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• US Capitol Police seek extension of National Guard amid security concerns Press TV 05 Mar 2021 -- Amidst concerns about security and the likelihood of more violence at the US Capitol, members of the US National Guard have been asked to extend their deployment for another two months.
• More than 4,000 Guard members on duty in DC Army News 05 Mar 2021 -- The silver-haired woman clutched a protest sign as she methodically made her way down the line of Soldiers. She paused deliberately as she met the gaze of each set of eyes through their face shields, and offered a heartfelt, "thank you for your service."
• Ohio Army Guard assists during unrest in Cleveland, Columbus Army News 05 Mar 2021 -- Members of the Ohio National Guard were activated by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to assist local authorities after three days of civil unrest in major Ohio cities, including Columbus and Cleveland.
• Pentagon Assessing Its Networks for Possible Damage After Microsoft Breach, Spokesman Says Sputnik 05 Mar 2021 -- Earlier this week, Microsoft accused a Chinese hacking group known as "Hafnium" of breaching its Exchange Server email application. Microsoft had previously accused the company of attempting to steal information from infectious disease researchers, defense contractors, policy think tanks and non-governmental organizations.
• Two Ukrainian Nationals Extradited to U.S. on Money Laundering Charges US Dept. of Justice 05 Mar 2021 -- Two members of an international organized network that provided cash-out and money laundering services to cyber actors were extradited from the Czech Republic to Dallas.
• 1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO UN News 05 Mar 2021 -- More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in a new outbreak, but more lifesaving jabs will be needed to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
• Effort to Curb Ebola in Guinea, DR Congo Gathering Steam VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- The World Health Organization says it is using every measure it has to curb the spread of parallel Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all UN News 05 Mar 2021 -- Urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the global initiative making these medicines accessible by all countries, the UN's top health official said on Friday.
• Is global COVID-19 pandemic approaching "turning point" People's Daily 05 Mar 2021 -- With the COVID-19 vaccinations underway amid dwindling daily counts of new cases and deaths worldwide, the epidemic has shown a downward trend.

United States

• National Guard chief: More Guard members to be called up Army News 05 Mar 2021 -- More than 28,000 National Guard members are on duty as part of COVID-19 response efforts, and that number is expected to grow, the Guard's top general says.
• Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials The White House 05 Mar 2021
• Fauci Warns of 4th Spike in COVID-19 Infections With New Variants Resistant to Vaccines Sputnik 05 Mar 2021 -- A pause in the recent decline in new coronavirus cases following the worse spike of the year-old pandemic leaves the United States in danger of yet another surge, possibly with deadlier mutations , National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said Friday.
• More U.S. states drop mask mandates amid increasing variant infections People's Daily 05 Mar 2021 -- More U.S. states have announced plans to drop mask mandates amid still high baseline levels of new COVID-19 cases nationwide and increasing variant infections, drawing criticism from health experts.
• White House COVID Team: Take Any Vaccine You Can Get VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- The White House COVID-19 response team said Friday that all coronavirus vaccines currently available were safe and effective and urged Americans to take whichever one they had access to, after the mayor of Detroit reportedly declined an allocation of the Johnson & Johnson drug.

China

• WHO Cancels Interim Report on China COVID Investigation VOA Khmer 05 Mar 2021 -- A Wall Street Journal report says World Health Organization investigators who recently visited China to determine the origins of the emergence of the COVID-19 virus will not release a promised interim report of their findings.
• WHO to Release Mid-March Report on China COVID-19 Inspection VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- Investigators who conducted an inspection in China to determine origins of the COVID-19 virus will release a report on their findings in mid-March, a World Health Organization official said Friday.
• Presumption of guilt in virus study not conducive, Chinese FM comments on 'open letter' of 'new probe' Global Times 05 Mar 2021 -- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin urged other countries and regions undertake similar studies to the World Health Organization's virus origins study in Wuhan, as he commented on an open letter from a group of foreign scientists that called for a "new probe" of the coronavirus, during a routine press conference on Friday.
• China and the US should strengthen cooperation in tackling COVID-19: FM Global Times 05 Mar 2021 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry said that as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, China and the US, the two major powers in the world, should strengthen cooperation to address the common challenges of mankind and further support the World Health Organization (WHO) in playing its role.
• Chinese companies develop COVID-19 vaccine in strict accordance with scientific rules: FM Global Times 05 Mar 2021 -- Chinese companies conduct vaccine research and development in strict accordance with scientific rules and regulatory requirements under the guidance of government, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday.
• China Pledges Support for WHO in Combating COVID Pandemic, Distributing Vaccines, Report Says Sputnik 05 Mar 2021 -- China will actively promote international cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and support the World Health Organization (WHO) in the equitable distribution of vaccines, a government report on the social and economic development plan for 2021 said on Friday.
• China approves 17 COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials to reach herd immunity by mid 2022: officials Global Times 05 Mar 2021 -- China will reach herd immunity as soon as the mid of 2022, Gao Fu, director of China's CDC and member of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told media on Thursday while the country accelerates its mass vaccination program.

