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However, he said, the region was in a “much better position to stamp out these localized virus flare-ups” and “can manage the virus differently now than we did when Covid-19 first emerged.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:14.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=724 height=402 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D67798.79531270" alt="coronavirus, coronavirus news, covid 19 news, mexico coronavirus, corona news, covid 19 us, covid 19 vaccine, covid 19 vaccine, covid 19 russia, russia coronavirus, usa coronavirus cases, coronavirus us, us coronavirus news, coronavirus latest update, coronavirus today update, corona cases worldwide, coronavirus global update, global covid 19 news"></span><span class=custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=ie-custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><br>Medical staff test residents of South Auckland at a pop up Covid-19 testing centre in the Otara Mall, in Auckland. (AP)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Nearly eight million have succumbed to the virus while more than 14 million have recovered till now, according to the John Hopkins report.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>New Zealand defers lockdown decision after new cases emerge<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>With 11 fresh Covid cases, New Zealand on Friday put off its decision about easing restrictions in its biggest city of Auckland to next week. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she would decide whether the government would ease alert level 3 restrictions in Auckland and level 2 measures in the remaining parts of the country on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Virus spike in South Korea may be spreading<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>The recent surge in coronavirus cases in South Korea appears to be spreading nationwide. For the eighth day in a row, the country reported a triple-digit daily surge. While most of the cases were reported in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, officials said the latest new infections were reported practically across all major cities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>The country’s caseload is now at 16,670, including 309 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=655 height=364 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D67798.79531270" alt="https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/covid2.jpg"></span><span class=custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Public officials disinfect to curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul. (AP)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Japan to ease Covid re-entry curbs on foreigners with resident visas<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Japan is mulling easing entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas starting September, public broadcaster NHK reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Re-entry will be permitted for visa holders, including permanent residents and exchange students, on condition that they undergo coronavirus testing and quarantine for 14 days, the same policy that applies to Japanese citizens re-entering the country, the state broadcaster said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>A consular official with Japan’s foreign ministry said there was “no decision yet” on easing border restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Trump admin classifies teachers as essential workers<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>The United States Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday classified teachers as essential workers as the Donald Trump-led administration pressed schools nationwide to resume classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>This came after a Reuters tally showed that new infections have fallen for four weeks in a row in Texas and Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>The teachers’ unions, however, have threatened to strike or sue if they are told to go back to class.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Ireland’s EU commissioner, minister under fire for attending golf even<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>An Irish Cabinet minister “apologised unreservedly” on Thursday for attending a social event with more than 80 people amid the coronavirus pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>According to The Irish Examiner newspaper, 81 people, including current and former politicians, attended a dinner hosted by the Irish parliament’s golf society in a hotel. Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, who attended the event, later said: “I wish to apologise unreservedly to everyone. We are asking quite a lot from everyone at this difficult time. I also offer this apology and my sincere regret to my government colleagues,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=657 height=365 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D67798.79531270" alt="https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/covid3.jpg"></span><span class=custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=custom-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Prospective students wear face masks and shields as they take the entrance exam for Mexico’s National Autonomous University in the stands of University Olympic Stadium, amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Mexico City. (AP)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Mexico to get at least 2,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine to test<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Mexico will receive at least 2,000 doses of Russia’s potential coronavirus vaccine, dubbed ‘Sputnik V’, to test among its population, a senior Mexican government official said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>“Mexico was offered at least 2,000 doses of the vaccine to do its protocol to start testing it in Mexico, which is very good news because again we buy ourselves time,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>On Wednesday, Mexico’s government told Moscow it intended to conduct phase 3 testing of the vaccine, as part of the Latin American country’s efforts to secure early supplies of an effective medicine to contain the Covid cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Mass testing of Russia’s vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body when it starts next week, backers of the project said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Brazil coronavirus cases tops 3.5 million, fatalities exceed 112,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E3E3E'>Brazil has reported over 3.5 million coronavirus cases so far. 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