(Bloomberg) The European Union’s executive arm asked the bloc’s 27 member states to ban all non-essential travel to and from India. The World Health Organization should be overhauled and given more authority to investigate global disease threats, a new report recommended. A full public inquiry will be launched next spring into how the U.K. government handled the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. Greece plans to ease most remaining restrictions. Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials. Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan said vaccines that have been widely administered to the nation’s population are working, even as the Indian Ocean archipelago experiences a surge in cases. Key Developments Global Tracker: Cases top 159.7 million; deaths exceed 3.3 million Vaccine Tracker:
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(Bloomberg) A full public inquiry will be launched next spring into how the U.K. government handled the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced.
The more infectious variant driving a catastrophic Covid-19 epidemic in India has been detected in 44 countries, as the Asian nation reported a record daily death count.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials.
Feng Tay will suspend its Indian factories for 10 working days to keep its employees safe, the Nike-supplier told the Taiwan stock exchange Wednesday. It follows firms including Honda Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. that have announced similar decisions in recent days. Developer Godrej Properties Ltd. extended a long weekend by three days to offer its employees time “to heal.” The Lodha Group one of India’s biggest property companies will pay 12 months salary to the family of any of its associates who dies of Covid while in the service of the firm. Borosil Ltd. will pay two years worth of pay and support the education of the deceased’s children until they graduate.