Dr. Julie Gerberding on coronavirus vaccine development: 'We all pray for a safe vaccine as quickly as possible that will truly help us end this pandemic...But we can't take any safety shortcuts.'
10:15 p.m.: Worldwide case total crosses 19 millionThe time between each million case has whittled down with each milestone. Cases crossed 18 million just four days ago.
Earlier in the day, DeWine had taken an antigen test as part of a protocol to meet with President Donald Trump, according to the statement. His office said they will be looking into how the discrepancy occurred, but are"confident" in the negative test results.Federal courts in three Southern California counties are reclosing due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
"As testing increased this week, our system detected three cases which have been reported to the health department and given instructions to self isolate," a convention aide told ABC News. The positive tests were first reported by theDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures while referencing President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the William "Hicks" Anderson Community Center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020.
The drop was likely due to multiple factors, including Hurricane Isaias, which prompted testing sites in Florida to close, reporting issues in California and testing inconsistencies out of Texas, it said.Delaware won't play high school sports until at least December. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gives an update at MetroHealth Medical Center on the state's preparedness and education efforts to limit the potential spread of a new virus which caused a disease called COVID-19, Feb. 27, 2020, in Cleveland.
Northwell Health said it offered free antibody testing to its 72,000 employees. More than half of them were tested for coronavirus antibodies and 13% of them tested positive.In the general New York state population, 12.3% of people had antibodies, according to a recent state antibody screenings study.
Passengers on a train from Florida stop and register with officials at Penn Station during an effort to screen out-of-state travelers and enforce the state's 14-day COVID-19 quarantine in New York, Aug. 6, 2020."When you're talking about public health measures, there are many, many things that we can do," Fauci said at a briefing Thursday hosted by the Alliance of Public Health.
That combined with COVID-19 public health measures could result in a"blunted" season for both, he said.11:25 a.m.: Florida has 3 counties with no ICU beds According to Birx's Wednesday call with state and local officials obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, Baltimore, Atlanta, Kansas City, Portland, Omaha and California's Central Valley all remain at a"very high level."
She specifically referenced several states, including California, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia, noting that their COVID-19 trends are “concerning." "If today was the first day of school, we would have been hard-pressed to have sufficient staff available to open," Superintendent Chris McMichael said.On Friday, district officials will"present a phased approach to bring students back into the classrooms as quickly as possible," the school system said.France on Wednesday reported its highest single-day rise in coronavirus infections in more than two months amid concerns about a resurgence in Europe.
Overall, more than 194,000 people in France have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. At least 30,305 of them have died -- the third-highest death toll in Europe, according to the agency's data.John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned Thursday that"we cannot at all exercise fatigue" in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of confirmed cases on the African continent nears 1 million.
Mourners pray during a burial ceremony at the Olifantsveil Cemetery outside Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 6, 2020. The frequency of burials in South Africa has significantly increased during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country became one of the top five worst-hit nations.Africa has seen an 11% jump in cases over the last week, which is lower than in recent weeks, but Nkengasong cautioned that the data must be observed over several weeks to determine the real trend.
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