NZ
200 identified as contacts of the family
Test tens of thousands of people in the coming days
Auckland, estimated 24 coronavirus cases
Theory 1
2 years
Theory 2
As of last week
63.5% of border, airport, isolation, biosecurity, not tested
All staff will now be tested
Obviously need tested every week
Russia
First batch of Sputnik V ready in two weeks
Safety concerns, groundless
United States
Georgia schools
1, 200 quarantined after return to class
Gulfport MS, 100
Muncie IN, 2 schools closed
Livingston, LA, 141
Sturgis SD, Live view
The RA could count 512 people in about 45 minutes at 7pm local time on 10 August
12 mask wearers (2.3%)
UK
Deaths – 5,000 (Department of Health and Social Care)
As of Wednesday August 12
Deaths within 28 days of testing positive, in the UK = 41,329
(Not 46,706)
60-day figures coming soon
Contact tracing app
Trialled in England today
Apple and Google
Scotland
Schools opened last Monday, some phased return
France
Cases, + 2,524 = 206,696
Over 1,000 for 2 weeks
(4,537 on 1 April)
Virus circulating in young people
No pressures on hospitals
Hospitalizations – 121 = 4,891
(32,292 on 14 April)
ITU – 12 = 379
Deaths, + 18 = 30,371
Older people continue to protect themselves well (Olivier Veran)
Schools are scheduled to open normally in September, with the virus protection procedures
Police checks to ensure masks where mandatory and respect social distancing
Spain
Lifted lockdown 6 weeks ago
Partying among the young
Patchy contact tracing system
Cases, + 1,418 (Tuesday) + 1,690 = 329,784
Galicia banned smoking in public places
Aragon, field hospital construction
Canada
Population 38 m
The risk to Canadians is considered high
Tested, 4,541,747
Positives, 113,791
Deaths, 9,006
Cases, BC, + 85 = 531 (active cases)
Young people in the Lower Mainland
Events in the community
1,900 currently isolating
Two weeks ago, B.C. Day Long Weekend
Significant number of cases linked to travel from out of province
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