01 January,1970 09:37 AM IST | | Agencies
Emergency workers transfer an elderly patient, suspected of having COVID-19, to a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. The country for the first time since May witnessed the virus death toll ease, with the average daily casualties dropping below 900 last week, rep
Health officials in Thailand say a prison inmate has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the country-s first confirmed locally transmitted case in 100 days.
On Thursday, they said the inmate is a 37-year-old man who was arrested for drug abuse on August 26 and tested positive on Wednesday when brought to the health centre of a prison in Bangkok. A day earlier, the prime minister had congratulated the nation for having achieved 100 days without any confirmed local cases. Thailand has sustained relatively light health damage from the pandemic, even though in January it was the first country outside China to confirm a case. The country-s last locally transmitted case was confirmed on May 24 and announced on May 25.
Stringent physical distancing restrictions imposed recently in Seoul metropolitan area helped slow the viral resurgence, as South Korea on Thursday reported its first drop below 200 new cases in 17 days. Seoul recorded 149 of the 195 new cases. However, the number of patients in serious or critical condition with active COVID-19 increased to 154, compared to 14 on Aug. 14 when the country began what-s now a 21-day run in triple-digit daily jumps in infections.
Hong Kong found only six COVID-19-positive people after testing a batch of 1,28,000 residents as part of the mass-testing programme that began on Tuesday. Four of the six were previous coronavirus patients who had been discharged last month, and still carried traces of the virus when they were tested.
Australia-s Victoria state, which is battling a second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, on Thursday reported over 100 cases for the first time in four days. With 113 new cases recorded over the latest 24 hours, Australia-s total confirmed COVID-19 count rose to more than 26,000 cases. The death toll reached 678 after 15 more COVID-19 casualties were reported from Victoria. The state has imposed a six-month COVID-19 lockdown on its capital, Melbourne, Australia-s second-largest city.
Beijing-s main international airport on Thursday began again receiving international flights from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection.
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