Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor

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Nigeria has developed COVID-19 testing kit and it'll be commercially available - FG




                             


The Federal Government has announced the indigenous development and validation of RNA-Swift in Nigeria.
 
RNA-Swift is a test kit used for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent for COVID-19.
 
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology,  the development of the test kit was aimed at speeding up effective testing of Nigerians during the pandemic. 
 

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, talking to reporters in Abuja said;


“The RNA-Swift has amazing precision for the detection of SARS-COV-2 and will be commercially available at a price that places it ahead of competitors in terms of sensitivity and affordability.”

“I want to confirm to you that the RNA-Swift product team is in consultation with the African Development Bank for the funding of an African-wide testing programme for COVID-19 and the establishment for RNA-Swift production in Nigeria,” he stated.
 

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[b]Russia Tested COVID-19 Vaccine On Humans Successfully

Russia's Sechenov University Successfully Completes Trials of World's 1st COVID-19 Vaccine[/b]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The clinical trials of the world's first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik.

The university began clinical trials of a vaccine produced by Russia's Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on 18 June.

"Sechenov University has successfully completed tests on volunteers of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus", Tarasov said.

He added that the first group of volunteers would be discharged on Wednesday and the second on 20 July.

According to Alexander Lukashev, the director of the Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical, and Vector-Borne Diseases at Sechenov University, the objective of this stage of the study was to show the vaccine's safety on humans, which was successfully done.

"The safety of the vaccine has been confirmed. It corresponds to the safety of those vaccines that are currently on the market", Lukashev told Sputnik.

A further vaccine development plan is already being determined by the developer, including the complexity of the epidemiological situation with the virus and the possibility of scaling up production, Lukashev added.

"Sechenov University in a pandemic situation acted not only as an educational institution but also as a scientific and technological research centre that is able to participate in the creation of such important and complex products as drugs ... We worked with this vaccine, starting with preclinical studies and protocol development, and clinical trials are currently underway", Tarasov noted.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/sputniknews.com/amp/russia/202007121079860277-russias-sechenov-university-successfully-completes-trials-of-worlds-1st-covid-19-vaccine/

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Chilean Police train dogs to sniff out Coronavirus







The Chilean Police are now training dogs to detect people that may be infected with Coronavirus by sniffing their sweat.
 
Three golden retrievers and a labrador who are between the ages of four and five, are part of the program said to be a joint effort of the Chile’s national police, the Carabineros and specialists at the Universidad Catolica de Chile. Before now, the dogs have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives and lost people. 
 
Julio Santelices, head of the police school of specialties said the program follows in the footsteps of similar efforts taking place in France.  
 
He said; 
 

"The importance of this scientific study is that it will allow dogs to become biodetectors, and detect this type of illness at an early stage."

 
Fernando Mardones, a Universidad Catolica professor of veterinary epidemiology said; 
 

"The virus has no smell, but rather the infection generates metabolic changes which in turn leads to the release of a particular type of sweat which is what the dog would detect."

 
Mardones added that there is already evidence that dogs can detect diseases such as tuberculosis, parasite infections and even early stages of cancer. 
 
The canine trainees began their education one month ago, and will use sweat samples taken from COVID-19 patients being treated at the Universidad Catolica's clinic. The experts hope to have the dogs trained and working in the field by August.
 
Dogs have 330 million olfactory receptors, and an ability to detect smells 50 times better than humans. They can also smell 250 people per hour.

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[b]Wear Face-mask If You Are Over 60 Years, When Going Out - WHO (6 June 2020) 


Over-60s should wear medical-grade face masks when they’re out and cannot socially distance, WHO says in new guidance[/b]

PEOPLE aged over 60 are now being advised to wear medical-grade face masks by the World Health Organisation.

The WHO is now supporting medical-grade masks for the over-60s and people with underlying health conditions and says they need to be high-quality.

WHO says people over the age of 60 should be wearing medical-grade masks to stop the transmission of the virus.

WHO guidance recommends more complex masks made of three layers of fabric for the general public taking public transport or anywhere they cannot keep their distance, such as shops.

It also says people over 60 or with underlying health conditions should wear medical masks in “settings where physical distancing cannot be achieved” because of “increased risk of infection and/or negative outcomes”, the Guardian reports.

Anyone younger than 60 and in good health should wear a three-layer fabric mask, officials say.

The layers recommended are absorbent cotton closest to the face, followed by a polypropylene layer and then a synthetic layer that is fluid-resistant.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11797367/over-60s-medical-face-masks/

Good one from WHO

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Scientists hopeful of Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough after volunteers show signs of immunity from virus



                                





Scientists on Wednesday announced they are now hopeful of a successful Covid-19 vaccine after volunteers showed signs of immunity in separate trials.

 

The trials conducted in the UK and the US have shown positive results with scientists now hopeful that the vaccine could end the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands worldwide.

 

The UK team of scientists from Oxford University, focused on T-cells which develop as a result of a long-lasting immune response, and confirmed on Wednesday that they are "80 per cent" confident they will have a great working vaccine by September.

 

Oxford University who conducted the research partnered with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and will mass produce the drug when it's hundred percent ready.

