Coronavirus Global Updates 04 June ::: Germany Vaccine Supply, Singapore New Local Cases

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Coronavirus Global Updates 04 June ::: Germany Vaccine Supply, Singapore New Local Cases

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Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 update: As at 03 June 2021, Zimbabwe had 39 092 confirmed cases, including 36 680 recoveries and 1 604 deaths. To date, a total of 684 164 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19..

Germany Vaccine Supply, Singapore New Local Cases: Virus Update

Germany’s health minister has said demand for Covid-19 vaccines will continue to  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/germany-s-vaccine-demand-set-to-continue-outstripping-supply> outstrip supply for several more weeks as the country closes in on giving half the population their first shot. Singapore has found seven  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU4EFIT1UM11> new infections in the local community, two of which were untraceable.

 <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/GS:US> Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and  <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/HSBA:LN> HSBC Holdings Plc will  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/hsbc-to-open-hong-kong-offices-to-all-staff-as-virus-subsides> open their offices in Hong Kong to all employees starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial hub is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.

Japan is  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/japan-planning-to-send-covid-vaccine-to-help-taiwan-this-month> sending some of its shots to Taiwan, which has been struggling to procure its own supplies and blamed China for impeding shipments. Australia has agreed to build a  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU5DLMT0G1KX> quarantine facility in Victoria state for returning Australians to take pressure off hotels during the pandemic.

Singapore Finds 7 New Cases of Locally Transmitted Covid-19 
Singaporean authorities detected  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU4EFIT1UM11> seven new coronavirus cases in the local community, with the majority linked to earlier infections, according to Ministry of Health data published on Friday.

Two of these Covid-19 cases were untraceable while five were linked to earlier infections. No new cases were discovered in the foreign worker dormitories, while six imported cases were already under quarantine.

Germany’s Vaccine Demand Set to Continue Outstripping Supply 
 <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/germany-s-vaccine-demand-set-to-continue-outstripping-supply> Demand for Covid-19 vaccines in Germany will continue to outstrip supply for several more weeks as the country nears the milestone of administering a first shot to half the population, according to Health Minister Jens Spahn.

After a sluggish start, Germany’s vaccination drive has accelerated in recent months, and company doctors are due to join the campaign starting next week. More than 50 million doses had been administered as of Thursday, with roughly a fifth of the population fully inoculated, according to health ministry data.

Taiwan to Test 7,000 Staff at Tech Plant 
Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control has sent doctors and health officials to assist a Miaoli-based electronics factory test 7,000 staff, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU5ZLZT0G1KW> said at a briefing in Taipei Friday.

The company had reported 67 confirmed cases as of June 3; among them, 8 are Taiwanese and 59 are from Philippines, according to CDC statement.

Taiwan reported 339 newly confirmed domestic cases on Friday and added 133 local infections to previous tallies due to test result delays, according to the CDC.

Fauci Says Would Like to See Wuhan Records 
Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with the Financial Times that he would like to see the medical records of three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, who reportedly became sick in November 2019 and those for six miners that became ill after entering a bat cave in 2012.

These medical records, according to Fauci, could shed some light on how the coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 and caused the Covid-19 pandemic “either started spreading naturally or went through the lab.”

Previously he told MSNBC that the virus is more likely to have come from animal but the reports of sick researchers give more credence to the possibility of a “lab leak.”

Philippines Eases Quarantine for Those Vaccinated Locally
The Philippines cut the quarantine period to 7 days for arriving individuals who got fully vaccinated in the country. Those who completed their Covid-19 doses abroad will still have to complete the 10-day quarantine.

Danish PM Gets Shots After Five-Month Wait 
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen got her first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Friday in Copenhagen. At 43, Frederiksen is the youngest prime minister in the Nordic country’s history and she had to wait more than 5 months into the country’s vaccine program, which prioritizes by age.

Singapore Tightens Controls With Guangdong
Singaporean authorities will tighten border controls for travelers coming from Guangdong, China, from June 5 due to a rise in coronavirus cases in the province.

Travelers from Guangdong will have to go through as much as 21-day quarantine, Singapore’s government said in a statement. Singapore citizens and other long-term passholders coming from the province will undergo a seven-day quarantine at their place of residence.

Doctors Without Borders Boost Peru Relief 
Doctors Without Borders has expanded its intervention efforts in Peru with a new facility in Cusco, to help relieve the pressure on treatment of the more critical cases.

“There are almost no beds available in intensive care units, and they are often occupied for long periods by severe Covid-19 patients,” said Francesco Segoni, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Peru, in a statement. “These two elements combine to create a bottleneck.”

Only 11% of the Peruvian population has received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and less than 4% is fully vaccinated, the group said.

On Monday, Peru’s official death toll almost tripled after a government review of data, giving it the highest per-capita mortality rate in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.

Vietnam Secures 170 Million Vaccine Doses 
Vietnam has secured deals for 170 million Covid-19 vaccine doses so far, the government  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU5PG3T0AFB4> said on its website, citing Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong in a Hanoi briefing Thursday.

