Coronavirus news live: Latest updates as UK cases cross 6,000 in one day

Denmark and Iceland are to be added to the government banned list

Denmark and Iceland will be the next two countries to be added to the banned government list, Travel Reporter Simon Calder Reports.

As rates of novel coronavirus infection increase across Europe, Transport Minister Grant Shaps is expected to remove the quarantine exemption from more countries at 5 pm on Thursday. At the same time, the State Department will warn against travel to those countries

The latest figures from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show that the rate of new infections per 100,000 in seven days in Denmark has doubled in the past week.

Wednesday’s numbers show a rate of 63. The UK government’s threshold is 20, and the UK itself is 44.

Iceland has seen a sharp rise in cases. In the four weeks of August 19, it kept new daily infections in single digits. But over the past week, they’ve been operating at an average of 35 per day. It has a population of barely a third of a million, and the rate per 100,000 has risen to 69.

Panama to resume international flights in October

Aviation authorities in Panama said the Central American country will resume international flights on October 12, after most flights were suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Isles of Scilly reported the first cases

The Isles of Scilly reported the first infection with the Coronavirus since the start of the epidemic, Totally scopility Reports.

The islands, which are located 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall, have avoided transmission within the past six months.

The Scilly Islands Council said it was “notified by public health of the positive test results” this week.

It is not known how many cases have been recorded, or whether the injured were residents or visitors. Nor has it been confirmed which of the five inhabited islands they were on.

In a message to islanders, the council said it was working to “ensure that risks are minimized.”

Budget cancellation amid a rapid rise in coronavirus cases

Rishi Sunak canceled budget plans later this year, Treasury sources confirmed, Political Editor Andrew Woodcock Reports.

The chancellor had been expected to present his second budget for 2020 within the next few weeks, but his plans were derailed due to the rapid increase in coronavirus cases that forced Boris Johnson last night to announce new restrictions on economic and social activities.

Coronavirus cases in the UK have reached their highest level since May 1

Coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom have reached 6,178, according to the latest government statistics.

It is the highest daily level since May 1 when the UK was in lockdown.

The advisor informs the deputies of the employment protection plans

Rishi Sunak will inform MPs about plans to “continue protecting jobs” tomorrow.

“As our response to the Coronavirus adapts, tomorrow afternoon I will update the House of Commons on our plans to continue protecting jobs during the winter season,” the chancellor said.

The government is playing a “blame game” with the public

A public health expert accused the government of blaming the public for the coronavirus crisis, the day after Boris Johnson said in a speech to the nation that there had been “too much violations” of the restrictions, Rory Sullivan Reports.

Linda Bold, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, suggested that the “punitive message” coming from the prime minister and prominent politicians was a “problematic” communications strategy.

The “blame game” in Downing Street is to blame young people for their behavior, accuse residents of wanting to do a lot of Covid-19 tests and threaten the public with higher fines, according to Ms. Bold.

Stockholm faces local restrictions

Stockholm may face new domestic restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus, as health officials warn of “worrying signs” in the Swedish capital.

Sweden, which has so far chosen not to use lockdowns to tackle the virus, is also seeing early signs that the number of infections is increasing nationwide, experts said.

Stockholm’s chief health official has sounded the alarm about the rise in cases in the region.

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The first single-shot vaccine reaches the final stage of the trial

Johnson & Johnson begins a huge final study to try to prove whether a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine can protect against the virus

The study, which will start on Wednesday, will be one of the largest studies of the Corona virus vaccine in the world so far, as it tests the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the United States, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

There are a few other vaccines in the United States – including those supplied by Moderna Inc. And Pfizer Inc – and others in other countries are already in the final stage of testing. Hopes are high that answers about at least one candidate being tested in the United States may come by the end of the year, and possibly sooner.

Coronavirus ‘creates a climate of extremism’

Security leaders have warned that the Coronavirus is creating a “growing climate of extremism” amid mounting unemployment and the spread of dangerous conspiracy theories.

Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee was informed that the deteriorating economic situation in Britain was combining with hate crime and disinformation to create an “extremely favorable” environment for extremism.

“We will see an increasing climate of extremism in our country and we are currently not equipped to deal with that,” Sara Khan, who leads the Committee on Combating Extremism, told members of Parliament.

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