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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Thursday / Friday, Sept. 9-10

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We call it the Pfizer vaccine:

BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch are well on track, two of the biotech firm’s top executives told Der Spiegel.

“Already over the next few weeks we will file the results of our trial in five to 11 year-olds with regulators across the world and will request approval of the vaccine in this age group, also here in Europe,” Chief Medical Officer Oezlem Tuereci told the weekly magazine.

She added final production steps were being adjusted to bottle a lower-dose pediatric version of its established Comirnaty vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer. It is currently approved for adults and children over 12…

Early days, but this is hopeful:

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY:

    NYS Dept of Health says 147 new cases for 9/8; the Monroe County site says 169. For a couple of days it looked like we’d get out of the “High Risk” designation, but no such luck.

  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 9/9 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangzhou in Guangdong Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both associated w/ leak at a quarantine hotel for overseas arrivals.

    Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 village in Ruili remains at Medium Risk. 

    Jiangsu Province did not report any new positive confirmed cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 7 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Nanjing there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both moderate) cases.
    • At Yangzhou 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases (all moderate) in the city.

    Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently are 60 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Xiangtan there currently is 1 domestic asymptomatic case.
    • At Zhuzhou there currently are 7 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Zhangjiajie 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 53 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.

    Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 27 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Zhengzhou 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Shangqiu there currently are 12 active domestic confirmed cases.

    Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed case recovered & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed (10 mild & 15 moderate) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Huanggang there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
    • At Jingzhou there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case.
    • At Jingmen 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 13 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Wuhan 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 5 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Ezhou there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case.

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.

    Imported Cases

    On 9/9, China reported 17 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 21 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 4 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan & Iraq; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Bangladesh, Indonesia & the UAE
    • Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Turkey, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Nigeria & Turkmenistan, off flights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national coming from the US
    • Yunnan Province (locations not specified) – 4 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar & 1 from Laos; 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning fro, Laos; all via land border crossings
    • Shanghai Municipality – 4 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Switzerland, the UK (via Frankfurt), Brazil (via Switzerland) & the UAE; 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Xiamen jn Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), coming from the UAE
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Japan & Brazil
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Japan
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Shenyang in Liaoning Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Dalian in Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Thailand

    Overall in China, 47 confirmed cases recovered (29 imported), 22 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (16 imported) & 1 was reclassified as confirmed case (imported), & 503 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 756 active confirmed cases in the country (612 imported), 8 in serious condition (all imported), 374 active asymptomatic cases (352 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 12,257 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 9/9, 2,129.833M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 5.251M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 9/10, Hong Kong report 5 new positive cases, all imported. 

  5. 5.

    Cermet

    That Convalescent plasma might cause slightly more harm, and apparently does no significant good isn’t a desired effect – if this holds up, then a med that was thought to be useful is lost; never a good turn of events regardless of the fact that it further hurts stupid. Well, at least the stupid still can shit their underwear and join the ranks of cows & sheep for one treatment.

  7. 7.

    Robert Sneddon

    @Cermet: ​
      It was known that convalescent plasma wasn’t any use against COVID-19 a year ago. It was a possible treatment but it didn’t demonstrate noticeable efficacy in the early days of the pandemic. This report is just a collation of the various studies and medical data collection operations that definitely states that it was a failure for the record.

  8. 8.

    Snarki, child of Loki

    The paste-eaters of the RW are no longer sticking with Elmer’s, but are now connoisseurs.

    “Oaty, with a hint of apple and a whiff of horse-shit”

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 21,176 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,940,950 cases. It also reports 341 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 19,827 deaths – 1.02% of the cumulative reported total, 1.17% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 242,161 active and contagious cases. 1,310, including 935 confirmed cases, are in ICU; 773 of them, including 453 confirmed cases, are on ventilators. Meanwhile, 21,476 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,678,962 patients recovered – 86.50% of the cumulative reported total.

    37 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,059 clusters. 1,455 clusters are currently active; 3,604 clusters are now inactive.

    21,172 new cases today are local infections. Sarawak reports 3,731 local cases: 208 in clusters, 2,787 close-contact screenings, and 736 other screenings.

    Selangor reports 3,595 cases: 219 in clusters, 2,036 close-contact screenings, and 1,340 other screenings.

    Johor reports 2,297 cases: 558 in clusters, 1,106 close-contact screenings, and 633 other screenings. Sabah reports 2,246 cases: 102 in clusters, 1,247 close-contact screenings, and 897 other screenings.

    Penang reports 1,939 cases: 156 in clusters, 474 close-contact screenings, and 1,309 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,808 cases: four in clusters, 1,128 close-contact screenings, and 676 other screenings.

    Perak reports 1,366 cases: 111 in clusters, 723 close-contact screenings, and 532 other screenings. Kelantan reports 1,254 cases: 18 in clusters, 785 close-contact screenings, and 451 other screenings.

    Pahang reports 853 cases: 215 in clusters, 550 close-contact screenings, and 88 other screenings.

    Terengganu reports 776 cases: 48 in clusters, 567 close-contact screenings, and 161 other screenings.

    Melaka reports 485 cases: 170 in clusters, 189 close-contact screenings, and 126 other screenings.
    Kuala Lumpur reports 466 local cases: 37 in clusters, 184 close-contact screenings, and 245 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 252 cases: 25 in clusters, 154 close-contact screenings, and 73 other screenings.

