Amid promises this week from the president and pharmaceutical corporations that there could be a COVID-19 vaccine in a few months, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday that the company would not introduce any vaccines until after ‘is not proven and effective.
A WHO spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that the company expects widespread vaccines against COVID-19 until the middle of next year.
Meanwhile, two-thirds of the U.S. electorate say they would not possibly withdraw to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as it becomes available and one in 4 say they will never need to get it again, according to a new USA TODAY / Survey. of Suffolk.
And this Labor Day weekend, fitness experts are concerned that meetings of all sizes can cause a new wave of coronavirus.With temperatures expected to reach 3 digits in California, the beaches are expected to be crowded.Families and friends will gather for barbecues.and in South Dakota, the state’s annual fair will bring together thousands of other people to enjoy cotton candy and walks.
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? Today’s Figures: The United States has 6.1 million cases shown and more than 186,000 deaths, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins University.Worldwide, there are 26 million cases and more than 869,000 people have died.New case records have been conducted in Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia, according to USA TODAY’s knowledge research from Johns Hopkins.A record number of deaths have been reported in Arkansas.
? What we read: The coronavirus pandemic and social disturbances have a greater call to colored therapists.”COVID has explicitly explained some of the desires that communities of color have faced: unemployment, fitness conditions, lack of insurance, lack of policy for intellectual fitness,” said Lucy Takagi, clinical specialist at Montclair State University.
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Several months after the coronavirus, Google is making Friday a one-time paid holiday for “collective welfare” and is encouraging workers to take advantage of a four-day holiday weekend, according to CNBC and Google Workers.
Google did not respond to a request for comment.
The company announced in July that painters would continue painting from home until the summer of 2021.
Thousands of African Americans and Hispanic Americans may be included in the nation’s census this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and other disruptions that have discouraged families in poor neighborhoods and the largely minority from completing their forms.
In 63% of census tracts, fewer other people provided initial responses this year than in 2010, according to USA TODAY’s analysis. Response rates have fallen especially in spaces with peak concentrations of black or Latino residents, giant percentages of families eligible for government benefits, or low degrees of broadband access.
People of color and poor families are not counted in all censuses, but COVID-19 delayed the delivery of census questionnaires for populations difficult to succeed in spring quarantine and has since delayed operations to succeed in families that did not.Answer.
– Theresa Diffendal
The U.S. economy has been in the middle of a nuclear economy. But it’s not the first time He added 1.4 million jobs in August, as companies closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to reopen and bring workers back, without compensating for a new wave of layoffs that have depleted their federal loans.
Unemployment fell dramatically to 8.4% from 10.2% in July, the Ministry of Labour said Friday.
August’s payroll is building healthily, but marks the back-to-back time for a monthly slowdown in hiring after employers added a record 4.8 million jobs in June and $1.8 million in July.22 million jobs were lost in early spring when states closed non-essential businesses such as restaurants, grocery stores, shopping malls and movie theaters.
– Paul Davidson
At least 7,000 fitness internationals have died after contracting COVID-19, human rights organization Amnesty International said Thursday.
“That more than seven thousand people die seeking to save others is a crisis of astonishing magnitude.Every fitness employee has the right to be at work, and it’s a scandal that so many are paying the price,” Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s head of Economic and Social Justice, said in a statement.
It is shown that at least 1,320 fitness personnel died alone in Mexico, the figure known in any country, the organization said.The United States had the number of deaths of fitness personnel at the time, Amnesty International said, with more than 1,000 deaths.
More than 410,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 through January 1, according to a style cited through senior fitness and used once at the White House.
The Institute of Health Metrics and Assessment at the University of Washington School of Medicine predicts that this number may exceed 620,000 if the use of masks is maintained at existing rates and governments continue with social estating requirements.ended the year in the worst possible situation, with a “most likely” situation of 2.8 million.
Daily deaths in December can be successful at 30,000.
“Looking at the astonishing coVID-19 estimates, it’s easy to get lost in the enormity of the numbers,” said Dr Christopher Murray, Director of IHME.”The death toll exceeds the capacity of the world’s 50 largest stadiums, a sobering image of other people who have lost their lives and livelihoods.”
Murray said the numbers could save more lives if the use of the mask was almost universal and governments implemented social esttachment requirements.
Two-thirds of the US electorate say they would not possibly withdraw to receive a coronavirus vaccine as soon as it becomes available and one in 4 say they will never need to receive it again, according to a new USA TODAY / Suffolk ballot. published the same week when the number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 6 million.
