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18,226,811 |
+218,112 |
692,434 |
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1 |
4,813,647 |
+49,038 |
158,365 |
|
|
2 |
2,733,677 |
+24,801 |
94,130 |
|
|
3 |
1,804,702 |
+52,783 |
38,161 |
|
|
4 |
850,870 |
+5,427 |
14,128 |
|
|
5 |
511,485 |
+8,195 |
8,366 |
|
|
6 |
434,193 |
+9,556 |
47,472 |
|
|
7 |
428,850 |
+6,667 |
19,614 |
|
|
8 |
359,731 |
+2,073 |
9,608 |
|
|
9 |
335,602 |
|
28,445 |
|
|
10 |
317,651 |
+11,470 |
10,650 |
|
|
11 |
309,437 |
+2,685 |
17,190 |
|
|
12 |
304,695 |
+743 |
46,201 |
|
|
13 |
279,698 |
+552 |
5,976 |
|
|
14 |
278,835 |
+1,357 |
2,917 |
|
|
15 |
248,070 |
+238 |
35,154 |
|
|
16 |
240,746 |
+886 |
3,154 |
|
|
17 |
232,856 |
+987 |
5,728 |
|
|
18 |
211,462 |
+385 |
9,226 |
|
|
19 |
201,919 |
+5,376 |
3,648 |
|
|
20 |
187,919 |
|
30,265 |
|
|
21 |
129,151 |
+2,447 |
4,868 |
|
|
22 |
116,884 |
+285 |
8,945 |
|
|
23 |
111,455 |
+1,519 |
5,236 |
|
|
24 |
111,107 |
+196 |
177 |
|
|
25 |
103,104 |
+4,951 |
2,059 |
|
|
26 |
94,483 |
+167 |
4,865 |
|
|
27 |
91,593 |
+1,226 |
793 |
|
|
28 |
86,524 |
+292 |
5,750 |
|
|
29 |
84,385 |
+49 |
4,634 |
|
|
30 |
80,422 |
|
5,743 |
|
|
31 |
79,159 |
|
421 |
|
|
32 |
78,793 |
+2,004 |
3,064 |
|
|
33 |
72,815 |
+597 |
536 |
|
|
34 |
72,243 |
+828 |
1,178 |
|
|
35 |
72,168 |
+1,112 |
1,725 |
|
|
36 |
69,402 |
+651 |
9,845 |
|
|
37 |
68,067 |
+121 |
567 |
|
|
38 |
67,911 |
+463 |
457 |
|
|
39 |
67,453 |
+1,070 |
1,471 |
|
|
40 |
60,999 |
+239 |
351 |
|
|
41 |
55,098 |
+366 |
6,149 |
|
|
42 |
53,186 |
+1,075 |
2,413 |
|
|
43 |
52,825 |
+313 |
27 |
|
|
44 |
51,463 |
+153 |
1,738 |
|
|
45 |
51,306 |
+327 |
1,995 |
|
|
46 |
46,894 |
+548 |
1,731 |
|
|
47 |
43,841 |
+304 |
888 |
|
|
48 |
42,685 |
+671 |
1,368 |
|
|
49 |
41,536 |
+346 |
147 |
|
|
50 |
39,050 |
+209 |
754 |
|
|
51 |
37,014 |
|
182 |
|
|
52 |
36,719 |
+420 |
1,409 |
|
|
53 |
36,710 |
|
1,284 |
|
|
54 |
36,689 |
+853 |
1,011 |
|
|
55 |
35,550 |
+138 |
1,981 |
|
|
56 |
32,443 |
+286 |
462 |
|
|
57 |
31,465 |
+515 |
1,231 |
|
|
58 |
26,193 |
+311 |
590 |
|
|
59 |
26,162 |
+53 |
1,763 |
|
|
60 |
25,537 |
+522 |
382 |
Source：https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
President Trump has been relentlessly promoting the administration’s vaccine efforts, including during an appearance at a biotechnology laboratory in North Carolina last week.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
In April, with hospitals overwhelmed and much of the United States in lockdown, the Department of Health and Human Services produced a presentation for the White House arguing that rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine was the best hope to control the pandemic.
“DEADLINE: Enable broad access to the public by October 2020,” the first slide read, with the date in bold.
