Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said the country is indeed seeing a drop in coronavirus infections, with the number of new cases decreasing by about 22% since the third week of July
Over 21.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
The allocation of vaccines through the WHO's Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator is slated to be rolled out in two phases, according to Tedros. In the first phase, vaccines will be allocated proportionally to all participating countries simultaneously to reduce overall risk. In the second phase, consideration will be given to countries in relation to threat and vulnerability.
11:07 a.m.: Over 2,000 students in Georgia school district under quarantineMore than 2,000 students in a single Georgia school district have been ordered to self-quarantine this month, as dozens of COVID-19 cases were confirmed in various schools. 10:30 a.m.: New Zealand's prime minister claps back at TrumpNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has clapped back at U.S. President Donald Trump for saying her country is experiencing a"big surge" in COVID-19 cases, calling his comments"patently wrong."
Meanwhile, the United States is by far the worst-hit nation with well over 5 million diagnosed cases and more than 170,000 deaths. New York City was once the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. In an excerpt from his upcoming book, which Crown released to the media, the Democratic governor discusses fear.
Currently, around 825,000 COVID-19 tests are being conducted in the United States per day. The nation has the capacity to carry out almost 50 million tests in August, and that's expected to ramp up to nearly 90 million in September, according to Giroir, who is a medical doctor and a key member of the White House coronavirus task force7:58 a.m.: FDA warns popular COVID-19 test could be inaccurateThe U.S.
What to know about coronavirus:6:39 a.m.: UNC-Chapel Hill shifts to remote learning within a week of starting classesThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Monday that it will suspend in-person classes after seeing the COVID-19 positivity rate on campus rise almost fivefold. "Due to this announcement as well as the reduction of campus activities, we expect the majority of our current undergraduate residential students to change their residential plans for the fall," they added."As much as we believe we have worked diligently to help create a healthy and safe campus living and learning environment, the current data presents an untenable situation."
"Many are unaware they are infected with very mild symptoms, or none at all," Kasai said."This can result in them unknowingly passing on the virus to others."
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