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The number of fully-vaccinated people in the U.K. being admitted to hospital with the Delta variant is growing as officials warn the shots cannot stop everyone catching Covid-19.
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U.K. Hospitalizations; China’s Critical Cases Rise: Virus Update
7 August 2021, 06:43 GMT+8
The delta outbreak is worsening across the Asia-Pacific region. Patients in critical condition rose in China, cases in Sydney and Melbourne hit highs for the current outbreak, and Philippines officials warned of rising infections.
The number of U.K. hospitalizations of fully-vaccinated patients with the Delta variant is rising, prompting warnings from officials that the shots can’t stop some people getting seriously ill. Meanwhile, British scientists said further lockdowns were unlikely as the country transitions to a phase of living with Covid-19 and managing it through vaccination.
The world will see 5.3 million officially reported deaths and 12 million excess fatalities by December stemming from the surge in Covid-19 cases, according to projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Russia recorded the highest number of cases in two weeks, while Germany continues to see a slowly rising infection trend.
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U.K. Fully-Vaccinated Delta Hospitalizations (5:29 p.m. HK)The number of fully-vaccinated people in the U.K. being admitted to hospital with the Delta variant is growing as officials warn the shots cannot stop everyone catching Covid-19.
In the last fortnight, nearly 35% of those hospitalized were fully vaccinated, compared with 55% who were unvaccinated, according to a statement from Public Health England Friday. The Delta variant accounts for 99% of cases in the U.K.
U.K. Scientists Say Further Lockdowns Unlikely (4:39 p.m. HK)Complete lockdowns are unlikely to be required again in the U.K. as the country transitions to a new period of learning to live with Covid-19, according to a number of top scientists.
The epidemic will now “transition quite quickly in a few months to be more something we live with and manage through vaccination rather than crisis measures,” Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London and former Covid-19 adviser to the U.K. government, told the Times of London in an interview.
His comments were echoed by John Edmunds, an infectious disease specialist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who told the Times the key issue was the National Health Service and while pressure remains on healthcareservices “I very much doubt they won’t be able to cope.”
Russian Covid Infections Jump (5:00 p.m. HK)Russia recorded the largest number of Covid-19 cases in two weeks, the task force in charge of combating the virus said.
In the past 24 hours, 22,320 cases of the coronavirus were registered, taking the total to 6.43 million, it said. The number of deaths increased by 793 to 164,094 over that period.
Philippines Official Warns on Infections (4:54 p.m. HK)Infections in the Philippine capital region could reach tens of thousand by end-September even if a two-week lockdown currently in force is extended to six weeks, CNN Philippines reported Saturday, citing Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.
The Philippine health department reported 11,021 infections on Saturday, the second day cases exceeded 10,000 even after the capital region returned to a tighter lockdown to contain the spread of the delta variant.
Russia Probes Super-Spreader Patient Case (4:15 p.m. HK)Russia has recorded a case of a person who infected a record 1,500 other people with Covid-19, the state news service Tass reported, citing a senior epidemiologist.
Usually people with the coronavirus can spread the disease to two to three others, or five to six others in the case of the more contagious Delta strain, said Alexander Semenov, head of the state-run Vector institute’s branch in Yekaterinburg. The official didn’t provide any further details of the case.
Berlin Promotes ‘Museum Sunday’ (2:00 p.m. HK)Museum Island, home to Berlin’s most famous museums, is offering free admission on Sundays, part of a push by the city to lure back crowds -- masked, vaccinated and socially distant -- who were absent during the pandemic.
Infections in Germany Rising (2:34 p.m. HK)Germany is seeing a continuation of a trend of slowly increasing Covid cases. The country reported 3,206 new infections on Saturday. The 7-day incidence rate now stands at 21.2 after falling below 5 in early July.
U.S. Average Daily Cases Break Above 100,000 (2:28 p.m. HK)New Covid-19 cases in the U.S. have rebounded to more than 100,000 a day on average, returning to levels seen during a winter surge earlier this year.
Businesses and colleges should consider requiring people to get vaccinated against the virus in light of the jump in U.S. cases driven by the delta variant, Anthony Fauci said Friday.
The chief medical adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden said he opposed a federal vaccine mandate but that the velocity of Covid’s spread should spur private organizations to think about requiring shots.
Photographer: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo/Bloomberg
Global Covid Deaths Seen at 5.3 million by December (1:35 p.m. HK)The world will see 5.3 million reported deaths and 12 million excess fatalities by December as the delta variant drives a surge in Covid-19 cases, according to projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
The U.S.-based institute expects deaths to peak at the beginning of September then slowly decline afterward, it said in a report published Friday. The IHME’s forecasts distinguish between officially reported Covid-19 deaths and excess deaths attributed to the illness including unreported fatalities.
Ex-NBA Player Jeremy Lin Tests Positive (11:15 a.m. HK)
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Former NBA player Jeremy Lin has tested positive for Covid-19 and is receiving treatment in a hospital in Shanghai, according to a social media post on his Weibo account. Lin, who now plays for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association, said he received the test result Friday while in quarantine after flying in from San Francisco. He said he is unsure of how he was infected as he was vaccinated in the U.S. and had taken antibody tests before arrival.
China Reports 95 New Local Cases (10:38 a.m. HK)China reported 95 new local coronavirus cases on Friday, 20 of which were asymptomatic, according to a statement from the National Health Commission.