 

According to the scientists who revealed their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the vaccine produced an immune response in 45 healthy volunteers during the early-stage study.

 

The scientists also revealed volunteers who got two doses of the vaccine had high levels of antibodies which exceeded those seen in patients who have recovered from Covid-19.

Both vaccines work by tricking the body into believing it has been infected with the virus to provoke an immune response that can then attack the virus.

Scientists say they started to focus on T-cells also known as "memory" cells, that are made in response to an infection and, unlike antibodies, remain long afterwards.

One of the UK scientists told ITV News on Wednesday: "An important point to keep in mind is that there are two dimensions to the immune response: antibodies and T-cells. 

"Everybody is focused on antibodies but there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the T-cells response is important in the defence against coronavirus."


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US charges two Chinese spies for a global hacking campaign that targeted COVID-19 vaccine research








U.S. prosecutors have charged two wanted Chinese nationals linked to Beijing for their alleged involvement in a global hacking operation that targeted hundreds of companies and governments for more than a decade, stealing sensitive information. 
 
The 11-count indictment unsealed on Tuesday, July 22, alleges Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, said to be working for China’s state intelligence bureau,stole terabytes of data from high-technology companies, around the world  including the United States, the prosecutors said.
 
The prosecutors accused the hackers of recently targeting the networks of over a dozen U.S. companies in Maryland, Massachusetts, and California developing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.
 
The indictment comes just weeks after both the FBI and Homeland Security warned that China was actively trying to steal U.S. research data related to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
The hackers were first discovered after they targeted a U.S. Department of Energy network in Hanford, Washington, the Justice Department said.
 
The prosecutors said the hackers also targeted companies in Australia, South Korea, and several European nations, using known but unpatched vulnerabilities in widely used web server software to break into their victims’ networks. By gaining a foothold onto the network, the hackers installed password-stealing software to gain deeper access to their systems. 
 
The prosecutors also said that the hackers would “frequently” return to the networks — in some cases years later.
 
According to the indictment, the hackers stole “hundreds of millions of dollars” worth of trade secrets and intellectual property. The prosecutors also allege that the hackers stole data related to military satellite programs, military wireless networks and high-powered microwave and laser systems from defense contractors.
 
The hackers are said to have targeted their victims on behalf of China’s intelligence services, but also hacked for personal financial gain. 
 
In one case, prosecutors said the hackers “sought to extort cryptocurrency” from a victim company by threatening to publish the victim’s stolen source code online.
 
John C. Demers, U.S. assistant attorney general for national security, said that the indictments were “concrete examples” of how China used hackers to “rob, replicate and replace” non-Chinese companies in the global marketplace.
 
Demers also accused China of providing a safe-haven for the hackers.
 
“China has now taken its place, alongside Russia, Iran and North Korea, in that shameful club of nations that provide a safe haven for cyber criminals in exchange for those criminals being ‘on call’ to work for the benefit of the state, here to feed the Chinese Communist party’s insatiable hunger for American and other non-Chinese companies’ hard-earned intellectual property, including COVID-19 research,” said Demers.
 
Mandiant, the incident response division of security firm FireEye, said it has tracked the hackers since 2013 and the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the hackers is “consistent” with its findings.
 
“The Chinese government has long relied on contractors to conduct cyber intrusions,” said Ben Read, senior manager of analysis at Mandiant, in an email. “Using these freelancers allows the government to access a wider array of talent, while also providing some deniability in conducting these operations.”
 
“The pattern described in the indictment where the contractors conducted some operations on behalf of their government sponsors, while others were for their own profit is consistent with what we have seen from other China-nexus groups such as APT41,” he said, referring to the Chinese advanced persistent threat group associated with the indictment.
 
If prosecuted, the wanted hackers could each face more than 40 years in prison. But prosecutors believe the hackers are in China, and extraditions to the U.S. are unlikely because of the strained relationship between China and the US. 

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South Africa records 572 COVID-19 deaths in 24-hours


 July 23, 2020


South Africa, on Wednesday on recorded 572 coronavirus deaths in a single day.


Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, who made the announcement on his Twitter page, said the total number of COVID-19 fatalities was now 5,940.


“Regrettably, we report 572 new COVID-19 related deaths. This brings the cumulative number of deaths to 5,940.


“We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers who treated the deceased.


“The number of recoveries currently stand at 229, 195 which translates to a recovery rate of 58%,” he said.
South Africa is the worst hit in Africa and has a total of 394,948 infections.

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Meanwhile, Nigeria has recorded a total of 38,344 confirmed cases and 813 deaths.
The country recorded 543 cases of the virus on Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 14.9 million infections confirmed in 188 countries and territories, including more than 616,000 deaths.





New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world.

