- ?The Delta variant now represents around 40% of new Covid-19 infections in?France?and could ruin the summer if a fourth wave of infections is allowed to build, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said. The share of this variant has doubled each week over the past three weeks, from 10% of infections three weeks ago to 20% last week and 40% this week, he said.
- Indonesia?has set new daily records for both deaths and cases again,?with 34,379 infections and 1,040 deaths. It is the third consecutive day of record new infections in Indonesia and the fourth straight day for record deaths.
- Turkmenistan’s healthcare ministry has said it is making Covid vaccination mandatory for all residents aged 18 and over.?Exceptions would only be made for those with medical issues preventing inoculation.
- Vietnam?will impose restrictions on its largest city,?Ho Chi Minh City, for 15 days from Friday to tackle rising cases, according to state media reports.
- Cases are rising in the 22 countries of the eastern Mediterranean region?due to limited vaccination, the spread of the Delta variant and increased travel, the World Health Organization has warned. Increasing infection levels follow two months of maintained decline.
- The UK has reported 32,548 new Covid cases,?with the weekly tally double that of the previous seven days amid surging cases in the runup to the lifting of all restrictions on 19 July.
- A hospital in Uganda has allegedly refused to hand over the dead body of a patient?to their relative without payment of medical bills, the Associated Press reports, as the country’s residents struggle with Covid healthcare costs.
- Bangladesh?has reported its highest daily number of Covid deaths,?with 201 fatalities registered as the south Asian country battles a surge in cases.
- Japan’s government is expected to issue a state of emergency this month in Tokyo?that will likely remain in place throughout the Tokyo Olympics, according to financial newspaper Nikkei.
- Authorities in Myanmar have ordered people in several regions of the country’s largest city, Yangon, to stay at home?as coronavirus cases surged to almost 4,000 infections on Wednesday. In early May, there were fewer than 50 daily.
