Paris (AFP)
New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
- The epidemic is racing in Moscow -
The Russian capital is facing a record outbreak of Covid-19 due to the Delta variant, said the mayor of Moscow on Friday, who announced restrictions but is still refraining from ordering strict containment measures.
Almost 90% of new cases are due to this variant, he said.
- Africa: "very, very worrying" situation -
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced new restrictive measures, including the suspension of travel within the country for at least six weeks, as the rate of infection has reached a record high in the African country. Is.
- Doses are missing in dozens of countries -
Dozens of countries are unable to administer the second dose of vaccines for lack of sufficient quantities, which risks lasting destabilization of vaccination campaigns, warned the WHO.
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- AstraZeneca: the EU gets fewer doses than claimed -
The AstraZeneca laboratory, sued by the European Union before the Belgian courts for delays in deliveries, was forced to provide 50 million doses of vaccine to the 27 member countries by the end of September, a quantity lower than what was requested and over a longer period.
- Transfer of vaccines, or not -
Israel has announced an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to provide it with one million doses of the expiring Pfizer vaccine.
But the Palestinian Authority later announced the cancellation of the deal, saying it was refusing to receive doses "about to expire."
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced that he wants to offer a million doses to the countries of the Balkans.
- Italy: quarantine for travelers from the United Kingdom -
Italy has announced that passengers from the UK are set to observe a brief quarantine again, while those from many other countries will be able to enter freely if they have the anti-Covid health pass, a health certificate attesting to vaccination. , cure or negativity of a Covid test.
- Norway and the Netherlands loosen the screw -
Easier to travel, play sports, serve alcohol in bars and throw a wedding party: Norway announced further easing of restrictions amid decline in Covid-19 and advances in vaccination on his floor.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced further easing of restrictions from June 26 in the Netherlands, where wearing a mask will only remain compulsory on public transport and in middle and high schools.
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- Spain: soon no more compulsory mask outside -
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the end of the compulsory mask wearing outdoors from June 26, due to a marked improvement in the health situation.
- Notting Hill Carnival canceled -
The carnival in London's Notting Hill, scheduled for the end of August, has been canceled again, with organizers citing "uncertainty" linked to the pandemic in the midst of the Delta variant in the United Kingdom.
- Football -
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron called for caution during Euro matches against the very contagious Delta variant, warning of a resurgence of the pandemic on the European continent.
- Tokyo: vaccinations before the Olympics -
Thousands of volunteers and Olympic officials began to be vaccinated in Tokyo, nearly a month before the Games, as experts warned it would be safer to hold the event without spectators.
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- More than 3.8 million dead -
The pandemic has killed more than 3,844,390 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to an assessment established by AFP from official sources Friday in the middle of the day.
After the United States (600,934 deaths), the countries with the highest number of deaths are Brazil (496,004), India (383,490), Mexico (230,792) and Peru (189,757).
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
The WHO estimates that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.
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Milkha Singh, one of India's most famous sportsmen and athletics champion nicknamed the "Flying Sikh" died of Covid-19 at the age of 91, Indian media reported on Friday.
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