More than 616,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while more than 14.9 million infections have been confirmed in at least 188 countries and territories. More than eight million people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:
United States - 3,970,906 cases, 143,190 deaths
Brazil - 2,227,514 cases, 82,771 deaths
India - 1,238,798 cases, 29,861 deaths
Russia - 787,890 cases, 12,726 deaths
South Africa - 394,948 cases, 5,940 deaths
Peru - 366,550 cases, 13,767 deaths
Mexico - 362,274 cases, 41,190 deaths
Chile - 334,683 cases, 8,677 deaths
United Kingdom - 297,952 cases, 45,587 deaths
Iran - 281,413 cases, 14,853 deaths
Pakistan - 269,191 cases, 5,709 deaths
Spain - 267,551 cases, 28,752 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 258,156 cases, 2,601 deaths
Italy - 245,032 cases, 35,082 deaths
Turkey - 222,402 cases, 5,545 deaths
Colombia - 218,428 cases, 7,373 deaths
France - 215,605 cases, 30,181 deaths
Bangladesh - 213,254 cases, 2,751 deaths
Germany - 204,276 cases, 9,102 deaths
Argentina - 141,900 cases, 2,588 deaths

Canada - 113,791 cases, 8,914 deaths
Qatar - 107,871 cases, 163 deaths
Iraq - 99,865 cases, 4,042 deaths
Indonesia - 91,751 cases, 4,459 deaths
Egypt - 89,745 cases, 4,440 deaths
China - 85,911 cases, 4,648 deaths
Sweden - 78,504 cases, 5,667 deaths
Ecuador - 77,257 cases, 5,418 deaths
Kazakhstan - 75,153 cases, 585 deaths
Philippines - 72,269 cases, 1,843 deaths
Oman - 71,547 cases, 349 deaths
Belarus - 66,521 cases, 513 deaths
Belgium - 64,627 cases, 9,808 deaths
Bolivia - 64,135 cases, 2,328 deaths
Ukraine - 62,295 cases, 1,553 deaths
Kuwait - 61,185 cases, 417 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 57,734 cases, 342 deaths
Israel - 56,085 cases, 430 deaths
Dominican Republic - 56,043 cases, 1,005 deaths
Panama - 55,906 cases, 1,180 deaths
Netherlands - 52,475 cases, 6,158 deaths
Portugal - 49,150 cases, 1,702 deaths
Singapore - 48,744 cases, 27 deaths
Poland - 41,162 cases, 1,642 deaths
Guatemala - 41,135 cases, 1,573 deaths
Romania - 40,163 cases, 2,101 deaths
Nigeria - 38,344 cases, 813 deaths
Bahrain - 37,637 cases, 130 deaths
Honduras - 36,102 cases, 1,006 deaths
Afghanistan - 35,727 cases, 1,190 deaths

Armenia - 35,693 cases, 678 deaths
Switzerland - 33,883 cases, 1,972 deaths
Ghana - 29,672 cases, 153 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 28,980 cases, 1,111 deaths
Azerbaijan - 28,633 cases, 385 deaths
Japan - 27,136 cases, 990 deaths
Ireland - 25,819 cases, 1,754 deaths
Algeria - 24,872 cases, 1,111 deaths
Serbia - 22,031 cases, 499 deaths
Moldova - 21,798 cases, 712 deaths
Austria - 19,929 cases, 711 deaths
Uzbekistan - 18,379 cases, 98 deaths
Nepal - 18,094 cases, 42 deaths
Morocco - 17,962 cases, 285 deaths
Cameroon - 16,522 cases, 382 deaths
Kenya - 14,805 cases, 260 deaths
Cote d'Ivoire - 14,733 cases, 93 deaths
Czech Republic - 14,570 cases, 364 deaths
Korea, South - 13,938 cases, 297 deaths
Denmark - 13,554 cases, 611 deaths
Australia - 13,302 cases, 134 deaths
Venezuela - 13,164 cases, 124 deaths
El Salvador - 12,975 cases, 363 deaths
Costa Rica - 12,361 cases, 71 deaths
Ethiopia - 11,524 cases, 188 deaths

Sudan - 11,237 cases, 708 deaths
Bulgaria - 9,584 cases, 321 deaths
North Macedonia - 9,547 cases, 442 deaths
Palestine - 9,398 cases, 66 deaths
Senegal - 9,121 cases, 177 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 9,115 cases, 268 deaths
Norway - 9,059 cases, 255 deaths
Malaysia - 8,831 cases, 123 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 8,626 cases, 197 deaths
Madagascar - 8,162 cases, 69 deaths
Finland - 7,362 cases, 329 deaths
Haiti - 7,167 cases, 154 deaths
Tajikistan - 7,015 cases, 58 deaths
Guinea - 6,747 cases, 41 deaths
Gabon - 6,588 cases, 47 deaths
Kosovo - 6,286 cases, 150 deaths
Mauritania - 6,027 cases, 155 deaths
Luxembourg - 5,854 cases, 111 deaths
Djibouti - 5,030 cases, 58 deaths
Central African Republic - 4,574 cases, 57 deaths
Croatia - 4,530 cases, 125 deaths
Hungary - 4,366 cases, 596 deaths
Albania - 4,358 cases, 120 deaths
Greece - 4,077 cases, 200 deaths
Paraguay - 4,000 cases, 36 deaths
Zambia - 3,583 cases, 128 deaths
Nicaragua - 3,439 cases, 108 deaths
Malawi - 3,302 cases, 76 deaths
Thailand - 3,261 cases, 58 deaths
Somalia - 3,161 cases, 93 deaths
Lebanon - 3,104 cases, 43 deaths
Maldives - 3,103 cases, 15 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 3,071 cases, 51 deaths
Congo - 2,851 cases, 50 deaths
Sri Lanka - 2,752 cases, 11 deaths
Mali - 2,494 cases, 123 deaths
Montenegro - 2,472 cases, 39 deaths
Cuba - 2,462 cases, 87 deaths
South Sudan - 2,211 cases, 45 deaths
Libya - 2,176 cases, 53 deaths

