United States
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-digest-us-hits-six-month-high-in-new-daily-cases/a-58776260
Cases, + 137,414 (highest in six months)
Florida and Texas (a third)
White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients
Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, half of all new infections, less than a quarter of population
Texas
Hospitalizations, up 321% since 30 June
Dallas, code red
Deaths, + 641
Hospital admissions and deaths up 40% in 7 days
Director Rochelle Walensky
Across the board, we are seeing increases in cases and hospitalizations in all age groups
Millions of unvaccinated children returning to school
Jump in first shots in
Tennessee first shots up 90% in 2 weeks
Oklahoma, up 82%
Georgia, up 66%
Most colleges and universities, requiring shots for students and staff on campus
(vaccinating over 12s)
Booster doses
Moderna, (and Pfizer) booster (third) shots before winter
Possible booster, half dose
Moderna, efficacy, 93% after 6 months
Anthony Fauci
Efforts were underway for people with weakened immune systems booster shots, ASAP
(Chile, Germany, France, Israel)
Novavax
Filed for emergency authorization
90% effective in India, Indonesia, Philippines
Partnered with Serum Institute of India
World Health Organization in August
United Kingdom, September
Agreed to supply 1.1 billion doses to low- and middle-income countries
South Dakota, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, 700,000 expected, 240,000 more than last year
UK
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases
UK, vaccine report
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report?fbclid=IwAR3nSvnrjPhfDi02XnzupJ2sZX75E-cbZYubeWaGhQZmnzPwpM4OIXmk6j4
Antibody testing of blood donors, 96.2%
16.4% from infection
Vaccination has prevented 21.3 to 22.9 million infections
Prevented 57,500 and 62,700 deaths
Zoe, Dr. Claire Steves
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
Vaccine is running out of places to go
Surge testing has reduced
Russia
https://www.dw.com/en/russia-implements-vaccine-mandate/av-58743512?maca=en-NL-Corona-Compact
Full vaccine QR codes needed for many venues
Putin introduces vaccine mandates for some jobs, officials, doctors, teachers, restaurateurs.
China
President Xi Jinping, pledged further 1.3 billion doses of vaccines this year
South Africa
Glenda Gray, J&J trial
We can report that the single-jab J&J vaccine protected between 91% to 96.2% of health care workers against death
Philippine
Delta variant
Greater Manila, two-week hard lockdown until August 20th
Indonesia
Australia
Victoria, sixth lockdown
25 million currently in lockdown
Sydney, cases, + 291 on Friday
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