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09.01.2021 / 08:15

New Covid strain: Brazil detects 1st case of re-infection with UK virus variant

Brazil has become the first person in the world to be re-infected with a mutant of the novel coronavirus, known as E484K, state-run news agency Agencia Brasil has reported.The re-infection case, discovered by researchers from the D'Or Institute for Research and Education in northeast Bahia, involves a 45-year-old woman who tested coronavirus positive in May and tested positive again in October last year with the mutation.

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Canada shatters daily coronavirus case record as Alberta detects 1st South Africa variant

novel coronavirus Friday, shattering the nation’s daily infection record and edging closer to earlier predictions of the country reaching as much as 14,000 new COVID-19 infections a day.Another 128 fatalities were reported as well, pushing the country’s death toll to 16,707. To date, Canada has seen a confirmed 643,848 cases of COVID-19, though 545,971 of those patients have since recovered.A total of 19,371,000 tests have been administered as well, though current hospitalizations from the virus now stand at 4,466.

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VIRUS TODAY: Pfizer says vaccine can work against variants

COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech can still work against a mutated coronavirus. Two easier-to-spread new variants of the virus have the world on edge.

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Vaccines might not work against highly transmissible South African coronavirus variant: UK minister

South Africa.The world's leading COVID-19 vaccine makers are rushing to see if their shots work against new mutations of the novel coronavirus found in South Africa and the United Kingdom.Also read Virus spread slows but two states still a worryPfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker."The South African variant is worrying the experts because it may be that the vaccine doesn't respond in the same way or doesn't work in quite the same way," Shapps told LBC radio.

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Scientists 'not sure' if Covid vaccine will beat South African strain, top Tory says

Scientists are ‘not sure’ if the new South African strain of coronavirus will respond properly to a vaccine, a UK Cabinet minister said today.

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Travellers arriving in Scotland will need negative Covid test or face £500 fine

coronavirus. It has been announced that from next week anyone arriving in the UK will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.

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The Latest: China city offers cash for tip on test evaders

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant— US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus— Brazil’s pandemic deaths top 200,000 amid a return to fun— Britain’s National Health Service will from next week employ a little-used field hospital specially built at a huge exhibition center in east London in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. — Facing criticism over a slow roll out of virus vaccines -- with barely 500 people vaccinated in the first week — France’s government has pledged to speed up jabs for the elderly.

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Negative Covid test requirement for travellers to England - but Ireland exempt

Travellers to England from international destinations will have to test negative for coronavirus before they can enter the country, the British government has announced.

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Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine appears to work against U.K., South Africa variants

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.The not-yet peer reviewed study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the vaccine was effective in neutralizing virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.

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Pfizer vaccine appears effective against new Covid-19 strain in UK: Report

Covid-19 vaccine appears to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new strain of coronavirus detected in Britain and South Africa.The not-yet peer-reviewed laboratory study conducted by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the Covid-19 vaccine was effective in neutralising the killer virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.Also Read | Virus spread slows but two states still a worryThe mutation could be responsible for greater transmissibility and there had been concern it could also make the virus escape antibody neutralisation elicited by the vaccine, news agency Reuters quoted Phil Dormitzer, one of Pfizer's top viral vaccine scientists, as saying.The study was

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All travellers entering England must have negative Covid test or face £500 fine

coronavirus before they can enter the country or face a £500 fine, the Government has announced.Under plans set out by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, from next week passengers arriving by boat, train or plane will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.He said the move was designed to prevent new variants of the disease which have emerged in countries such as South Africa and Denmark.Failure to comply with the new regulations will lead to an immediate £500 fine.There will be a limited number of exemptions, including hauliers, children under 11, crews and for those travelling from countries without the infrastructure available to deliver tests.Arrivals from the Common Travel Area with Ireland will also

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International travellers to England will require negative Covid-19 test

direct to your inboxAll international travellers entering England will need a negative Covid-19 test before they can enter the country.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans that will begin next week for passengers arriving by boat, train or plane.They will all need to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.Mr Shapps said the move was designed to prevent new variants of the disease which have emerged in countries such as South Africa and Denmark.Failure to comply with the new regulations will lead to an immediate £500 fine.There will be a limited number of exemptions, including hauliers, children under 11, crews and for those travelling from countries without the infrastructure available to deliver

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South Africa to get Serum-made 1.5 mn COVID-19 vaccines from India