Cape Verde - 2,154 cases, 21 deaths
Slovakia - 2,058 cases, 28 deaths
Zimbabwe - 2,034 cases, 26 deaths
Estonia - 2,025 cases, 69 deaths
Slovenia - 2,006 cases, 115 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 1,954 cases, 26 deaths
Lithuania - 1,951 cases, 80 deaths
Eswatini - 1,938 cases, 25 deaths
Iceland - 1,840 cases, 10 deaths
Sierra Leone - 1,731 cases, 66 deaths
Benin - 1,690 cases, 34 deaths
Rwanda - 1,689 cases, 5 deaths
Yemen - 1,640 cases, 458 deaths
Mozambique - 1,557 cases, 11 deaths
New Zealand - 1,555 cases, 22 deaths
Namibia - 1,402 cases, 7 deaths
Tunisia - 1,394 cases, 50 deaths
Jordan - 1,223 cases, 11 deaths
Latvia - 1,197 cases, 31 deaths
Suriname - 1,176 cases, 21 deaths
Niger - 1,122 cases, 69 deaths
Uruguay - 1,117 cases, 34 deaths
Liberia - 1,114 cases, 70 deaths
Uganda - 1,075 cases, 0 deaths
Georgia - 1,073 cases, 16 deaths
Burkina Faso - 1,066 cases, 53 deaths
Cyprus - 1,040 cases, 19 deaths
Andorra - 889 cases, 52 deaths
Chad - 889 cases, 75 deaths
Jamaica - 816 cases, 10 deaths
Angola - 812 cases, 33 deaths
Togo - 806 cases, 16 deaths
Sao Tome and Principe - 747 cases, 14 deaths
San Marino - 699 cases, 42 deaths

Malta - 679 cases, 9 deaths
Syria - 561 cases, 32 deaths
Botswana - 522 cases, 1 death
Tanzania - 509 cases, 21 deaths
Taiwan - 455 cases, 7 deaths
Vietnam - 408 cases, 0 deaths
Lesotho - 359 cases, 6 deaths
Guyana - 350 cases, 19 deaths
Mauritius - 343 cases, 10 deaths
Burma - 343 cases, 6 deaths
Comoros - 337 cases, 7 deaths
Burundi - 328 cases, 1 death
Mongolia - 287 cases, 0 deaths
Eritrea - 251 cases, 0 deaths
Bahamas - 219 cases, 11 deaths
Cambodia - 198 cases, 0 deaths
Gambia - 146 cases, 5 deaths
Brunei - 141 cases, 3 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago - 141 cases, 8 deaths
Monaco - 112 cases, 4 deaths
Seychelles - 108 cases, 0 deaths
Barbados - 106 cases, 7 deaths
Bhutan - 92 cases, 0 deaths
Liechtenstein - 86 cases, 2 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 76 cases, 3 deaths
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 52 cases, 0 deaths
Belize - 43 cases, 2 deaths
Papua New Guinea - 30 cases, 1 death
Fiji - 27 cases, 0 deaths
Timor-Leste - 24 cases, 0 deaths
Saint Lucia - 23 cases, 0 deaths
Grenada - 23 cases, 0 deaths
Laos - 19 cases, 0 deaths
Dominica - 18 cases, 0 deaths
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 17 cases, 0 deaths
Holy See - 12 cases, 0 deaths
Western Sahara - 10 cases, 1 death

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[b]Madagascar's Covid-Organics Can’t Cure COVID-19, Only Cures Cough – Ehanire

The Federal Government has disclosed that Madagascar herbal remedy, can cure cough but not COVID-19.

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said the Madagascar herbal product has not shown that it has any curative powers for COVID-19.[/b]

He said the preliminary results of the analysis carried out on the Madagascar herbal remedy, showed that it is the same as the plant Artemisia anua, grown in Abuja by the Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical research and development, (NIPRID) for research purposes.

Ehanire, said the Madagascar herbal remedy was subjected to further tests to verify its efficacy.

The herbal tea, named COVID Organics and produced by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), was created from the Artemisia plant, and touted as a cure for the coronavirus disease, but health experts have warned about its risks.

Nigeria received five cartons of samples of the herbal tea in May before they were handed over to the Ministry of Health.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/breaking-madagascar-herbal-remedy-cant-cure-covid-19-fg-declares/

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China offers $1 billion loan to Latin America and the Caribbean for access to its COVID-19 vaccine




                               


China has announced a $1 billion loan to Latin America and the Caribbean for access to it's Covid-19 vaccine.
 