The 1,000-vote vote follows similar votes last month that show that up to a third of Americans would reject a vaccine, driven by distrust of the Trump administration’s willingness to boost its development, as well as in a significant part of the country that opposes immunizations of any kind.
– Sarah Elbeshbishi and Ledyard King
Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit organization committed to honoring fallen officials, reports that more than a hundred law enforcement officials have died from COVID-19.Deaths of service line officials in 2020 already exceeded the 2019 total, when vehicle gunfire and collisions accounted for two-thirds of the 147 deaths recorded through the Officer Down Memorial group.
Officers were thought to be an essential staff during the pandemic, which was ruthless to prison officers.For its part, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has had at least 16 deaths shown in the line of duty as a result of COVID-19.
“At the end of this pandemic, COVID is likely to surpass September 11 as the leading cause of death incidents for law enforcement officers,” spokeswoman Jessica Rushing said.
– John Bacon
South Dakota is one of the country’s hot spots for COVID-19 infections.That hasn’t led to a large-scale occasion since the beginning of Thursday.
The South Dakota Rural Fair, which reported a 205,000 turnout last year, is expected to take a position on Labor Day with more hand-washing stations, reminders of social estating, and encouragement — albeit a legal responsibility — for participants to wear masks.the two most important events in the state: the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and the Sioux Empire Fair.
In the weeks following those events, South Dakota became a virus hotbed, according to knowledge analysis.State and national fitness experts say that accumulation is sometimes likely due to a combination of factors, including the reopening of schools, small meetings, and primary events.
– Joel Shannon
President Donald Trump downplayed questions about his own fitness and mocked his Democratic opponent for dressing up in a mask at a free rally Thursday in Pennsylvania, amid polls that indicate an increasingly tight race.
For a moment, Trump downplayed questions about an unscheduled event he did to Walter Reed Medical Center in November, ignoring a report on it as a conspiracy invented through critics.At the same time, Trump has raised unfounded questions about Joe Biden’s own fitness and criticized that he is dressed in a mask.
“They need to check and get me on a physical level with Biden,” Trump said at a packed rally held in an airport hangar outside of Pittsburgh. “I don’t like rumors like that. It’s not true.”
Trump was responding to a new e-book stating that Vice President Mike Pence had been “on hold” to regain the presidency’s powers on the November vacation from Trump to Walter Reed.The White House said Trump visited as part of his annual physical.
– John Fritze and David Jackson
As millions of academics begin the semester online, several schools have terminated contracts with an e-learning company after receiving reports that some classes contained racist and sexually suggestive content.
Examples published online through activists and displayed through Acellus, a Kansas City-based learning company that has contracts with around 6,000 schools, come with suggestive language such as “loving lips” and a debatable representation in a lesson.about Harriet Tubman.
At least 4 elementary schools in Hawaii were among the first to cancel contracts. In August, parents and members of the network posted photos and videos on social media and an online petition, claiming they appeared as examples of troubling content.
Aliamanu Elementary School at Pearl Harbor-Hickam Joint Base will eliminate Acellus after reports of “inappropriate and racist content” covering subjects and grade levels, Principal Sandra Yoshimi wrote in a letter sent to families.
– Elinor Aspegren
The California Occupational Protection Regulator ordered the San Quentin Prison Dental Clinic to avoid drilling and other paints due to harmful COVID-19 practices.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health said they were in danger of infection and banned dental care that sprays drops from the patient’s mouth until the criminal can meet a list of protective conditions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The San Francisco Bay Area Jail is california’s most coronavirus-affected prison: more than 2,200 inmates, about two-thirds of the criminal population, were infected, as well as nearly three hundred employees.Twenty-six inmates, adding several, on death row – died of infections shown or suspected.
New Zealand is extending its limit on coronaviruses until at least mid-September, Prime Minister Jacinda Arden announced Friday.Officials continue to impose masks on public transport and limit giant gatherings across the country after the city of Auckland had an epidemic last month.
On Friday, the country reported five new infections with COVID-19. Three cases were similar to the Auckland outbreak, while the other two were returning travelers and are in quarantine.
California is making “a lot of progress” toward reopening Disneyland and theme parks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
Still, Newsom told a news conference, “we still have work to do” to identify the rules that would allow the parks to reopen for the first time since they closed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are still working on some details,” he said, giving details.
State officials have allowed theme parks to reopen due to an increase in coronavirus cases. California has more cases than any other state, and as of Thursday, they totaled about 707,800 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Golden State also posted the most new instances last week, with more than 34,700 reported.
– Curtis Tate
Contribution: Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY; The Associated Press