Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun of South Korea said on Friday that coronavirus restrictions would remain in effect until March 28, the Yonhap news agency reported. The rules, which vary by region but include a nationwide ban on most private gatherings, had been set to expire on Sunday. South Korea reported 488 cases on Friday, a three-week high.

The health authorities in Germany registered 14,356 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 2,444 more than on the same day a week ago. “We are seeing clear signs: In Germany the third wave has already begun,” said Lothar H. Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s equivalent of the C.D.C. More than half of the new infections in Germany were caused by the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in Britain, which is more infectious and thought to be more deadly than the original.

The health authorities in Germany registered 14,356 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 2,444 more than on the same day a week ago. “We are seeing clear signs: In Germany the third wave has already begun,” said Lothar H. Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s equivalent of the C.D.C. More than half of the new infections in Germany were caused by the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in Britain, which is more infectious and thought to be more deadly than the original.

The health authorities in Germany registered 14,356 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 2,444 more than on the same day a week ago. “We are seeing clear signs: In Germany the third wave has already begun,” said Lothar H. Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s equivalent of the C.D.C. More than half of the new infections in Germany were caused by the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in Britain, which is more infectious and thought to be more deadly than the original.

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Italy is currently experiencing a large wave of coronavirus infections driven by new variants. Intensive care units are filling up, and the government is scaling up restrictions. On Monday, the country surpassed 100,000 deaths.

The tragic milestone preceded a grim anniversary: On Mar. 9, 2020, Italy entered its first national lockdown. It was the first Western country to be severely affected by the virus, as its army moved coffins into overcrowded warehouses and doctors posted pictures of their bruised faces after long hours of wearing tight masks.

“We would have never thought that one year later, we would find ourselves facing such an emergency,” Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday.

After a monthlong decline in overall Covid-19 cases in the European Union, cases in Italy began climbing again from mid-February, caused largely by the highly contagious variant first seen in Britain. Some epidemiologists fear that the United States, where the variant is also spreading, could soon face a similar resurgence in cases.

Italy is currently experiencing a large wave of coronavirus infections driven by new variants. Intensive care units are filling up, and the government is scaling up restrictions. On Monday, the country surpassed 100,000 deaths.

The tragic milestone preceded a grim anniversary: On Mar. 9, 2020, Italy entered its first national lockdown. It was the first Western country to be severely affected by the virus, as its army moved coffins into overcrowded warehouses and doctors posted pictures of their bruised faces after long hours of wearing tight masks.

“We would have never thought that one year later, we would find ourselves facing such an emergency,” Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday.

After a monthlong decline in overall Covid-19 cases in the European Union, cases in Italy began climbing again from mid-February, caused largely by the highly contagious variant first seen in Britain. Some epidemiologists fear that the United States, where the variant is also spreading, could soon face a similar resurgence in cases.

Covid-19 Herd Immunity Takes Years, Expert Tells Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — It will take years to mitigate Covid-19 in Malaysia despite vaccination as herd immunity is unattainable in the short term, said public health expert Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

According to Dr Lokman, deducting the population below 18 years old and migrants, Malaysia will only be able to vaccinate 60 to 70 per cent of the total population for the coronavirus, thus complicating herd immunity efforts.

He stressed that migrant workers must be vaccinated, but the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has yet to state when exactly foreign workers will receive their shots.

“Almost impossible to achieve herd immunity (more than 80 per cent) within a short time,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

The International Medical University (IMU) public health professor noted that those aged below 18 are a sizable population that will allow continued transmission of Covid-19 infection without vaccination.

“Once it becomes endemic, very difficult to eliminate. H1N1? How many vaccine-preventable infections have been eliminated from this world? None except one, smallpox.”

The former Health deputy director-general (public health) explained that Malaysia has passed the containment phase of the Covid-19 epidemic and entered mitigation. This means preventing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, rather than eliminating the virus. As of yesterday, nearly 1 per cent of Malaysia’s 32.7 million population has been infected.

