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5 hours ago
Coronavirus in Latin America: the most recent figures of the pandemic
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Argentina
The Argentine government reported 7,369 new cases of coronavirus this Monday. This record brings the total to 253,868. According to data from the health authorities, there were also 158 additional deaths. Thus the country accumulates 4,764 deaths. Of the total confirmed cases, the vast majority come from the city and province of Buenos Aires.
Bolivia
Bolivia surpassed 91,000 cases of covid-19 this Monday, after confirming 1,636 new infections, according to the report from the Ministry of Health. To date, 91,635 cases, 3,712 deaths and 30,823 recovered patients have been registered.
Brazil
Brazil reported on Monday that 703 people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 101,752. The Ministry of Health also registered 22,048 new cases of coronavirus, bringing confirmed infections to 3,057,450.
Chile
The Ministry of Health of Chile reported this Monday that 1,988 new cases of coronavirus and 62 deaths were reported nationwide in the last day. With this, the country accumulates a total of 375,044 infections and 10,139 deaths.
Colombia
Colombia added 10,142 new cases of covid-19 this Monday, bringing the total to 397,623. According to government figures, 312 additional deaths were reported. Since the pandemic began, the country has confirmed 13,154 deaths.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica registered 586 new cases of coronavirus this Monday, for a total of 23,872, according to the government report. The authorities also lamented 9 additional deaths that increase to 244 nationally.
Cuba
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported in a statement that in the last 24 hours there were 93 new cases of coronavirus, which increases the total number to 3,046. The authorities also indicated that no additional deaths were recorded, so the deaths remain at 88.
Ecuador
The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador confirmed this Monday a total of 94,701 cases of coronavirus and 5,932 deaths. According to an infographic, 66,099 people recovered.
Mexico
Mexico registered 705 additional deaths from covid-19 this Monday, bringing the total to 53,003. It is the third country with the highest number of deaths in the world, after the United States and Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Health Ministry also reported 5,558 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 485,836. The country ranks sixth in the world in terms of confirmed infections.
Panama
The coronavirus pandemic in Panama leaves 75,349 cases, with 857 new infections, according to the authorities' report this Monday. In addition, deaths total 1,664, after registering 25 additional deaths.
Dominican Republic
The Ministry of Public Health of the Dominican Republic reported 767 new cases of coronavirus this Monday, bringing the total to 80,499. Authorities also reported 19 additional deaths, adding 1,328 deaths from causes related to covid-19.
Venezuela
The government of the questioned president of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro, reported 995 new cases of covid-19 on Monday. According to the government, this increases the total number of cases to 26,800 nationwide. The government also reported 6 new deaths of people with covid-19, bringing the country to 229.
6 hours ago
Fauci says "there should be universal use of masks" as schools reopen
By Lauren Mascarenhas
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (Credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images)
There should be universal use of masks, in addition to other public health measures, to help schools reopen safely, warned Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's leading infectious disease expert, during an interview with the program. "World News Tonight with David Muir" from ABC News.
"The universal use of masks is one of the five or six things that are very important to prevent a significant increase in infections and to reverse the infections that we are seeing increasing," said Fauci, who also highlighted that the decision to require mandatory masks it should be at the local level.
Some schools have already reopened with no mask requirements. Images have appeared online showing students in crowded hallways on campus, without masks.
"When I see scenes like that, it disturbs me," Fauci said.
Fauci reiterated his position that the country should try to get children back to schools in areas where transmission of the virus is low enough to allow it and where precautions against coronavirus are in place, including the use of face masks.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, indicated that fall and winter could be one of the most difficult times in health history United States public.
"I fully agree with Dr. Redfield that as winter and fall approach, with the likelihood that we have a convergence of two respiratory diseases, we can have a very difficult time," Fauci said.
He also recalled that there are things that all Americans can do to reduce the level of transmission of the coronavirus.
"I think it can be achieved, to reach a level that is quite controlled, so that we can open the country and recover the economy," he said.
