

NOTE: It takes several days for positive COVID-19 tests to be re-examined for the exact variant. Therefore, there may be more variant cases than overall cases in daily reporting.

Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:

·      274,044 people are male — an increase of 87 cases.

·      272,020 people are female — an increase of 110 cases.

·      88,924 people are 19 and under — an increase of 50 cases.

·      205,912 people are 20 to 39 — an increase of 57 cases.

·      156,657 people are 40 to 59 — an increase of 35 cases.

·      72,942 people are 60 to 79 — an increase of 13 cases.

·      25,204 people are 80 and over — an increase of two cases.

·      The province notes that not all cases have a reported age or gender.

Here is a breakdown of the total deaths related to COVID-19 by age:

·      Deaths reported in ages 19 and under: 4

·      Deaths reported in ages 20 to 39: 84

·      Deaths reported in ages 40 to 59: 603

·      Deaths reported in ages 60 to 79: 2,989 (+4)

·      Deaths reported in ages 80 and older: 5,644

·      The province notes there may be a reporting delay for deaths and data


Cases, deaths and outbreaks in Ontario long-term care homes


According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, there have been 3,791 deaths reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes across Ontario which is unchanged since yesterday. Thirteen virus-related deaths in total have been reported among staff.

There are 5 current outbreaks in homes, which is unchanged from the previous day.

The ministry also indicated there are currently 15 active cases among long-term care residents 4 active cases among staff — down by nine and down by four, respectively, in the last day.

 

 


Global Covid-19 caseload tops 195.8 million: John Hopkins University
Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 195.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.18 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.96 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.


In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll stood and vaccination tally stood at 195,865,047, 4,185,754 and 3,960,681,747, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 34,668,545 and 611,779, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 31,484,605 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (19,797,086), France (6,116,711), Russia (6,116,249), the UK (5,797,335), Turkey (5,660,469), Argentina (4,891,810), Colombia (4,757,139), Spain (4,395,602), Italy (4,330,739), Iran (3,792,014), Germany (3,769,552) and Indonesia (3,287,727), the CSSE figures showed.

In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 553,179 fatalities.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (422,022), Mexico (239,079), Peru (196,138), Russia (153,620), the UK (129,718), Italy (128,010), Colombia (119,801), France (111,923) and Argentina (104,822).

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 


 

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