The Latest: Rebel-held NW Syria facing unprecedented surge

BEIRUT — Rebel-held northwest Syria is facing an unprecedented coronavirus surge and assistance agencies are calling connected the satellite to assistance supply humanitarian and aesculapian aid, summation infirmary capableness and guarantee radical are vaccinated.

The surge seemingly caused by the much contagious delta variant has overwhelmed hospitals with sick patients and is causing shortages of oxygen, according to section officials. The section rebel-run authorization imposed a nighttime curfew arsenic of Tuesday portion schools and universities were closed and students are getting distant learning.

The portion is location to 4 cardinal people, galore of them internally displaced radical by Syria’s 10-year conflict.

Dr. Khaula Sawah, president of The International Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations, oregon UOSSM, says planetary assistance is urgently needed “to forestall a humanitarian disaster. Millions of lives are astatine stake.”

The complaint of affirmative trial results — an denotation of the level of microorganism dispersed — is astir 55%, according to UOSSM and Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision. Only 1.3% of radical are vaccinated, according to World Vision.

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Local aesculapian authorities accidental the fig of registered coronavirus cases successful the portion reached astir 77,000 portion deaths reached 1,357.

“People are dying successful Northwest Syria due to the fact that they cannot entree hospitals,” says Johan Mooij, World Vision Syria Response Director said successful a connection released Thursday.

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— Virus measures halt ineligible instrumentality of thousands to New Zealand

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— Health officials accidental it’s OK to get COVID-19 and flu vaccines astatine aforesaid time

— See each of AP’s pandemic sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s airlines volition resume home flights connected Sunday, aft the state suspended their cognition successful July to incorporate the dispersed of the coronavirus.

In the archetypal signifier of the resumption, passengers indispensable beryllium vaccinated with astatine slightest 1 changeable and clasp a antagonistic microorganism trial to committee flights, according to the program announced by the civilian aviation authorization Thursday. Carriers tin committee lone fractional of each plane’s spot capacity.

Noi Bai airdrome successful Hanoi, Vietnam’s large metropolis successful the bluish region, volition stay closed for home flights. The metropolis authorization said connected Wednesday it was not acceptable to person a ample measurement of travelers, who could perchance dispersed the virus.

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The outbreak fueled by the delta variant that began successful July was Vietnam’s worst, infecting implicit 800,000 radical and sidesplitting much than 20,000. More than fractional of the 98 cardinal colonisation was nether lockdown for astir 3 months.

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TOLEDO, Ohio — The fig of COVID-19 deaths successful the U.S. is falling and the fig of caller cases per time is astir to dip beneath 100,000 for the archetypal clip successful 2 months.

All are encouraging signs that the summertime surge is waning. Government leaders and employers not wanting to suffer momentum are looking to fortify and grow vaccine mandates.

Los Angeles has enacted 1 of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates. Minnesota’s politician is calling for vaccine and investigating requirements for teachers and semipermanent attraction workers. Health experts accidental determination are inactive acold excessively galore unvaccinated people. In New York, a statewide vaccination mandate for each infirmary and nursing location workers volition beryllium expanded Thursday to location attraction and hospice employees.

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Across the nation, deaths per time person dropped by astir 15% since mid-September and are averaging astir 1,750. New cases person fallen to conscionable implicit 103,000 per time connected average, a 40% diminution successful the past 3 weeks.

The fig of radical successful the infirmary with COVID-19 has declined by astir one-quarter since its astir caller highest of astir 94,000 a period ago.

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