The symptomatic cases include 53 in Jiangsu province, where the current delta-variant outbreak started, nine in Hubei, nine in Hunan and four in Henan province. While no new deaths were reported from the pandemic, the number of infected people in critical condition rose to 39 from 34 on Thursday.
Volunteers and staff members carry food and daily necessities for residents at a restricted area in Yangzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on Aug. 6.
The number of infections caused by the highly-contagious delta variant is rising rapidly and seeding clusters around China despite well-honed systems of mass testing and stringent quarantines.
Australia Outbreak Worsens (10:22 a.m. HK)The delta outbreak worsened across Australia’s biggest cities, with cases in Sydney and Melbourne hitting fresh highs for the current outbreak.
Sydney recorded 319 new cases, New South Wales state’s Minister for Health Brad Hazzard told reporters on Saturday. There were 5 deaths.
Since the highly contagious variant leaked into Sydney’s community in mid-June, the delta strain has caused havoc on Australia’s eastern coast, its most populated area. About two-thirds of the country’s population is in lockdown, including its three largest cities.
Thailand Hits Record Cases, Deaths (10:15 a.m. HK)Thailand on Saturday saw record new daily coronavirus infections as the highly-contagious delta variant continues to spread across the country.
The Southeast Asian nation added 21,838 new infections while it saw 212 deaths, the first time the daily total surpassed 200. About 60% of Thailand’s new coronavirus cases in recent days have been reported from outside the capital and its surrounding provinces, the current epicenter of the outbreak.
The relative prays as a health workers moves the coffin into a funeral van outside the Thammasat Hospital in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, on Aug. 4.
Photographer: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images
The Bank of Thailand earlier this week cutits 2021 gross domestic product growth forecast to 0.7% from 1.8% due to the latest outbreak and restrictive measures such as curfews and business closures to contain it.
Indonesia Cases Spreading in Outer Regions (8:24 a.m. HK)Coronavirus cases are starting to ease in Indonesia’s main Java island but are spreading fast in its outer regions, spurring a rush for vaccination amid a limited supply.
Almost half of new daily cases are now found outside of the most populated island of Java, which is home to about 60% of Indonesians and has the largest concentration of wealth. The nation already tops the world’s daily count of Covid-19 deaths.
Amazon Offers Prizes for Vaccinations (8:21 a.m. HK)Amazon.com Inc. will offer cash prizes of as much as $500,000 as well as cars and vacation packages to frontline employees who can prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
While the world’s largest online retailer is ordering frontline U.S. employees to resume wearing masks at work regardless of vaccination status, it’s been unwilling so far to mandate innoculations.
Florida Hits Record Again (6:32 a.m. HK)Florida posted an implied single-day record of 23,903 new Covid-19 cases, according to a weekly report released by the state.
The single-day numbers aren’t officially broken down by day, but the state’s weekly figures include one more day of data beyond those released daily by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 swab test at a testing site at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida, on Aug. 6.
Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
Based on the implied figure, the seven-day average of cases rose to 19,250, up 22% from a week earlier, the data show. Still, the pace of the uptick is slowing in percentage terms, from a 51% increase a week earlier.
The report showed that the positivity rate climbed slightly to 18.9% from 18.4% a week earlier. New vaccine doses slowed to 380,576 from 386,968 the previous week.
Slowing Pace?Florida cases hit another record, but percent increases are smaller
Source: CDC data, Florida Department of Health
One Percent of Louisiana Infected in 2 Weeks (3:30 p.m. NY)Over the last week, 6,000 children in Louisiana have contracted Covid-19 and 200 people, almost all unvaccinated, have died from it. One percent of the state’s entire population has become infected over the last two weeks.
“Unfortunately the eyes of the nation are largely on the state of Louisiana right now,” Governor John Bel Edwards said at a news conference, four days after he announced a renewed mask mandate in the state with the worst outbreak per capita in the U.S.
He and health officials and providers released statistics on the state’s fourth and worst viral wave. Edwards said Friday marked the fourth consecutive day in which Louisiana broke a record for hospitalizations for the entire pandemic. He said the surge has helped increase vaccinations 300% over the last month, though Louisiana still has one of the nation’s lowest rates of inoculation.
JPMorgan Reimposes Masks (1:38 p.m. NY)JPMorgan Chase & Co. brought back its mask requirement for vaccinated employees after ditching it earlier this year.
The largest U.S. bank, which often sets policies ultimately adopted by the broader financial industry, announced the change in a memo to staff Friday. The firm told its U.S. office workers in May that they don’t have to wear masks if they’re fully vaccinated against Covid-19, but the rise of the highly transmittable delta variant and a change in official U.S. guidance upended that approach.
Unvaccinated Vulnerable to Reinfection (1 p.m. NY)People who have previously survived Covid-19 are more than twice as likely to catch the disease again if they’re not vaccinated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Friday.
A new study of Kentucky residents who already contracted the coronavirus found that those who didn’t get vaccinated got re-infected far more often than a similar group of patients who got vaccinated even after having had Covid once.
The vaccines “offer better protection than natural immunity alone,” the CDC said in a statement.
— With assistance by Ken McCallum, Yudith Ho, Matt Day, Prim Chuwiruch, Malcolm Scott, Lin Zhu, Natalie Lung, Shawna Kwan, Stephan Kahl, Suzi Ring, Henry Meyer, and Ian C Sayson
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