“In the mitigation phase, testing only symptomatic cases is acceptable, but accessibility and efficiency of testing must be very good. Diagnosis should be made within 24 to 48 hours of onset of symptoms,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

“Any delay may compromise the patients. High number of deaths before arrival to hospital is of concern.”



Recently, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that international and interstate travel restrictions will only be lifted once a certain proportion of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, without specifying the exact target.

The government aims to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population, or 26 million adults, against Covid-19 in less than a year by this December. As of March 7, just 139,720 doses have been administered nationwide. The number of doses administered has dropped by 55 per cent from 27,049 on March 3 to 12,112 yesterday.

Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming from the University Malaya medical faculty, who also concurred with Dr Lokman, stated that “the full impact of vaccination will be observed when 80 per cent of our population are vaccinated and herd immunity is achieved.”

Dr Moy, however, did not highlight the time needed to achieve herd immunity for Covid-19 in Malaysia.

First Vaccination Phase Won’t Impact Epidemic Much

Covid-19 Herd Immunity Takes Years, Expert Tells Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — It will take years to mitigate Covid-19 in Malaysia despite vaccination as herd immunity is unattainable in the short term, said public health expert Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

According to Dr Lokman, deducting the population below 18 years old and migrants, Malaysia will only be able to vaccinate 60 to 70 per cent of the total population for the coronavirus, thus complicating herd immunity efforts.

He stressed that migrant workers must be vaccinated, but the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has yet to state when exactly foreign workers will receive their shots.

“Almost impossible to achieve herd immunity (more than 80 per cent) within a short time,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

The International Medical University (IMU) public health professor noted that those aged below 18 are a sizable population that will allow continued transmission of Covid-19 infection without vaccination.

“Once it becomes endemic, very difficult to eliminate. H1N1? How many vaccine-preventable infections have been eliminated from this world? None except one, smallpox.”

The former Health deputy director-general (public health) explained that Malaysia has passed the containment phase of the Covid-19 epidemic and entered mitigation. This means preventing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, rather than eliminating the virus. As of yesterday, nearly 1 per cent of Malaysia’s 32.7 million population has been infected.

“In the mitigation phase, testing only symptomatic cases is acceptable, but accessibility and efficiency of testing must be very good. Diagnosis should be made within 24 to 48 hours of onset of symptoms,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

“Any delay may compromise the patients. High number of deaths before arrival to hospital is of concern.”



Recently, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that international and interstate travel restrictions will only be lifted once a certain proportion of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, without specifying the exact target.

The government aims to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population, or 26 million adults, against Covid-19 in less than a year by this December. As of March 7, just 139,720 doses have been administered nationwide. The number of doses administered has dropped by 55 per cent from 27,049 on March 3 to 12,112 yesterday.

Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming from the University Malaya medical faculty, who also concurred with Dr Lokman, stated that “the full impact of vaccination will be observed when 80 per cent of our population are vaccinated and herd immunity is achieved.”

Dr Moy, however, did not highlight the time needed to achieve herd immunity for Covid-19 in Malaysia.

First Vaccination Phase Won’t Impact Epidemic Much

Covid-19 Herd Immunity Takes Years, Expert Tells Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — It will take years to mitigate Covid-19 in Malaysia despite vaccination as herd immunity is unattainable in the short term, said public health expert Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

According to Dr Lokman, deducting the population below 18 years old and migrants, Malaysia will only be able to vaccinate 60 to 70 per cent of the total population for the coronavirus, thus complicating herd immunity efforts.

He stressed that migrant workers must be vaccinated, but the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has yet to state when exactly foreign workers will receive their shots.

“Almost impossible to achieve herd immunity (more than 80 per cent) within a short time,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

The International Medical University (IMU) public health professor noted that those aged below 18 are a sizable population that will allow continued transmission of Covid-19 infection without vaccination.

“Once it becomes endemic, very difficult to eliminate. H1N1? How many vaccine-preventable infections have been eliminated from this world? None except one, smallpox.”

The former Health deputy director-general (public health) explained that Malaysia has passed the containment phase of the Covid-19 epidemic and entered mitigation. This means preventing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, rather than eliminating the virus. As of yesterday, nearly 1 per cent of Malaysia’s 32.7 million population has been infected.

