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Bhutan on Friday reported the country's second coronavirus case, a female tourist who is the partner of the first infected patient. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering told the media that the 59-year old patient, who was quarantined since March 5, tested positive on Friday morning, reports Xinhua news agency. The country's first COVID-19 patient, an 76-year-old American tourist who tested positive on March 5, has was repatriated to the US last week. The couple had arrived in Bhutan on March 2 via the Indian state of Assam. She was confirmed positive after the fourth test, according to the press briefing. The two other primary contacts of the first patient, a local guide and a driver, completed their quarantine period on Friday and tested negative. Four rounds of test were conducted on the primary contacts since the detection of the first COVID-19 case on March 5, said the Prime Minister. All former test results showed negative. Tshering said the new patient is asymptomatic and healthy. She will be monitored in an isolation starting Friday. See Also - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/data-of-coronavirus-patients-state-wise-in-india/articleshow/74669748.cms">Coronavirus cases in India state wise</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coronavirus-myths-and-facts-here-are-some-rumours-about-covid-19-that-arent-true/articleshow/74487962.cms">Coronavirus myths and facts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coronavirus-dos-and-donts-for-protection-against-convid-19/articleshow/74475858.cms">Do’s and Don’ts for protection against COVID-19</a>

Bhutan reports second coronavirus case

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6356598" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="bhutan">Bhutan</keyword>'s king has been making personal trips across the country to visit remote regions and meet <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">Covid-19</keyword> taskforces.</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KingJigmeKhesar">His Facebook page</a> shows him donning a baseball cap, hiking attire, and a backpack on his treks.</li><li>Bhutan is one of the world's most mountainous countries, with an average elevation of 8,000 feet.</li></ul>The king of Bhutan has taken it upon himself to hike across mountains, visit remote villages, and trudge through leech-infested jungles to help his country curb the Covid-19 pandemic.King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has been making trips by car, horse, and foot across his kingdom to supervise pandemic measures and warn his people of the coronavirus, according to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KingJigmeKhesar">official royal Facebook page. </a>He's been making the trips over the last 14 months and has managed to span Bhutan's eastern border - which is more than 400 miles long - <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bhutan-king-treks-across-mountains-hold-down-covid-19-fatality-count-2021-06-25/">reported Reuters.</a>One of his latest treks lasted five days across 41 miles, according to the royal Facebook page, in which he sported an outdoor backpack, hiking gear, and sometimes a pair of sunglasses or a dark baseball cap.Camping on the slopes and among the trees by night, and dropping by rural settlements in the day, he has spoken to health workers in various regions and inspected several border posts.Whenever he finishes a tour and arrives back in the capital of Thimpu, he quarantines himself in a hotel according to protocol, said Reuters.The monarch is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/wedding-of-bhutans-beloved-young-king-seen-as-another-step-toward-modernization/2011/10/12/gIQA2HDgfL_story.html">immensely popular among the people of Bhutan</a>. He's known for traveling to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110713173514/http://kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=8317sid=8317">meet and discuss the country's policies with his people</a>. When he took the throne in 2006, he relinquished his absolute powers to turn Bhutan into a constitutional <keyword id="90317" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Monarchy">monarchy</keyword> as part of a democratization process."When the king travels for miles and knocks... to alert people about the pandemic, then his humble words are respected and taken very seriously," Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering told Reuters."His Majesty's presence is far more powerful than just issuing public guidelines," said Tshering, who accompanies the 41-year-old king on his trips.According to the royal Facebook page, the king is concerned by a recent "large number" of community infections in the region.Bhutan, a land-locked kingdom of 700,000 people that is surrounded by China and India, is <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-countries-highest-average-elevation/">one of the world's most mountainous countries with an average elevation of 8,000 feet</a>. Its southern neighbor, India, has been battling one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the world but Bhutan has had relatively few cases. As of June 28, Bhutan has reported <a href="https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/bhutan/">2,052 Covid-19 cases and one death caused by the coronavirus.</a>As a Covid precaution, Bhutan <a href="https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/469156/bhutan-nonessential-activity-restricted-in-border-districts-as-of-april-20-due-to-covid-19-update-25">closed its borders</a> to all but essential travel in April. However, there is concern about "frequent interactions between people across the porous border" with India, according to the royal <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KingJigmeKhesar/posts/10159175655988260">Facebook page</a>."(The king) has been to all high-risk border areas time and again to monitor every measure put in place and to ensure best practices are followed within limited resources," Rui Paulo de Jesus, the World Health Organization representative in Bhutan told Reuters.Bhutan is currently struggling with a severe vaccine shortage. While it managed to provide around 90% of the country with one dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, it does not currently have enough doses to ensure that its citizens receive a second dose.The government is contemplating offering mixed doses of another vaccine to residents. Both Canada and Spain have already approved mixing vaccines, and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/spanish-study-finds-astrazeneca-vaccine-followed-by-pfizer-dose-is-safe-2021-05-18/">studies</a> have shown that taking the Pfizer vaccine as a second dose to the Astrazeneca vaccine is safe.

