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(Bloomberg) Sydney added further restrictions on travel and increased penalties for non-compliance as outbreaks of the Covid-19 delta variant reached a new peak in the Australian city of almost 6 million.
(Bloomberg) Sydney added further restrictions on travel and increased penalties for non-compliance as outbreaks of the Covid-19 delta variant reached a new peak in the Australian city of almost 6 million.
Beijing reported two local coronavirus cases, ending a six month run without a community infection, while authorities in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding provinces estimate it may take months to contain the worst outbreak in Vietnamâs commercial hub. The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics found 24 new cases related to the event while Australiaâs track and field team is in isolation after exposure to a confirmed infection.Â
After the raging pandemic in Argentina prompted the co-hosts of the Copa America soccer tournament to pull out, the premier South American sports event is set to be moved to Brazil. Some members of the Japanese government’s coronavirus expert panel warned that it would be “difficult” to hold the Olympics this summer if Tokyo’s virus situation remains at the highest of four levels, reports said, even as the first group of foreign athletes arrived.
Peru updated its official death toll from Covid-19 on Monday, adding more than 110,000 fatalities than previously reported. As the raging pandemic in Argentina prompted co-hosts of the Copa America soccer tournament to pull out, the decision was made to move the premier South American sports event to Brazil.
Italy Vaccinations Accelerate; EU Mulls Covid Pass: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
(Bloomberg)
Italy’s vaccination campaign is gathering speed. The country is considering the possibility of letting citizens get second shots while on holiday, a step that would also help its battered tourism industry get back on its feet.
A sharp decline in Covid-19 cases in Turkey is also offering a glimmer of hope for its summer tourist season.
The European Union may adopt a Covid health document that would allow people to prove they’ve been vaccinated, tested or recovered from the virus to speed travel and facilitate larger public gatherings, a French official said.
Singapore Closes Schools; Amazon Aids India: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
(Bloomberg)
Singapore plans to close public schools this week and move to home-based learning, as a spike in unlinked cases poses the biggest challenge since last year in the city’s efforts to tackle the pandemic.
Amazon.com Inc. and one of India’s largest renewable energy companies are boosting supplies of oxygen concentrators to the country in desperate need of the life-saving medical equipment as a brutal second wave of Covid-19 infections sweeps through its towns and cities.
The U.S.’s rolling one-week average of new virus cases fell to the lowest level since June.