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• Summit Highlights DOD's Cybersecurity Initiatives, Challenges DoD News 08 Oct 2021 -- Some of the cybersecurity challenges the Defense Department faces and some of its key initiatives include the highlight of a fireside chat at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit.
• DHS to Terminate Border Barrier Contracts in Laredo and Rio Grande Valley DHS 08 Oct 2021 -- Consistent with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) border barrier plan, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), intends to cancel the remaining border barrier contracts located within U.S. Border Patrol's (USBP) Laredo Sector and all border barrier contracts located in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
• Statement of President Joe Biden on Signing the K-12 Cybersecurity Act Into Law The White House 08 Oct 2021
• Microsoft: Russia Responsible For Majority Of State-Backed Cyberattacks Last Year RFE/RL 08 Oct 2021 -- Microsoft said Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking that the software giant has detected over the past year, with hackers mostly targeting U.S. government agencies and think tanks.
• Chinese Cyber Operations Scoop Up Data for Political, Economic Aims VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- Mustang Panda is a Chinese hacking group that is suspected of attempting to infiltrate the Indonesian government last month.
• Taliban call Daesh in Afghanistan a 'headache' not 'threat' Press TV 08 Oct 2021 -- The Taliban have played down the threat of the Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan, saying the Takfiri outfit is much of a "headache" than a menace and would soon be destroyed.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• UN Chief: Inequitable Distribution of COVID Vaccine Is 'Stupid' VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- "Not to have equitable distribution of vaccines is not only a question of being immoral, it is also a question of being stupid," a frustrated United Nations secretary-general said Thursday about the imbalance of COVID vaccine availability between wealthy countries and poor nations.
• UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment UN News 08 Oct 2021 -- The first official clinical definition of living with "post COVID" sickness, has been agreed upon following global consultation and released to help boost treatment for sufferers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
• WHO Announces First Clinical Definition of 'Long COVID' VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- The World Health Organization announced Friday that it had established and released the first standardized, clinical definition of what is commonly known as "long COVID," to help boost treatment for sufferers.
• WHO set to vaccinate 40 pct population of every country against COVID-19 by end 2021 People's Daily 08 Oct 2021 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday an initiative to vaccinate 40 percent of the population of every country against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by mid-2022, by prioritizing vaccine delivery to low-income countries, particularly those in Africa.

United States

China

• Over 2.217 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 08 Oct 2021 -- More than 2.217 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday, data from the National Health Commission showed Friday.
• Chinese mainland reports 22 imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 08 Oct 2021 -- The Chinese mainland reported 22 imported COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
• E China's Fujian announces victory on the latest outbreak of COVID-19 with cases in NE China's Heilongjiang gradually leveling off Global Times 08 Oct 2021 -- Xiamen city in East China's Fujian Province has cleared all its high- and middle-risk areas for COVID-19 as of Thursday and declared victory. Northeast China's Heilongjiang, another province hit by the virus in the latest flare-up, also announced that the epidemic is gradually leveling off with zero infections reported in six days.

Europe

• COVID-19 Deaths Hit New Daily Record As Romania Battles 'Catastrophic' Surge RFE/RL 08 Oct 2021 -- Romanian health authorities have reported 385 COVID-19 fatalities, a new record since the start of the pandemic, prompting doctors to urge a new lockdown.
• 'COVID Health Pass' Required for Italian Workers Starting Next Week VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- next week, all public and private workers in Italy will be required to have a digital COVID-19 health certificate or face being sent home on unpaid leave and fined up to $1,730.

Russia

• Russian Agency: More than 49,000 Died From COVID-19 in August VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- Russia's state statistics service reported nearly 50,000 coronavirus deaths in the country in August, taking the toll since the beginning of the pandemic to over 400,000, nearly double the official government figure.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 93 Cr India PIB 08 Oct 2021 -- With the administration of 50,17,753vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 93Cr(93,17,17,191) as per provisional reports till 7 am today
• COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 266 India PIB 08 Oct 2021 -- In a significant achievement, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 93.90 Crore (93,90,86,001) today
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 08 Oct 2021 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 08 Oct 2021

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 185 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 08 Oct 2021 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 122,197 with 185 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 12 new imported COVID-19 cases, one death CNA 08 Oct 2021 -- Taiwan recorded 12 new imported COVID-19 cases and one death Friday, with zero new domestic cases for the ninth consecutive day.
• Health minister gives no date for ending of COVID-19 border restrictions CNA 08 Oct 2021 -- Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) gave no definitive timeline for ending COVID-19 border restrictions when quizzed by lawmakers Friday, stating vaccination rates and medical preparedness would play a decisive role.
• More Moderna vaccines to arrive; BNT vaccine eligibility expanded CNA 08 Oct 2021 -- Another shipment of 1.13 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is due to arrive in Taiwan by early Saturday, while the next round of administering Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) vaccines will be expanded to include people aged 45 and over.

Other Countries

• Indonesia approves emergency use of China's Zifivax COVID-19 vaccine People's Daily 08 Oct 2021 -- Indonesia's drug and food authority BPOM said Thursday it has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Zifivax COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Anhui Zhifei Longcom.
• Visiting WHO Official Meets Officials In 'Coronavirus-Free' Turkmenistan RFE/RL 08 Oct 2021 -- A top World Health Organization (WHO) official has traveled to Turkmenistan, whose government has denied any presence of coronavirus within the Central Asian state's borders.
• Brazil Passes 600,000 COVID Deaths, Second Only to US VOA 08 Oct 2021 -- The Brazilian activist group Rio da Paz (Peace in Rio) held a memorial Friday on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach to honor victims of the COVID-19 pandemic as the nation surpassed 600,000 deaths from the disease.