1.The US government has confirmed that the US economy experienced its sharpest contraction in at least 73 years in the second quarter due to the disruption of the COVID-19 epidemic. In its third GDP estimate, the Commerce Department said GDP was-31.4% in the second quarter, the biggest decline since the US government began recording it in 1947.
2.World wide Web: Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Macron and US President Donald Trump issued statements calling for a ceasefire between the belligerents in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and urging Armenia and Azerbaijan to commit to immediate talks. Azerbaijan and Armenia began an exchange of fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on the morning of September 27, accusing each other of provoking a new round of conflict.
3.US: last week, the number of first-time jobless claims was 837000, compared with an expected 850000, compared with a previous figure of 873000.
4.ModernaCEO, a US biotech company, said that the novel coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna could not be ready before the US presidential election, because the company could not apply to the authorities for (emergency) permission to use the vaccine until the end of November at the earliest.
5. Us President Donald Trump tweeted on the 2nd that he and his wife Melania novel coronavirus tested positive, causing great concern. Alexander Ginzberg, director of the Gamaria Center of the Russian Ministry of Health, which developed the COVID-19 vaccine, said they would be willing to help if the infected Trump formally turned to the Russian government for help, the Russian satellite network reported.
6.Spain: announced that it will impose blockade restrictions on the capital Madrid, close the city’s borders and ban unnecessary visits. People can only go in and out of the city for work, school, medical treatment or shopping, not for leisure activities. Official figures show that there have been about 134000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Spain in the past two weeks, of which more than 1/3 are in Madrid.
7.German Federal Bureau of Statistics: in the second quarter, the average price of residential property in Germany rose 6.6% from the same period last year, up 2% from the previous month. Although Germany’s GDP fell 9.7% month-on-month over the same period, the recession does not seem to have affected investor confidence in the German housing market. Some analysts believe that the rise in German housing prices is supported by the high demand for housing, the shortage of construction land and new development projects, and historically low mortgage rates.
8.According to a new report released jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, more than 620000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus, and the number of children infected in the United States has increased rapidly recently, about 829 out of every 100000 children. In the two weeks from 10 to 24 September, the number of confirmed cases in children in the United States increased from 549432 to 624890, an increase of more than 75000.
9.U.S. president Donald Trump tweeted that he and his wife, Melania novel coronavirus, tested positive just a few days ago, just days after holding an election debate with Democratic presidential candidate Joe. Biden’s health has also attracted a great deal of attention. (CNN) just reported that Biden was tested by novel coronavirus on Friday (2nd) morning local time, and the result was negative.
10.Argentine Transport Minister Mayoni: confirm that the country will resume commercial flight operations on October 12 or 15. The Ministry of Transportation will specify epidemic prevention policies for tourists. For domestic flights, provincial governments can limit the number of passengers carried by local governments according to the epidemic situation, and international flights will return to normal after mid-October
11.Argentine Transport Minister Mayoni: confirm that the country will resume commercial flight operations on October 12 or 15. The Ministry of Transportation will specify epidemic prevention policies for tourists. For domestic flights, provincial governments can limit the number of passengers carried by local governments according to the epidemic situation, and international flights will return to normal after mid-October
12.World Health Organization (WHO): the COVID-19 pandemic is still developing, and the epidemic situation in the Northern Hemisphere is on the rise. The epidemic situation is significantly different in different regions of the world, and the number of cases in Southeast Asia continues to surge. The current best estimates show that 10 per cent of the world’s population may have been infected with novel coronavirus, but there are differences between countries, which means that most people in the world are still at risk of infection.
13.Caroline Medical College in Sweden: the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to American scientists Harvey Arter, Charles Rice and British scientist Michael Horton for their contribution to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The three scientists will share the prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (U$1.12 million).
14.Caroline Medical College in Sweden: the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to American scientists Harvey Arter, Charles Rice and British scientist Michael Horton for their contribution to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The three scientists will share the prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (U$1.12 million).