The announcement was made during a virtual gathering between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Latin American counterparts on Thursday (Chinese time), according to a statement released by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry.
 
The virtual meeting was led by Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, and Wang Yi. Their counterparts from Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay also joined.
"China's Foreign Minister said that the vaccine developed in his country will be a public benefit of universal access, and that his country will designate a loan of $1 billion to support access [to the vaccine] for the nations of the region," the statement by Mexico's Foreign ministrysaid.
 
During it's daily briefing, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked China, saying the loan will be very beneficial. 
"We're very grateful to China, with the Chinese government, the President -- you remember I had the chance to speak to him on the phone -- we asked him for support with medical equipment, there have been many aid flights coming from China."
"There's always been enough equipment supply, medicines, and now there is this offer," he added.
 
Ahead of the meeting, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that during the pandemic, "China and Latin American and Caribbean countries, though oceans apart, have stood together against this common foe and conducted practical and effective cooperation to the benefit of all our people."
 
He said the meeting would "consolidate consensus between the two sides on jointly fighting the pandemic, cement political mutual trust, uphold multilateralism" and build a community with a shared future for the regions.
 
Brazil, a major country in Latin America has the second-highest number of cases globally, after the US, with more than 2.2 million people infected, according to John Hopkins University figures. 

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China reports its highest number of local Covid-19 infections since March







China recorded 57 local Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest number the country has seen since it brought the coronavirus largely under control in March, according to figures released by the National Health Commission on Monday.
 
Out of the new locally transmitted cases, 41 were found in the far western region of Xinjiang, where the coronavirus resurfaced on July 15 after nearly five months of no new cases. The remaining cases were discovered in the country's northeast, including 14 in Liaoning province and two in Jilin province.
 
The country's health officials say Sunday's figure is the highest number of local infections the country has reported since March 6. 
 
On Sunday, China also recorded four imported cases and 44 asymptomatic infections. However, the country does not include asymptomatic cases in its overall tally of confirmed infections.
 
As of Monday, July 27, China has reported a total of 83,981 confirmed cases, including 4,634 deaths, according to the NHC.
 
The deadly disease broke out in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 and there are currently over 16 million cases worldwide. 

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Dr. Stella Emmanuel On COVID-19: 'With Hydroxychloroquine I Cured 350 Patients'


A Nigerian-born and trained physician, Dr. Stella Emmanuel, is trending on social media after delivering an impassioned COVID-19 speech in the US on Monday.

Speaking at a news conference in Washington, Emmanuel claimed that antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine; zinc; and antibacterial drug, Zithromax, were effective cures for the virus.

The Nigerian spoke during a news conference held by a group of American doctors under the aegis of: “America’s Frontline Doctors,” in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC.

Watch the video here ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDLOpbhltrM/?igshid=w2uwlqi58ibi

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Entire Spanish village is quarantined after 12-year-old girl tests positive for Coronavirus








The entire population of a Spanish village with about 200 residents has been put into quarantine today after a 12-year-old girl tested positive for Coronavirus.
 
Fernando Resino Carrillo, the mayor of Sotillo de las Palomas explained the decision, saying the vast majority of the 200 residents fall into the risk category because of their age and he is worried that the virus might spread.
 
He has ordered everyone to stay at home for at least ten days after a girl contracted Covid-19. But refused to disclose how the girl got the virus but tests are being carried out on children she has been in contact with. 
 
The Ministry of Health of Castilla-La Mancha has also started tracking people who may have been in contact with her family in recent days.
 
According to reports, the girl is being isolated at home and has not needed hospital treatment while the relatives in her household have not shown symptoms but are awaiting their test results.  
 
Spain has recorded 278,782 Coronavirus cases and 28,434 deaths in total.  
 
 

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NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 18 million infections confirmed in 188 countries and territories, including more than 690,000 deaths.
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New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world.

More than 690,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while more than 18 million infections have been confirmed in at least 188 countries and territories. Nearly 11 million people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:


United States - 4,579,761 cases, 153,642 deaths
Brazil - 2,662,485 cases, 92,475 deaths
India - 1,695,988 cases, 36,511 deaths
Russia - 843,890 cases, 14,034 deaths
South Africa - 493,183 cases, 8,005 deaths
Mexico - 424,637 cases, 46,688 deaths
Peru - 407,492 cases, 19,021 deaths
Chile - 357,658 cases, 9,533 deaths
Iran - 306,752 cases, 16,982 deaths 
United Kingdom - 305,572 cases, 46,278 deaths
Colombia - 295,508 cases, 10,105 deaths 
Spain - 288,522 cases, 28,445 deaths
Pakistan - 278,305 cases, 5,951 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 277,478 cases, 2,887 deaths
Italy - 247,832 cases, 35,146 deaths
Bangladesh - 239,860 cases, 3,132 deaths
Turkey - 230,873 cases, 5,691 deaths
France - 225,197 cases, 30,268 deaths
Germany - 210,697 cases, 9,154 deaths
Argentina - 191,302 cases, 3,558 deaths

