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July 03 2021 In the grip of the Delta variant,

has recorded a new record of Covid deaths for the fifth consecutive day: there were 697 in the last 24 hours, health authorities say. The new cases in the last 24 hours were 24,439, the highest number since mid-January, when the country was emerging from the second wave.

The Kremlin, however, rules out the lockdown. "Nobody wants it," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, admitting that the health situation is "heavy" in various regions. So "we all need to be vaccinated as soon as possible," he added. Only 15% of the Russian population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, while at least 20 regions, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, have made vaccination mandatory for employees in certain sectors. The authorities recorded over 5.5 million confirmed infections, 136,565 deaths.

"We fear we are close to a fifth wave (of Covid, ed) in

", announced the outgoing Iranian president, Hassan Rohani, speaking at a meeting of the National Coronavirus Committee. Rohani then urged his fellow citizens to be" more cautious because the Delta variant has spread "in the southern provinces of 'Iran

The Delta variant pushes infections into

, which double every three weeks, WHO said. South Africa has the most worrying data, with over 20,000 new cases in 24 hours, bringing the total to 1.9 million infections and 66,323 deaths. According to the African Centers for Disease Control, this is more than 30% of the 5.5 million cases reported by 54 African countries. WHO explained that Delta was detected in 97% of the sequenced samples in Uganda and in 79% in Congo. Less than 2% of the 1.3 billion Africans have received a dose of the vaccine.

The Indian variant also worries the

where infections increased by 46% in a week (Public Health England data), while the Delta strain represents 95% of confirmed cases. And the doctors warn the government about the possible total reopening: "It makes no sense to completely lift the restrictions in just two weeks when we see a worrying growth in new Covid cases, caused by the Delta variant and the increased contacts between people, "said Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the board of the British Medical Association. 

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has exceeded the threshold of 400 thousand deaths, a figure considered an underestimate due to the lack of testing and official data.

The

 has decided to impose local lockdowns in many delegations of the governorate of Sfax following the discovery of some cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and the strong pressure on hospitals. About ten governorates are now affected by strict restrictive measures, although generally not respected by citizens. According to data from the ministry of health relating to July 1, 114 deaths and 5,882 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on 18,529 tests, with a positivity rate of 31.47%. Tunisia has recorded 432,761 cases of contagion and 15,179 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.