Given that it typically takes years to develop a vaccine, the timetable for the initiative, called Operation Warp Speed, was incredibly ambitious. With tens of thousands dying and tens of millions out of work, the crisis demanded an all-out public-private response, with the government supplying billions of dollars to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, providing logistical support and cutting through red tape.
It escaped no one that the proposed deadline also intersected nicely with President Trump’s need to curb the virus before the election in November.
The ensuing race for a vaccine — in the middle of a campaign in which the president’s handling of the pandemic is the key issue after he has spent his time in office undermining science and the expertise of the federal bureaucracy — is now testing the system set up to ensure safe and effective drugs to a degree never before seen.
Under constant pressure from a White House anxious for good news and a public desperate for a silver bullet to end the crisis, the government’s researchers are fearful of political intervention in the coming months and are struggling to ensure that the government maintains the right balance between speed and rigorous regulation, according to interviews with administration officials, federal scientists and outside experts.
As many U.S. colleges plan to welcome back students this month, they face challenges unlike any other industry — containing the coronavirus among a young, carefree population that not only studies together, but also lives together, parties together and, if decades of history are any guide, sleeps together.
It will be a complex endeavor requiring far more than just the reconfiguring of dorm rooms and cafeterias. It also involves coronavirus testing programs capable of serving communities the size of small cities and the enforcement of codes of conduct among students not eager to be policed.
Colleges are mapping strategies as varied as the contrasting Covid regulations enacted by the states, and the efforts could add more than $70 billion to the budgets of the nation’s 5,000 colleges.
Yet administrators say giving students at least a taste of college life is worth it, if done in a safe way. Whether those constituents agree is an open question, and complaints about tuition have led a growing number of schools to offer rebates.
In one of the more elaborate plans, the University of California, Berkeley, will test all residential students within 24 hours of their arrival. After that, everyone living on campus will be tested twice a month if its test proves accurate enough.
But Cornell College in Iowa, with only 1,000 students, is counting on its humble health center and county health department to do its testing. Small schools in similar situations are finding themselves at the mercy of private labs that can take two weeks to deliver results, making results almost meaningless.
It is still possible that the frantic planning will come to naught.
A coronavirus testing facility in the Philippines last week.Credit...Mark R Cristino/EPA, via Shutterstock
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Sunday ordered Manila and nearby suburban areas to re-enter lockdown for two weeks as the health department reported 5,032 new cases.
Group gatherings were prohibited, and the population was advised to stay home. Public transportation was halted, domestic flights and inter-island ferries remained suspended, and the government encouraged biking. Schools will remain shut.
Infections spiked after the government eased lockdown rules and gradually opened up in an effort to jump start the economy. But instead of managing the numbers, it has resulted in grim results, with hospitals overwhelmed and doctors warning they were reaching a breaking point. In an appeal to the government on Saturday, the Philippine College of Physicians, the country’s main organization of doctors, warned that the health system “has been overwhelmed.”
This came shortly after Manila’s city government ordered the temporary closure of its two hospitals, citing the growing number of health care staff members who have been infected. It said that the city’s health care workers are burned out “with the seemingly endless number of patients trooping to our hospitals for emergency care and admission.”
Total cases in the country now stand at 103,185, with 2,059 deaths.
Mr. Duterte told officials to “strictly enforce the quarantine, especially the lockdown.”
“I have heard the call of different groups from the medical community for a two-week enhanced community quarantine in mega Manila,” he said. “I fully understand why your health workers would like to ask for such a timeout period. They have been in the front lines for months and are exhausted.”
Members of the Army oversaw a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Opelousas, La., on Thursday.Credit...William Widmer for The New York Times
With coronavirus cases soaring across the United States, the debate in Washington over a new relief package to help people and businesses weather the crisis is set to take center stage in the coming week, and negotiators were meeting over the weekend in hopes of making progress on a deal.
“The president’s determined to spend what we need to spend,” said Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, speaking on the ABC program “This Week.” “We’re acting very quickly now.”
Unemployment benefits lapsed this week for tens of millions of people, but officials have struggled to agree over new aid. Mr. Mnuchin’s remarks came after he and Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, met with top congressional Democrats in a rare Saturday meeting on Capitol Hill.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who hosted the meeting with Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, said that staff members would meet on Sunday and that the main negotiators would convene again on Monday. They called the discussion on Saturday productive but said that the sides remained far apart on several matters.
“We must defeat this virus, and that’s one of the points that we still have not come to any agreement on,” Ms. Pelosi said, speaking on “This Week.” (Mr. Mnuchin, appearing afterward, refuted the suggestion that the administration is not invested in defeating the virus.)
