Covid-19: Concern grows as Delta variant spreads to 13 Chinese provinces

China on Tuesday reported over 180 Coronavirus cases including 108 locallytransmitted infections the highest singleday rise since the current outbreak began last month amidst a growing concern over the spread of the more virulent Delta variantThe National Health Commission NMC said in its daily report that the country reported 108 locallytransmitted cases 35 imported and 38 asymptomatic infections on MondayThe new wave of infections spread after a cluster of cases reported in Nanjing airport and later at Zhangjiajie a tourist destination in Chinarsquos south Hunan provincelast monthSignificantly Hubei province is currently treating 68 confirmed Covid19 cases including 55 locallytransmitted ones mainly in the provincial capital Wuhan where the Coronavirus first emerged in December 2019Wuhan city has already carried out mass testing of its 12 million population There were also 80 asymptomatic cases under medical observation in the province with 63 of them being locallytransmitted cases staterun Xinhua news agency quoted local health officials as saying There is a growing concern among authorities over the spread of the Delta variant in about 13 of the countryrsquos 23 provinces Since Sunday Beijing has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the contagion by virtually banning people from travelling to the Chinese capital from provinces having Covid19 casesBeijing which also reported Covid19 cases last week has rolled out a range of measures to strengthen the management of people returning from regions with relatively high virus transmission rates including imposing restrictions on their purchase of railway tickets and air servicesAccording to the NHC as many as 1702 people are receiving treatment for Covid19 in China The condition of 54 of them was serious The death toll due to Coronavirus since last year stands at 4636 as per the official dataPak to ban train travel for unvaccinatedPakistan has announced to ban train travel for unvaccinated people starting from October as part of the governmentrsquos efforts to counter the reluctance shown by citizens to get themselves jabbed The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre NCOC after the top antiCoronavirus body expressed concern over the spread of the virusS Korea sees 1540 breakthrough casesSouth Korea confirmed a total of 1540 ldquobreakthroughrdquo Covid19 infections which refer to people who test positive for the virus after getting fully vaccinated health authorities said on Tuesday The new figure was up from 1132 a week earlier according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency KDCA It equals to 236 in every 100000 people reports Xinhua news agencylsquoUS military must get jabbed by Sept 15rsquoUnited States US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that all members of the American military will be required to get vaccinated against Covid19 by September 15 ldquoI will seek the Presidentrsquos approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than midSeptember or immediatelyrdquo upon licensure by the US Food and Drug Administration ldquowhichever comes firstrdquo Austin said in a memoUS Customs and Border Protection agents stop drivers reentering the US from Canada at the Windsor Tunnel Port of Entry PicAFPCanada lifts prohibition for American visitorsCanada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop vacation or visit on Monday while the United States US is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians part of a bumpy return to normalcy from Covid19 travel bans US citizens and legal residents must be both fully vaccinated and test negative for Covid19 within three days to get across one of the worldrsquos longest and busiest land borders and Canadian officials warn they wonrsquot sacrifice safety for shorter border waits Travellers also must fill out a detailed application on the arriveCAN app before crossing461377No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours203662139Total no of cases worldwide4308383Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever