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Record daily cases in Czechia, setbacks in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria: COVID-19 Daily Bulletin
Giulia Carbonaro
A girl takes a COVID-19 rapid antigen test in a primary school, as Austrian schools open for pupils after summer holidays, in Vienna. /Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

A girl takes a COVID-19 rapid antigen test in a primary school, as Austrian schools open for pupils after summer holidays, in Vienna. /Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

 

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· With 588 new cases in the last 24 hours, Czechia reported its highest daily COVID-19 caseload since May 25. Prime minister Andrej Babis said he's not considering a new lockdown.

· Despite media speculation on Tuesday, UK health secretary Sajid Javid said an October lockdown in Britain is out of the question. After opening up the country just in the last few weeks, Javid said, "I haven't even thought about that as an option at this point."

· The pandemic has dramatically set back the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, a new study from the Global Fund has found. According to the report, around 4.7 million people were treated for TB in 2020, almost one million less than in 2019.

· A coalition of 1,500 environmental groups is calling for this year's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, to be postponed because the pandemic will make participation to the conference unequal, as poorer countries are struggling with access to the vaccines. The UN has refused.

· Four in five 16-year-olds in the UK have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

· Sweden is set to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on September 29. The country has vaccinated more than 62 percent of its population.

· Italy will start administering third vaccine doses to those "critically vulnerable" to the virus this month, as announced by the country's health minister Roberto Speranza.

· On Wednesday the U.S. surpassed 40 million cases - more than the entire population of California.

 

Pupils arrive at Cankaya Primary School in Ankara on Monday, as schools reopen in Turkey after 18 months of closure due to COVID-19. /Handout/AFP

Pupils arrive at Cankaya Primary School in Ankara on Monday, as schools reopen in Turkey after 18 months of closure due to COVID-19. /Handout/AFP

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Source(s): AFP ,Reuters

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