New York Governor Kathy Hochul during a press conference to provide an update on the coronavirus disease in New York, USA, September 7, 2022. (REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)
New York State is ending its 28-month-old COVID-19 order that requires masks to be worn on trains, buses and other public transportation, Governor Kathy Hochul said.
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Asia Pacific
– More Chinese cities are advising residents to avoid unnecessary travel ahead of the upcoming holiday long weekend, putting tens of millions on lockdown and increasing the economic hit of COVID- In addition to 19 policies.
– Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 recombinant nasal vaccine has been approved by India’s drug regulator, the country’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted on Tuesday.
– Taiwan will reopen visa-free entry for visitors from countries including the United States and Canada from next week, the government announced on Monday.
Europe
– The European Commission will propose to intensify routine screening for cancer and expand it to additional types of tumors after the number of tests dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. said an EU official.
– Germany will soon lift mask requirements on commercial flights, health minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday after airline Lufthansa said the rules were no longer enforceable.
– EU officials on Tuesday recommended deploying two Omicron-tailored vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to high-risk individuals first.
– European Union drug regulators could be weeks away from a decision to approve an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by France’s Sanofi and UK partner GSK, a Sanofi executive said Monday. rice field.
Americas
Pfizer has donated 100,000 courses of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid to the Covid Treatment Quick Start Consortium, a new group aimed at improving access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries.
-The United States is likely to start recommending a COVID-19 vaccine annually, health officials said Tuesday.
– US President Joe Biden will ask for $22.4 billion for COVID-19 relief ahead of a possible spike in cases in the fall, the White House said Friday.
– For Wall Street’s largest banks, the pandemic is largely in the rear-view mirror as they ramp up efforts to return employees to full-time offices while easing or lifting COVID-19 protocols.
Africa and Middle East
– El Al Israel Airlines will resume direct flights to Hong Kong in February after being suspended early in the 2020 pandemic.
economic impact
*Growth forecast as China’s imports and exports lose momentum in August, inflation spikes ruin overseas demand, new COVID-19 curbs and heat wave disrupt production and resurrect downside risks fell significantly below.