At issue is the gap between the latest relief packages put forward by Democrats and Republicans.
A $1 trillion proposal issued by Senate Republicans and administration officials last week includes cutting by two-thirds the $600-per-week unemployment payments that workers had received since April and providing tax cuts and liability protections for businesses.
A $3 trillion relief package approved by House Democrats in May includes an extension of the jobless aid, nearly $200 billion for rental assistance and mortgage relief, $3.6 billion to bolster election security and additional aid for food assistance.
Virus-battered Florida is confronting a new challenge: Tropical Storm Isaias, which is whipping the coast with high winds and creating the risk of flash flooding as it makes its way up the East Coast.
At 2 p.m. Eastern time, the center of the storm was about 30 miles offshore, east of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and was moving north-northwest at about eight miles an hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Isaias — which is written Isaías in Spanish and pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs — had clobbered the Bahamas with hurricane conditions on Saturday after hitting parts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. As it advances northward, the center of the storm is skirting close to the coast of Florida without making landfall so far, but its track is likely to bring it ashore in the Carolinas early in the week.
Complicating the emergency response to the storm, reported coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, and health officials have warned that their health care systems could be strained beyond capacity. To avoid virus exposure in shelters, the first choice is for coastal residents in homes vulnerable to flooding to stay with relatives or friends farther inland, being careful to wear masks and remain socially distant.
“Because of Covid, we feel that you are safer at home,” said Bill Johnson, the emergency management director for Palm Beach County. “Shelters should be considered your last resort.”
Pedestrians in Las Vegas, where restrictions have been eased.Credit...Bridget Bennett for The New York Times
A top economic official and the governor of Arkansas used appearances on the Sunday talk shows to discuss the financial toll of the virus as it rages through much of the country.
Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, argued that it would be better for the economy if the United States instituted strict lockdown policies for a month to six weeks to stop the spread of the virus.
If the country cannot control the spread, “we’re going to have flare-ups, lockdowns and a very halting recovery with many more job losses and many more bankruptcies,” Mr. Kashkari said on the CBS program “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
“If we were to lock down hard for a month or six weeks, we could get the case count down, so that our testing and our contact tracing was actually enough to control it,” he said. “If we don’t do that, and we have this raging virus spreading throughout the country with flare-ups and local lockdowns for the next year or two, which is entirely possible, we’re going to see many, many more business bankruptcies.”
He also said that given the low cost of issuing debt, the government has room to spend to support the American economy.
“Congress should use this opportunity to support the American people, and the American economy,” he said. “If we get the economy growing, we will be able to pay off the debt.”
His argument for a longer shutdown stands in contrast to others’ views. On the CNN program “State of the Union,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas defended his decision not to impose a statewide stay-at-home order earlier this year. Mr. Hutchinson emphasized the economic ramifications of extended shutdowns.
“We’ve got to take on two emergencies here,” he said. “One is our virus, the other is the economy.”
Russia is one of a number of countries rushing to develop and administer a vaccine, and it is determined to get there first.Credit...Sechenov Medical University Press Office, via Getty Images
Russia plans to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign in October with a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to complete clinical trials, raising international concern about the methods the country is using to compete in the global race to inoculate the public.
The minister of health, Mikhail Murashko, said Saturday that the plan was to begin by vaccinating teachers and health care workers. He also told the RIA state news agency that amid accelerated testing, the laboratory that developed the vaccine was already seeking regulatory approval for it.
Russia is one of a number of countries rushing to develop and administer a vaccine, and it is determined to get there first.
Not only would a vaccine help alleviate a worldwide health crisis that has killed more than 680,000 people and badly wounded the global economy, it would also become a symbol of national pride and a valuable propaganda tool for the country that produces it. It could be a lucrative commodity, as well.
“I do hope that the Chinese and the Russians are actually testing the vaccine before they are administering the vaccine to anyone,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, warned a congressional hearing on Friday.
A Russian regulatory agency is expected to approve that vaccine for the October campaign by mid-August, far earlier than timelines suggested by Western regulators, who have often said a vaccine would become available no sooner than the end of the year.
