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COVID-19 Pandemic News

Other Security News

• DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin DHS 07 Feb 2022 -- Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the continued heightened threat environment across the United States. This is the fifth NTAS Bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security since January 2021 and it replaces the current Bulletin that was set to expire tomorrow.
• US Mired in 'Heightened Threat Environment' VOA 07 Feb 2022 -- The prevalence of conspiracy theories and bad or misleading information, online and in social media forums, is keeping the United States in a state of heightened alert when it comes to possible terror attacks.
• DOD Focused on Protecting the Defense Industrial Base From Cyber Threats DoD News 07 Feb 2022 -- The Defense Department relies on the entrepreneurial companies and their innovative, hard-working employees in the defense industrial base, or DIB, to create capabilities for warfighters.
• Oklahoma National Guard helps motorists in winter storm Army News 07 Feb 2022 -- The Oklahoma National Guard concluded a multi-day state active-duty mission helping the Oklahoma Highway Patrol rescue stranded drivers during a winter storm.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

United States

China

• S.China city Baise reports Omicron flare-up as holiday ends, gives stay-at-home order Global Times 07 Feb 2022 -- With a permanent population of over 3.5 million, Baise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region asked all its residents to stay at home starting Monday, the first working day after Chinese Spring Festival holiday, to fend off the latest local COVID-19 flare-up.
• Beijing reports 3 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Beijing reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to local health authorities.
• South China's Guangxi reports 37 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported 37 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and five asymptomatic carriers on Sunday, local health authorities said Monday.
• China's Shenzhen reports 3 local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen reported three new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
• Chinese mainland reports 45 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday recorded 45 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
• China puts Vietnam border city of four million under strict COVID-19 lockdown Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2022 -- Authorities in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi have imposed a total lockdown on Baise, a city of some four million close to the border with Vietnam, in a bid to curb the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
• China Orders Strict Lockdown in Southwestern City of Baise VOA 07 Feb 2022 -- China has ordered a strict lockdown of the southwestern city of Baise after more than 70 cases were discovered in the past three days.
• S China's city in lockdown after reporting 98 additional COVID-19 cases in preliminary test Global Times 07 Feb 2022 -- Baise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced a lockdown of the city starting on Monday after 98 people tested positive for COVID-19 in a preliminary screening test carried out on Sunday. Previously, the city reported 43 confirmed cases, local authorities said.
• China's Shaanxi clears all locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Northwest China's Shaanxi Province announced Sunday all locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases since the resurgence of the epidemic last December in the province have been cured and discharged from the hospital.
• Hong Kong reports 342 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong reported 342 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to data from the Center for Health Protection on Sunday.
• South China's Guangxi reports cluster of local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has reported multiple local infections amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
• Shanghai to clear COVID-19 risk areas People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Shanghai will be cleared of medium and high-risk areas for COVID-19, with its last medium-risk region expected to be downgraded to low-risk on Feb. 7.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 169.63 Cr India PIB 07 Feb 2022 -- With the administration of more than 14
• COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 388 India PIB 07 Feb 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 170 Crore (1,70,15,10,140) landmark milestone today
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 07 Feb 2022 -- 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 07 Feb 2022

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 104 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 07 Feb 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 132,934 with 104 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Monday.

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia Reports 3,747 New COVID-19 Cases, 4,083 Recoveries SPA 07 Feb 2022 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the registration of 3,747 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4,083 recoveries in the past 24 hours.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 49 new COVID-19 cases, extends Level 2 alert CNA 07 Feb 2022 -- Taiwan reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, consisting of two domestic and 47 imported cases, and extended the Level 2 COVID-19 alert currently in place until the end of February, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
• Taiwan extends Level 2 alert, keeps Lunar New Year quarantine rules CNA 07 Feb 2022 -- The current Level 2 COVID-19 alert and eased quarantine rules for travelers returning to Taiwan for the Lunar New Year holiday will remain in place until the end of February, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Monday.
• Taiwan reports two new COVID-19 cases, two quarantine hotel clusters CNA 07 Feb 2022 -- Taiwan on Monday reported two new domestic COVID-19 cases, and reclassified three previously recorded cases as domestic after confirming the individuals involved were infected during stays in quarantine hotels.

Other Countries

• Ongoing AU summit proves game changer in Africa's fight against pandemic: Africa CDC chief People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Strict COVID-19 prevention methods enrolled at the ongoing African Union (AU) Summit, underway for the first time physically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, proved a game changer in Africa's fight against the pandemic, Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) John Nkengasong said Sunday.
• Health regulator okays Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for use in South Africa Press TV 07 Feb 2022 -- A South African health regulator has approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for adults aged 18 and above even though a senior health official said the government would not immediately procure its doses.
• Australia Reopening to Tourists As COVID-19 Border Closures Set to End VOA 07 Feb 2022 -- Australia is to reopen its borders to vaccinated international travelers on February 21. The move comes almost two years after borders were closed as part of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19.