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3 Oct, 32 tweets, 9 min read
1) Covid live news: scientists warn UK may have worst to come; Israel tightens vaccine passport rules theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Russia has broken its record for Covid deaths in one day, with 890 people dying in the last 24 hours. 🇷🇺 government’s coronavirus taskforce added it had recorded 25,769 new cases in the last 24 hours, including 4,294 in Moscow;
3) Israel’s government has changed rules on who can use indoor venues and facilities, meaning people will only be able to enter them if they have had a vaccine booster jab, or recovered from the virus recently;
4) The world No 2 female tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka, has pulled out of the Indian Wells tennis tournament in the US after testing positive for Covid-19.

“Unfortunately I’ve tested positive at Indian Wells and won’t be able to compete,”she said;
5) New Zealand widens LD, as Delta variant spreads outside Auckland. 32 new cases confirmed in Auckland Sunday, with two new cases in Waikato region 147km south of Auckland.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed parts of the region would go into a five-day LD;
6) Indonesia COVID-19 short thread for October 3.
7) Victoria state COVID-19 data dashboard for October 3.
8) NSW state COVID-19 dashboard for October 3. Note the declining cases for NSW.
9) It’s too late then.
10) Not wise.
11) Teams of 16 people deployed to assist HC staffs at Memorial Hospital & Mercy Hospital Southwest (Bakersfield)
& Mercy Medical Center Redding - as per CA Nat’l Guard Spox. Adventist Health also requested help from Nat’l Guard, 14 person team expected to arrive Saturday.
12) Alaska “Crisis Standards of Care” expands to 20 Hospitals and HC facilities.
13) Singapore officials need to do a better job communicating the country’s virus strategy, a minister said, addressing residents’ frustrations over confusing signals on the financial hub’s reopening plan.
14) Malaysia cases drop to 9,066 on October 3.
15) One big event taking place for first time today since start of covid pandemic is the London Marathon. More than 40K people are running the 26.2 mile (42.16km) course around London, from Greenwich to the Mall.
16) ~48,000 protesters re: covid health passes, in rallies held across 🇫🇷 Sat, La Depeche reports citing French Interior Ministry. 5,000 protested in Paris alone. 12th straight Sat of protests against health passes, La Depeche said, noting the number of protesters steadily ⬇️;
17) Brazilians took to streets of 🇧🇷 major cities Sat, to demand impeachment of President Bolsonaro. Most banners & slogans chanted of protesters are about covid victims, whose number is approaching 600K, delays in getting💉, joblessness, hunger, as well as high gas prices;
18) WHO EMRO update for October 2.
19) ICUs at hospitals in New England & in NE US, are filling up again & staff shortages affecting care, as per AP. Public officials plead w/un-💉people to get💉, & health care workers are also now having to cope w/demand for other types of care delayed by the pandemic;
20) Italy, which was one of the hardest hit countries in the early months of the pandemic, has recorded another 33 deaths from Covid-19. It’s a slight rise from the 25 reported on Saturday, with a drop in the number of new daily cases from 3,312 to 2,968;
21) More from Christine Elliot : In Ontario, 21,870,930💉 doses have been given. Nearly 86.5% of Ontarians 12+ have 1 dose & 81.3% have 2 doses. 144 people hospitalized with #COVID19, & 163 people are in ICU due to COVID-19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.
22) Canadian Armed Forces prepare to send up to 8 critical care nurses to help in province's ICUs. Where and how the nurses will be integrated into the health-care system still needs to be confirmed, but the initial team is expected to arrive Oct. 4, a news release says.
23) For patients who survive the COVID ward like Akiva Balter, there’s still a hard road of recovery ahead. But he’s been able to do it from his own home thanks to his wife Carmela and a unique new program run out of Women’s College Hospital.
24) South Korea added 2,086 more COVID-19 cases, including 2,058 local infections, raising total caseload to 318,105, as per Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Sunday's tally was down from 2,248 on Saturday and 2,486 on Friday.
25) Vietnam recorded 5,376 COVID-19 infections, including 5,367 domestic & 9 imported cases, on October 3, the MOH announced. Ho Chi Minh City logged 2,461 cases, followed by Binh Duong (1,283), Dong Nai (824), and An Giang provinces (147).
26) Kerala is India’s focal point presently.
27) Sri Lanka death tally update.
28) Sun brings report of 43 deaths from Covid-19 in UK, ⬇️ from 121 Sat, total tally 136,953. ONS figures show 30,439 people tested (+) for covid in last 24 hours. 7 day average is 242,005, 1.1% ⬆️ from prior week. Total deaths over last week have dropped at 785, a fall of 180;
29) There were 2,057 new Covid-19 infections reported on Sunday, including 1,676 new infections in the community, 373 new cases in the migrant worker dormitories and eight imported cases.
30) Victoria state report for October 3. Dashboard 👇🏾
31) New Zealand update for October 3 cases.
32) NSW state dashboard for October 3.

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1) La Palma volcano thread for October 3.
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➡ There have been no personal injuries and we are already working on the recovery of the areas of influence of the flows.

➡ The volcano continues to evolve within the parameters predicted by scientists.

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1) La Palma thread for October 2nd.
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