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Live Updates: India Surpasses 33.1Mln Total COVID Cases, Death Toll at 441,411

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According to Johns Hopkins University, the global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 4.58 million, while over 221.8 million cases of the virus have been confirmed worldwide.
The United States has the highest death toll and overall coronavirus tally, with 650,511 fatalities and 40.2 million infections. It is followed by India (more than 33.1 million cases and 441,411 deaths) and Brazil (20.9 million cases and a death toll of 584,108).
Meanwhile, nearly 5.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide.
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01:04 GMT 09.09.2021
Biden Expected to Propose Global Summit to Plan Collective Response to Pandemic - Reports
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden is expected to recommend the international community convene in a global summit to strategize a collective response to the coronavirus pandemic, Politico reported citing two sources familiar with the matter.

The report said on Wednesday that Biden aims to schedule the summit close to the high-level week at the United Nations General Assembly, which begins on September 20.

Biden could make the call for the global summit during his speech on Thursday afternoon when he will layout the next steps to combat the Delta variant wave in the United States, the report said.

The Biden administration wants to use the summit to discuss ways to improve vaccine manufacturing and distributions, including international cooperation on COVID-19 research and development, the report said.

The report said Biden has not sent formal invitations to countries for the summit, but some have been notified about his plans.
20:19 GMT 08.09.2021
Argentina Receives First Batch of Pfizer Vaccines
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - The first 100,620 doses of Pfizer vaccine reached Argentina, the government said on Wednesday.
A second batch with another 160,290 vaccines is due in the coming days, with a total of 580,000 injections scheduled to be supplied to the country in September. In total, Argentina expects 20 million doses under the agreement with Pfizer.
18:15 GMT 08.09.2021
Israel Confirms 6,780 New COVID-19 Cases
16:52 GMT 08.09.2021
WHO Head Tedros Calls for Global Moratorium on Booster Doses of Vaccines Until End of Year
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines until the end of the year so every country can have opportunities to vaccinate "at least" 40% of the population.

"A month ago I called for a global moratorium on booster doses at least until the end of September to prioritize vaccinating the most at-risk people around the world who are yet to receive the first dose. There has been little change in the global situation since then. I am calling for an extension of the moratorium until at least the end of the year to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population", Tedros told a press briefing.

14:48 GMT 08.09.2021
Finland to Issue COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates For Inoculated Abroad
HELSINKI (Sputnik) - Finland will issue EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates for its residents inoculated in non-EU countries with vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

"The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland will start preparing the technical implementation and operating model which will allow Finland to issue the EU COVID-19 vaccination certificate to people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in a non-EU country", the statement read.
14:16 GMT 08.09.2021
South Korea Reports Over 2,000 New COVID-19 Infections
13:18 GMT 08.09.2021
Italy Not Making COVID Passes Mandatory for All Private, Public Sectors Workers, Salvini Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Italian government does not plan to extend the scope of COVID-19 passes to make it obligatory for all private and public sector workers, Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy's eurosceptic Lega party, said on Wednesday.

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Monday that the authorities were considering including all sectors in the list of those required to have such certificates.

"I spoke to Premier [Mario] Draghi and there was nothing about extending the Green Pass to all public and private sector workers", Salvini said during his visit to the Milan Furniture Fair, as quoted by the ANSA news agency.

12:48 GMT 08.09.2021
German Health Chief Warns of Fourth COVID-19 Wave Among Unvaccinated
BERLIN (Sputnik) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn warned on Wednesday that the fourth wave of coronavirus was already rearing its head among the unvaccinated, putting the entire nation at risk.

"Every decision on whether to get vaccinated will determine how safely we will get through fall and winter. What we are seeing right now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated", he told a news conference.

Spahn said that more than 90% of COVID-19 patients in intensive care were not vaccinated. The share of those who do not have immunity against the virus, particularly its more transmissible Delta variant, is too high to rule out a huge strain on the health care system in the coming months, he said.

Lothar Wieler, president of the national Robert Koch Institute for disease control, told reporters that a failure to rapidly increase vaccination rates would put Germany on track for an explosive rise in cases.

"The pandemic is not over yet. If we do not increase vaccination rates drastically, the ongoing fourth wave can take a fulminant course", he said.

10:34 GMT 08.09.2021
Philippines Registers 12,751 New COVID-19 Cases
08:51 GMT 08.09.2021
Russia Records 18,024 COVID-19 Cases in Past 24 Hours, Response Centre Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia recorded 18,024 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, up from 17,425 cases the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,065,904, the federal response centre said on 8 September.
"Over the past day, 18,024 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 1,367 cases (7.6%) without clinical symptoms," the centre said, adding that the rate of increase grew to 0.26%.
St. Petersburg has the highest number of new cases with 1,430 daily infections, up from 626 the day before. It was followed by Moscow with 1,269 cases, up from 1,187, and the Moscow region with 673 cases, up from 880.
The response centre reported 797 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, up from 795 the day before, raising the country's death toll to 189,582.
In the same 24 hours, 18,262 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, up from 17,243 the day before, bringing the total to 6,320,512.
08:26 GMT 08.09.2021
India Restricts Religious Festivals in Mumbai Over Surge in COVID-19 Cases
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