Tokyo has hit another six-month high in new coronavirus cases, just one day before the Olympics. The 1,979 cases on Thursday are the most since 2,044 on Jan. 15. Cases have spiked despite the prime minister placing Tokyo under a recent state of emergency.
Find more AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccineCONAKRY, Guinea — The African country of Guinea has pulled out of the Olympics, citing the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, new research by the Center for Global Development estimated excess deaths — the gap between those recorded and those that would have been expected — to be 3.4 million to 4.7 million since the pandemic began. It said an accurate figure may “prove elusive” but the true death toll “is likely to be an order of magnitude greater than the official count.”
Strive Masiyiwa told journalists that 6 million doses will begin to ship next week and 45 African countries should receive their first shipment by the end of August. Masiyiwa says all doses should be delivered by September 2022. Germany’s infection rate remains low compared to other European countries but has been rising steadily since it bottomed out at 4.9 new weekly cases per 100,000 residents on July 6. On Thursday, that rate stood at 12.2.
The cases announced Thursday raised the country’s total caseload to 184,103, with 2,063 deaths from COVID-19. The city is hoping to avoid the kind of pandemic-related shutdowns that devastated its vital tourism economy in 2020, but Mayor LaToya Cantrell stopped short Wednesday of requiring mask wearing.
Under the draft bill, staff members could be suspended without pay starting in mid-August if they fail to comply.
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