Italian
** Continua il lockdown rigido del Victoria, nonostante sia stato abbandonato il piano “COVID zero”
** Le Nazioni Unite lanciano l’allarme carestia in Afghanistan, con i bambini maggiormente a rischio
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Il Victoria ha registrato 176 nuovi casi acquisiti localmente di COVID-19, il giorno dopo l’abbandono della strategia di eliminazione da parte del premier Daniel Andrews.
I tracciatori di contatti hanno per ora collegato 83 nuovi casi a focolai già esistenti.
Andrews ha affermato che non è più possible portare a zero il numero di casi, ma nonostante ciò ha esteso il lockdown dello stato per almeno altre tre settimane.
Le restrizioni rimarranno in vigore fino a quando il 70 per cento della popolazione che ne ha diritto non avrà ricevuto almeno una dose di vaccino contro il COVID-19.
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Il ministro del Tesoro Josh Frydenberg ha accusato la premier del Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk di stare negando la realtà, dopo il suo annuncio che le restrizioni ai confini potrebbero rimanere in vigore fino a che tutti i bambini non siano stati vaccinati contro il COVID-19.
Al momento in tutto il mondo non c’è alcun vaccino per il COVID-19 approvato per l’uso per i bambini tra gli zero e 12 anni, anche se secondo quanto trapelato Pfizer starebbe chiedendo il permesso di fare valutare il suo vaccino per uso d’emergenza negli Stati Uniti per la fascia da 5 a 11 anni.
Frydenberg ha dichiarato a Channel Seven che la ripresa economica si basa sulla capacità dei leader di rispettare il piano nazionale.
" The September quarter is expected to see the economy contract and see the fuller impact of the New South Wales and VIctorian lockdowns. In Western Australia, they've got job shortages. In Queensland, the tourism businesses are doing it tough. Annastacia Palaszczuk will have to tell the Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast tourism operator, the theme park operators, why does she want to keep the border is closed when the rest of the country is opening up? it's a desperate denial of the reality and is not based on the medical advice."
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Il più alto funzionario dei diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, ha dichiarato che la metà di tutti i bambini afgani sotto i cinque anni si trova in “uno stato estremo di malnutrizione”.
Guerra, carestia e la penuria di aiuti internazionali stanno sfociando in quella che Alakbarov ha definito “catastrofe umanitaria”, pochi giorni dopo la fine della presenza militare di 20 anni degli Stati Uniti.
"What we have said before is by the end of September, the stocks which World Food Program has in the country, will be out. We will be out of stocks. We will not be able to provide those essential food items because we will be out of stocks. And for us to keep the current demand, we need at least $200 million only for the food sector. At least one third plus of this country's population right now is not sure that that their family will have a meal every day or not."
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English
** Victoria's hard lockdown continues, despite the abandoning of a "COVID Zero" plan
** The United Nations warns of famine in Afghanistan, with children most at risk
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Victoria has recorded 176 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, a day after Premier Daniel Andrews abandoned Victoria's elimination strategy.
Contact tracers have so far linked 83 of the new cases to existing outbreaks.
Mr Andrews says it is no longer possible to drive case numbers down to zero, however has extended the state's lockdown for at least another three weeks.
Restrictions will remain until 70 per cent of the eligible population has had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accused Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of denying reality, after she flagged border restrictions could remain until all children are vaccinated against COVID-19.
There is currently no COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in children between zero and 12 years of age anywhere in the world although Pfizer is reportedly intending to apply to get its vaccine assessed for emergency use approval in the United States for 5 to 11 year old.
Mr Frydenberg told Channel Seven economic recovery is reliant on leaders sticking to the national plan.
" The September quarter is expected to see the economy contract and see the fuller impact of the New South Wales and VIctorian lockdowns. In Western Australia, they've got job shortages. In Queensland, the tourism businesses are doing it tough. Annastacia Palaszczuk will have to tell the Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast tourism operator, the theme park operators, why does she want to keep the border is closed when the rest of the country is opening up? it's a desperate denial of the reality and is not based on the medical advice."
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The United Nation's top human rights official in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, warns half of all Afghan children under five are in an "extreme state of malnutrition."
Conflict, drought and a shortage of international aid are culminating in what Mr Alakbarov says is "humanitarian catastrophe", days after the United States ended its 20 year military presence.
"What we have said before is by the end of September, the stocks which World Food Program has in the country, will be out. We will be out of stocks. We will not be able to provide those essential food items because we will be out of stocks. And for us to keep the current demand, we need at least $200 million only for the food sector. At least one third plus of this country's population right now is not sure that that their family will have a meal every day or not."
