Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 28February 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Summary:
It appears that new Covid cases and Covid deaths have stopped going down in the US; I say appears because it s possible that the apparent uptick early this week might have been due to underreporting of cases last week, when there were widespread power outages in Texas and other states in the wake of an unprecedented cold wave. For the 7 days ending Saturday, reported new cases were only down 0.3% from the prior week
The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Fifty-five male foreign detainees and six officials in Tokyo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan announced on Feb. 25.
The 61 infection cases were confirmed at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, where the government detains non-Japanese living in Japan without residency status.
The Minato Public Health Center in Tokyo’s Minato Ward said that it is aware of the cluster infection.
The immigration bureau there is busy responding to the situation, officials said, isolating the infected foreign detainees and moving them to dedicated areas.
As new measures to deal with the outbreak, it is limiting the time detainees can leave their rooms and is also prohibiting them from meeting visitors for the time being.
Japan finds new COVID-19 strain, while immigration faciliity reports infections japantoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Japan confirmed a new variant of Covid-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the pandemic. The new variant has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Friday. The
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TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japan confirmed a new variant of COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the pandemic.
The new variant has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Friday. The government is raising surveillance against mutant varieties as they may be more resistant to vaccines, which Japan started to distribute this week. It may be more contagious than conventional strains, and if it continues to spread domestically, it could lead to a rapid rise in cases, Kato said.