Coronavirus live news: Masks may return to England as cases rise in winter; Russia reports 796 covid deaths

The National Health Authority has said that China has reported 25 new Covid-19 cases on the mainland for the period from September 17 to September 10 a day earlier.

One of the new infections was transmitted locally while the rest were imported, the national Health The commission said.

Reuters reports that the number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, was 21 – the same as the day before. Five of the new cases were local.

The commission said local confirmed cases and four asymptomatic cases were found in Putin, a city in the southern province of Fujian.

The state-owned People’s Daily reported that all provincial and intercity shuttle buses operating from Putin were suspended from Saturday as part of epidemic prevention and control measures.

Mainland China has confirmed 95,153 Covid-19 cases, taking the death toll to 4,636.

In Russia, 796 people have died due to Kovid-19 in the last 24 hours and 18,891 new cases have been reported.

According to consumer group research, one fifth of shoppers have been barred from making cash payments since the easing of lockdown rules?

The Philippines has reported a record 26,303 new daily coronavirus cases, Reuters reports.

The health ministry said confirmed cases rose to 2.206 million, while deaths rose by 79 to 34,978.

The AP reports that more than a dozen tented COVID-19 vaccination sites have been set up in busy areas in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, to make it easier to contain.

Earlier people had to go to vaccination centers which were mostly in hospitals for vaccination.

Dr Misaki Vayengera, who leads a team of scientists advising the authorities on the response to the pandemic, said of the new vaccination sites: “This is all we could have done earlier, but did not assure us the availability of vaccines had gone. Right now we are getting more vaccines and we have to deploy them as much as possible.”

Health Officials are working closely with the Red Cross to administer the more than 120,000 doses that expire at the end of September.

In addition to the 128,000 AstraZeneca doses donated by Norway at the end of August, the UK donated nearly 300,000 doses last month.

China recently donated 300,000 doses of its Sinovac vaccine, and on Monday a batch of 647,000 Moderna doses donated by the US arrived in Uganda.

Australia topped 2,000 new Covid-19 cases for the first time. It has now registered nearly 73,000 cases and 1,084 deaths, Reuters reports.

The AP reports that the need to vaccinate millions of American workers against the coronavirus is running into resistance from Republican leaders.

They are threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into the culture wars that have been going on since the start of the pandemic.

In South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster says he will fight “to the gates of hell to defend the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian”. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, says she is preparing a lawsuit. And J.D. Vance, a conservative running for a US Senate seat in Ohio, is calling on businesses to ignore mandates that he describes as Washington’s “attempt to intimidate and coerce citizens.”

“Only mass civil disobedience will save us from the naked authoritarianism of Joe Biden,” Vance says.

Australia’s third most populous state, Queensland, has said it may order a snap lockdown following a cluster of Covid-19 cases, Reuters reports.

Queensland, home to more than 5 million people, said five new infections have been detected in the past 24 hours after one family tested positive.

Officials said the next few days would be crucial to see if the lockdown was necessary.

Head of State Annastasia Palaszczuk said: “If we start seeing any seeding, we may have to take very, very swift action. But for the time being, it lies to the family.”

The family lives in the state capital, Brisbane. It was not clear whether some parts of the state would be under lockdown as in the previous orders.

The Times reports that mandatory face coverings and working from home will resume if Covid-19 cases rise this winter as part of government plans to protect the NHS.

Boris Johnson is expected to publish the COVID Winter Plan next week which will elaborate on proposals to combat the spread of the virus.

Britain fully prepared for a new wave of the pandemic should go into an “uncertain” winter, boris johnson Will warn next week as he lays out a blueprint for avoiding reopening schools and pubs.

The Prime Minister’s COVID Winter Plan will set out “contingency” measures – which may include reintroducing some nationwide restrictions such as social distancing or masks – that will apply if case numbers and hospitalizations overwhelm the NHS again. start doing it.

On Tuesday, Johnson is expected to announce his plan for escaping a complete lockdown, including the introduction of covid booster and the biggest ever flu jab campaignto be administered at the same time.