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The National Health Authority said on Monday that China reported 18 new cases of COVID-19 on November 29, up from 11 the previous day.

The National Health Commission said in a statement that 15 of the new cases came from abroad. It also reported three local injuries in the Inner Mongolia region.

Firefighters participate in an emergency training against winter chemical hazards and accidents in Wuhai, Northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, November 25, 2020

 Firefighters take part in an emergency training against winter chemical hazards and accidents in Wuhai, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, November 25, 2020. Photo: Xinhua / REX / Shutterstock

The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 17 from 10 the day before.

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in China now stands at 86,530, while the number of deaths has remained unchanged at 4,634.





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Denise Campbell

Corona Virus Infections in England have fallen by about a third since the country entered its second lockdown, as swab tests carried out on 105,000 volunteers showed.

There was a 30% drop in cases across the country over about two weeks this month, with 96 people per 10,000 infected between November 13-24, down from 132 per 10,000 between October 26 and November 2.

The R number indicating the transmission level is now 0.88. Any number higher than 1 means that the virus is growing exponentially.

The results, from the government-funded React mass surveillance study, were welcomed as evidence of the lockdown across England That started on November 5th, And a different system Graduated restrictions Its predecessor succeeded in limiting the transmission of the virus:





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Dr. Fauci also said that the arrival of the vaccines provides “light at the end of the tunnel,” according to the Associated Press. Next week, he said, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee will meet with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to discuss launching the vaccine.

He added that President-elect Joe Biden should focus on distributing vaccines in an “effective and equitable manner.” Fauci also said he intends to push the new administration into implementing a rigorous testing program.

He said health care workers would likely be among the first to receive the vaccine, with the first vaccinations occurring before the end of December, followed by many in January, February and March.

“If we can work together as a country and do these kinds of things to curb these sudden increases until a large proportion of the population is vaccinated, then we can bypass that,” Fauci said.





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Fauci warns of a “sudden increase” in US cases after Thanksgiving

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC “this week” that the infection level is in the United States. It will not “suddenly turn around.”

The Associated Press: “Obviously, in the next few weeks, we’re going to have the same kind of things. Maybe even after two or three weeks … we might see an increase when the forces increase.

Fauci also appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, making similar statements, adding that it was “never too late” for people who travel home after Thanksgiving to help curb the virus by wearing masks, staying away from others, and avoiding large groups of people. .

`` May The Fauci Be With You '' Christmas window, New York, USA, New York City, on November 29, 2020.

 “ May The Fauci Be With You ” window, Christmas window, New York, USA, New York City, on November 29, 2020. Photo: J. Ronald Lopez / Zuma Wire / REX / Shutterstock

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported in the United States exceeded 200,000 for the first time on Friday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Since January, when the first infections were reported in the United States, the total number of cases in the country has exceeded 13 million. More than 265,000 people have been killed.

Aside from the Thanksgiving holiday itself, between 800,000 to more than a million passengers made their way through checkpoints at US airports any day during the past week, according to the Transportation Security Administration tally.

That’s a far cry from the 2.3 to 2.6 million seen daily last year. But it far exceeds the number of travelers early in the pandemic, when the daily total fell below 100,000 on some spring days.

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The country could see an “increase” in the spread of the coronavirus in the weeks following Thanksgiving, the top infectious disease expert in the United States said on Sunday, and did not expect current recommendations on social distancing to be eased before Christmas.

Last week, the United States, which has the most cases and deaths of any country around the world, reported more than 200,000 cases in a single day.

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