And he added that the virus will not go away on its own. "The virus tells us what it can do and what it will do if we don't deal with it properly," Fauci said.
7 hours ago
Mexico reports more than 700 deaths from coronavirus in a single day
By Karol Suarez
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Mexico registered 705 additional deaths from covid-19 this Monday, bringing the total to 53,003.
It is the third country with the highest number of deaths in the world, after the United States and Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Health Ministry also reported 5,558 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in Mexico to 485,836. The country ranks sixth in the world in terms of confirmed infections.
7 hours ago
There are already more than 20 million cases of coronavirus worldwide
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The reported cases of coronavirus exceed 20 million worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of Monday at 8:10 p.m. Miami time.
The institution records that the current number of known cases worldwide is 20,001,019. At least 733,897 people have died.
The United States is the country with the highest number of deaths and cases with at least 5,085,821 confirmed infections and 163,370 deaths.
On the list with the highest number of cases are Brazil, India and Russia, while in the number of deaths the second is Brazil, third Mexico, fourth the United Kingdom and fifth India.
8 hours ago
Participating in an interview for the 2020 Census has "low risk" of contagion of covid-19, according to the CDC
By Jen Christensen
Participating in a 2020 Census interview represents "a low risk of transmission" of covid-19, noted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English) and the Census Bureau. in a joint statement.
The people who will conduct the census are highly trained in the CDC's recommendations to keep the risk low and follow the protocols rigorously, the statement said.
When participating in a census interview, the enumerators will wear a mask, maintain a physical distance of two meters, have good hand hygiene, and conduct the interview outside the home if possible.
The CDC stated that they are prepared to support the work of the Census Bureau and staff, as well as provide technical assistance and ensure that staff and household members are kept safe.
8 hours ago
Covid-19 cases in children increased by 90% in the last 4 weeks in the US, reveals report
By Jen Christensen
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There has been a 90% increase in COVID-19 cases in children in the United States over the past four weeks, according to a report released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Association. of Children's Hospitals.
According to the new report, which is expected to be updated weekly, there were 179,990 new cases of Covid-19 in American children between July 9 and August 6. The data comes from figures provided by the state health departments of 49 states, New York City, Washington City, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Part of the increase can be explained by more screening tests being done, AAP said. At the beginning of the pandemic, the tests were reserved for the sickest people. By having a greater number of tests, it is possible to identify the virus in children who have fewer symptoms or milder symptoms than those who were previously evaluated.
Children account for just over 9% of all cases in states that report infections by age, according to the report. A total of at least 380,174 cases of covid-19 in children were reported as of August 6.
So far, it still appears that severe symptoms are unusual among children with coronavirus infections. Children were between 0.5% and 5.3% of all hospitalizations, according to data from the states that record this information. Children account for 0% to 0.4% of all deaths from covid-19.
Nineteen states have reported no infant deaths. In the states that tracked down the details, 0% to 0.5% of the cases of children with Covid-19 resulted in death.
The AAP called for an effective screening strategy so that communities can make the right decision about opening schools.
"The data - although limited due to its reliance on how each state reports its cases - underscores the urgent need to control the virus in communities so that schools can reopen," said an AAP statement.
"In areas with rapid community spread, more children are likely to become infected as well, and this data shows this," AAP President Dr. Sally Goza said in the statement. âAs a pediatrician, I urge people to cover their faces with cloth pads and be diligent about social distancing and hand washing. It is up to us to make a difference, community by community â, she completed.
The World Health Organization said last week that the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to affect the world's youngest population, while the majority of cases, by far, are among people aged 25 to 64.
9 hours ago
Trump postpones G7 summit until after November
By Sarah Westwood
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US President Donald Trump reported Monday that he requested that the G7 meeting be postponed until after the November elections, following an earlier postponement due to COVID-19 concerns.
"I'm much more inclined to do it sometime after the election," Trump told reporters at a briefing. "We were going to do it in September."
