Indigenous people wait for medical consultation in the Surucucu region of Alto Alegre, Roraima state, Brazil, on July 1, 2020. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)
- COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpass 2 mln
- U.S. approaches half million new cases each week: report
- Iranian health official urges gov't to extend restrictive measures in Tehran amid COVID-19 resurgence
- Japan's daily cases hit 3-month high, Tokyo's cases spike to new record
- Africa's confirmed cases hit 644,205: Africa CDC
BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Brazilian government reported on Thursday that the country has registered over 2 million cases of the novel coronavirus after 45,403 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, for a total of 2,012,151.
According to the Ministry of Health, 1,322 deaths were recorded in the last 24-hour period, bringing the total to 76,688.
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A woman walks in a park in Brooklyn Borough of New York, the United States, on July 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
WASHINGTON -- The United States is approaching half a million new COVID-19 cases each week, according to a report of The COVID Tracking Project released on Thursday.
This week, about 435,000 Americans were diagnosed with COVID-19, the fourth week of big increases in the number of new cases, according to the report.
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The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area, the United States, on March 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday the extension of a No Sail Order for cruise ships through September 30, 2020.
The order continues to suspend passenger operations on cruise ships with the capacity to carry at least 250 passengers in waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations on Thursday released an updated COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan that requires 10.3 billion U.S. dollars to help fragile countries cope with the pandemic.
UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, who launched the new appeal, asked wealthy nations to do more.
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People wearing face masks are seen on Times Square in New York, the United States, June 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
NEW YORK -- New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that the federal government's "incompetence" in managing the COVID-19 crisis failed New York, which became the first epicenter of the outbreak in the United States in March.
The governor made the remarks while commenting on a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which pointed out that by the time the travel restrictions on Europe were implemented by the federal government, importation and community transmission of COVID-19 had already occurred in New York.
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A medical worker holds a sample for COVID-19 testing in Lod, Israel, on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
JERUSALEM -- The number of active COVID-19 cases in Israel rose to 25,305 on Thursday, the highest since the outbreak of pandemic in late February, according to the state's Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the total number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 46,059 after the addition of 1,871 new cases, the second highest daily rise since the outbreak, the ministry's data showed.
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A woman wearing a face mask waits for taxi on a street in Tehran, Iran, July 8, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
TEHRAN -- An Iranian health official called for an extension of restrictive measures in Tehran as the novel coronavirus disease continues to rage in the capital city, Eghtesad Online news website reported on Thursday.
The duration as well as the scope of lockdown measures which have restarted across Tehran since Monday should be extended, Alireza Zali, the head of Tehran's Coronavirus Taskforce, was quoted as saying.
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A customer buys celery at a Chaoshifa supermarket branch in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, of which one was domestically transmitted.
The domestically transmitted case was reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
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People wearing face masks walk on the street in Tokyo, Japan, on July 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
TOKYO -- Japan's daily COVID-19 cases surged to a three-month high at 622 new cases, official figures showed Thursday evening.
On April 11, the daily figure peaked at 720 new cases.
The nationwide tally was pushed up by Tokyo confirming a record 286 new infections in the capital, with the latest figure surpassing the previous daily record of 243 cases recorded last Friday.
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Citizens queue up for food and supplies provided by charity groups in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
ADDIS ABABA -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 644,205 as of Thursday morning, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC in its latest situation update issued on Thursday said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the continent rose from 612,586 on Wednesday morning to 644,025 as of Thursday morning. ■