Bhutan's king has been hiking and camping across his mountainous kingdom to oversee pandemic measures

Coronavirus cases across the world: 276,179 infected, 91,952 recovered and 11.406 dead

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Daily new COVID-19 cases remain at an all-time high, a World Health Organization chart shows.</li><li>The number of daily new cases recorded in much of Asia is rising especially fast.</li><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> is facing a surge, while vaccinations are making steady progress in the US and Europe.</li></ul>Global COVID-19 cases remain at an all-time high even as some rich countries report fewer and fewer of them.The graph below, from the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Dashboard, shows the number of daily new <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> cases recorded globally as of Sunday:<div type="image" title="coronavirus daily cases who" height="502" width="1240" msid="82257012" hostid="261"></div>It shows the number of daily new cases recorded in WHO's <a href="https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/56d2642cb379485ebf78371e744b8c6a">South-East Asia region</a>, which consists of 11 countries including India, rising dramatically while the number of new cases in the Europe region gets smaller.India is facing a devastating surge of the virus, having recorded more than 300,000 daily new cases for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-india-cases-rising-record-infections-coronavirus-2021-4">the past five days in a row</a>.Hospitals have reported dire oxygen shortages and are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-modi-india-failed-in-critical-hour-of-need-2021-4">turning patients away</a>, leaving many people to die while waiting for help.Meanwhile, Europe and the US have recorded fewer daily new cases as their vaccination rollouts continue.As of Sunday, nearly 140 million people in the US - more than 40% of the population - had received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>.In the UK, the proportion of people given a single shot passed 50%, with small nations like Israel, Bahrain, and Bhutan also having strong vaccine drives. But the vast majority of countries are nowhere close to that.The US has pledged to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">supply India with raw materials</a> for vaccine production as well as personal protective equipment, testing kits, and ventilators. The UK is also <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56881083">sending ventilators and oxygen devices</a>.

Despite a few rich countries doing well, global COVID-19 cases are the highest they've ever been