The ministry expects more vaccine doses will be delivered from August.

Tokyo Ward to Prioritize Youth for Shots 
Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward said it aims to prioritize young people in their 20s and 30s when it begins vaccinating those under the age of 59 in July, the Asahi newspaper  <https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP627CZHP62UTIL030.html> reported.

Wards Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi told reporters Wednesday that the younger age group would be prioritized with essential workers for shots considering that they come into contact with people more often.

Japan’s vaccination drive, which had gotten off to a slow start, began to pick up speed last month. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday it would open five mass vaccinations sites with capacity for 5,000 shots a day in July, Jiji  <https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021060301145&g=soc> reported. It’s looking to moving up the timeline to finish vaccinating all residents in the capital to within this year from a previous March 2022 target.

Mexico Administers 1 Million Shots 
Mexico administered 1.06 million shots of Covid-19 vaccine on June 2, surpassing the million mark in a day for the first time, according to data presented by Health Ministry official Jose Luis Alomia on Thursday.

Mexico has administered 32.87 million doses and 13.4 million people are fully vaccinated with 23.2 million having received at least one dose.

Los Angeles to Close Four Vaccination Sites 
Los Angeles plans to shut four large vaccination sites including the Forum, a popular sports and concert venue, and shift appointments to nearby locations, the county’s health department said.

The move comes as demand for vaccinations decline as the situation improves, with the test positivity rate falling to 0.4% earlier in the week. The rate stands at 0.5% Thursday.

“As vaccine demand has shifted and the County has significantly increased the number of sites served by mobile teams, Public Health will transition our four large capacity vaccination sites to smaller community sites,” the department said.

South Korea in Travel Bubble Talks 
South Korean and Singapore have been in very preliminary, exploratory talks on a possible travel bubble since March, the Straits Times  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU5E8OT0AFB8> reported, without citing where it got the information.

Singapore is said to be one of top choices for South Korea to launch a travel bubble with. South Korea is considering several countries to establish a travel bubble with, a South Korean health ministry official told the newspaper.

Japan to Ship Vaccines to Taiwan 
Japan is  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/japan-planning-to-send-covid-vaccine-to-help-taiwan-this-month> planning later this month to send some of its Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan, which has been struggling to procure its own supplies and blamed China for impeding shipments of the shots.

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told parliament Thursday that Taiwan has an urgent need for supplies of the vaccine until July, when its domestic production will be ramped up. The shortage amid rising case numbers in Taiwan has raised fears of a health crisis that could hurt its semiconductor production, which is crucial for global industry.

Sanofi Plans Vaccine Trial in Japan: Nikkei 
Sanofi said it would start a final phase of clinical trial for its Covid-19 vaccine in Japan, without providing a date, Nikkei  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QU5EAST0AFB6> reported.

If approved in Japan, it plans to outsource production to bio-pharmaceutical company Unigen, based in Gifu prefecture.

District in Guangzhou Halts Dine-In Services 
Panyu district in Guangzhou in southern China will suspend dine-in service at restaurants from June 4 to 17 to contain coronavirus risks, according to a statement from the local government.

Guangzhou has suffered from new wave of Covid infections recently with 15 local confirmed cases reported in the city June 2, according to local health authorities

CDC Head Says Adolescents Need Shots 
Evidence of severe cases among adolescents and young adults leading up to the CDC’s recommendation of a vaccine for that age group underscore the urgency getting them vaccinated, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said.

“I strongly encourage parents to get their teens vaccinated, as I did mine,” Walensky said at a White House briefing on Thursday.

NIH Sees Promise in Tempol for Covid
Experimental drug Tempol “may be a promising oral antiviral treatment for Covid-19,” the National Institutes of Health said, citing findings from a study of cell cultures by its researchers.

Tempol can limit Covid-19 infection by impairing the activity of a viral enzyme called RNA replicase, NIH said in a statement.

N.Y. Hospitalizations Fall to Less Than 1,000 
The number of people hospitalized for Covid-19 in New York State fell to less than 1,000 for the first time since Oct. 21.

While almost 58% of adult New Yorkers have completed their vaccinations, hospitalizations  <https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region> declined to 970 on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter. That compares with a second-wave peak of 9,273 in January.

The positive-test rate declined to 0.44%, staying at a record low.

Vaccination Update:

65.7% of adult New Yorkers have received at least one vaccine dose and 57.6% have completed their vaccine series.

Global Shots Reach 2 Billion 
Inoculations against Covid-19 reached 2 billion on Thursday. It took just over six months to reach the milestone, an extraordinary accomplishment precipitated by countries’ desperation to save lives and reopen their economies.

Still, it’ll take nine more months to vaccinate 75% of the global population, a threshold that could provide so-called herd immunity.

The virus has stricken almost 172 million people and killed close to 3.7 million since the first cases emerged about 18 months ago.

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