Coronavirus Global Updates 14 September ::: Worldwide cases cross 225.2 million, death toll at 4, 814, 609: Reuters tally

Tue Sep 14 09:27:02 CAT 2021

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Coronavirus Global Updates 14 September  ::: Worldwide cases cross 225.2 million, death toll at 4,814,609: Reuters tally

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 update: As at 13 September 2021, Zimbabwe had 126 399 confirmed cases, including 119 049 recoveries and 4 543 deaths. To date, a total of 2 856 955 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

India records 25,404 new cases; Kerala has most

Coronavirus updates: India administers 75 million Covid-19 vaccine doses; China's southeastern Fujian experiences another outbreak.

Coronavirus updates:  India recorded a single-day rise of 25,404 new Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 3,32,89,579, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday.

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) is this week expected to approve Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine called Covaxin, news agency ANI reported quoting unnamed sources.

Sikkim’s government asked colleges and other higher education institutions to reopen from Tuesday, as it said all schools will stay closed till October 31.

World coronavirus updates: Variants that can eventually evade Covid vaccines are increasingly likely with vast parts of the world unprotected, and rich countries should hold back on booster doses until others catch up, according to a special envoy to the World Health Organization.

China is experiencing another Covid-19 outbreak caused by the delta variant, with dozens of infections detected in the southeastern province of Fujian less than a month after the nation’s last flare-up was contained, Bloomberg reported. 

Italy will start administering third doses of Covid-19 vaccines to its most vulnerable citizens starting September 20, said the country’s virus emergency in a statement on Monday.

Puducherry reports 103 new cases

Puducherry reported on Tuesday 103 new cases of Covid-19, compared to 61 yesterday. No death due to Covid was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry overnight, PTI reported.

Worldwide cases cross 225.2 million, death toll at 4,814,609: Reuters tally

More than 225.2 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 4,814,609 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

India's active Covid cases less than 2% of total infections

India's active cases--patients being treated for Covid--has declined to 362,207 and comprise 1.09 per cent of total infections. The national recovery rate for Covid is 97.58 per cent, said the health ministry on Tuesday.

Japan city finds foreign substance in Pfizer vaccine

Kamakura City in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture said on Monday that it found a white-colored floating substance in a Pfizer vaccine vial, Bloomberg reported. The material was found on Sunday and the vaccine from the affected vial wasn’t administered. The prefecture said it would ask Pfizer for analysis of the substance.

Kerala reports most cases

Of the 25,404 new cases reported in India in hours, Kerala had 15,058 in the count. For the first time in many days, Kerala's daily cases are below the 20,000-mark. The state reported on Tuesday 99 deaths, which is an increase over yesterday's 67 deaths.

UP's Firozabad reports 2 dengue deaths

Two children died of dengue in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad on Monday, increasing fatalities due to the disease in the district to 60. A 14-year-old girl died in a medical college and a second child was brought there dead, said civil servants as the state reports a fall in Covid cases, PTI reported.

Local cases more than double in southeast China

New local Covid-19 infections more than doubled in China's southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country's latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases were reported for September 13, up from 22 infections a day earlier. All of them were in Fujian, Reuters reported.

Indonesia eases restrictions

Indonesia eased virus restrictions further as it reported the fewest new cases since May, which was before the spread of the delta variant led to its worst outbreak, said Bloomberg.

Biden to call on world leaders for vaccination

US President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the pandemic, which includes vaccinating 70% of the world population within a year, the Washington Post reported, citing a list of targets shared with global health leaders. 

Mumbai reports less than 400 new cases for third day

Mumbai reported on Monday 347 new cases of Covid-19 cases to take the total to 735,403, recording a third day in a row when daily new infections were less than 400. Six deaths increased fatalities to 16,028, PTI reported quoting an unnamed employee of the city municipality. The city carried out 25,851 tests for Covid on Monday, the lowest in September.

India reports 27,254 new cases Monday

India reported 27,254 new coronavirus cases and 219 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. Total cases climbed to 33.26 million while deaths increased to 442,874.

Vaccinations, recoveries, testing, 7-day average in Ontario
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, 15,842 vaccines (6.616 for a first shot and 9,226 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.

There are more than 10.1 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 78.1 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 84.4 per cent.

Meanwhile, 559,386 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 627 from the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 6,216 — down from the previous day when it was at 6,249, and is also down from Sept. 6 when it was at 6,399. 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 715 which is the up from yesterday’s at 712, but is down from last week when it was 741. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 400.

The government said 19,125 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. There is currently a backlog of 9,242 tests awaiting results.

Test positivity hit 3.1 per cent. Last week, test positivity was at 3.6 per cent.

Variants of concern in Ontario
Officials have listed breakdown data for the new VOCs (variants of concern) detected so far in the province which consists of:

“Alpha” the B.1.1.7 VOC (first detected in the United Kingdom): 146,452 variant cases, which is up by two since the previous day. This strain dominated Ontario’s third wave.

“Delta” the B.1.617.2 VOC (first detected in India): 14,884 variant cases, which is up by 238 since the previous day. This strain is dominating Ontario’s fourth wave.

“Beta” the B.1.351 VOC (first detected in South Africa): 1,501 variant cases, which is unchanged since the previous day.

“Gamma” the P.1 VOC (first detected in Brazil): 5,225 variant cases, which is unchanged since the previous day.

Marginal benefit for vaccinating children, JCVI says

Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), explained why there is a "marginal health benefit" for children with no underlying health concerns being vaccinated against coronavirus.