The summit was scheduled to take place at Camp David in June, and after a tentative plan to postpone the meeting and swap it for a virtual conference, Trump had raised the idea of ââholding it in person in the fall in May.
Trump indicated that the White House had not yet formally invited the leaders.
We have not sent invitations. We are talking to them, "he said. And he noted that he planned to invite countries that are not formal members of the G7 group.
When asked if he would invite Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Trump said he would do so because Putin is a "big factor."
9 hours ago
The FDA has identified more than 700 fraudulent or untested covid-19 medical products
By Jen Christensen
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified more than 700 fraudulent or untested medical products related to COVID-19, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn reported Monday. , in an online conversation with the American Medical Association.
Hahn noted that his agency is working with the US Federal Trade Commission to send warning letters to companies that market products with misleading claims.
The FDA has also sent more than 150 reports to online stores and more than 250 reports of abuse to web registrars.
Hahn asked doctors to be on the lookout for patients who find themselves using some of these unproven treatments and discourage them from taking illegitimate or black market drugs.
"Remember, there is currently no cure for coronavirus, and it is important that doctors help inform patients about dangerous products and unscrupulous sellers who may be marketing products with false or misleading claims," ââHahn insisted.
9 hours ago
Brazil registers more than 700 deaths from coronavirus in a single day
By Rodrigo Pedroso
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Brazil reported this Monday that 703 people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 101,752.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health also registered 22,048 new cases of coronavirus, bringing confirmed infections to 3,057,450.
Brazil continues to be the second country with the highest cases and deaths from covid-19, behind only the United States.
11 hours ago
Brazil: minister downplays the 100,000 deaths from covid-19
By Rodrigo Pedroso
Acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello during a press conference on April 27, 2020. (Credit: Andressa Anholete / Getty Images)
The acting Minister of Health of Brazil, General Eduardo Pazuello, played down the 100,000 deaths from covid-19 that the country accumulates during a press conference this Monday.
It's not a number. It is not 95,000, 98,000, 100 or 101 (deaths) that will make a difference. What makes the difference is every Brazilian who is lost. We need to understand how to stop the bleeding. Early diagnosis, immediate treatment, understanding of artificial respiration support before the intensive care unit, âhe said.
Pazuello took over as interim Minister of Health on June 3 when Brazil registered 32,548 deaths from coronavirus. The official supported the adoption of measures by states and cities to contain the virus, against President Jair Bolsonaro, who has criticized the actions implemented by state and municipal governments.
"Preventive measures and social exclusion are management measures for municipalities and states, and we support them all, because those who know what is needed at that time must be supported and we support it," said Pazuello during the inauguration of a new unit to process covid-19 tests.
On Sunday, Bolsonaro used an online post to criticize coronavirus lockdown measures and news coverage of the pandemic, in his first comments nearly a day after Brazil surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
From the beginning of the pandemic until the afternoon of this Monday, Brazil registers 3,035,422 cases and 101,049 deaths from coronavirus according to the country's Ministry of Health.
11 hours ago
The United States exceeds 163,000 deaths from coronavirus
By Amanda Watts
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The United States has at least 5,071,306 cases of coronavirus and 163,252 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Totals include cases from all 50 states, Washington City, and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
On Monday, Johns Hopkins reported 13,600 new cases and 162 additional deaths.
11 hours ago
FDA "Will Not Take Shortcuts" to Approve Coronavirus Vaccine, Official Says
By Jen Christensen
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not compromise the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, even amid the speed at which it must evaluate candidate vaccines, said the commissioner of FDA Dr. Stephen Hahn addressed the president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Susan Bailey, in an online conversation Monday.
Hahn acknowledged that because of the speed at which the agency works, some experts have questioned whether the agency will compromise its scientific principles when reviewing data from clinical trials.
"Let me assure you that we are not taking shortcuts," Hahn said. "All of our decisions will continue to be based on good science and the same careful deliberative processes that we have always used when reviewing medical products."
