The Latest: Virus infects 99 kids at Philippine orphanage

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MANILA, Philippines — As COVID-19 patients capable Philippine hospitals to the brim, officials accidental the microorganism has deed an orphanage and infected astir 100 children.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the outbreak successful the orphanage could person been prevented and “the children could person been saved from the life-threatening risks of COVID” had minimum wellness standards been followed strictly.

Of the 122 radical infected, 99 are property 18 and younger portion the remainder are unit of the Gentlehands Orphanage, the politician said successful a connection Thursday.

The microorganism seemingly dispersed erstwhile an big who was infected but didn't person symptoms visited the orphanage successful the metropolis successful metropolitan Manila.

The Philippines reported 12,751 caller cases and 174 deaths connected Wednesday and has present counted 2.1 cardinal cases with 34,672 deaths.

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— See AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic.

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

SYDNEY — Parts of Australia’s New South Wales authorities volition travel retired of lockdown Saturday and the authorities plans to easiness restrictions successful Sydney erstwhile 70% of its residents aged 16 and older are afloat vaccinated.

The authorities connected Thursday outlined plans to easiness restrictions successful Sydney, which has been locked down since June, but it besides warned that COVID-19 hospitalizations won’t plateau until adjacent month.

Coastal areas northbound of Sydney, the Murrumbidgee portion southbound of the metropolis and the Riverina to the westbound volition beryllium released from the statewide lockdown Saturday.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Australia’s astir populous authorities volition exit lockdown successful a “cautious and staged” mode arsenic vaccination rates rise. In New South Wales, 43% of the colonisation aged 16 and older is afloat vaccinated.

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HONOLULU — The authorities of Hawaii is launching a programme that volition let radical to usage their astute phones to beryllium they person been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The determination comes soon earlier Honolulu and Maui statesman instituting vaccine requirements for patrons of restaurants and different businesses.

State officials accidental radical who person been vaccinated successful Hawaii volition beryllium capable to upload a photograph of their insubstantial vaccination paper to the Safe Travels Hawaii website to make a integer vaccination record. The website volition crosscheck the accusation with information successful the state’s vaccination database.

Diners whitethorn amusement the grounds to restaurants successful lieu of their insubstantial vaccination card.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is buying an other 250,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from Spain arsenic it tries to support a surge successful vaccination rates going during an outbreak of the coronavirus successful Auckland.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the doses volition get Friday and she has besides got a second, larger woody successful the works with different country.

New Zealand was dilatory to get its vaccination rollout going but has been catching up to different developed since the outbreak of the delta variant began past month. About 55% of New Zealanders person received astatine slightest 1 dose.

New regular assemblage cases person been decreasing and were down to 13 Thursday. Auckland remains successful a strict lockdown and wellness authorities effort to extinguish the outbreak entirely.

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — All 17 counties successful Nevada volition beryllium taxable to an indoor disguise mandate by the extremity of the week.

Rural Eureka County is the state’s lone jurisdiction presently not taxable to specified a requirement, but its study of precocious transmission of coronavirus infections for the 2nd week successful a enactment person triggered the mandate to instrumentality effect Friday.

The reintroduction of masks and the debut of vaccine requirements successful venues similar sporting events, conventions and immoderate schools has been met with absorption crossed the state. In the Las Vegas area, Clark County School District Board of Trustees President Linda Cavazos has received decease threats since the territory approved a request for employees to get vaccinations.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers person shelved bills aimed astatine requiring workers to either beryllium vaccinated against the coronavirus oregon get play microorganism tests to support their jobs.

One measurement by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks would person required each workers to either get the coronavirus vaccine oregon taxable to play testing. Another measure by Assemblyman Evan Low sought to marque definite authorities instrumentality protected businesses that take to necessitate their workers to beryllium vaccinated.

Neither measure volition beforehand this year.

On Wednesday, much than a 1000 radical gathered astatine the authorities Capitol to protestation vaccine mandates. Organizers accidental they wanted to fto lawmakers cognize they reason the bills.

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ATLANTA — Atlanta’s nationalist information nett infirmary is the latest to temporarily cancel elective surgeries, saying it is overrun with COVID-19 patients.

Grady Memorial Hospital CEO John Haupert said Wednesday that the infirmary was “inundated” with patients implicit Labor Day.

Some different Georgia hospitals person already cancelled elective procedures owed to the surge successful pandemic cases. More than 5,900 radical are successful Georgia hospitals with COVID-19.

Gov. Brian Kemp has rejected urgings from 2 Georgia congressmen that helium bid elective surgeries beryllium postponed successful each Georgia hospitals.

Kemp says the congressmen could amended assistance by persuading the national authorities to bounds however overmuch staffing companies tin complaint to supply nurses and different workers to supplement infirmary capacity. He besides says they should request clearer national guidance connected plans to supply COVID-19 booster shots.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Some South Carolina cities are bringing backmost indoor disguise requirements arsenic the state’s coronavirus outbreak rivals the tallness of the pandemic past wintertime earlier vaccines were wide available.

The cities of Columbia, West Columbia and Cayce successful cardinal South Carolina person each adopted requirements that radical deterioration masks successful indoor nationalist places but portion eating and a fewer different exceptions.

South Carolina has ne'er had a statewide disguise mandate but it allowed section governments to bash truthful successful 2020. Most of the mandates faded distant aft Gov. Henry McMaster ended a 14-month COVID-19 authorities of exigency successful June erstwhile the authorities was seeing astir 150 caller cases a day.

Now, South Carolina is seeing astir 5,400 caller coronavirus cases a day, akin to the pandemic’s highest successful January.

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