Europe

• France tightens COVID-19 restrictions, steps up vaccine rollout People's Daily 05 Mar 2021 -- To contain the spread of new coronavirus variants in France, Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday announced weekend lockdown in more areas, tougher rules against social mixing in high-risk regions and faster vaccination rollout.
• EU Must Retain 'Solidarity' Over Russian, Chinese COVID-19 Jabs, French Minister Says Amid Shortages Sputnik 05 Mar 2021 -- The comments come after several EU member-states picked the Russian and Chinese jabs for their national vaccine rollouts and as US and Anglo-Swedish firms failed to provide sufficient jabs for Europe's vaccine programmes, sparking rows with Brussels.

Russia

• Russia Completes Phase 2 Trials of Sputnik Light Single-Dose Coronavirus Vaccine Sputnik 05 Mar 2021 -- Earlier, an application for the emergency use authorisation of Sputnik Light, the single-dose version of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, had been filed in Russia and several other countries.
• Russian Statistics Agency Reports COVID Deaths Surpass 200,000 VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- Russia's statistics agency said Friday that more than 200,000 Russians diagnosed with COVID-19 have died, more than double the figure used by the government's coronavirus task force.

India

• More than 1.8 cr COVID19 Vaccine Doses Administered across the Country India PIB 05 Mar 2021 -- India has registered a cumulative figure of more than 1.8 crore (1,80,05,503) COVID19 Vaccination doses, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
• COVID19 Vaccination-Day 49 India PIB 05 Mar 2021 -- The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 1.90Crore today.

Iran

• COVID-19 claims 81 lives in past 24 hours in Iran: Official IRNA 05 Mar 2021 -- Some 81 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 60,512, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday.

Japan

• Japan's Prime Minister Extends Tokyo Region COVID-19 Emergency VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed Friday the government is extending a COVID-19 state of emergency in the Tokyo region and surrounding areas for another two weeks in hopes of relieving the strain on hospitals.

Saudi Arabia

• 384 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases, 309 Recoveries Reported, in Saudi Arabia SPA 05 Mar 2021 -- The Ministry of Health announced, in a statement here today, that 384 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) have been reported, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 379,092, including 2,651 active cases undergoing treatment.

Taiwan

• Taiwan COVID-19 vaccines could enter mass-production in July: minister CNA 05 Mar 2021 -- Taiwan's domestically developed COVID-19 vaccines could start mass production in July, but only if they successfully complete ongoing clinical trials, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Friday.

Other Countries

• Military Coup All But Halts Myanmar COVID-19 Testing Amid Fears of Next Wave Radio Free Asia 05 Mar 2021 -- The recording and reporting of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has become spotty and case monitoring has been halted under the junta regime as growing numbers of medical personnel join the civil disobedience movement, doctors told RFA.
• UAE Announces 3,072 New Cases of Covid-19 SPA 05 Mar 2021 -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced 3,072 cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases to 405,277.
• Egypt Reports 587 New Cases of Covid-19 SPA 05 Mar 2021 -- Egypt reported, during the past 24 hours, 587 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), and 49 deaths due to its complications.
• Rwanda Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- The east-central African nation of Rwanda began its COVID-19 vaccination program Friday, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, making it the first African nation to administer the drug.
• Brazil's Bolsonaro Tells People to 'Stop Whining' About COVID-19 VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- With new cases and COVID-19-related deaths surging and hospitals reaching capacity in Brazil, the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, told Brazilians on Thursday to "stop whining" about the pandemic.
• Australia Says Italian COVID Vaccine Export Ban Won't Disrupt Inoculation Program VOA 05 Mar 2021 -- Australia says losing "one shipment" of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine drug because of an export ban in Italy would not badly affect its mass inoculation program. Italy is the first European Union country to use the bloc's new regulations that allow exports to be stopped if a vaccine producer has failed to meet its obligations to the EU.
• National Assembly Clears COVID-19 Law with Harsh Prison Sentences VOA Khmer 05 Mar 2021 -- The Cambodian National Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a draft bill that empowers the government to impose restrictions to curb the spread of infectious diseases but also contains strict prison sentences of up to 20 years.