Johannesburg: South Africa will receive one million COVID-19 vaccines from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India this month, followed by an additional 500,000 doses in February, the health minister told Parliament on Thursday, amid a spike in coronavirus deaths and infections in the country.Drug major AstraZeneca has partnered with the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, for the supply of the vaccine to the Indian government and also to a large number of low and middle-income countries.The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, is made from a virus which is a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus), that has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to grow in

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South Africa buys 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa says it will import 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the country's health workers. This is South Africa’s first announcement of the purchase of a COVID-19 vaccine as its cases soar.The first 1 million doses will be delivered later this month from the Serum Institute of India, followed by an additional 500,000 doses in February, Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced Thursday.South Africa is battling a dramatic resurgence of COVID-19 that is quickly outstripping its first peak.

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Amid Covid surge, South Africa health min aims to vaccinate for herd immunity

South Africa's health minister on Thursday detailed plans to vaccinate 40 million people or two-thirds of its population against Covid-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, as a mutant variant drove daily new cases above 21,000 for the first time.A more contagious coronavirus mutant, first found on South Africa's east coast late last year, is driving a second wave of infections across Africa's most industrialised nation, pushing its total to 1.15 million, a third of all the continent's cases.Also Read | The faces behind the farmer revoltThis week, deaths in South Africa surpassed 30,000, and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said both private and public hospitals were struggling to manage to a growing influx of patients."Deaths and admissions

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The new covid-19 strain in South Africa: What we know

Also Read | The faces behind the farmer revoltWhat is the new Covid-19 variant present in South Africa?It’s normal for viruses to mutate, and variants observed so far in the coronavirus sweeping the globe have made little difference to how it functions. The South African variant, known as B.1.351, has worried scientists because of its unusually large number of mutations, especially in the spike protein, which the virus uses to attach to and infect human cells.How dangerous is this new variant?The discovery and spread of the South African variant has coincided with a powerful surge in infections in the country.

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Passengers from Britain, South Africa will need negative PCR test

The Cabinet has agreed that passengers from Britain and South Africa will now need to have a negative PCR test for Covid-19.

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South African coronavirus variant 'very significant problem,' UK health secretary says

warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa is a "very significant problem" and poses more of a risk than others. Matt Hancock told BBC radio that he’s "incredibly worried" about the new variant as others questioned whether currently approved vaccines would be effective against it."I’m incredibly worried about the South African variant," Hancock told BBC Radio 4’s Today.

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Canada adds 7,220 new coronavirus cases, 159 deaths as vaccine rollout continues

What the COVID-19 variant from South Africa means for pandemic, vaccines The new cases and fatalities come as health officials across the country race to get needles into the arms of the most vulnerable as the virus continues to spread.However, speaking at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “frustrated” to hear that some COVID-19 vaccines are sitting “in freezers” and are not being administered immediately.“That’s why we’re going to continue working closely with the provinces, both to deliver vaccines to the provinces and to support them as they need it in terms of getting more vaccines out to vulnerable populations and front line workers as quickly as possible,” Trudeau said.The prime

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South Africa testing whether COVID-19 vaccines work against country’s coronavirus strain

Paramedics assess a COVID-19 patient in Lenasia, Johannesburg, on Jan. 4, 2021.

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Coronavirus: Poll shows half of respondents visited family, friends during holidays

COVID-19 lockdown restrictions to visit family and friends over the holidays.According to data collected from 1,500 Canadians across the country, 48 per cent say they did not exclusively stay home over the past couple of weeks.“Public health officials and governments were really hammering home the message, ‘try to stay home,’ and I think for good reasons,” said Andrew Enns with Leger.

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Fiancée and both her parents die of Covid within days of each other before Christmas

coronavirus within a couple of days of each other. The young woman, Zoe Freshwater, 26, was working as a teacher at Highway College in Queensborough, Durban, South Africa, and was due to marry her childhood sweetheart at the end of last month just before Christmas.But it has now been revealed that she died together with her dad Greg, 63, and mother Angela, 52.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa Public Health asks U.K., South Africa travellers to present for testing

coronavirus test to help trace the possible spread of new variants of COVID-19.Dr. Vera Etches said in a news conference Tuesday that the new variants emerging in other parts of the world, especially the faster-spreading variant first identified in the U.K., will affect Ottawa’s ability to flatten the city’s surging COVID-19 curve.“It’s more transmissible.

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UK and SA travellers will need to produce negative Covid test from Saturday

All travellers arriving into Ireland from Britain and South Africa will have to provide a negative Covid-19 test.