But with limited transparency in the Russian program, separating the science from the politics and propaganda could prove impossible. Critics have already drawn attention to Russia’s tradition of cutting corners in research on other pharmaceutical products and accusations of intellectual property theft.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html
From CNN Business' Michelle Toh in Hong Kong
Joana Toro/VIEWpress/Getty Images
HSBC's profits plunged in the first half of this year as the bank was weighed down by the coronavirus crisis.
The London-based lender said that pre-tax profit in the first half of the year fell 65% to $4.3 billion compared to the same time last year as revenue fell and as credit losses were worse than expected.
"Our first half performance was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, falling interest rates, increased geopolitical risk and heightened levels of market volatility," CEO Noel Quinn said in a statement.
The bank added that expected credit losses for 2020 could hit as much as $13 billion this year, worse than earlier estimates "given the deterioration in consensus economic forecasts."
The company also disclosed a $1.2 billion writedown due to an "impairment of software intangibles, mainly in Europe."
Falling income didn't help either. The bank's revenue tumbled 9% in the first half versus the same time last year, hurting profits even more.
From CNN's Yoonjung Seo in Seoul, South Korea
Lee Man-hee, leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, speaks during a press conference at a facility of the church in Gapyeong, South Korea on March 2. Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Lee Man-hee, the leader of the South Korean religious group Shincheonji, was arrested after being charged with embezzlement and violating South Korea's Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Law.
Lee was accused of submitting false information about the group's gatherings and congregation list to the health authorities. Shincheonji is believed to be at the center of South Korea's first major outbreak of Covid-19 in February.
Shincheonji said in a statement that Lee has fully cooperated with authorities and called his arrest "regrettable."
A member of Shincheonji was the 31st person South Korea who was confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. After the patient's diagnosis, health authorities said they faced difficulty tracing the patient's close contacts. South Korean police deployed hundreds of officers to trace members of the group who could not be reached.
Lee issued a public apology in March, but denied accusations that he and his group have been hampering the health authorities’ efforts to contain and prevent infections. At the time, South Korea had identified more than 4,200 cases of Covid-19, more than any country except mainland China. More than half of those were tied to Shincheonji.
Japan recorded 1,331 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Health announced on Monday, the fifth day in a row the country has identified more than 1,000 infections.
Of the 1,331 new cases in the country, 292 were recorded in the capital Tokyo, while Osaka reported 194 and Okinawa reported 64. One person died from Covid-19 on Sunday, authorities said.
Total cases: Japan has so far recorded a total of 39,399 coronavirus cases and 1,025 deaths.
What's happening on the ground: Authorities in Tokyo has requested restaurants and bars that serve alcohol to close at 10 p.m. to mitigate the risk of contracting the virus indoors.
Okinawa, Japan's southern island, is in a state of emergency because of rising cases. Authorities there are asking the public to stay home and avoid unnecessary trips, but stopped short of closing down the island to holiday visitors. The state of emergency is set to end August 15
From CNN's Isaac Yee in Hong Kong
A lab technician wearing a protective suit holds up a saliva sample for RT-PCR Covid-19 testing at Prenetics Ltd.'s laboratory in Hong Kong, China on July 31. Roy Liu/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Chinese authorities have identified 43 new coronavirus cases, including 36 locally transmitted infections on Sunday, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
Of the 36 locally transmitted cases, 28 were found in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, while eight were found in Liaoning. The seven imported cases were discovered across the provinces of Liaoning, Guangdong, Shandong and Jiangsu. Eleven asymptomatic cases were reported
China has confirmed a total of 84,428 cases of Covid-19 and 4,634 virus-related deaths.
From CNN’s Samantha Beech in Atlanta
A sign requesting pedestrians to follow the governments social distancing guidelines is on view in the centre of Manchester, England, on July 31. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Authorities in Greater Manchester, England, have declared a "major incident" due to the increase in coronavirus infections rates in "multiple localities," PA Media reported Sunday.
Local authorities told PA that a meeting was held over the weekend to discuss regulations in response to new government restrictions announced last week. The United Kingdom had already new restrictions in northern England on Thursday to stop the spread of Covid-19, including barring people in Greater Manchester from mixing "with other households (apart from those in their support bubbles) in private homes or gardens".
Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey, chairman of the Local Resilience Forum, said Sunday the decision to declare a major incident was done to respond as effectively as possible.
“This will enable us to maximize the capability of agencies across Greater Manchester, including additional resources if required, to instigate a prompt and positive change in direction,” Bailey said.