    Perlis reports 77 cases: 27 close-contact screenings and 50 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 21 cases: 15 close-contact screenings and six other screenings. Labuan reports six cases: 2two close-contact screenings and four other screenings.

    Four new cases today are imported: three in Sarawak and one in Kuala Lumpur.

  10. 10.

    New Deal democrat

    As more daily data comes in, it increasingly looks like the Delta wave peaked last week. We’ll know better once this weekend and next Monday’s data is in.

    But will the tide roll out, as it did in India and the Netherlands, or briefly recede and then increase again (but not to a new peak as of now) as it has in the U.K.? Part of the answer is the actual seroprevalence among the unvaccinated (i.e., how much dry tinder is left?), part of it is changes in behavioral conditions (e.g., schools reopening), and part is changes in public policy.

    I’m heartened by two things: (1) Biden’s speech yesterday. In particular, even if the OSHA vaccine mandate is struck down by the courts,* it is likely that a lot of employers will use it as a reason to mandate vaccinations on their own. If States – which absolutely have the police power to do so – also use it as a reason for their own coordinated mandates, so much the better. (2) the LA school district mandating vaccinations for children and staff. I also expect this to start a cascade of similar mandates in many other large districts.

    Put those two things together, and you’ve got some serious progress against the virus.

    *Don’t put it past the Roberts Court to declare this Unconstitutional – but only next year, after in the meantime refusing to enjoin enforcement of it in the meantime. A sneaky way to have your cake and eat it too.

  11. 11.

    Soprano2

    I wonder whether my employer will now use the federal order to mandate vaccination for employees. We’re a city government, but we definitely have more than 100 employees. My boss saw part of the Covid update yesterday; she said they’re still saying only 50% of city employees are vaccinated. I’m sure a big part of that number, like in other municipalities, are public safety workers like police and fire.

  12. 12.

    Percysowner

    @Soprano2: From OSHA

    Please be advised that Federal OSHA neither has regulations, nor jurisdiction, over State, municipal, or volunteer fire departments. Section (3)(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 specifically excludes Federal OSHA’s authority over employees of State and local government. The Act provides for States to assume responsibility for occupational safety and health programs under the State’s own plan, which must be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. Each State-plan must include coverage of public employees of the State, and it must be “at least as effective” as Federal OSHA’s protection of private sector employees.

    So, by rights, this should cover your workplace, since the rules have to be at least as effective as OSHA.

    Here’s a map of which states have their own plans and which just rely on OSHA regs.

  13. 13.

    VOR

    @Percysowner: That map is interesting. The states with their own plans tend to be Blue states (not exclusively by any means). Red states seem more content to rely on Federal minimum standards.

  14. 14.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — There were 6,815 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday with 22 new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive. Test positivity rate is 11.1%. ICU bed occupancy numbers are 82, down five from yesterday (probably from deaths) while hospitalisations are 977, up about 150. These are bad numbers all round, indicating things are getting worse and not better since the relaxation of restrictions in Scotland a month ago and the return of schools.
    There were under 7,000 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Thursday) with about 30% of them first-doses. This brings the total in the adult (16+) population to 90.7% first-dose and 82.7% fully vaccinated. The first-dose vaccination rate for 16 and 17-year-olds is now 61.1%.
    The areas with the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland continue to be cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee etc. Rural areas such as the Borders have 95% plus first vaccinations and nearly 90% fully vaccinated rates for 16+ adults.​

  15. 15.

    Taken4Granite

    COVID  cases are on the rise locally, and Flagship State University has announced that testing will continue through the fall semester with those vaccinated testing every other week and the unvaccinated testing twice per week.

  16. 16.

    Sloane Ranger

    Thursday in the UK we had 38,013 new cases. This is an increase of 15.3% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,

    England – 27,049 (down 2237)

    Northern Ireland – 1831 (up 621)

    Scotland – 6836 (up 1026)

    Wales – 2297 (down 372).

    Deaths – There were 167 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 18.5% in the rolling 7-day average. 138 deaths were in England, 8 in Northern Ireland, 12 in Scotland and 9 in Wales.

    Testing – 1,254,874 tests took place on Wednesday 8 September. This is an increase of 34.4% in the rolling 7-day average. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 756,759.

    Hospitalisations – There were 8085 people in hospital and 1060 people on ventilators on Wednesday, 8 September. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions, on 5 September, was up by 2.9%.

    Vaccinations – As of Wednesday, 8 September, 48,344,566 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 43,708,906 had received both. This means that 88.9% of all UK residents aged 16+ had had 1 shot as of that date and 80.4% were fully vaccinated. People are continuing to get 1st shots but as a much slower rate than previously. It is taking about 3 days for the numbers to increase by 0.1%. 2nd shots are increasing by 0.1% every day. Take up remains fairly consistent across the home nations, with Scotland slightly in the lead with regard to 1st doses and Wales with 2nd.

    According to Professor Tim Spector an epidemiologist at Kings College, London, who runs a nationwide COVID monitoring project involving millions of individuals using an app to self report their health status (I’m one of them), the number of new cases is beginning to show signs of declining but, he went on to say that it’s too early to say whether this is a temporary thing, maybe caused by the recent good weather many of us have been enjoying, or will be sustained.

  17. 17.

    Chris T.

    I don’t understand that last tweet.  What does a teddy bear have to do with Hannity or Starnes or whatever?

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