“In the mitigation phase, testing only symptomatic cases is acceptable, but accessibility and efficiency of testing must be very good. Diagnosis should be made within 24 to 48 hours of onset of symptoms,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

“Any delay may compromise the patients. High number of deaths before arrival to hospital is of concern.”



Recently, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that international and interstate travel restrictions will only be lifted once a certain proportion of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, without specifying the exact target.

The government aims to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population, or 26 million adults, against Covid-19 in less than a year by this December. As of March 7, just 139,720 doses have been administered nationwide. The number of doses administered has dropped by 55 per cent from 27,049 on March 3 to 12,112 yesterday.

Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming from the University Malaya medical faculty, who also concurred with Dr Lokman, stated that “the full impact of vaccination will be observed when 80 per cent of our population are vaccinated and herd immunity is achieved.”

Dr Moy, however, did not highlight the time needed to achieve herd immunity for Covid-19 in Malaysia.

First Vaccination Phase Won’t Impact Epidemic Much

Covid-19 Herd Immunity Takes Years, Expert Tells Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — It will take years to mitigate Covid-19 in Malaysia despite vaccination as herd immunity is unattainable in the short term, said public health expert Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

According to Dr Lokman, deducting the population below 18 years old and migrants, Malaysia will only be able to vaccinate 60 to 70 per cent of the total population for the coronavirus, thus complicating herd immunity efforts.

He stressed that migrant workers must be vaccinated, but the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has yet to state when exactly foreign workers will receive their shots.

“Almost impossible to achieve herd immunity (more than 80 per cent) within a short time,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

The International Medical University (IMU) public health professor noted that those aged below 18 are a sizable population that will allow continued transmission of Covid-19 infection without vaccination.

“Once it becomes endemic, very difficult to eliminate. H1N1? How many vaccine-preventable infections have been eliminated from this world? None except one, smallpox.”

The former Health deputy director-general (public health) explained that Malaysia has passed the containment phase of the Covid-19 epidemic and entered mitigation. This means preventing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, rather than eliminating the virus. As of yesterday, nearly 1 per cent of Malaysia’s 32.7 million population has been infected.

“In the mitigation phase, testing only symptomatic cases is acceptable, but accessibility and efficiency of testing must be very good. Diagnosis should be made within 24 to 48 hours of onset of symptoms,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

“Any delay may compromise the patients. High number of deaths before arrival to hospital is of concern.”



Recently, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that international and interstate travel restrictions will only be lifted once a certain proportion of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, without specifying the exact target.

The government aims to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population, or 26 million adults, against Covid-19 in less than a year by this December. As of March 7, just 139,720 doses have been administered nationwide. The number of doses administered has dropped by 55 per cent from 27,049 on March 3 to 12,112 yesterday.

Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming from the University Malaya medical faculty, who also concurred with Dr Lokman, stated that “the full impact of vaccination will be observed when 80 per cent of our population are vaccinated and herd immunity is achieved.”

Dr Moy, however, did not highlight the time needed to achieve herd immunity for Covid-19 in Malaysia.

First Vaccination Phase Won’t Impact Epidemic Much

Covid-19 Herd Immunity Takes Years, Expert Tells Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — It will take years to mitigate Covid-19 in Malaysia despite vaccination as herd immunity is unattainable in the short term, said public health expert Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

According to Dr Lokman, deducting the population below 18 years old and migrants, Malaysia will only be able to vaccinate 60 to 70 per cent of the total population for the coronavirus, thus complicating herd immunity efforts.

He stressed that migrant workers must be vaccinated, but the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has yet to state when exactly foreign workers will receive their shots.

“Almost impossible to achieve herd immunity (more than 80 per cent) within a short time,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

The International Medical University (IMU) public health professor noted that those aged below 18 are a sizable population that will allow continued transmission of Covid-19 infection without vaccination.

“Once it becomes endemic, very difficult to eliminate. H1N1? How many vaccine-preventable infections have been eliminated from this world? None except one, smallpox.”

