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 DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
* For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open
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* Eikon users, see MacroVitals (cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098)
for a case tracker and summary of news.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* South Korea was investigating a new outbreak among roughly 28
people in an apartment block in Seoul, as it reported the biggest
daily rise in infections since March.
* A Chinese government offer to test all Hong Kong residents is
meeting scepticism from the city's medical community and public.
* India reported a record daily jump of 75,760 infections, taking
its total caseload to 3.31 million. Deaths rose by 1,023, pushing
the toll to 60,472.
* Australia's Victoria state — epicentre of the nation's second wave
of COVID-19 infections — reported its lowest one-day rise in new
cases in nearly two months.
EUROPE
* Germany may extend a ban on major events until at least the end of
the year, a draft document showed.
* The French prime minister said the government must move fast to
head off a deadly new wave, while a presentation by the health
minister suggested new vaccines could be available from the end of
2020 or the beginning of 2021.
* Phil Hogan quit as the EU's Trade Commissioner after days of
pressure over allegations he breached COVID-19 guidelines during a
trip to his native Ireland.
AMERICAS
* Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow
coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rank-and-file
lawmakers as soon as this week, according to a CNBC report.
* China said that the end to a partnership on a vaccine between
Chinese firm CanSino Biologics and Canada is unrelated to diplomatic
relations between the countries.
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* Argentina posted a record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed COVID-19 cases,
taking the total caseload to 370,188.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Gaza will remain in lockdown at least until Sunday, health officials said
after reporting two deaths and 26 COVID-19 cases in the first public outbreak of
the disease in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.
* Doctors employed by Kenya's Nairobi County government resumed work following a
six-day strike over delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when
handling patients who may have COVID-19, a union official said.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* Clinical diagnostics company Novacyt,, one of many healthcare companies whose
shares have surged during the pandemic, launched a test to differentiate between
COVID-19 and common winter diseases.
* Abbott Laboratories said it won U.S. marketing authorization for a coronavirus
portable antigen test that can deliver results within 15 minutes and will sell
for $5.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* Switzerland's economy shrank by 8.2% in the second quarter compared with the
first three months of the year, as the pandemic triggered the worst quarterly
downturn in 40 years.
* Japan's government upgraded its view on exports and output in August for the
second straight month as global demand slowly improves, but authorities
cautioned conditions were still severe.
* Mexico's economy in the second quarter contracted the most since the Great
Depression, despite a partial recovery in June.
(Compiled by Sarah Morland, Linda Pasquini, Vinay Dwivedi and Uttaresh.V; Edited
by Hugh Lawson, Shounak Dasgupta and Tomasz Janowski)
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