Thailand will relax some of its quasi-lockdown restrictions on Sept 1 to allow more travel, and shopping malls and restaurants to reopen after its worst wave of Covid-19 infections showed some signs of easing.
South Africa registered 12,771 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 2,734,973. A further 357 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total official deaths to 80,826. A total of 11,648,851 people have been vaccinated.