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The global death toll from the coronavirus has now surpassed 4.7 million, and more than 230 million cases have been detected across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media, and other sources.
The United States has the highest death toll and overall coronavirus tally, with 681,185 fatalities and 42.5 million infections.
It is followed by India (more than 33.56 million cases and 446,050 deaths) and Brazil (21.2 million cases and a death toll of 592,316).
Meanwhile, more than 5.9 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide.
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00:57 GMT 24.09.2021
Number of COVID-19 Cases in Brazil Rises by 24,611 to Over 21.3Mln - Ministry of Health
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 24,611 to 21,308,178 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.

According to the ministry, the death toll has risen by 648 to 592,964 people within the same period of time.

More than 20.31 million patients have recovered since the start of the outbreak.

A day earlier, the country confirmed 36,473 new coronavirus cases, with 876 fatalities.

Brazil comes second in terms of the death toll following the United States with more than 684,000 fatalities, and third in terms of the number of confirmed cases after the US and India.
21:49 GMT 23.09.2021
CDC Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster Shot for Older, At-Risk Americans
Dr. Mayank Amin draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine before giving a booster dose at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 14, 2021 - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.09.2021
CDC Panel Endorses Pfizer Booster Shots for Older, At-Risk Americans
17:25 GMT 23.09.2021
Turkish Health Ministry Denies Claims Infants Were Mistakenly Vaccinated Against COVID-19
ANKARA (Sputnik) - The Turkish Health Ministry denied the claims made earlier in the day by a medical professor at the Ege University, Zafer Kurugol, that children below one year of age had been mistakenly vaccinated against COVID-19 in Turkey.
In an interview with the Turkish NTV broadcaster, Kurugol claimed that Turkish doctors had mistakenly administered COVID-19 vaccine shots to some infants instead of the hepatitis B vaccine.

"Kurugol's statements are unacceptable and untrue. Our vaccine safety system cannot let such incidents happen. An investigation was launched against the source of these allegations," the statement said.

There is a powerful and safe vaccination monitoring system in place, the ministry noted.

"The entire process, from the shipping of the vaccine from the ministry's warehouse to its administering, is monitored digitally using a bar code. If there are errors at any level, the system automatically issues warnings and takes the necessary precautions," the ministry explained.

16:24 GMT 23.09.2021
Cuba Confirms 6,935 New Coronavirus Cases
15:15 GMT 23.09.2021
Italy Registers Over 4,000 New COVID-19 Cases
14:23 GMT 23.09.2021
More Than 67% People Over 12 Fully COVID-19 Vaccinated in Finland
13:35 GMT 23.09.2021
Russia's Health Ministry Got Documents for Registration of COVID-19 Vaccine for Teenagers
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Ministry of Health has received a set of documents from the Gamaleya research center for registration of the Gam-COVID-Vac-M coronavirus vaccine for teenagers, a decision on possible registration will be made when the documents are examined, Assistant Minister Alexey Kuznetsov told Sputnik on 23 September.

"The Russian Ministry of Health has received a package of documents for registration of the Gam-COVID-Vac-M vaccine for preventing COVID-19 in teenagers from the Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology. In line with an established procedure, the documents will be sent for examination, after which a decision will be made on state registration of the vaccine," Kuznetsov said.

If the vaccine is registered, teenagers' inoculation will be "exclusively voluntary, only with consent of parents or other legal representatives," the assistant minister added.
13:34 GMT 23.09.2021
Oxford Vaccine Creator Says COVID-19 to Eventually Wane Into Common Cold
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - COVID-19 will weaken over time and eventually become just like the other coronaviruses that cause the common cold, Sarah Gilbert, Professorship of Vaccinology behind the University of Oxford's vaccine, said.

"We already live with four different human coronaviruses that we don’t really ever think about very much and eventually Sars-CoV-2 will become one of those. It’s just a question of how long it’s going to take to get there and what measures we’re going to have to take to manage it in the meantime," Gilbert told a Royal Society of Medicine webinar, as quoted by The Times.


Gilbert said that the fears of a more deadly coronavirus variant are unsubstantiated, explaining that "viruses become less virulent as they circulate more easily and there is no reason to think we will have a more virulent version of Sars-CoV-2."

The professor said that it is important to start working on the prevention of further pandemics right now, noting that "by spending a small amount of investment now potentially means that we don't have to have the massive costs of a pandemic at a later stage."

