Singapore Cases Hit Record; CDC Error on Hong Kong: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) – Covid-19 infections have surged to record levels in Singapore, where the growing spread of the virus despite high vaccination rates is causing a rare discontent among the ruling party. In Japan, authorities are lifting the state of emergency at the end of the month as cases drop.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a travel warning for Hong Kong was issued on Monday, adding that the city still has low levels of the disease. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE are one step closer to bringing their vaccine to school-age children in the United States.

European countries dominated the top of Bloomberg’s Vivid Resilience Rankings for the third month, with Ireland leading the way after a stunning turnaround. At the same time, confirmed cases have hit a record in Romania, the country with the lowest vaccination rate in the European Union after Bulgaria.

Wells Fargo & Co., the US bank with the most employees, has postponed its return to office date to January 10.

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A spokesperson for the agency told Bloomberg News that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mistakenly changed their travel advice for Hong Kong on Monday and corrected the error on its website. Hong Kong remains at Level 1 with a low Covid-19 level. CDC raised Singapore to Level 3 on Monday, citing the high level of Covid-19.

Covid-19 hospitalizations are still setting records across Idaho, where health care is being distributed and there is no end to the crisis, officials said on Tuesday, officials said. Three. “We don’t see where this is going to turn,” said David Jeppesen, director of the state’s Department of Health and Welfare, in an online conference.

The latest data shows 757 Covid-19 cases hospitalized in Idaho, including 202 patients in the intensive care unit and 131 patients on ventilators, Jeppesen said. Meanwhile, the number of new cases in children has “jumped”, growing faster than infections in adults, said Kathryn Turner, the state’s deputy epidemiologist.

Wells Fargo & Co. will delay the return to the office until January 10. The bank had previously set the date for November 1.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who get the Covid-19 vaccine after vaccinating people with weakened immune systems most often have a mild to moderate reaction.

About 22,191 boosters were registered with the federal surveillance system starting August 12, when the doses were first authorized by U.S. regulators on an urgent basis, for through September 19, the CDC said in a report Tuesday. Data were reported by those who received the injection 0 to 7 days after the third dose.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised the vaccine mandates following Monday’s court panel decision that the city could proceed with a vaccine request for teachers and other education workers. Workers at America’s largest school district have until 5 p.m. Friday to get their first Covid injection or get unpaid leave. Principals will have the weekend to find substitute teachers so that “by Monday morning, 100% of the staff will be vaccinated,” de Blasio said in a briefing.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the Covid-19 vaccine authorization for healthcare workers effective this week is working to increase vaccination rates, providing a roadmap for other states trying to combat the pandemic. delta bodies are highly transmissible.

About 92 percent of nursing home workers in New York received at least one dose of the vaccine Monday night, up from 70 percent on August 15, before the vaccine mandate was announced, according to the office. governor. And 84% of hospital staff were fully vaccinated as of September 22, up from 77% on August 10, according to state data.

Healthcare workers across the state are required to get at least their first dose of the vaccine by September 27, as the state continues to battle a surge in Covid cases, particularly in unvaccinated people. Those who refuse to shoot or who do not receive an exemption must terminate the contract.

Airlines are cautiously adding more capacity between the United States and Europe during the winter, as airlines try to take advantage of more easing travel restrictions without unduly stretching them in the slower months seasonal.

The number of flights from Western Europe to North America is ready to increase by 7.5% between the end of October and the beginning of November, when the US ban is lifted on visits from most European countries. , based on data from BloombergNEF. Traffic will then peak at the end of December.

Perella Weinberg Partners said its bankers will return to the office most days of the week starting November 1, with some flexibility remaining about when and where they work.

The Danish Health Authority said it expected to make one more vaccine available to people over 65, healthcare workers, people with chronic conditions and anyone who initially received the shot. from Johnson & Johnson. Implementation will be completed with vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna pending regulatory approval.

Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE say they have submitted initial data to US regulators on their vaccine use in children aged 5 to 11, moving closer to vaccination. for school-age children.

The companies are expected to make a formal request for the emergency authorization in the coming weeks. Submissions to regulatory authorities in Europe and elsewhere are also planned.

Romania has reported a record number of daily infections. More than 11,000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, data released on Tuesday showed. Major cities including Bucharest are approaching infection rates that will lead to new restrictions, including weekend curfews and online learning.

The country has the second lowest vaccination rate in the European Union after Bulgaria. With the government struggling to increase the number of intensive care beds available to virus patients, another 208 deaths have also been reported since Monday. That brings the total death toll to more than 36,000, with the heaviest toll in the past three months.

ImmunityBio Inc., the US company controlled by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, plans to conduct a second Covid-19 injection test in South Africa.

In an interview last weekend, Soon-Shiong said the new vaccine would combine the use of both ribonucleic acid or RNA, and deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, as well as the adenovirus used in an already established vaccination method. tested.

European nations dominated the top spots of the Bloomberg Resilience Rankings for the third month, and Ireland took over the pole position after a steady recovery from the worst outbreak in early 2021. With more than 90% of the adult population fully immunized, the country had its restrictions lifted this month.

Ireland has used a common Europe-wide strategy that is emerging as a model of global success: largely restricting international travel without quarantine to get vaccinated helps limit serious illness and death even as the infection spreads; allowing some liberties in the country only for those who are vaccinated increases local vaccination rates.

The United States fell three places to 28th in September as unchecked normalization, regardless of vaccination status, has increased the number of cases and deaths. Vaccination has been a success, with places that started shooting later the US has now surpassed it. Southeast Asian economies continue to be at the bottom of the Rankings in September, with Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines being the bottom five.

Japan will lift its state of emergency at the end of September when new infections subside. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would end restrictions on Friday on Tokyo and 18 other regions that account for about 75% of Japan’s economy.

His government, which is seeking to gradually narrow curbs, has called for places like eateries and pubs to close early and limit alcohol sales.