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Sir Patrick Vallance provides update on new strains of coronavirus and their potential effect on a vaccine

direct to your inboxThe government's chief scientific advisor has provided an update on the two new strains of coronavirus and their potential impact on the Covid-19 vaccine.Scientists are looking into two new strains of the virus - one discovered in the south of England which is spreading across the country rapidly, and another which originated in South Africa and has now also been identified in the UK.On Monday, health secretary Matt Hancock said he was “incredibly worried” about the South African variant, describing it as a “very, very significant problem”.Addressing the two new strains of coronavirus at a Downing Street press briefing this afternoon, Sir Patrick Vallance said that both were currently being looked at by scientists.The UK

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What the COVID-19 variant from South Africa means for pandemic, vaccines

COVID-19 continues to mutate.Fears are rising over the latest variant, this time discovered in South Africa. COVID-19 variant found in South Africa might be a problem for vaccines, experts warn There is worry among some experts about whether current vaccines will be effective against the variant — called 501Y.V2 — that’s rapidly replacing other strains in the country, but not everyone is convinced.Here’s what we know so far:There are already many different versions, or variants, of COVID-19 circulating in different parts of the world.

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Coronavirus: WHO says no evidence that new strain of virus in South Africa is more transmissible

World Health Organization technical lead for COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove on Tuesday discussed a new strain of the virus found in South Africa and dubbed the 501Y.V2 variant, saying that there’s no evidence at this point that the new strain has an increased transmissibility when compared to the strain found in the United Kingdom.

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Pandemic haunts new year worldwide as virus growth outpaces vaccine roll out

vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening livelihoods anew as governments lockdown businesses and race to find solutions.England headed back into lockdown. Mexico City’s hospitals hold more virus patients than ever.

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Coronavirus tests 'cannot detect worrying new South Africa strain of virus'

Coronavirus tests reportedly cannot tell if you've got worrying South Africa strain of virus.

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Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines

LONDON – Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the virus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening livelihoods anew as governments lock down businesses and race to find solutions.Mexico City’s hospitals hold more virus patients than they ever have. Germany reported one of its highest daily death tolls to date Tuesday, and South African undertakers are struggling to keep up with virus mortalities.

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The politics of Covid-19 just got even more hellish

new strain of Covid-19, more contagious than previous strains, is now circulating in dozens of countries. Other new strains, such as one first detected in South Africa, will almost certainly emerge.

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UK border controls may 'be tightened' and require arrivals to prove negative Covid test

third lockdown until mid-February, with schools closing and people slapped with a stay-at-home order.On Monday evening, Boris Johnson announced the country would be once again subjected to strict restrictions following a huge increase in Covid cases.If brought into action, passengers will be required to show a negative result from no more than 72 hours before departure.However, rules could be tightened further and new arrivals may need a second test when land on British soil.Under current rules, travellers must fill out a passenger locator form before quarantining if flying from a country not on the Government's 'travel corridor' list.Flights from South Africa have already been barred by the Govt, where one of the new strains has been

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COVID-19 variant found in South Africa might be a problem for vaccines, experts warn

COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against a new variant of the coronavirus that emerged in South Africa and has spread internationally.Both Britain and South Africa have detected new, more transmissible variants of the COVID-19-causing virus in recent weeks that have driven a surge in cases.

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South Africa testing whether vaccines work against variant

JOHANNESBURG – Scientists in South Africa are urgently testing to see if the vaccines for COVID-19 will be effective against the country's variant virus.The genomic studies come as Britain’s health minister, Matt Hancock, and other experts in the U.K. have said they worry that vaccines may not be effective against the South African variant.“This is the most pressing question facing us right now,” said Dr.

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Coronavirus mutant strain from South Africa 'may defeat vaccines', top professor warns

coronavirus mutant strain may beat current vaccines.Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, said it is more worrying than the Kent variant "by some margin".He believes it is already in the UK - and it could take months to develop a new vaccine if it turns out to be resistant.And he warned the UK will see "lots of variants" but urged Brits to stay calm.Sir John, a member of the Government’s vaccine task force, said he thinks the current two Covid-19 jabs by Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca would be effective against the Kent strain.But he said there was a "question mark" over if they would be effective against the South African strain.He told Times Radio: "As to what my gut feeling is that I think the vaccine will be

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 31, 2020

Department of Health: State Laboratory Guarding Against New COVID-19 StrainsThe Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) continues to proactively test COVID-19 specimens looking for new strains that may be significantly more contagious or differ in other ways from earlier strains. Recent variants first discovered in the United Kingdom and South Africa are spreading more easily and quickly than other variants and have already spread to other countries.

