Coronavirus: WHO Reports Record New Global Cases; Israel is the first country to re-impose the national blockade

Live Coronavirus News: WHO Reports Record New Global Cases; Israel is the first country to re-impose the national blockade

WHO records more than 307.000 cases in 24 hours through Sunday; Victoria, Australia sees the lowest case increase in nearly 3 months. Follow the latest updates

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Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment carry nasal swab samples during coronavirus screening outside a quarantine center, in Nashik, India, on September 13, 2020.

China on Monday reported 10 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Sept. 13, the same as the day before, the health authority said.

All new infections have been imported, the National Health Commission said in a statement. There were no new deaths.

China reported 39 new asymptomatic patients, up from 70 the day before.
As of Sunday, mainland China had a total of 85.194 confirmed coronavirus infections, he said. The death toll from Covid-19 remained unchanged at 4.634.

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Spending $ 5 (£ 3,90) per person per year on global health security over the next five years could prevent a future 'catastrophic' pandemic, according to a former head of the World Health Organization (WHO).

It would cost the world billions of dollars, but that amount would represent a huge savings on the $ 11 trillion response to Covid-19, said Gro Harlem Brundtland, who, with other leading international experts, has sounded the alarm over the threat of a fast. . deadly spread pandemic last September.

Costs are based on estimates from McKinsey & Company, which found that the average annual costs of preparing for the pandemic over the next five years would be equivalent to $ 4,70 per capita.

Brundtland, co-chair of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) and former Norwegian prime minister, said there has been a collective failure to take prevention and response seriously and prioritize. "We are all paying the price," he said.