The former Health deputy director-general (public health) explained that Malaysia has passed the containment phase of the Covid-19 epidemic and entered mitigation. This means preventing severe disease and death from the coronavirus, rather than eliminating the virus. As of yesterday, nearly 1 per cent of Malaysia’s 32.7 million population has been infected.

“In the mitigation phase, testing only symptomatic cases is acceptable, but accessibility and efficiency of testing must be very good. Diagnosis should be made within 24 to 48 hours of onset of symptoms,” Dr Lokman told CodeBlue.

“Any delay may compromise the patients. High number of deaths before arrival to hospital is of concern.”



Recently, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that international and interstate travel restrictions will only be lifted once a certain proportion of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, without specifying the exact target.

The government aims to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population, or 26 million adults, against Covid-19 in less than a year by this December. As of March 7, just 139,720 doses have been administered nationwide. The number of doses administered has dropped by 55 per cent from 27,049 on March 3 to 12,112 yesterday.

Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming from the University Malaya medical faculty, who also concurred with Dr Lokman, stated that “the full impact of vaccination will be observed when 80 per cent of our population are vaccinated and herd immunity is achieved.”

Dr Moy, however, did not highlight the time needed to achieve herd immunity for Covid-19 in Malaysia.

First Vaccination Phase Won’t Impact Epidemic Much

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Scientists have long predicted that the coronavirus would eventually evolve in ways that could thwart vaccines, though few thought it would happen so quickly. Part of the problem is how fast the virus is spreading worldwide, which gives it more opportunities to mutate.

Another issue is that few countries — including the U.S. — have invested in the kind of programs that could detect emerging variants, essentially leaving them blind to mutations. The pace of vaccinations, which could eventually provide herd immunity, has also been slow in places like the U.S. and the European Union — and there are many countries in the world where no one has been vaccinated at all.

Scientists have long predicted that the coronavirus would eventually evolve in ways that could thwart vaccines, though few thought it would happen so quickly. Part of the problem is how fast the virus is spreading worldwide, which gives it more opportunities to mutate.

Another issue is that few countries — including the U.S. — have invested in the kind of programs that could detect emerging variants, essentially leaving them blind to mutations. The pace of vaccinations, which could eventually provide herd immunity, has also been slow in places like the U.S. and the European Union — and there are many countries in the world where no one has been vaccinated at all.

At the end of November, Ireland had one of the lowest rates of the virus in Europe. Now, after coming out of a six-week lockdown in December, the country has one of the highest rates of infection in the world, the Irish Times reports.

This week the restrictions were expanded to Langfang, a city on the edge of Beijing, and to some districts inside Beijing, the Chinese capital. They now apply to 22 million people, more than twice as many as the lockdown in Wuhan last January.

China put 22 million people on lockdown
It apparently started with a small outbreak at a village wedding party.

After a handful of coronavirus cases emerged this month in a province surrounding Beijing, the Chinese authorities locked down more than 17 million people in two cities, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai.

As Americans focus their attention on the fallout from the Capitol siege and the debate over another presidential impeachment, the pandemic is reaching what only a few months ago was considered a nightmare scenario.

Yesterday’s death count — at least 4,406 people — set another daily record, and represents at least 1,597 more people than those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. The U.S. death toll, already the highest in the world by a wide margin, is soaring toward 400,000 — only one month after the country crossed the 300,000 threshold.

Japan declared a state of emergency in and around Tokyo, after days of record coronavirus counts and a rapidly rising death toll.

Israel faces a tightened lockdown this week as officials fear that the more transmissible British variant of the virus is spreading rapidly and its vaccine supplies are running low.

More than 30 other countries, including the U.S., have diagnosed cases with the variant, which appears to be between 10 percent and 60 percent more transmissible than the original version. It could soon become the dominant form of the virus.

The new variant may end up “exacerbating an unrelenting rise in deaths and overwhelming the already strained health care system,”

U.S. distribution of coronavirus vaccines has descended into turmoil. Now, millions of vaccines could expire before they reach people in need.