Prof Harnden told the BBC Today Programme: "What we have said on our committee is that there is a marginal health benefit from the vaccination.

"That's because the risks of Covid to well young children is very small indeed, but the benefits of the vaccine are very small, because of the small risk of a very rare side effect.

"We felt that on balance that we couldn't give advice based on the health benefits alone.

"But the CMOs (chief medical officers) have re-looked at this, and they've looked at a much wider thing about educational factors which were much outside our remit - such as school infection control, social isolation, school closures - and they felt that on balance there was more of a benefit in offering the vaccination."

Vaccinating children over five 'next issue on horizon', says expert

The prospect of vaccinating children over five is the "next issue on the horizon", an expert in public health said.

Professor Devi Sridhar, personal chair in global public health at the University of Edinburgh, told Good Morning Britain that Pfizer was applying for its vaccine to be used in over-fives in the US.

"The exciting thing on the horizon to mention, even for parents of younger kids," she said.

"It looks like Pfizer is going for approval of the vaccine for five to 11 year olds in the United States in October so this is going to be the next issue on the horizon - once we deal with the 12-17 year olds whether we do that for the under-12s."

Winter lockdown 'absolutely last resort', says vaccines minister

A winter lockdown would be an "absolutely last resort" in the face of rising Covid-19 cases in the colder months, according to a Government minister.

Speaking to Sky News, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said: "Lockdowns would be an absolutely last resort.

"We're about to embark on a massive booster campaign and of course a flu vaccination programme - I am concerned about flu, we haven't had much flu circulating anywhere in the world, and in a bad year we could lose up to 25,000 people to flu."

Asked whether he could guarantee families could spend Christmas together, the Conservative MP said: "The important thing to remember is that, as we embark on the winter months, viruses have an inbuilt advantage, whether it be flu or the Covid virus. As (England's chief medical officer) Chris Whitty set out yesterday, it would be foolhardy to think this thing has already transitioned from pandemic to endemic.

"The direction we're taking - a massive booster campaign, a varied surveillance system, a really fit for purpose test and trace system - that is where we think we will be able to end up, confident that we have the infrastructure in place to deliver on this.

"But of course, we have to have contingency planning. All the time we have information coming in on how the virus is behaving.

"Winter gives the virus an inbuilt advantage - boosters reduce that advantage by hopefully taking the most vulnerable out of harm's way."

Children can only overrule parents after meeting with clinician

Nadhim Zahawi said children would only be able to choose to have the coronavirus vaccine against their parents' wishes following a meeting with a clinician.

The vaccines minister told Sky News: "Children will have a leaflet that they can share with their parents and of course we have a consent form that will go to them either electronically and, in some schools physically, to their parents, and their parents will then read all the information, have to give consent if the child is to be vaccinated.

"On the very rare occasion where there is a difference of opinion between the parent and the 12-15 year-old, where the parent for example doesn't want to give consent but the 12-15 year-old wants to have the vaccine, then the first step is the clinician will bring the parent and the child together to see whether they can reach consent.

"If that is not possible, then if the child is deemed to be competent - and this has been around since the '80s for all vaccination programmes in schools - if the child is deemed to be competent, Gillick competence as it is referred to, then the child can have the vaccine.

"But these are very rare occasions and it is very important to remember that the School Age Immunisation Service is incredibly well equipped to deal with this - clinicians are very well versed in delivering vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds in schools."

Headteachers already threatened with legal action over vaccines for children

Paul Whiteman, the general secretary for the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT), has said his members have already been threatened with legal action over vaccinating children. 

He said:  "What's really important here is it's not teachers or school leaders that are able to give advice to young people or parents about whether they should take up the voluntary vaccine or not, and that's where our concerns lie at the moment.

"This advice and encouragement or whatever it's to be has to come through the health service and the professionals that are trained and have the technical ability to give the advice for young people and their parents to make the decisions that will be necessary.

"If it's done like that, hopefully we can avoid any unpleasantness in schools, but I have to say, members have received letters already from pressure groups threatening legal action against them as school leaders and teachers.

"If this takes place now this is a decision of the government rather than school leaders, and as I say it with the right with the right medical advice, then there shouldn't be any need for things like that as long as people can make well informed decisions."

Japan city finds foreign substance in Pfizer vaccine

Kamakura City in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture said on Monday that it found a white-colored floating substance in a Pfizer vaccine vial, Bloomberg reported. The material was found on Sunday and the vaccine from the affected vial wasn’t administered. The prefecture said it would ask Pfizer for analysis of the substance.

Indonesia eases restrictions

Indonesia eased virus restrictions further as it reported the fewest new cases since May, which was before the spread of the delta variant led to its worst outbreak, said Bloomberg. 

Biden to call on world leaders for vaccination

US President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the pandemic, which includes vaccinating 70% of the world population within a year, the Washington Post reported, citing a list of targets shared with global health leaders. 

INVESTORS DIARY 2021

Company

Event

Venue

Date & Time

Hippo

AGM

virtual

September 17 -  (9am)

Star Africa

AGM

virtual

September 23 -11am

National Unity Day

December 22

Christmas Day

December 25

Boxing Day

December 26

Public Holiday in lieu of Boxing Day falling on a Sunday

December 27

Companies under Cautionary

ART

PPC

Starafrica

Fidelity

Turnall

Medtech

Zimre

Nampak Zimbabwe

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