Iraq - 124,609 cases, 4,741 deaths
Canada - 118,315 cases, 8,980 deaths
Qatar - 110,911 cases, 174 deaths
Indonesia - 109,936 cases, 5,193 deaths
Egypt - 94,078 cases, 4,805 deaths
Kazakhstan - 90,367 cases, 793 deaths
China - 87,780 cases, 4,665 deaths
Philippines - 85,486 cases, 1,962 deaths
Ecuador - 84,370 cases, 5,702 deaths
Sweden - 85,355 cases, 5,743 deaths
Oman - 79,159 cases, 421 deaths
Bolivia - 76,789 cases, 2,977 deaths
Ukraine - 72,609 cases, 1,733 deaths
Israel - 70,970 cases, 512 deaths
Dominican Republic - 69,649 cases, 1,160 deaths
Belgium - 68,751 cases, 9,841 deaths 
Belarus - 67,946 cases, 563 deaths
Kuwait - 67,448 cases, 453 deaths
Panama - 65,256 cases, 1,421 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 60,760 cases, 351 deaths
Netherlands - 55,021 cases, 6,167 deaths
Singapore - 52,512 cases, 27 deaths
Romania - 52,111 cases, 2,379 deaths 
Portugal - 51,310 cases, 1,737 deaths
Guatemala - 49,789 cases, 1,924 deaths
Poland - 46,346 cases, 1,721 deaths
Nigeria - 43,151 cases, 879 deaths
Honduras - 43,151 cases, 1,337 deaths
Bahrain - 40,982 cases, 147 deaths
Armenia - 38,841 cases, 749 deaths

Japan - 37,778 cases, 1,011 deaths 
Afghanistan - 36,710 cases, 1,283 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 36,299 cases, 1,397 deaths
Ghana - 35,501 cases, 182 deaths
Switzerland - 35,412 cases, 1,981 deaths
Azerbaijan - 32,157 cases, 454 deaths
Algeria - 30,394 cases, 1,210 deaths
Ireland - 26,065 cases, 1,763 deaths
Serbia - 25,882 cases, 582 deaths
Moldova - 25,113 cases, 788 deaths
Uzbekistan - 24,569 cases, 145 deaths
Morocco - 24,322 cases, 353 deaths
Kenya - 21,363 cases, 364 deaths
Austria - 21,212 cases, 718 deaths 
Nepal - 20,086 cases, 56 deaths
Venezuela - 18,574 cases, 164 deaths
Costa Rica - 17,820 cases, 150 deaths
Ethiopia - 17,530 cases, 274 deaths 
Australia - 17,282 cases, 201 deaths 
Cameroon - 17,255 cases, 391 deaths
Czech Republic - 16,574 cases, 382 deaths 
Cote d'Ivoire - 16,047 cases, 102 deaths
Korea, South - 14,366 cases, 301 deaths
Denmark - 14,028 cases, 615 deaths

Palestine - 12,160 cases, 83 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 11,876 cases, 339 deaths
Bulgaria - 11,690 cases, 383 deaths
Sudan - 11,644 cases, 746 deaths 
Madagascar - 11,273 cases, 107 deaths
North Macedonia - 10,891 cases, 493 deaths
Senegal - 10,284 cases, 209 deaths
Norway - 9,249 cases, 255 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 9,084 cases, 215 deaths
Malaysia - 8,985 cases, 125 deaths
Kosovo - 8,104 cases, 212 deaths
Tajikistan - 7,451 cases, 60 deaths 
Finland - 7,443 cases, 329 deaths
Haiti - 7,424 cases, 161 deaths
Gabon - 7,352 cases, 49 deaths
Guinea - 7,308 cases, 46 deaths
Luxembourg - 6,695 cases, 114 deaths
Mauritania - 6,310 cases, 157 deaths
Zambia - 6,228 cases, 165 deaths
Albania - 5,396 cases, 161 deaths 
Paraguay - 5,338 cases, 49 deaths
Croatia - 5,224 cases, 145 deaths 
Djibouti - 5,084 cases, 58 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 4,821 cases, 83 deaths 
Central African Republic - 4,608 cases, 59 deaths
Lebanon - 4,555 cases, 61 deaths 
Hungary - 4,526 cases, 597 deaths
Greece - 4,477 cases, 206 deaths
Malawi - 4,078 cases, 114 deaths
Maldives - 3,793 cases, 16 deaths
Nicaragua - 3,672 cases, 116 deaths
Libya - 3,621 cases, 74 deaths
Thailand - 3,312 cases, 58 deaths
Somalia - 3,212 cases, 93 deaths
Congo - 3,200 cases, 54 deaths
Montenegro - 3,198 cases, 50 deaths 
Zimbabwe - 3,169 cases, 67 deaths
Sri Lanka - 2,815 cases, 11 deaths
Eswatini - 2,648 cases, 41 deaths
Cuba - 2,608 cases, 87 deaths 