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="63095" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Seychelles">Seychelles</keyword> and the <keyword id="6354908" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="maldives">Maldives</keyword> have reported <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html#countries">the highest seven-day rate of COVID-19 cases</a> in the world.</li><li>Both island nations have been praised for their vaccination efforts and for <a href="https://www.insider.com/seychelles-travel-covid-no-quarantine-or-vaccine-2021-3">reopening tourism</a>.</li><li>Now they're tightening restrictions but still allowing in <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international">international</keyword> tourists.</li></ul>Two island nations praised for their efforts in vaccinations and reopening <keyword id="20048" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="tourism">tourism</keyword> during the coronavirus pandemic are now facing surges in new cases.Seychelles and the Maldives, both known for luxury resorts and white sandy beaches, have reported more new <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days than any other countries, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html">The New York Times' coronavirus tracker</a>.Seychelles, the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/world-s-most-vaccinated-nation-says-active-covid-cases-surge?sref=BLKWHazc">world's most vaccinated nation</a>, has reported a daily average of 336 new cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days - the highest rate in the world. Just behind that is the Maldives, which has reported a daily average of 153 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past week.Both countries have tightened COVID-19 restrictions, with Seychelles closing schools, the Maldives shuttering government offices, and both imposing a nightly curfew. Both countries are also still welcoming most international tourists.Seychelles' minister for foreign affairs and tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, was not immediately available for an interview for this story. The Maldives' tourism minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<div type="image" title="seychelles covid" height="1735" width="2313" msid="82546112" hostid="261"></div><h2>Tourism and vaccination success stories</h2>The two countries, both of which rely on tourism, had been seen as successful models of vaccination and reopening to tourists.Seychelles was the <a href="http://tourism.gov.sc/2021/01/15/national-covid-19-immunisation-campaign-begins-in-seychelles/">first African country</a> to start rolling out a vaccination program in January, according to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism. Five months later, it's the world's most vaccinated nation, with <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/?sref=BLKWHazc">62.9% of its roughly 100,000 residents fully vaccinated</a>, according to Bloomberg's Vaccine Tracker.In late March, <a href="https://www.insider.com/seychelles-travel-covid-no-quarantine-or-vaccine-2021-3">Seychelles reopened its borders</a> to international tourists with no vaccine or quarantine required - just a negative COVID-19 test. Since then, <a href="https://www.mfa.gov.sc/news/2225/travel-to-seychelles-uninterrupted-despite-strict-health-measures">more than 20,000 tourists have visited</a>, the country's tourism ministry said last week.Then there's the Maldives, which CNN <keyword id="6354692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Travel">Travel</keyword> in February called the world's "<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/maldives-tourism-arrivals-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html">biggest 2020 international tourism success story</a>."<a href="https://www.unwto.org/node/11812">More than 555,000 tourists visited the Maldives</a> last year, surpassing the nation's expectations of 500,000 visitors by the end of the year. That's still less than half of its typical 1.7 million visitors each year, but those who did come stayed much longer than usual, with some <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/island-vacations/nautilus-maldives-luxury-resort-buyout">booking out entire islands</a>.<div type="image" title="Anantara Maldives" height="1500" width="2000" msid="82546116" hostid="261"></div>Currently the fifth-most-vaccinated nation, with 36% of its residents fully inoculated, the Maldives <a href="https://www.insider.com/travel-summer-destinations-reopening-summer-2020-6">reopened its borders to tourists back in July</a> without even mandating a negative COVID-19 test. The island nation started <a href="https://www.ttgasia.com/2020/09/07/maldives-imposes-covid-19-clearance-ahead-of-tourist-arrival/">requiring a negative test</a> a couple of months later but still didn't instate <a href="https://www.insider.com/singapore-quarantine-experience-tips-photos-food-hotel-2021-2">a 14-day quarantine period like many other countries</a>.Last month, the Maldives said it would <a href="https://www.insider.com/maldives-vaccine-for-tourists-plan-details-2021-4">start offering vaccinations to tourists</a> after it had inoculated its own population.<h2>New surges, but still welcoming tourists</h2>Despite the rise in cases, both countries are still welcoming international tourists.Seychelles saw its <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/world-s-most-vaccinated-nation-says-active-covid-cases-surge?sref=BLKWHazc">active cases more than double</a> in the first week of May, per Bloomberg. Nearly half of its <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/seychelles">8,172 total cases</a> have been recorded in the past month, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.The rise in cases in the world's most vaccinated nation has raised questions about the vaccination effort, with the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/world-s-most-vaccinated-nation-says-active-covid-cases-surge?cmpid=BBD051021_MKT&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=210510&amp;utm_campaign=marketsasia&amp;sref=BLKWHazcia&amp;sref=BLKWHazc">World Health Organization stepping in to evaluate</a> the situation, according to Bloomberg. Nearly 60% of the doses administered in Seychelles were Sinopharm vaccines, while the rest were Covishield, a licensed version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot, per Bloomberg.Last week, Seychelles announced it would be <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-04/world-s-most-vaccinated-nation-reintroduces-curbs-as-cases-surge?sref=BLKWHazc">closing schools, imposing a nightly curfew,</a> and banning gatherings between households through May 21. The country has also barred unvaccinated tourists from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and all tourists from Brazil.The country has not, however, tightened restrictions for most international tourists. The tourism ministry said last week that <a href="https://www.mfa.gov.sc/news/2225/travel-to-seychelles-uninterrupted-despite-strict-health-measures">Seychelles was still safe to visit</a> despite the rise in cases and that only 10% of active cases were tourists.<div type="image" title="seychelles travel tourism beach" height="1541" width="2055" msid="82546118" hostid="261"></div>In the Maldives, <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/maldives">more than 30% of the 37,019 total known cases</a> have been recorded in the past month, per Johns Hopkins University. The South Asian island nation has <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-06/maldives-imposes-night-curfew-after-steep-jump-in-covid-19-infections">imposed a nighttime curfew</a> and closed its government offices May 5-15, instructing employees to work from home."The numbers are very high. If we are not able to significantly lower these numbers, we are going to face very difficult days," Mabrook Azeez, a representative for the Maldives' president, <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-06/maldives-imposes-night-curfew-after-steep-jump-in-covid-19-infections">told US News last week</a>.Over the weekend, the Maldives announced it was <a href="https://visitmaldives.com/en/covid19-updates#:~:text=Maldives%20will%20be%20reopening%20its,the%20Ministry%20of%20Tourism%20here.">barring tourists</a> from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but it's still welcoming all other visitors.Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently advises Americans to <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/covid-4/coronavirus-seychelles">avoid traveling to Seychelles</a> or <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/covid-4/coronavirus-maldives">the Maldives</a> because of a "very high level" of COVID-19 in each destination.

