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12 hours ago
Recent figures for covid-19 in Latin America
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Bolivia exceeds 47,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus
With a new record figure of 1,635 new confirmed cases of covid-19 this Saturday, Bolivia registers 47,200 positive cases nationwide, according to the report of the Ministry of Health. The country also reports 1,754 deaths, 52 in the last 24 hours, according to the report.
Mexico: about to reach 300,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus
The confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mexico reached 295,268 and the deaths totaled 34,730, the Government reported on Saturday on the website that keeps track of the pandemic data. In the last 24 hours, the country reported 6,094 new cases and 539 deaths.
Panama: more than 1,000 cases in 24 hours
The confirmed cases of coronavirus in Panama reached 44,332 and the deaths totaled 893, the Ministry of Health reported this Saturday. The country reported at least 1,075 cases and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Peru: more than 322,000 coronavirus cases
The Peruvian Ministry of Health reported that until this Saturday the country registers a total of 322,710 cases of covid-19. The total of deceased amounts to 11,682.
Venezuela exceeds 9,000 cases
The confirmed cases of coronavirus in Venezuela reached 9,178 and the deaths totaled 85, the government reported on Saturday. The country registered 375 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Argentina: 23 new deaths
This Saturday, 3,449 new cases of covid-19 were confirmed. With these records, they add 97,509 positives in the country. New deaths: 23
Colombia records more than 5,000 deaths from covid-19
The Colombian Ministry of Health reports a total of 145,362 cases; 5,119 deaths and 4,586 new cases.
Guatemala: Almost 980 new cases of coronavirus
Health authorities report a total of 28,598 coronavirus cases and 1,172 deaths attributed to the virus.
Costa Rica: 28 deaths from covid-19
The Costa Rican Ministry of Public Health reported this Saturday that the country registered the death of a covid-19 patient number 28 this morning, a 41-year-old foreign woman. Costa Rica registers a total of 6,845 confirmed cases of covid-19.
14 hours ago
Ecuador Responds for Suspension of Shrimp Import in China
By Daniel Silva
The government of Ecuador assured that the exports of its country, "and in particular those of the food segment" comply with all the biosafety protocols set by international standards, according to a press release published this Friday by the Ministry of Production, Commerce Foreign Investments and Fishing of that country.
The Ecuadorian authorities confirmed that the General Administration of Customs of China notified the Ecuadorian embassy in Beiging this Friday about “the detection of traces of coronavirus DNA on the inside wall of a container and in external packaging of shrimp exported to that destination. " The note clarifies that in no case is it the body of the frozen shrimp, where all the tests have been negative.
Due to this finding, the Chinese authorities suspended the import of shrimp from three Ecuadorian companies, a decision that the authorities of the South American country consider "that does not constitute a sanction to the country, nor to the Ecuadorian shrimp in particular" because it is not a generalized measure and both countries They maintain good relations and permanent communication to execute all the processes of control and biosecurity in food exports.
16 hours ago
Brazil reports more than 1,000 new deaths from covid-19
By CNN journalist Márcia Reverdosa and Taylor Barnes
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The Brazilian Ministry of Health reported 1,071 new deaths from covid-19 this Saturday, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 71,469.
The ministry reported 39,023 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the national total to 1,839,850.
Brazil has consistently reported tens of thousands of new cases and more than 1,000 deaths every day since the end of May.
16 hours ago
President Trump wore a mask while visiting the Walter Reed Medical Center
By CNN's Jason Hoffman
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For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, the White House press team caught a glimpse of President Donald Trump wearing a mask.
Trump was briefly seen wearing a mask while walking with staff at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He made no comment while wearing the mask.
The president said wearing a mask while in the hospital is "a very appropriate thing."
“I think when you are in the hospital you should definitely wear a mask. That would not be difficult for me, "Trump said in an interview with Telemundo on Friday.
Over the course of the pandemic, Trump has refused to wear a mask in public, ridiculed those who have, and has done little to encourage his supporters to adopt the common-sense public health measure.
CNN previously reported that some of the president's aides practically begged him to accept Saturday's mask photo shoot and hopes this encourages skeptical Trump supporters to do the same.
17 hours ago
United States: more than 3.2 million cases of coronavirus
By CNN's Amanda Watts
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Since the pandemic began, there have been 3,225,721 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.
For comparison, the 3.2 million cases would be equivalent to a city with a population sufficient to be the third largest in the United States, second only to New York with 8.3 million people and Los Angeles with 3.9 million, according to population estimates from the United States Census Bureau.
17 hours ago
Bill Gates warns that pandemic could delay fight against other diseases
By Tina Burnside from CNN in Atlanta
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The covid-19 pandemic begins to cause disruptions in global healthcare supply chains, slowing the fight against all other diseases, including AIDS, Bill Gates warned.
Gates, speaking at the International AIDS Conference on Saturday, cited projections by the United Nations and the Global Fund that these disruptions could prevent hundreds of thousands of people from receiving the treatments they need in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
The Microsoft co-founder indicated that due to advances made by researchers to help identify those infected, along with improved diagnostic tools and progress with vaccines, he remains optimistic that we will expire covid-19 and continue to move forward with the HIV AIDS.