Mali - 2,535 cases, 124 deaths
Cape Verde - 2,451 cases, 23 deaths
Slovakia - 2,337 cases, 29 deaths 
South Sudan - 2,322 cases, 46 deaths
Slovenia - 2,171 cases, 119 deaths
Namibia - 2,129 cases, 10 deaths 
Lithuania - 2,093 cases, 80 deaths
Estonia - 2,072 cases, 69 deaths
Rwanda - 2,022 cases, 5 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 1,981 cases, 26 deaths
Iceland - 1,893 cases, 10 deaths
Mozambique - 1,864 cases, 11 deaths 
Sierra Leone - 1,823 cases, 67 deaths
Benin - 1,805 cases, 36 deaths
Yemen - 1,728 cases, 493 deaths
Suriname - 1,706 cases, 26 deaths
New Zealand - 1,562 cases, 22 deaths
Tunisia - 1,535 cases, 50 deaths
Uruguay - 1,264 cases, 35 deaths
Latvia - 1,238 cases, 32 deaths
Jordan - 1,193 cases, 11 deaths
Liberia - 1,189 cases, 75 deaths
Uganda - 1,176 cases, 4 deaths 
Georgia - 1,171 cases, 17 deaths
Angola - 1,148 cases, 52 deaths
Niger - 1,134 cases, 69 deaths 
Cyprus - 1,119 cases, 19 deaths 
Burkina Faso - 1,106 cases, 53 deaths
Togo - 941 cases, 19 deaths 
Chad - 936 cases, 75 deaths
Andorra - 925 cases, 52 deaths
Jamaica - 878 cases, 10 deaths 
Sao Tome and Principe - 871 cases, 15 deaths
Malta - 845 cases, 9 deaths

Botswana - 804 cases, 2 deaths
Syria - 757 cases, 43 deaths
San Marino - 699 cases, 42 deaths
Lesotho - 604 cases, 13 deaths
Vietnam - 586 cases, 3 deaths
Bahamas - 574 cases, 14 deaths
Tanzania - 509 cases, 21 deaths 
Gambia - 498 cases, 9 deaths 
Taiwan - 467 cases, 7 deaths
Guyana - 413 cases, 20 deaths
Burundi - 387 cases, 1 death
Comoros - 378 cases, 7 deaths
Burma - 353 cases, 6 deaths
Mauritius - 344 cases, 10 deaths
Mongolia - 291 cases, 0 deaths
Eritrea - 279 cases, 0 deaths
Cambodia - 239 cases, 0 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago - 173 cases, 8 deaths
Brunei - 141 cases, 3 deaths
Monaco - 120 cases, 4 deaths
Seychelles - 114 cases, 0 deaths
Barbados - 110 cases, 7 deaths
Bhutan - 101 cases, 0 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 91 cases, 3 deaths
Liechtenstein - 88 cases, 2 deaths
Papua New Guinea - 72 cases, 2 deaths
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 54 cases, 0 deaths
Belize - 48 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 27 cases, 0 deaths
Saint Lucia - 25 cases, 0 deaths
Grenada - 24 cases, 0 deaths
Timor-Leste - 24 cases, 0 deaths
Laos - 20 cases, 0 deaths
Dominica - 18 cases, 0 deaths
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 17 cases, 0 deaths
Holy See - 12 cases, 0 deaths
Western Sahara - 10 cases, 1 death

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Russia Receives Orders For ONE BILLION Doses Of World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine 

A total of 20 nations from Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia have already requested doses of Russia’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine, which was confirmed to be registered on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At a conference dedicated to the announcement of the vaccine’s registration, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) explained that it had already received orders for a billion doses.

“Together with our foreign partners, we are ready to produce more than 500 million doses of the vaccine per year,” Kirill Dmitriev explained. Everything produced in Russia will be used domestically, and doses for use in other countries will be made abroad.

According to Dmitriev, the RDIF is also working on a humanitarian aid program for developing countries, with the aim of making the Covid-19 vaccine available in states that can’t afford to make or buy their own.

Explaining that vaccination is an acute problem in the world’s poorest countries, Dmitriev said that the fund believes “people around the world should have equal access to a vaccine, regardless of their financial situation.”

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country had registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. Named “Sputnik V,” the vaccine is due to enter mass production soon, and will be available to the general public from January 2021. Despite being registered, the vaccine will still go through more clinical trials in Russia and the Middle East.

https://www.rt.com/russia/497719-russia-vaccine-orders/

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Madagascar herbal fails to halt Covid-19 spike in the country as hospitals struggle to cope with cases









Madagascar's herbal drug 'COVID Organics (COV),' which the country's leaders said cures and prevent coronavirus has reportedly failed to halt Covid-19 spike with hospitals are now struggling to cope with a surge of Coronavirus cases. 

According to BBC, cases have quadrupled in the past month in the Indian Ocean island, with more than 13,000 infections and 162 deaths from Coronavirus. 

Despite the spike, President Andry Rajoelina is still promoting the concoction as a cure for Covid-19 despite the World Health Organization (WHO) warning against using untested remedies.

For the last four months, children are also being offered the 'COVID Organics (COV)' at school to boost their health. 

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BREAKING: Imported Frozen Chicken Tests Positive For COVID-19
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On Aug 14, 2020

 
The authorities of the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen have urged consumers to be on the alert when buying imported frozen food after a sample of chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for COVID-19.