Hahn asked the doctors listening to the conversation to urge their patients to receive the vaccine once it was approved. He said he has seen polls that report that a significant portion of the public will be averse to a COVID-19 vaccine. A CNN poll in May found that a third of Americans said they would not try to get the coronavirus vaccine, even if the vaccine is widely available and inexpensive.
"We hope they will urge their patients to receive an approved vaccine so that we can try to establish generalized immunity," Hahn insisted.
More context: there are currently 26 vaccines in human trials worldwide, and four of them in the United States. There are also 139 in preclinical trials around the world, according to the World Health Organization.
16 hours ago
Florida Reports 4,155 New Covid-19 Cases, Its Lowest Daily Increase Since June
The state of Florida reports at least 4,155 new daily unique cases of covid-19 and 91 additional resident deaths on Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
The number of new infections Monday is the lowest increase since June 23, according to state data.
There are currently 536,961 cases to date, including residents of other states, Florida officials report. Florida has reported 8,277 resident deaths to date, the data shows.
Remember: these numbers were released by the Florida public health agency and may not exactly match in real time with CNN's database, which is pulled from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.
17 hours ago
Cuba reports 93 new cases of coronavirus
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported in a statement that in the last 24 hours there were 93 new cases of coronavirus on the island, increasing the total number of infections to 3,046.
The authorities also indicated that no deaths related to covid-19 were recorded in this latest bulletin, so the total number of deaths remains at 88.
17 hours ago
WHO: "We can outsmart the virus"
TOPSHOT - An employee wears protective gear while working at the Azcapotzalco crematorium in Mexico City, on August 6, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)
Covid-19 is brutal in its simplicity and cruelty, but there are things that can be done to outsmart it, according to officials at the World Health Organization.
âWhen we talk about what the virus is trying to do and that the virus is an enemy, the virus has no brain. We are the ones with brains, âsaid Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, during a press conference in Geneva on Monday.
Ryan described the virus as a simple biological entity that can enter a human cell and instruct that cell to produce more viruses, which at the very least can infect another person; or in the worst case, kill the person.
âIt is brutal in its simplicity. It's brutal in its cruelty, âRyan said. âBut he has no brain. We have the brain. And I think Maria can describe how we can be smarter than something that doesn't have a brain, but we're not doing a great job right now.
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical leader for coronavirus, explained how this can be done, saying that the goal of the virus is to reproduce itself, find individuals to pass through but not kill many, as it cannot pass to another person if it kills your host.
"There are many, many things we can do right now with the tools that we have now, to outsmart this virus," he said.
While work on therapies and vaccines will continue, at this point the chains of transmission can be broken, he said.
These include physical distancing, contact tracing, quarantining infected individuals, wearing masks when physical distancing is not possible, and hand washing.
"If we do all of these things, we can outsmart the virus and we can prevent this virus from passing from one individual to another," he said, adding that everyone on the planet must understand that they have a role to play in breaking the chain of transmission.
17 hours ago
Dominican Republic exceeds 80,000 cases of coronavirus
The Ministry of Public Health of the Dominican Republic reported 767 new cases of coronavirus this Monday, so the total number of infected people increased to 80,499.
The authorities also reported 19 new deaths, adding up to a total of 1,328 deaths from causes related to covid-19.
20 hours ago
Greece registers the highest number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic
By Chris Liakos
Greece posted its highest daily count of covid-19 cases on Sunday.
The country reported 203 new cases, most of which are in its two largest cities, Athens and Thessaloniki. Twenty-two patients in Greece are intubated, up from 14 on Friday.
The Greek government is expected to announce new measures for the pandemic this week amid rising numbers.
Greece had previously managed to keep the number of cases low by applying strict and early lockdown.
The country reopened its borders to tourists from the European Union and a handful of other nations on July 1.
