The Latest: Fauci says fine to trick-or-treat this year

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The government’s apical infectious diseases adept says families tin consciousness harmless trick-or-treating outdoors this twelvemonth for Halloween arsenic COVID-19 cases successful the U.S. decline, particularly for those who are vaccinated.

Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that it’s an important clip of twelvemonth for children, truthful “go retired there” and “enjoy it.”

He added that radical wanting to bask Halloween connected Oct. 31 should see getting the shots for that “extra grade of protection” if they are not yet vaccinated.

COVID-19 vaccines truthful acold person been approved for radical 12 years and older. The Food and Drug Administration plans a gathering successful precocious October to see Pfizer’s petition for exigency usage authorization of its vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

Nationwide, determination are astir 95,000 caller COVID-19 cases a day. Fauci called the downward inclination “good news” but cautioned against declaring a premature triumph since cases person bounced backmost successful the past.

He said he’d similar to spot cases driblet to little than 10,000 a time earlier dropping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, specified arsenic shedding masks indoors successful nationalist places.

___

MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:

— Doctors assertion Brazil hospitals gave dodgy COVID care

— Advocates, lawmakers propulsion hospitals to assistance much with bills

— Russians flock to Serbia for Western-made COVID-19 vaccines

___

— See each of AP’s pandemic sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

___

HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s person says authorities borders volition beryllium reopened aft a months-long prohibition successful a determination expected to rejuvenate tourism and the economy.

With implicit 90% of the country’s adults present afloat vaccinated. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says a prohibition connected interstate question volition beryllium lifted from Monday. He says afloat vaccinated Malaysians tin present question to different states for holidays and instrumentality to their hometown.

Ismail says Malaysians are besides present escaped to question overseas without requiring support but they inactive request to acquisition microorganism tests and quarantine upon return. He said successful a nationalist broadcast Sunday that the authorities is inactive assessing the concern to determine whether it’s harmless to reopen the country’s borders to foreigners.

___

PLANO, Texas — Tea enactment firebrand Allen West, a campaigner for the Republican information for politician of Texas, was hospitalized with COVID-19 connected Sunday but said he’s “doing great.”

“No complaints. I’m conscionable relaxing,” West told The Associated Press during a little telephone interrogation from a infirmary successful the Dallas suburb of Plano. He said helium got a bully night’s remainder and was awaiting the results of an aboriginal greeting thorax X-ray.

West and his wife, Angela West, were diagnosed with the microorganism aft attending a “packed house” fundraising lawsuit successful Seabrook, Texas, past week. He said Saturday that helium is “suspending in-person events until receiving an all-clear indication.”

Both Wests received monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 and Angela, who was vaccinated against the virus, was released to spell home, Allen West said connected Twitter. The Republican campaigner said helium has not gotten a coronavirus vaccination and that doctors were disquieted Saturday astir the lowered level of oxygen saturation successful his blood.

___

CLAYTON, Mo. — The acting caput of St. Louis County constabulary has issued an bid saying that each officers indispensable travel a region mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine oregon taxable to play testing.

The bid was issued adjacent though an serviceman has filed a suit challenging whether the county’s mandate should use to the constabulary department, which is chiefly governed by its main and the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners.

Officer Jared Lindeman’s petition for a impermanent restraining bid argued that the County Council and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page don’t person the authorization unsocial to spot requirements connected officers, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A planned Friday proceeding connected Lindeman’s petition was cancelled aft acting St. Louis County constabulary Chief Kenneth Gregory issued his order. Lindeman’s attorney, Christopher Graville, said helium is weighing however to proceed with Lindeman’s suit aft the order.