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 DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
* For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open
https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.
* For a U.S.-focused tracker with state-by-state and county map,
open https://tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T in an external browser.
* Eikon users, see MacroVitals (cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098)
for a case tracker and summary of news.
EUROPE
* The weekly number of positive cases in England in late August was
the highest since the end of May, the latest data from the test and
trace scheme showed.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* South Korean doctors agreed to end a two-week strike which has
complicated efforts to curb a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
* India reported a daily jump of 83,341 infections, taking its tally
to 3.94 million, as Asia's worst-hit country closes in on Brazil as
the world's second most affected nation from the virus.
* An Australian state reported a record 59 deaths, the highest ever
daily total for the country.
* New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the current
coronavirus restrictions would be retained until mid-September.
AMERICAS
* Brazil's national tally of infections surpassed 4 million.
* More health workers have died from the novel coronavirus in Mexico
than any other country on the planet, Amnesty International said.
* British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19,
news media reported, halting production of "The Batman" and
highlighting the industry's struggles to get back to business after
months of a shutdown.
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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a
coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task force said on
Thursday.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* Drugmaker Roche said it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration for a test to quickly detect whether a patient has
SARS-CoV-2 or one of two forms of influenza.
* Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the virus even when only
a few people use them, a study published by researchers at Google and Oxford
University showed.
* Mexico said it plans to take part in stage 3 trials of the Russian coronavirus
vaccine in October, part of the nation's efforts to secure supplies of possible
future COVID-19 vaccines.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* Asian markets had their worst session in two weeks following a plunge on Wall
Street, though gains in safer assets like bonds and dollars were muted as
investors awaited U.S. job data. [MKTS/GLOB]
* U.S. employers announced another 115,762 job cuts in August, led by struggling
airlines as the pandemic weighs on travel and financial assistance from the
government lapses.
* Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga signalled readiness to compile
a third extra budget to respond to the pandemic if he succeeds outgoing Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe.
(Compiled by Anita Kobylinska, Uttaresh.V and Vinay Dwivedi; Editing by Tomasz
Janowski, Maju Samuel and Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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