The Oxford vaccine, developed in cooperation with with US-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, was approved by the World Health Organisation for emergency use in February.
13:33 GMT 23.09.2021
Australian Police Arrest 92 People as COVID-19 Protests Continue in Melbourne, Reports Suggest
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The police in the Australian state of Victoria arrested 92 more people in the Melbourne city center on the fourth consequent day of rallies against the coronavirus restrictions, local media reported on 23 September.

The 92 new arrests are linked to breaches of state lockdown rules, as well as other outstanding warrants, ABC Melbourne said.

Police were quoted as saying that they will continue to "provide a highly visible presence across the city over the coming days."

The COVID-19 rallies erupted in VIctoria on 20 September at the initiative of construction workers in response to the decision of the government to halt construction operations for two weeks in a bid to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

On 22 September, more than 200 protesters were arrested after clashing with the police.
10:37 GMT 23.09.2021
Russia's Health Ministry Got Documents for Registration of COVID-19 Vaccine for Teenagers
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Ministry of Health has received a set of documents from the Gamaleya research centre for registration of the Gam-COVID-Vac-M coronavirus vaccine for teenagers, a decision on possible registration will be made when the documents are examined, Assistant Minister Alexey Kuznetsov told Sputnik on 23 September.

"The Russian Ministry of Health has received a package of documents for registration of the Gam-COVID-Vac-M vaccine for preventing COVID-19 in teenagers from the Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology. In line with an established procedure, the documents will be sent for examination, after which a decision will be made on state registration of the vaccine," Kuznetsov said.

If the vaccine is registered, teenagers' inoculation will be "exclusively voluntary, only with consent of parents or other legal representatives," the assistant minister added.
09:55 GMT 23.09.2021
Russia Records 21,438 COVID-19 Cases in Past 24 Hours - Response Center
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia recorded 21,438 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up from 19,706 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,354,995, the federal response centre said on 23 September.

"Over the past day, 21,438 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 1,814 cases (8.5%) without clinical symptoms," the centre said, adding that the rate of increase grew to 0.29%.

Moscow has the highest number of new cases with 3,445 daily infections, up from 1,991 the day before. The Russian capital is followed by St. Petersburg with 1,698 cases, up from 1,521, and the Moscow region with 936 cases, down from 986.

The response centre reported 820 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, up from 817 the day before, bringing the country's death toll to 201,445.

In the same 24 hours, 16,567 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, up from 16,102 the day before, bringing the total to 6,558,780.
09:54 GMT 23.09.2021
UK Working to Eliminate COVID-19 PCR Test by School Half-Term Break in October – Minister
LONDON (Sputnik) – The UK government is working to replace the costly COVID-19 PCR tests for fully vaccinated international travelers by lateral flow tests by the school half-term holiday in October, a government junior minister said on 23 September.

"We've got to get the systems in place because we want to move to lateral flow tests to make it easier and cheaper for people to be able to enjoy those holidays at half-term," Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Paul Scully, told Sky News.


Last week, the government announced that from October 4, the current traffic light system that divides countries in red, amber and green categories based on their level of coronavirus prevalence will be scrapped, so any place which is not red-listed will be safe for travel.

People who have received the two recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need a predeparture test before returning from non-red list destinations.

However, those coming from red list destinations will still have to quarantine in a government-supervised hotel at their own expenses and pay for the tests.

According to media reports, the government's decision to ease travel restrictions into the UK has sparked a half-term booking frenzy with demand for holidays soaring by 200% and airlines offering deals "far lower" than before the pandemic.

The one-week Autumn half-term holiday is scheduled for October 25-29.
09:54 GMT 23.09.2021
Kremlin Assures No Decisions Made on New COVID-19 Lockdowns, Restrictions in Russia
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured on 23 September that no decisions on possible new coronavirus-related restrictions and lockdowns were made at the federal level and at the level of the presidential administration in light of an increase in daily infections.

"This is not under consideration, at least at the federal level and at the level of the presidential administration. The governmental response center is certainly closely monitoring developments, even more importantly, heads of regions are monitoring this. They retain special epidemiological powers, each region knows better," Peskov said at a briefing.

"No decisions have been made anywhere despite the growing figures," the Kremlin spokesman continued.
06:45 GMT 23.09.2021
Ukraine Tightens COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions
04:34 GMT 23.09.2021
Number of COVID-19 Cases in India Rises by 31,923 Over Past 24 Hours
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – India has confirmed 31,923 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having surpassed 33,563,421 million, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on 23 September.

The death toll from the disease has reached 446,050 people, with 383 new fatalities being recorded over the past day.

More than 32.81 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.

A day earlier, the country confirmed 26,964 new coronavirus cases, with 383 fatalities.
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