The Trump administration predicted 20 million people would receive at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2020. The final figure was about four million. And only 365,294 people in nursing homes and long-term-care centers have been vaccinated, despite more than 2.5 million doses distributed for those facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

Critics say the U.S. government has mismanaged the rollout from top to bottom. Federal, state, and local officials blamed each other for botched logistics and funding shortfalls.

California just became the first state to add more than 30,000 cases in a day. Its growth has been driven by a rapidly worsening outlook in Los Angeles County, where more than 12,600 cases were announced Thursday, a record

Just three months ago, cases in the U.S. were trending downward. Death reports were relatively flat. There are now nearly six times as many cases each day and three times as many deaths.

Experts warn “the worst is yet to come”

Japan is facing a new coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during a Friday news conference, noting a rise in the number of severely ill patients had begun to put a strain on hospitals. Japan is experiencing a third outbreak, which has brought some of the country’s highest single-day tallies of new infections and deaths since the pandemic began, driven largely by clusters in the Tokyo metropolitan area. While the prime minister fell short of declaring a state of emergency, he urged the public to take precautions.

Most establishments in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, will be required to close by 9 p.m. starting on Saturday, the city’s mayor said. The country reported more than 600 new cases on Friday, its highest tally in nearly nine months.

Bad as things are, the worst is yet to come
Nine months after the initial outbreak, the United States, by our best indicators, has never been in a worse position in the pandemic.

Across the country, more than 100,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, a record that is nearly double the high point in the spring, when the pandemic reached its first peak. The country also recorded nearly 200,000 cases yesterday, it’s second highest daily total since the pandemic began, and today surpassed a total of 14 million infections.

Posted by 007007 > Dec 7, 2020 12:28 PM | Report Abuse

Finally, Macquarie 's research was correct..... gloves were overpriced as they were valued at peak ASPs.......so it's on the way getting down to earth.

Macquarie's false TP was purposely suppressed, ( a dramatic chane in 2 weels ), because their warrants were expiring soon.

Bad as things are, the worst is yet to come
Nine months after the initial outbreak, the United States, by our best indicators, has never been in a worse position in the pandemic.

Across the country, more than 100,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, a record that is nearly double the high point in the spring, when the pandemic reached its first peak. The country also recorded nearly 200,000 cases yesterday, it’s second highest daily total since the pandemic began, and today surpassed a total of 14 million infections.

Most establishments in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, will be required to close by 9 p.m. starting on Saturday, the city’s mayor said. The country reported more than 600 new cases on Friday, its highest tally in nearly nine months.

Japan is facing a new coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during a Friday news conference, noting a rise in the number of severely ill patients had begun to put a strain on hospitals. Japan is experiencing a third outbreak, which has brought some of the country’s highest single-day tallies of new infections and deaths since the pandemic began, driven largely by clusters in the Tokyo metropolitan area. While the prime minister fell short of declaring a state of emergency, he urged the public to take precautions.

Posted by Jack Khan > Dec 7, 2020 12:07 PM | Report Abuse

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Maybe you're forgetting, ALL ordersfor TG & Supermax to Europe are booked until end 2021.

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The second wave now hitting Europe is deadlier than the first, pushing reluctant governments back into lockdowns and inflicting new scars on the European economy. Swift reopenings with few restrictions, coupled with cross-border travel, turned out to be a deadly combination.

In most European countries, daily deaths are jumping higher this fall than ever before. Nearly 105,000 people died of Covid-19 in November in 31 countries monitored by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

With Christmas approaching, the region is on high alert. Movement between Italian regions will be all but barred between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6, with people allowed to travel only for work, health reasons or emergencies. New Year’s Eve dinners in hotels are also banned and limited to room service. And ski slopes will be closed from the Alps to the Apennines, a coordinated decision by Italy, France and Germany.

The second wave now hitting Europe is deadlier than the first, pushing reluctant governments back into lockdowns and inflicting new scars on the European economy. Swift reopenings with few restrictions, coupled with cross-border travel, turned out to be a deadly combination.

