Covid-19 Pandemic
 Here’s the latest news: Russia says Saudi Arabia and Brazil will test its Covid-19 vaccineFirst to suffer a virus-related slump, China is proving the fastest outU.K. is warned that ending furlough puts 2 million jobs at risk Taking worries about sports to heart College sports in the U.S. took a big blow when two major conferences announced they would scrap the fall season. Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren in a statement said it became “abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks.” One concern is that Covid-19 may hurt the heart. About a dozen NCAA athletes have developed myocarditis, the organization’s top doctor said. The heart inflammation can be deadly in some cases and is especially dangerous when working out intensely. That’s problematic for competitive athletes constantly pushing themselves. Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez was diagnosed with the heart ailment after a bout of Covid-19 and is sitting out the baseball season. “Forget about Covid,” said Dr. Rajat Deo, an associate professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “If you have an elite college athlete or even if you have a high school athlete on the JV swimming team with some degree of cardiac involvement, are you going to let that person compete?” It’s too early to say how common the condition is among Covid-19 patients, though cardiologists say it’s likely rare. Does the risk of the complication mean athletes shouldn’t play this fall? That’s a tricky question to answer.  Eduardo Rodriguez of the Boston Red Sox was diagnosed with myocarditis related to Covid-19, and is sitting out the shortened Major League Baseball season. Photographer: Michael Reaves/Getty Images North America “The most important thing to acknowledge is there’s so much we don’t know,” said Dr. Jonathan Kim, chief of sports cardiology at Emory University who works with college and professional teams, including the Atlanta Braves. The lack of certainty could be especially vexing to parents of younger kids who play sports. Among all the other uncertainties the school year will bring, the prospect of another health risk on top of Covid is likely to worry families for whom youth and prep athletics are part of daily life. However, among children and teenagers, the number of patients who have developed heart issues is “vanishingly small” compared with the number of Covid-19 cases in the U.S., said Dr. Stephen Paridon, director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He hasn’t seen evidence that the novel coronavirus causes myocarditis in young people more than other viruses. Dr. Sean Lang, a pediatric cardiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, plans to send his elementary school-aged children back to competitive sports.“I want us all to realize this is rare and that’s certainly something we as physicians make sure we’re worried about but as parents, I don’t want to contribute to already anxious times,” Lang said. — Angelica LaVito Track the virus Infections and Recoveries Are Rising Worldwide Global Covid-19 cases are approaching 21.5 million with deaths past 770,000. The Philippines reported 40,397 recoveries on Sunday after another automatic reclassification of mild and asymptomatic cases that have lapsed after 14 days.  South Korea had 279 additional cases in the past 24 hours have taken the nation’s total to 15,318, while the number of deaths remained at 305. Belgium found 756 new cases and reported 11 more deaths. New Zealand, which is trying to stamp out the nation’s first outbreak in more than three months, had 13 new infections, 12 of which are linked to an existing cluster in Auckland. Australia’s Victoria state, which reported 279 new cases and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours, extended a state of emergency through Sept. 13. Sponsored Content by Siemens America’s factories, power plants, transportation and hospitals all need technology and our technology is only as powerful as the people deploying and maintaining it. Keeping America moving takes more than technology alone. It takes a human touch. Siemens Ingenuity for life. What you should read Australia Close to a Deal to Make Vaccine Health minister says he’s in advanced talks with drug companies. India Promises a Locally-Made Covid-19 Shot Prime Minister Narendra Modi says vaccine will be for all citizens. FDA Approves Covid Test Partly Funded by NBA SalivaDirect costs $10 per sample and could spur more frequent exams. 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