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Sep

2020

In Brazil’s Amazon a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes

ANTHONY BOADLE THE largest city in Brazil's Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the world's first places to reach collective, or herd, immunity. When a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease, its spread becomes unlikely. University of Sao Paulo researchers suggested that a drastic fall in COVID-19 deaths in Manaus pointed to collective immunity at work, but they also believe that antibodies to the disease after infection may not last more than a few months. Local…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 30.78 million, death toll at 954,843

COVID-19

LYNX INSIGHT SERVICE MORE than 30.78 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 954,843 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. The following table lists the top 50 countries by the number of reported cases. Nr. COUNTRY TOTAL DEATHS CASES CASES / 10,000 INHABITANTS 1 United States 199,292 6,785,198 6.1 2 India 86,752 5,400,619 0.64 3 Brazil 135,793 4,495,183 6.48 4 Russia 19,418 1,103,399 1.34 5 Peru 31,283 756,412 9.59 6…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

Nigerian authorities cite need for more COVID-19 test sample collections

COVID-19

FELIX ONUAH NIGERIAN authorities are disturbed by the low level of coronavirus test sample collections, a senior government official has said. Africa's most populous country of some 200 million inhabitants, as of Thursday had 54,463 confirmed coronavirus cases which have resulted in 1,027 deaths. Boss Mustapha, who chairs the government's task force on the disease, said he and other officials who make up the panel overseeing the response to the pandemic were "disturbed by the low level of sample collection" because of the implications for testing, tracing, and treatment. "Despite the increased diagnostic capacity and improved access to testing, the…