[EN DIRECT 1er SEPTEMBRE 2020] All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether in Quebec or elsewhere on the planet, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting our lives.

Here you will find all the news throughout the day related to this crisis affecting the population, governments and the economy.

LAST REVIEW

PLANETARY

Case: 25,511,385

Dead: 851 154

IN THE COUNTRY

Case: 128 948

Dead: 9126

IN QUEBEC

Case: 62,614

Dead: 5762

All news

11:02 am | The Quebec toll is increased by 122 cases and two deaths, for a total of 62,614 people infected and 5,762 patients who died from the virus.

10:47 am | Empty coffins carried by men in white protective suits marched through the streets of Jakarta on Tuesday as a warning to residents of the capital of Indonesia, one of the countries in Asia most affected by the coronavirus.

8:26 am | The first vaccines against the coronavirus could be administered in Austria at the beginning of next year and would primarily concern health workers, the government said on Tuesday.

8:52 am | COVID-19: Portugal launches its tracking application.

Portugal launched its Covid-19 tracking application on Tuesday to warn people who have recently passed someone who tested positive for COVID-19, the government announced on Tuesday.

Downloading this application is “a civic duty”, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said.

The application called “stayaway covid”, which is “voluntary, confidential and safe”, constitutes “a precious help” for the health authorities, underlined Marta Temido, Minister of Health.

The app uses Bluetooth technology, which allows two electronic devices to communicate at short distances, to trace contacts that a person who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 would have had.

This application must allow its users to be warned if they have recently crossed paths with another user who tested positive for more than 15 minutes.

Tracking apps, seen as essential in tackling the spread of COVID-19, have been launched in many countries, with mixed results.

The Portuguese government announced last week that it will preventively raise, from September 15, the alert level to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, with new measures to be unveiled soon.

7:38 am | COVID-19: Only one in three students in the world will return to school.

6:53 am | Across Asia, hundreds of thousands of young girls are being pushed into early marriages in families ruined by the coronavirus pandemic, worry NGOs in the region.

6:49 am | Sweden, which has drawn attention with its less strict strategy against the coronavirus, finds itself once again isolated in its fight against the epidemic, continuing for the time being to shun the mask.

6:47 am | A precarious health system suffering from chronic underinvestment, poor families and overcrowded housing: this explosive cocktail has made Peru the country holding the sad world record for death from the coronavirus.

6:32 am | Germany “can and will avoid” further containment.

Germany will be able to avoid a new phase of containment despite an upsurge in cases of COVID-19 infection in the country and among its European neighbors, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday.

“I am convinced that we can and will prevent a second general lockdown,” Altmaier told reporters, as the recession in 2020 is ultimately expected to be less severe than expected.

6:30 am | Neglect of health measures, they quarantined 200 passengers on an airplane.

6:28 am | Hong Kong: the screening campaign weighed down by mistrust of Beijing.

4 h 43 | In times of a pandemic, everything is no longer allowed: Argentinian Sergio Lopez, professional soccer player in Ecuador, was fined on Monday of US $ 1,200 ($ 1,600) for kissing the ball during a match.

4:19 am | Coronavirus: inconclusive results for a clinical trial by Sanofi.

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1 h 19 | France, Belgium … back to school after six chaotic months.