Seychelles and the Maldives were hailed as early vaccination and pandemic tourism success stories. They just reported the highest global COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On April 14, South <keyword id="43918" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Korea">Korea</keyword> and <keyword id="6355311" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="japan">Japan</keyword> each recorded a daily coronavirus case high not seen since January.</li><li>On the same day, <keyword id="3739" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Thailand">Thailand</keyword> recorded its highest-ever number of daily coronavirus cases.</li><li>Other Southeast Asian countries - namely <keyword id="6356662" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="singapore">Singapore</keyword> - still have coronavirus cases under control.</li></ul>Countries across Asia are reporting an uptick in <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> cases.Rising coronavirus cases in South Korea have prompted fears that the county is facing a <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/south-korea-considers-use-of-covid-19-self-test-kits-amid-fourth-wave-fears-14613202">fourth wave</a> of outbreaks. Thailand, on April 14, <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-daily-record-new-covid-19-cases-biggest-rise-14619306">recorded</a> 1,335 new cases - a single-day high since the pandemic began. And on April 14, Japan recorded more than <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/14/national/japan-coronavirus-april14/">4,000 new cases</a>, prompting senior Japanese officials on April 15 to <a href="https://www.insider.com/senior-japanese-official-says-cancelling-olympics-is-an-option-2021-4">announce</a> that canceling the Olympics less than 100 days before their planned start date is still "an option."All three countries are now examining various measures to keep the spread of the coronavirus contained.<h2>Rising case numbers in Japan, Thailand, and Korea</h2>In South Korea, the 731 new COVID-19 cases reported on April 14 were the highest daily count since January 7, the Straits Times <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/covid-19-surge-in-asia-fourth-wave-looms-in-south-korea">reported</a>. The country is currently following social distancing guidelines of varying intensity depending on location. On April 9, the government <a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210409000111">announced</a> it would maintain for another three weeks of social distancing guidelines that limit group sizes to five people, among other measures.The 4,000 new cases that Japan recorded on April 14 marked the country's highest single-day count since January 28. Also on April 14, Shigeru Omi, the head of Japan's coronavirus panel, <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/14/national/fourth-wave-omi-coronavirus/">acknowledged</a> that "a fourth wave of coronavirus has started in the country." Some of the country's prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, are currently under a <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/14/national/japan-coronavirus-april14/">quasi-state of emergency</a>.And in Thailand, where the 1,355 new cases recorded on April 14 represent the highest daily count the country has seen since the pandemic began, the health ministry <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-bangkok-coronavirus-pandemic-thailand-5188c5b8ba8702324a39150126ff066c">warned</a> restrictions may need to be tightened.<h2>Varied vaccination rollouts</h2>More than 825 million doses have been administered worldwide, according to The New York Times' <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html">vaccination tracker</a>. Leading the region in percent of population vaccinated is <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/12/986450910/the-advantage-of-our-smallness-bhutan-vaccinates-93-of-adults-in-under-2-weeks">Bhutan</a>, which vaccinated 93% of its eligible adult population in just two weeks. The tiny country has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html">administered</a> more than 476,000 vaccines (63 per 100 people).On April 12, <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/how-to-coronavirus-vaccinations-japan/">Japan</a>, which was already vaccinating frontline essential workers, opened up vaccinations to people 65 and older. The country has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html">administered</a> 1.7 million vaccine doses to date (1.4 per 100 people).South Korea began vaccinations in late February, per <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-idUSKBN2BZ0PN">Reuters</a>, and is aiming to reach herd immunity by November. It has administered nearly 1.3 million doses (2.5 per 100 people), per The Times.Thailand has been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-bangkok-coronavirus-pandemic-thailand-5188c5b8ba8702324a39150126ff066c">lagging</a> in vaccinating its population. It has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html">administered</a> just over 579,000 doses, or .8 per 100 people.To date, Japan has recorded 517,353 coronavirus cases and 9,472 coronavirus deaths, per data from the <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering</a> (JHU CSSE); South Korea has recorded 112,117 cases and 1,788 deaths; and Thailand has recorded 37,453 cases and 97 deaths.All three countries trail behind India and Indonesia, which lead the region, in death count. Since the outbreak began, India has recorded 173,123 deaths and Indonesia has recorded 42,906 deaths, JHU data shows.Japan, Korea, and Thailand are not the only three Asian countries with rising coronavirus cases. Infection rates are also rising in countries including <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/15/uk-covid-variant-pushes-cambodia-to-brink-of-national-tragedy">Cambodia</a>, which the World Health Organization said is seeing its worst coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began, and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-15/malaysia-s-covid-infection-rate-climbs-as-ramadan-begins">Malaysia</a>, where the government has also warned the country may be on the brink of a fourth wave.While the coronavirus case situation intensifies in some Asian countries, it remains stable and relatively under control in others, most notably in Singapore. The city-state <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/22/singapore-closes-borders-to-keep-virus-at-bay-but-no-shutdown">closed</a> its borders to short-term visitors and some foreign laborers in March 2020 and has steadily reported fewer than 100 cases per day since mid-August, per JHU data.