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New covid-19 strains: What scientists know about coronavirus variants

Also Read | Investing during all-time highs can be good strategyIn South Africa, meanwhile, doctors and researchers battling a second surge of Covid-19 cases are studying another new variant and what role it plays in the rising tide of cases there. The variant, known as B.1.351, has been identified in samples dating back to October.

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NPHET warns Level 5 may not be enough to curb virus

The National Public Health Emergency Team has said the current set of restrictions imposed by the Government to combat the transmission of Covid-19, may not be enough, and additional measures may be required if there is continued deterioration.

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New Covid-19 variant detected for first time in United States

The new variant of coronavirus has been detected for the first time in the United States and Latin America as President-elect Joe Biden vowed to significantly ramp up the vaccination drive.

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Variant virus gains bigger foothold in UK as cases surge

Developments with variant SARS-CoV-2 continued to dominate global COVID-19 news today, with the United Kingdom reporting more record-high case numbers and new reports revealing more about the prevalence and risk.

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South Africa imposes new virus curbs as WHO warns of worse pandemics

South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from today after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may lie ahead.

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Covid-19 variant from South Africa found in Japan

Also Read | How Indians lived online during 2020The announcement of the detection of the South Africa-linked variant comes after the Japanese government on Monday started banning the entry of non-resident foreign nationals following the discovery of the UK variant in Japan.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged calm ahead of the New Year holidays, when hospitals tend to be understaffed, and instructed ministers to remain alert."They say that no evidence is showing the vaccines that are already being administered overseas are not effective against this variant, and anti-infection steps for it are unchanged from those for the conventional virus," Suga said, referring to the new, fast-spreading UK variant.He spoke ahead of the announcement of the

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South African president bans sales of alcohol, orders bars closed amid COVID-19 spikes

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars Monday as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant.Ramaphosa also announced the closure of all beaches and public swimming pools in the country’s infection hotspots, which include Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and several coastal areas. In addition, South Africa is extending its nighttime curfew by four hours, requiring all residents must be at home from 9 p.m.

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Multiple countries report UK SARS-CoV-2 variant cases

Over the holiday weekend, more than a dozen countries reported cases involving the UK SARS-CoV-2 variant, with a few reporting their first cases of a similar but distinct South African variant.

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As South Africa's virus spikes, doctors urge alcohol ban

JOHANNESBURG – With a new surge pushing South Africa’s cumulative virus cases above 1 million, the country’s doctors are urging the government to return to tighter restrictions on social gatherings and the sales of alcohol to slow the spread of the disease.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has held an emergency meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council and has announced he will speak to the nation Monday night.The country surpassed the 1 million mark on Sunday night when it reported 1,004,413 cumulative cases of COVID-19, including 26,735 deaths.

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TOWIE's Ferne McCann hit by backlash over South Africa trip amid mutant Covid-19 strain

TOWIE regular, 30, recently enjoyed a festive trip to Dubai. and now she's decided to jet off to another exotic location, despite living under strict Tier 4 rules back in Essex.

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South Africa logs million Covid-19 cases as pandemic surges worldwide

South Korea on Monday became the latest country to detect the new coronavirus variant, as the pandemic showed no signs of letting up.Global infections have raced past 80 million with nearly 1.8 million deaths, even as vaccination drives gather pace in North America and Europe, with a top US expert warning that the pandemic might get even worse in the coming weeks.Also Read | Urgency to fix India’s bankruptcy codeThe explosion of cases worldwide in recent weeks has prompted the return of many unpopular restrictions, including some lockdowns, and concerns have grown after the detection of a new virus variant experts believe could be more transmissible.South Africa became the first African nation to log one million cases, official data showed

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New coronavirus strain: South Korea detect three cases amid third wave

South Korea, health authorities said Monday.The three individuals are members of a London-based family who arrived in the country on December 22, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.Also Read | Urgency to fix India’s bankruptcy codeThey have been placed in isolation since testing positive for Covid-19 on arrival, the KDCA statement said.The new strain of the virus emerged earlier this month in Britain and has already reached several European countries, as well as Canada, Jordan and Japan.Last week London said another new variant of the virus was found in the country in cases linked to South Africa, which is the first African nation to record one million coronavirus cases.The new strain, which experts fear is more

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0