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COVID-19 Pandemic News

Other Security News

• UK Possibly Running Out of Monkeypox Vaccines With Only 5,000 Doses Left, Reports Say Sputnik 10 Aug 2022 -- The United Kingdom is close to depleting its stock of monkeypox vaccines as it experiences problems keeping up with supply, Sky News broadcaster reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 10 Aug 2022

United States

• DAF COVID-19 Statistics - July 2022 US Air Force 10 Aug 2022 -- Below are current coronavirus disease 2019 statistics for Department of the Air Force personnel.

China

• Urumqi enforces 'static management' in parts of city to stem new wave of coronavirus resurgence Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- Urumqi, capital city of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will partially suspend public transportation and close off residential communities for five days starting from Wednesday as the city registered 27 positive COVID-19 cases.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 207.03 Cr India PIB 10 Aug 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 207.03 Cr (2,07,03,71,204) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,74,83,097 sessions.
• COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 572 India PIB 10 Aug 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 207.26 Crore (2,07,26,17,641) today. More than 21 lakh (21,80,642) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 10 Aug 2022 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 10 Aug 2022

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 90 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 10 Aug 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 142,654 with 90 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 23,808 new COVID-19 cases, 25 deaths CNA 10 Aug 2022 -- Taiwan reported 23,808 new cases of COVID-19, all but 143 of which were domestic infections, and 25 deaths from the disease on Wednesday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

North Korea

• State's Counter-crisis Capability Enhanced in DPRK KCNA 10 Aug 2022 -- More measures are taken in the DPRK to enhance the state's counter-crisis capability.
• Epidemic Spread and Treatment Results in DPRK KCNA 10 Aug 2022 -- According to information of the state emergency anti-epidemic headquarters, no new COVID-19 fever cases were reported from 18:00 of August 8 to 18:00 of August 9 throughout the country.

Other Countries

• COVID-19 Experts Urge Australians to Wear Masks Even as Latest Omicron Wave Passes VOA 10 Aug 2022 -- Australian health officials say there are encouraging signs that a wave of COVID-19 omicron variant infections is in decline. However, more than 4,000 Australians are hospitalized with the virus and an unknown number of others are suffering the effects of long COVID.
• Tibet's Lhasa launches city-wide COVID-19 testing People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, launched city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday night after the city reported 18 positive COVID-19 tests.