COVID cases are rising across Asia again, with Japan reporting an uptick in cases less than 100 days before the Olympics and Korea on the brink of a 4th wave

<ul class="summary-list"><li>No matter how out-of-control the coronavirus pandemic has become, <keyword id="7313056" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Contact-tracing">contact tracing</keyword> remains a critical tool in controlling the spread, the <keyword id="6366244" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="who">WHO</keyword> said Monday. </li><li>The eradication of the recent Ebola outbreak is one example of how contact tracing worked even in the most difficult of circumstances. </li><li>"COVID-19 can be stopped. We do not have to wait for a vaccine. We have to save lives now," Tedros said. </li></ul>As cases of the coronavirus have surged across the US, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tracing/its-just-impossible-tracing-contacts-takes-backseat-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN21I324">some leaders have thrown up their hands</a> when it comes to public-health tools like contact tracing, saying the process is just "impossible" when caseloads are overwhelming. Contact tracing, a longstanding public-health intervention used to control the spread of infectious diseases, involves finding the people who've been in contact with an infected person — and sometimes the contacts of contacts as well — so they can quarantine themselves and avoid spreading it to others. But on Monday <keyword id="43588" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="World-Health-Organization">World Health Organization</keyword> leaders said the challenge of contact tracing is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-chief-coronavirus-contact-tracing-difficult-lame-excuse-2020-6">no excuse for letting people die while waiting for a vaccine </a>— and pointed to the eradication of the recent outbreak of Ebola as an example. "When it comes to controlling epidemics, what's at stake is human lives, and we can't give up, we can't abdicate our responsibilities," Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, WHO assistant director-general of emergency response, said during a media briefing. "No matter how extremely difficult the conditions are, we have to go on." <h2>The recent eradication of Ebola in Congo demonstrates how contact-tracing works even in the most difficult circumstances</h2>Last month, the Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo — the second deadliest in history — was declared over, in no small part due to contact tracing, the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu said Monday. "When Ebola was discovered in the city of Bhutan last year, experts wondered whether it would be possible to bring the outbreak under control," he said. "But against all odds, the outbreak was stopped in large part because the government, WHO, and partners invested heavily in contact tracing, isolating suspected cases, and treating those that became sick." Contact tracing there was far from easy: The region was rife with civil unrest, poverty, difficult terrain, poor infrastructure, and the need to cover hundreds of thousands of people. "If there are difficult times, then you have to combine contact tracing and actively going out to identify cases," Fall said. "And if you do those two things together, you can win." That's a lesson for leaders fighting the coronavirus, Tedros said. <div type="image" title="FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, the ability to jab the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)" height="1496" width="2244" msid="77074400" hostid="261"></div>"Ebola and COVID-19 are different viruses, but the principle is the same: No matter how bad the situation, there is always hope with strong leadership, community engagement, and a comprehensive strategy to suppress transmission and save lives," he said. "COVID-19 can be stopped. We do not have to wait for a vaccine. We have to save lives now."

