PARIS — Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus
crisis:
Delta spread in
China
Hundreds of thousands of people in
China are in lockdown as the country
battles its worst outbreak in months.
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Biden steps up
virus fight
US President Joe Biden asks every US federal worker to either declare they
are fully vaccinated or wear masks and be tested, stopping short of a
vaccination mandate but marking a dramatic return to restrictions.
Japan emergency
Japan extends a virus emergency in Tokyo and expands the measure to four
more regions as it battles a surge in infections a week into the
pandemic-postponed Olympics.
Vaccine-resistant
variants risk
Relaxing restrictions like mask-wearing and social distancing when most
people have been vaccinated greatly increases the risk of vaccine-resistant
variants of the virus, new research shows.
Australia sets
vaccine target
Australia will reopen its borders and end lockdowns when 80 percent of the
population is fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals,
sketching a long road out of "Fortress Australia" virus restrictions.
Philippines
lockdown
The Philippines will send more than 13 million people in the national
capital region back into lockdown next week, the government says, as it tries
to head off a surge in cases.
Mexico deaths
Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the virus in 2020 -- 35
percent more than originally reported by the government, the national
statistics institute says.
German entry
restrictions
Anyone entering Germany from abroad will have to take a Covid-19 test from
Sunday unless they are fully vaccinated or have recovered from the disease,
Health Minister Jens Spahn says.
Saudi to welcome
tourists
Saudi Arabia announces it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated
foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the pandemic.
US doses to
Uzbekistan
The United States donates three million doses of vaccines to Uzbekistan, its
ambassador says, as Washington seeks to boost its relationships with the
Central Asian states bordering Afghanistan.
Vaccine perks
The Czech government approves a proposal to give civil servants who get
Covid vaccines an extra two days of holiday.
Four million dead
The coronavirus has killed at least 4,202,179 people since the outbreak
emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources
compiled by AFP.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 612,122 deaths,
followed by Brazil with 554,497, India with 423,217, Mexico with 239,997 and
Peru with 196,214 fatalities.
The World Health Organization says up to three times the number suggested by
official figures have died directly or indirectly because of the pandemic.
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