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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