Greece has so far recorded 5,623 coronavirus cases and 212 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
1 day ago
The United States reports almost 47,000 new cases of covid-19
By CNN
There were 46,935 coronavirus infections and 515 virus-related deaths in the United States on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
That brings the cumulative national total to at least 5,044,864 cases, including 162,938 deaths.
Totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
1 day ago
Japan reports almost 1,500 new cases of covid-19
By Yoko Wakatsuki and Eric Cheung
Japan reported 1,492 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 48,702, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Welfare said in a statement on Monday.
Among the new infections, 331 were reported in Tokyo. Okinawa prefecture, which recently announced a state of emergency, recorded a daily high of 196 new infections.
The country also reported seven additional deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,060.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday that he will not re-impose a state of emergency across the country, as it would have a serious impact on the economy.
"Taking into account the impact on employment and people's lives, we must promote measures to avoid the state of emergency as much as possible while controlling the infection," he said.
1 day ago
Mexico exceeds 480,000 total cases of coronavirus
Mexico exceeds 480,000 total cases of coronavirus
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The Mexican Ministry of Health reported 4,376 new covid-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the country's total number of cases to 480,278.
The secretariat also recorded 292 new deaths, bringing the country's death toll to 52,298.
Earlier on Sunday, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, paid tribute to the victims of the pandemic and to health workers by maintaining a moment of silence at the presidential palace in Mexico City.
In a video posted on his Twitter account, LĂłpez Obrador can be seen walking through the corridors of the presidential palace towards an empty courtyard where he is joined by a soldier.
The president applauds after the soldier blows a trumpet in honor of the victims.
LĂłpez Obrador said that was the best way to honor the victims of the "tremendous pandemic" and said that his government would continue to improve the country's health system.
1 day ago
Jair Bolsonaro criticizes the confinements and the media
By Rodrigo Pedroso
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used an online post to criticize lockdown measures for the coronavirus and news coverage of the pandemic, in his first comments almost a full day after Brazil surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Bolsonaro pointed to a story published by the UK's Daily Mail criticizing lockdown measures to address the spread of the coronavirus.
The story concludes that the lockdown killed two people out of three with covid in the UK. "In Brazil, even without official data, the figures would not be very different," Bolsonaro tweeted.
The Daily Mail article suggests that "up to 16,000 people are believed to have died because they received no medical attention between March 23 and May 1." The story claims, without evidence, that those people did not go to the hospital during confinement because they feared contracting the virus.
Bolsonaro continued to criticize Brazil's largest television station without specifically naming it, saying that the television station "only spreads panic in the population and discord between the powers" and "disdained, corrupted and discouraged the use of hydroxychloroquine."
Brazil surpassed 100,000 deaths from coronavirus on Saturday and the country has reported more than 3 million cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Bolsonaro's only mention of the 100,000 deaths from coronavirus reached in his country on Saturday was to criticize the coverage of the issue by the television network.
"In a cowardly and disrespectful way to the 100,000 dead Brazilians, this TV celebrated that date yesterday, as a true World Cup final, blaming the President of the Republic for all the deaths," he wrote.
He added that âdisinformation kills even more than the virus itself. Time and science will show us that the political use of covid by this television has brought us deaths that could have been avoided.
1 day ago
Lebanon registers almost 300 new cases of coronavirus
By Ghazi Balkiz
Lebanon recorded 294 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Sunday, according to the website of the Ministry of Public Health.
The country has reported a total of 6,517 cases, including 76 deaths, as it continues to rebound from a deadly explosion that left at least 158 ââpeople dead and thousands injured last week.
On Friday, Dr. Friass Abiad, director of Beirut's Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the leading hospital fighting COVID-19, told CNN that hospitals are full.
Abiad praised the country's health sector for how it handled the dual covid-19 crisis and the victims and consequences of Tuesday's deadly explosion that shook the capital.
âThe ability of the health sector to rise to the occasion during the explosion and absorb thousands of victims was impressive. But now, hospitals are full, their supplies are nearly empty, and their staff capacity is depleted. Can they do more? Abiad tweeted on Saturday.
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