Singapore Closes Casino, Indonesia Tightens Rules: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Singapore shut its Marina Bay Sands casino for two weeks after detecting a Covid cluster, adding to outbreaks linked to karaoke nightclubs and a fishery port that prompted renewed social restrictions.
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Indonesia imposed restrictions of varying levels across the country following a record daily toll of 1,383 deaths, with Java and Bali now under rules that are equivalent to previous emergency curbs. In Australia, Queensland’s border with New South Wales will close from 1 a.m. Friday to reduce the risk of Covid-19 spreading.
NYC to Require Shots or Tests for Hospital Workers: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE reached an agreement to partner with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to make their Covid-19 vaccine at a facility in Cape Town and deliver more than 100 million doses annually to African nations.
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New York City will begin requiring Covid-19 vaccinations or weekly testing of all workers in its public hospitals and clinics in an attempt to slow an increase in cases sparked by the highly transmissible delta variant.
Covid-19 can be beaten if 70% of every nation’s population is vaccinated by mid-2022, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he called for a massive global inoculation drive. “The pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it,” he said.
Pfizer Africa Agreement; Covid Surges Across Asia: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE reached an agreement to partner with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to make their Covid-19 vaccine at a facility in Cape Town and deliver more than 100 million doses annually to African nations.
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The virus continued its rampage through Asia, as South Korea and Thailand reported record infections and Indonesia registered the most daily deaths since the pandemic began. Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said cases in Tokyo could hit a new high in early August, before the end of the Olympics.
WHO’s Vaccination Target; Covid Surges Across Asia: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Covid-19 can be beaten if 70% of every nation’s population is vaccinated by mid-2022, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he called for a massive global inoculation drive. “The pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it,” he said.
The virus continued its rampage through Asia, as South Korea and Thailand reported record infections and Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said cases in Tokyo could hit a new high in early August, before the end of the Olympics.
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