Day: August 7, 2021

SINGAPORE, Aug 7 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 97 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 65,605.

The new infections included 93 locally transmitted cases, of which 56 were linked to previous cases and have already been placed on quarantine, eight were linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance, and 29 were currently unlinked.

There were four more imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN), or isolated upon arrival in Singapore.

A total of 546 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 38 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and seven in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

MOH said, a 63-year-old male Singaporean died, due to infection on Aug 5. In total, 41 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection in Singapore.

As of Aug 5, Singapore administered a total of 7,897,570 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, under the national vaccination programme, covering 4,344,183 individuals. As many as 3,677,788 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen.

MOH also announced, by tomorrow, around 70 percent of Singapore’s entire population would have completed two doses of vaccine, which gives it confidence that the country can start to re-open the economy and resume more activities.

The ministry said, Singapore will allow some easing of safe management measures, in two steps. The first will take effect from Aug 10, and the second from Aug 19, if conditions remain stable. The adjustment includes an increase in social gathering size, resumption of dine-in at food and beverage establishments, an increase in event size and capacity limits, the removal of temperature screening requirement, and updates on vaccination-differentiated safe management measures and eligibility.

With better protection against infection and severe illness, fully-vaccinated individuals may participate, in groups of up to five persons, in higher-risk activities, where masks are removed, said MOH, adding that, individuals who are fully vaccinated with the WHO Emergency Use Listing Procedure vaccines, such as Sinovac-CoronaVac, Sinopharm, and AstraZeneca, will be eligible for the vaccination-differentiated safe management measures from Aug 10.– NNN-CNA

Source: NAM News Network

PARIS, Aug 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,268,017 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to official sources compiled on Friday.

At least 200,887,900 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.

The figures are based on daily reports provided by health authorities in each country.

On Thursday, 10,424 new deaths and 683,150 new cases were recorded worldwide.

Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were Indonesia with 1,881 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 1,099 and Russia with 792.

The United States is the worst-affected country with 615,320 deaths from 35,440,509 cases.

After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 560,706 deaths from 20,066,587 cases, India with 426,754 deaths from 31,856,757 cases, Mexico with 243,165 deaths from 2,922,663 cases, and Peru with 196,760 deaths from 2,121,061 cases.

Latin America and the Caribbean overall has 1,385,481 deaths from 41,274,711 cases, Europe 1,209,025 deaths from 59,209,754 infections, and Asia 692,129 deaths from 45,752,428 cases.

The United States and Canada has reported 641,954 deaths from 36,875,818 cases, Africa 174,932 deaths from 6,899,576 cases, Middle East 163,068 deaths from 10,785,016 cases, and Oceania 1,428 deaths from 90,603 cases. — NNN-AGENCIES

Source: NAM News Network

YANGON, Aug 7 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 322,838, with 11,262 deaths in Myanmar yesterday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.

The release said, the country reported 3,588 new COVID-19 cases with 274 more deaths in the past 24 hours.

The number of recoveries reached 234,454, after 4,146 patients have been discharged from hospitals yesterday.

The Chinese Embassy to Myanmar, issued a release late Thursday that, the China-Myanmar border city of Lincang, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, donated 160 oxygen concentrators, 7,200 boxes of traditional medicine, Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, 325,000 pieces of surgical masks to Myanmar, to help treat COVID-19 patients.

The pandemic was first detected in Myanmar on Mar 23, last year.– NNN-MNA

Source: NAM News Network

Vietnam recorded 8,324 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 8,320 locally transmitted and four imported, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.

The new infections brought the total tally to 193,381, with 3,016 deaths, the ministry said.

Among the community cases, 4,060 were reported in the southern epicentre, Ho Chi Minh City, 1,169 in the nearby southern Binh Duong province, and 859 in the southern Long An province.

As many as 62,332 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 4,292 from Thursday, while nearly 8.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide, according to the ministry.

As of yesterday, Vietnam registered a total of 191,043 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 189,473 detected, since the start of the latest outbreak in late Apr, the ministry said.

Source: NAM News Network