"It is part of our desire to protect the population of Greater Manchester and provide them with the highest levels of assurance that agencies are doing all they can to reduce infection rates and bring Greater Manchester back to as near a state of normality as current times allow."
The UK has identified more than 306,000 cases of coronavirus, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. More than 46,000 people have died from Covid-19, according to the university, the fourth-most of any country in the world.
From CNN's Isaac Yee
In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on July 30. Robinson Ninal Jr./Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division/AP
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Sunday he would reimpose tightened coronavirus restrictions on the capital city of Manila as the number of confirmed infections in the country passed 100,000.
The new restrictions, dubbed the “modified enhanced community quarantine,” will be imposed on Manila and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan starting at midnight Tuesday. The rules state that people younger than 21, those who are older than 60, those with health risks and pregnant women are required to remain in their residences. The only exceptions are for people to buy essentials and go to work, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.
Duterte’s decision comes after at least 80 medical associations signed a letter urging the President to tighten restrictions. “We are exhausted, both physically and mentally. Most of us are already getting infected with COVID-19,” said Philippine College of Physicians President Mario Panaligan in an August 1 open letter, according to CNN Philippines.
Duterte also approved the hiring of 10,000 medical professionals and the calling to active duty and enlistment to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to assist the current health care workforce, said Henry Roque, presidential spokesperson, in a statement Monday morning.
The Philippines reported 5,032 new cases Sunday, bringing the nationwide total to 103,185, according to the Department of Health. The country has 2,059 confirmed deaths.
From CNN's Deanna Hackney
After being on a ventilator for six weeks due to Covid-19, Mayra Ramirez, 28, was so sick she needed a double lung transplant.
The Illinois woman went to the emergency room with Covid-19 symptoms April 26. Her condition became increasingly dire, she suffered irreversible damage to her lungs and she spent more than six weeks on a ventilator.
On June 5, she received a double lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. After a lengthy recovery, she is finally resting at home.
Ramirez and the surgeon who performed the operation, Dr. Ankit Bharat, shared their experience with CNN's Ana Cabrera.
Source：https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-03-20-intl/index.html
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· The United States reported a record 1.87 million cases in July, more than twice the figure for the previous record month, April, when 860,000 new cases were reported, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. May saw 690,200 new infections, while June saw 820,000 cases. US infections are approaching 5 million, with 4,657,693 confirmed, or more than a quarter of the global total.
· India reported nearly 55,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, down from the previous day’s record of 57,118. At least 37,364 people have died in India during the pandemic so far.
· Residents in the Australian city of Melbourne will be subject to an overnight curfew for the next six weeks, and be banned from travelling more than 5km to go shopping or to exercise, as Victoria attempts to get the number of new coronavirus cases under control. The premier, Daniel Andrews, announced that from 6pm on Sunday, residents in the Melbourne metropolitan area would be under curfew for six weeks until 13 September.
· Vietnam is rushing to build a 700-bed makeshift hospital to cope with an outbreak in the central city of Da Nang, as the health minister warned the current strain of the virus is more contagious than those previously seen in the country.
· Honduras will extend its curfew for another week in an effort to curb the pandemic . Honduras first imposed a curfew, which is in effect daily between 5pm and 7am, in March.
· The number of new Covid-19 cases in China’s far north-western region of Xinjiang continue to fall, with 28 reported on Monday. China reported 43 new cases nationwide, seven of them imported and eight in the north-eastern province of Liaoning.
· Seven Chinese health officials arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday, the first of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread Covid-19 testing in the territory as it races to halt another wave. A group of local Hong Kong councillors said on Sunday that some local residents fear China may use their presence as an opportunity to collect DNA samples for surveillance purposes.
· A major incident has been declared in Greater Manchester in England in response to increases in coronavirus infection rates across “multiple localities”.
· Nancy Pelosi says she has no confidence in Deborah Birx over handling of pandemic. House speaker Nancy Pelosi escalated an attack on Dr Deborah Birx, a senior scientist on Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce, in television comments on Sunday as Birx defended the administration’s handling of the pandemic.
· Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions. The media will reportedly not be allowed to witness Donald Trump’s formal renomination as the Republican party’s choice for president at its national convention later this month.
· UK prime minister Boris Johnson is considering new lockdown measures in England should there be a second wave of coronavirus infections. Plans are being assessed after a rise in Covid-19 cases forced the prime minister to slow the lockdown easing on Friday, with proposed relaxations for the leisure and beauty sectors delayed.
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