BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported three new imported cases of COVID-19, with all the community cases eliminated as the country's largest city Auckland returns to Alert Level 1, the lowest epidemic level, at midnight Wednesday.

Wednesday's first two cases arrived from Ethiopia via Dubai on Sept. 23. They have been in managed isolation at the Ibis in Hamilton, close to Auckland, and tested positive at routine testing around the 12th day of their stay, according to the Ministry of Health.

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SHANGHAI -- Shanghai reported one imported COVID-19 case and no domestically transmitted cases Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.

The case was a Chinese national who left Russia on Oct. 1 and arrived at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport the next day. After showing related symptoms while under quarantine after arrival, the patient was sent to a designated medical institution for treatment.

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QUITO -- Ecuador is in talks with pharmaceutical companies to access a vaccine against the novel coronavirus once available, but there are hurdles, such as a steep initial fee, Public Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos said Tuesday.

"We are doing everything possible so that Ecuador does not lag behind in terms of receiving vaccines and at reasonable prices," Zevallos said in an interview with a local television station.

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SAO PAULO -- Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 819 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 147,494.

According to the Ministry of Health, tests detected 41,906 new cases of infection in the same period, bringing the total caseload since the onset of the outbreak to 4,969,141. Enditem

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