N.Y. Sees Most New Cases Since April; Europe Curbs: Virus Update

7 min readNov 25, 2020

Infection rates are accelerating in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain West after sweeping through states in the Midwest. A growing number of hospitals canceled or delayed some planned medical procedures to preserve staff and beds. The death toll in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities topped 100,000. U.S. airline traffic rose as some Americans traveled for Thanksgiving despite warnings

Thailand to Sign Vaccine Pact With AstraZeneca (1:10 p.m. HK) Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha will sign an agreement with AstraZeneca Plc on Friday to procure its vaccine, according to a government statement. Thailand may receive the doses by mid-2021. Local drugmaker Siam Bioscience will produce the vaccines at its facilities, and Thailand will receive technology transfer — an economic op

Chinese Firm Submits Application for Vaccine Use: Xinhua (11:53 a.m. HK) A leading Chinese vaccine developer has applied for general use of its Covid-19 vaccine, seeking to get a jump on Western rivals as the race for a working shot against the pandemic enters the final stretch. China National Biotec Group Co. has submitted an application to Chinese regulators, reported state media Xinhua Finance

Australian State Overhauls Hotel Quarantine (11 a.m. HK) South Australia is overhauling its system of hotel quarantine after discovering that two returned overseas travelers and a security guard mysteriously contracted Covid-19 at an isolation facility. Authorities have scoured CCTV images and have so far failed to identify how the couple who’d returned from Nepal and the guard became infected at

U.S. airline traffic rose as some Americans traveled for Thanksgiving despite warnings from health officials. A top European Union official said relaxing restrictions too swiftly could unleash a fresh virus wave onto already-strained hospitals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed tighter restrictions to regional leaders in a meeting Wednesday. In a briefing paper, the federal government sugg

German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed tighter restrictions to regional leaders in a meeting Wednesday. In a briefing paper, the federal government suggested a further reduction in the number of customers allowed in shops and tighter measures in schools located in infection hotspots.

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N.Y. Sees Most New Cases Since April (11:45 a.m. NY) New York state said there were 6,265 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest since April 24, when there were 10,553 new infections. Governor Andrew Cuomo reported the numbers at a briefing in Rochester. The overall positive testing rate was 3.62%. There were 2,982 hospitalizations and 41 deaths on Tuesday, according to state data. NYC Ho

Geneva Restaurants to Reopen (11 a.m. NY) Geneva, Lausanne and other areas in francophone Switzerland will reopen restaurants on Dec. 10, according to a joint statement. The region suffered some of Europe’s highest Covid-19 infection rates, and municipalities took various steps to stem the spread of the disease. In Geneva, stores deemed non-essential will reopen already on Nov. 28. Italy PM Doesn

Covid-19 has killed more than 100,000 residents and staff of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the U.S., according to a report Wednesday from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The U.S. passed the grim milestone on Tuesday, based on reports from across the country, the foundation said. Deaths in long-term care facilities have accounted for 40% of all Covid-19 deaths nationwide, according

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha will sign an agreement with AstraZeneca Plc on Friday to procure its vaccine, according to a government statement. Thailand may receive the doses by mid-2021. Local drugmaker Siam Bioscience will produce the vaccines at its facilities, and Thailand will receive technology transfer — an economic opportunity for the country, government spokeswoman Traisuree Ta

Japan, China Agree to Restart Two-Way Travel (7:43 a.m. HK) The foreign ministers of China and Japan agreed at a meeting in Tokyo to lift some virus-related travel restrictions by the end of the month. Foreign Minister Wang Yi is the first senior Chinese official to visit Japan since Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office in September. At the meeting, Wang and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimi

U.K. Government ‘Too Slow’ on Ventilators: Report (8:13 a.m. HK) The U.K. government lost a “crucial month” in its fight against coronavirus because it was slow to respond to a shortage of ventilators, the House of Commons spending watchdog found. Ministers only started efforts to buy more ventilators on March 3, just over a month after the WHO declared the pandemic a public health emergency, the

N.Y. Sees Most New Cases Since April; Europe Curbs: Virus Update

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