The U.K. government has pushed back on claims from the former chief aide of Prime Minister Boris Johnson that officials pursued a herd immunity strategy in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
India, Taiwan Cases Slow; Singapore Shuts Malls: Virus Update
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India’s new coronavirus cases continued to slow on Sunday, with infections at the lowest in more than a month. Taiwan reported 287 new local infections, below the six-day average of 380, as active local cases rose to 3,158.
Singapore will close two malls after new cases were linked to the properties as the health minister said more targeted testing and surveillance operations will be conducted to curb outbreaks. Thailand discovered three cases of the variant initially seen in South Africa, two days after the country detected its first local infection of another variant first found in India. Malaysia reported a record 6,976 new cases.
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The United Kingdom government has pushed back on claims that officials pursued a herd immunity strategy.
Vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca have been shown to work against this strain, according to a study by Public Health England.
Thailand discovered its first case of the variant first reported in South Africa, two days after India.
The United Kingdom government has pushed back on claims from the former chief aide of Prime Minister Boris Johnson that officials pursued a herd immunity strategy in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that under-vaccinated areas in the United States could become hot spots for a mutation of the coronavirus first detected in India and are upping surveillance of the highly transmissible variant.
The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. continues to slow, with the country ending its first week since June with no days of infections exceeding 30,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.