In most European countries, daily deaths are jumping higher this fall than ever before. Nearly 105,000 people died of Covid-19 in November in 31 countries monitored by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

With Christmas approaching, the region is on high alert. Movement between Italian regions will be all but barred between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6, with people allowed to travel only for work, health reasons or emergencies. New Year’s Eve dinners in hotels are also banned and limited to room service. And ski slopes will be closed from the Alps to the Apennines, a coordinated decision by Italy, France and Germany.

The second wave now hitting Europe is deadlier than the first, pushing reluctant governments back into lockdowns and inflicting new scars on the European economy. Swift reopenings with few restrictions, coupled with cross-border travel, turned out to be a deadly combination.

In most European countries, daily deaths are jumping higher this fall than ever before. Nearly 105,000 people died of Covid-19 in November in 31 countries monitored by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

With Christmas approaching, the region is on high alert. Movement between Italian regions will be all but barred between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6, with people allowed to travel only for work, health reasons or emergencies. New Year’s Eve dinners in hotels are also banned and limited to room service. And ski slopes will be closed from the Alps to the Apennines, a coordinated decision by Italy, France and Germany.

Please read the whole article.

The FT cautioned that positive immunogenicity tests do not guarantee the vaccine will ultimately prove safe and effective in older people.

Thanks ChrisMZ & Good boy.

Is today EX Date for Dividen?

Winter is coming. Winter means cold and flu season, which is all but sure to complicate the task of figuring out who is sick with Covid-19 and who is suffering from a less threatening respiratory tract infection.

While many countries managed to suppress spread of SARS-CoV-2, the United States has failed miserably. Countries in Europe and Asia are worrying about a second wave. Here, the first wave rages on, engulfing rural as well as urban parts of the country. Though there’s been a slight decline in cases in the past couple of weeks, more than 50,000 Americans a day are being diagnosed with Covid-19. And those are just the confirmed cases.

To put that in perspective, at this rate the U.S. is racking up more cases in a week than Britain has accumulated since the start of the pandemic.

Russia’s vaccine gamble
Russia announced today that it had approved a vaccine for the coronavirus, the first country in the world to do so. But the claim has been met with international skepticism because the vaccine has not been thoroughly tested.

Vaccines generally go through three stages of human testing before they are approved. The first two phases test the vaccine on small numbers of people to see if it stimulates an immune response without harm. In the final phase — known as Phase 3 — the vaccine is compared to a placebo and is given to thousands of people.

Our colleague Carl Zimmer, who covers science for The Times, told us that a large-scale trial was the only way to know with any certainty that a vaccine would work, and it would help identify subtle side effects that might have been missed in smaller studies.

Western regulators don’t expect a vaccine to become widely available before the end of the year at the earliest. President Vladimir Putin’s rush to announce the vaccine is raising concerns that Russia is cutting corners in order to gain propaganda points.

Many other places have faced a similar challenge — Hong Kong, Australia and Vietnam have all confronted new waves after early triumphs.

SYDNEY, Australia — As the week began, New Zealanders were celebrating 100 days without community spread of the coronavirus, drinking at pubs, packing stadiums and hugging friends.

A mystery and a few cases — that’s all it took for New Zealand to say goodbye to normalcy. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern immediately announced a new lockdown for Auckland, a city of 1.7 million people, along with a huge testing, contact tracing and quarantine blitz that aims to quash Covid-19 for the second time.

It takes Britain's potential stockpile to a total of 340 million doses - one of the biggest in the world.

The Oxford and BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines are in advanced, phase three clinical trials, with tens of thousands of volunteers recruited.

It is possible that some indication on how effective they are could come in late autumn, but that is not guaranteed.

The government says if the Janssen and Novavax vaccine trials go well, the first deliveries could take place in mid-2021.

The United States reported at least 1,470 deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest single-day total yet in August.
India has now reported 47,033 coronavirus-related deaths, surpassing Britain for the fourth-most in the world.
Germany reported 1,445 new cases today — a level not seen since the country tamped down the virus in May.

The virus is NOT SLOWING DOWN.... Gloves still needed worldwide and glovemakers cannot meet demand!

Only idiots will sell glove shares now.