The philanthropist warned that if drugs and vaccines go to the highest bidder rather than to the people and places that really need them, we will have a "longer, more unfair and deadly pandemic."
"We need leaders to make these tough decisions about equity-based distribution and not just on market-driven factors," said Gates.
17 hours ago
The CDC now estimates that 40% of people infected with covid-19 do not have any symptoms.
By Gisela Crespo and Arman Azad of CNN
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the guidance for public health officials and mathematical modelers, which now estimates that 40% of people infected with covid-19 show no symptoms.
In May, the CDC created five “Covid-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios,” using data to provide a variety of possible situations for covid-19 in the United States. The updated scenarios are based on new data the agency received through June 29. It also underlines that these estimates are subject to change as more information becomes available, and the exact numbers are uncertain.
According to the CDC's "best current estimate", 40% of people with covid-19 are asymptomatic. This number is over 35% that the agency estimated on May 20. The percentage of asymptomatic cases remains uncertain, the CDC emphasized.
The CDC now includes an infection death rate, which takes into account both symptomatic and asymptomatic cases (in estimates published in May, the agency only included the death rate for symptomatic cases). Under the “best estimate” scenario, the infection death rate is 0.65%, which means that it is estimated that 0.65% of people infected with covid-19 die.
More information: About half of covid-19 transmissions occur before people get sick; This is higher than the 40% estimated in May.
According to the current CDC "best estimate", the transmissibility of the virus from asymptomatic people - compared to people without symptoms - is now 75% instead of 100%. However, the agency said this "remains highly uncertain as asymptomatic cases are difficult to identify and transmission is difficult to observe and quantify."
The agency notes that this information is "intended to support public health preparedness and planning."
1 day ago
First lady of Brazil tests negative for covid-19
By the journalist Marcia Reverdosa in SĂŁo Paulo
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Brazil's first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, reported Saturday that she does not have a covid-19, according to a post on her Instagram stories. "My daughters and I tested negative for covid-19. Thanks for the prayers, ”wrote Michelle Bolsonaro.
The image Michelle Bolsonaro released shows that she took the PCR test, developed by the CDC.
24 hours ago
The UN secretary general says the covid-19 crisis is a "wake up call"
By Maija Ehlinger from CNN in Atlanta
Antonio Guterres. Credit: MICHAEL KAPPELER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that "the covid-19 crisis is a wake-up call" and that "economies and societies need to be reshaped to be fairer and more inclusive in the future."
During his speech at the closing of a virtual covid-19 conference organized by the International AIDS Society on Saturday, Guterres focused on the parallel lessons learned from the ongoing HIV / AIDS epidemic and the current coronavirus pandemic:
“Gender inequalities, gender violence and the criminalization and marginalization of vulnerable groups continue to drive HIV. The HIV movement teaches us that successful responses to a pandemic require respect for human rights and gender equality. The commitment to leave no one behind, the provision of community-led services and innovation. ”
Guterres spoke about the importance of accessibility to viable vaccines as they become available. "Effective treatment for the future coronavirus vaccine must be available to everyone everywhere as a global public good: a vaccine for the people."
24 hours ago
Mexico will repatriate the ashes of more than 200 victims of covid-19 in the United States
By CNN's Taylor Barnes
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A Mexican Air Force plane will fly with the ashes of more than 200 Mexican citizens who died of covid-19 in the US from New York to Mexico City on Saturday, according to a statement from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From Mexico City, the remains will be transported to locations across the country.
The statement detailed that "consular services will continue to be provided to the families of Mexican people who died due to the virus."
1 day ago
Tokyo Reaches Daily Record of Infections as Cases Increase in Japan
By Yoko Wakatsuki from CNN in Tokyo and Sophie Jeong in Seoul
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Japan recorded 430 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the Ministry of Health reported. It is the first time that the country registers more than 400 new infections daily since April 24, when it was still under a state of emergency due to the pandemic.
The national total includes Tokyo's 243 new cases of covid-19 on Friday, the biggest daily jump in new cases in the capital since the outbreak began.
The total number of people infected with the virus in the country so far is 21,841 with 995 deaths.
1 day ago
More than 40 Miami-Dade bus drivers tested positive for covid-19 in recent weeks
By CNN's Melissa Alonso
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A Miami-Dade County bus operator, who was the last to work in late June, died after testing positive for covid-19, according to a press release from the Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works ( DTPW).
"DTPW mourns the loss of one of our frontline workers," the statement said.
The bus operator "worked in June before testing positive" for covid-19, communications director Ileen Delgado said in a correction to the initial post.
“A total of 44 bus operators have tested positive for covid-19 from June 21 to July 9. All of them are in quarantine with paid leave, "DTPW spokesman Luis Espinoza told CNN.
It is unclear if the bus operator was symptomatic or what route this person drove.
1 day ago
More than 7,000 people hospitalized with covid-19 in Florida
By CNN's Randi Kaye
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There are a total of 7,063 hospitalized patients in Florida with coronavirus, according to new data released by the Health Care Administration Agency on Saturday.
Miami-Dade County currently has 1,601 hospitalized patients and is the most hospitalized county in the state.
In Orange County, where Disney World reopens this Saturday, there are 475 hospitalized patients.
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