A man wearing a mask walks on the Trocadero Place near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Sept. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
- Japan: 77 new daily cases, the first time daily tally dropped below 100 since Aug. 24
- HK, China: Study finds that activity of viral infection and replication will still persist in gut of patients after recovery
- the Philippines: 1,383 new cases, lowest since July 14
- China: Robots with unique functions like disinfection, delivery and rehabilitation assistance exhibited at 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services
BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MOSCOW -- Russia registered 5,185 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its caseload to 1,030,690, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Monday.
Meanwhile, 51 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 17,871.
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People wearing face masks walk on the street in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
TOKYO -- Tokyo on Monday reported 77 new daily COVID-19 cases, marking the first time the daily tally has dropped below the 100-mark since Aug. 24.
According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, the capital's cumulative total of infections now stands at 21,849, the highest among Japan's 47 prefectures.
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HONG KONG -- The activity of viral infection and replication will still persist in the gut of COVID-19 patients after recovery, even they did not have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, according to a study of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The university made the results of the study public on Monday, saying that researchers from the university's Faculty of Medicine investigated the stool samples of 15 COVID-19 patients, aged between 20 and 65, in Hong Kong between February and April.
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JAKARTA -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,880 within one day to 196,989, with the death toll adding by 105 to 8,130, the health ministry said on Monday.
According to the ministry, 2,077 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 140,652.
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Muslim women attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in Quezon City, the Philippines, June 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
MANILA -- The COVID-19 cases in Philippines have surged to 238,727 with 1,383 new cases reported on Monday, the lowest since July 14 when the number of the country's daily infections was record at 634.
This also marks the third consecutive day in which less than 3,000 new cases were reported.
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RIYADH -- Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and United States President Donald Trump discussed the efforts of the Group of 20 (G20) to combat COVID-19 over a phone call, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.
The two leaders reviewed the work of the G20 chaired by Saudi Arabia this year, and the efforts made within its meetings to protect lives and livelihoods to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2020 shows a disinfection robot in work at the Deyang People's Hospital in Deyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua)
BEIJING -- Robots with unique functions like disinfection, delivery and rehabilitation assistance are exhibiting their talents to global consumers at the ongoing 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which kicked off Friday in Beijing.
Themed "Global Services, Shared Prosperity," the fair is the first major international economic and trade event that China has held both online and offline since the COVID-19 outbreak. ■