According to a statement on Thursday, the coronavirus was discovered after the local disease control centres took a surface sample from a batch of chicken wings while conducting routine screenings on imported frozen food.


“On August 11th, Shenzhen Longgang District conducted investigation and inspection of imported cold-chain food. On August 12th, the provincial and municipal CDCs reviewed and found a surface sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil (registration number: SIF601; batch number: 7720051522) The new coronavirus nucleic acid test result was positive,” the statement read.
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Shenzhen’s health authorities also traced and tested everyone who might have been exposed to the products.

“The results were all negative, and close contacts of positive samples were included in health management; all relevant stock products in the city were sealed and carried out Nucleic acid test results are all negative,” it added.


“All products sold are traced and notified to relevant agencies for disposal; the outer packaging and storage environment of relevant products are all eliminated.”


The development comes at about the same time when traces of the coronavirus were found on the packaging of shrimps imported from Ecuador, another South American country.


“It is hard to say at which stage the frozen chicken got infected,” Reuters quoted a China-based official at a Brazilian meat exporter to have said.


The Chinese authorities have been stepping up screenings at ports since June, after a coronavirus outbreak emerged from the largest wholesale food market in Beijing.

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Wuhan Pool Party In China Sparks Outrage Amidst Covid-19 - Video 

CNN) It was ground zero in the coronavirus pandemic and underwent the world's first -- and arguably strictest -- lockdown.

Now, the central Chinese city of Wuhan appears to have moved on from the virus, as thousands of revelers gathered in an open air water park for an electronic music festival -- without any masks or social distancing measures in sight.

Over the weekend, the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park was filled with partygoers in swimsuits bunched together shoulder to shoulder, waving to the beat of the music while cooling down in hip-high water; others relaxed on inflatable rubber tubes that packed the pool to the brim, with little space to float around.

The crowded party scene remains unthinkable in many parts of the world still grappling with the deadly virus. More than 21 million people have been infected across the globe, with tens of thousands of new cases reported every day in the United States, Brazil and India.

But in Wuhan, life has gradually returned to normal since the metropolis of 11 million people in Hubei province lifted a stringent 76-day lockdown in early April. The city hasn't reported any new cases since mid-May.

The Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park reopened in late June, but more than a month of seasonal rain had discouraged crowds from turning out. The number of visitors in early August only accounted for half of the level in the same period last year, according to Hubei Daily, a provincial Communist Party mouthpiece newspaper, citing a manager at the park.

Currently, the water park receives an average of 15,000 daily visitors during weekends, and is offering half-price discounts to some visitors, Hubei Daily reported.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gTDjRX6JJ4

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/18/asia/wuhan-water-park-party-intl-hnk/index.html

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Coronavirus will be with us 'forever' and will require regular vaccinations, expert warns







An expert has warned that Coronavirus will be present "forever".
 
Sir Mark Walport, a member of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), also said that people are likely to need regular vaccinations against the deadly virus.
 
Walport, who is a former chief scientific adviser, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, that the pandemic would be controlled by "global vaccination" but it is not "going to be a disease like smallpox which could be eradicated by vaccination".
 
He added: "This is a virus that is going to be with us forever in some form or another and almost certainly will require repeated vaccinations.
 
"So a bit like flu, people will need re-vaccination at regular intervals."
 
Scientists around the world have been battling for months to try to get an effective coronavirus vaccine ready for mass use. The most promising results so far have come out of Oxford University, where a vaccine is in the final stages of testing before it receives approval for public distribution.
 
Walport said localised lockdowns are the best way to go at the moment to reduce a spike in the spread of Covid-19.
 
He said: "The whole point is to improve the local control, increase the amount of testing, give guidance to avoid that happening, but is there a situation where it could get out of control?
 
"Well obviously that's possible and that's why it's so important that we'll work together.
 
"People do understand that this is a risk.
 
"If it's allowed to get out of control, then there could be much more draconian measures."
 
 

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Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from COVID-19 test kit







Sweden‘s Public Health Agency on Tuesday August 25, announced that it has uncovered 3,700 false Coronavirus positive results linked to a faulty test kit. 
 
The PCR kits linked to the error which was discovered by two laboratories during routine quality controls, were made in China by the company BGI Genomics and had been distributed worldwide.
 
According to the agency, the kits were used by people conducting at-home tests between the period of March and August. The development will lead to an adjustment of Sweden’s official number of Coronavirus cases.
 
The agency said in its statement; 
 

‘People who had mild symptoms or who didn’t feel any symptoms at the time of the test received false positive results. 
‘The faulty test kit has been reported to the Swedish Medical Products Agency. It has been exported by China to many other countries. We have also informed relevant authorities in Europe and the WHO’.4

 
Sweden on Tuesday August 25, said it had 86,891 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and has also recorded 5,814 deaths. 
 
AFP reported that Lockdown-free Sweden last week recorded its highest death toll in a six-month period for 150 years – with 4,500 of its 51,405 fatalities being Covid-19 related. It’s the highest tally from January to the end of June since 1869 when 55,431 people died, largely because of a famine. The population of Sweden then was just 4.1million, compared to 10.3million today.