WHO: We can't give up on contact tracing, 'no matter how extremely difficult' it is to track the spread of the coronavirus

<ul><li>The <keyword id="100742" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-State-Department">US state department</keyword> issued the Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory -- the highest level of travel advisory -- on March 19, urging American citizens not to travel overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. </li><li>India remains on the Level 4 of the travel advisory along with more than 50 countries, including China. This means that the US urges its citizens not to travel to India due to the increasing coronavirus cases. </li><li>The state department, in its latest travel advisory on India issued on Thursday, said: "Do not travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism". </li></ul> The US has lifted the highest level of its <keyword id="9714137" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-health-travel-advisory">global health travel advisory</keyword> for Americans due to the coronavirus pandemic and restored the previous country-specific system without changing the status of over 50 countries, including that of India and China. The US state department issued the Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory -- the highest level of travel advisory -- on March 19, urging American citizens not to travel overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. India remains on the Level 4 of the travel advisory along with more than 50 countries, including China. This means that the US urges its citizens not to travel to India due to the increasing coronavirus cases. The state department, in its latest travel advisory on India issued on Thursday, said: "Do not travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism". The  <keyword id="621740" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Centres-for-Disease-Control-and-Prevention">Centres for Disease Control and Prevention</keyword> (CDC) has issued a Level 3 (avoid non-essential travel) Travel Health Notice for India due to COVID-19, it said. Travellers to India may experience border closures, airport closures, travel prohibitions, stay at home orders, business closures and other emergency conditions within India due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it said. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch told reporters during a conference call that the State Department, in close coordination with the CDC, has lifted the <keyword id="9714136" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-level-4-health-advisory">Global Level 4 Health Advisory</keyword> and has returned to the previous system of country-specific levels of travel advice, with levels from 1 to 4 depending on country-specific conditions. The CDC has similarly removed its Level 3 Global COVID-19 Pandemic Notice. This important change reflects the reality that health and safety conditions are improving in some countries while potentially deteriorating in others, he said. By returning to the country-specific travel advisory system, the US is able to give Americans detailed and actionable information to make informed travel decisions, he said. "The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant risks for travellers and our destination-specific advisories take into account the latest data and public health and safety analysis on COVID-related risks," Risch said. Among other countries which have been put on the Level 4 of travel advisory include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Mexico, Egypt, and Brazil. Although the guidance from the state department has been lifted, American travellers continue to face travel restrictions in countries worldwide due to the rising cases of the deadly disease in the United States. According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the contagion has infected over 19 million people and killed more than 713,000 across the world. The US is the worst affected country with over 4.8 million cases and more than 1,60,000 deaths. The European Union has blocked the entry of the US tourists, and the UK requires travellers from the US to quarantine for 14 days. 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