- The UK has allocated £5.4 billion in six months to vaccinate children between 12 and 15 years of age.
- Denmark cancelled its local vaccine plan.
- Vietnam has imprisoned a man for spreading Covid-19.
The daily infection rate in Sydney fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, but it was still close to a record level as the epidemic caused a soaring vaccination rate in the severely affected western suburbs of Australia’s largest city.
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Europe
* The UK will allocate another £5.4 billion (US$7.5 billion) in the next six months to help its health services affected by the pandemic, and may approve vaccinations for children between 12 and 15 years of age.
* Denmark cancelled a previously announced public bidding plan to build a national vaccine production facility because it was betting on a vaccine being developed by a domestic company.
Asia Pacific
* An Indian court has ordered the government to provide an option to shorten the interval between AstraZeneca vaccination from the current 12 weeks to 16 weeks.
* According to official media reports, Vietnam on Monday sentenced a man to five years in prison for violating strict quarantine regulations and spreading the virus. The capital, Hanoi, extended the restrictions for another two weeks.
* The Japanese government has agreed to purchase 150 million doses of Takeda Pharmaceutical’s vaccine, which will be produced using Novavax Inc’s formula.
* Prior to the relaxation of restrictions in all areas except Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, New Zealand reported a slight increase in new local cases on Tuesday.
America
* Peru has reached an agreement with Russia to install a plant for the production of Sputnik-5 vaccine.
* The Chilean health regulatory agency has approved the vaccine produced by China Kexing Biotechnology for use in children over 6 years of age.
Middle East and Africa
* According to the pilot program to start the tourism industry, Israel will allow small foreign tourist groups from certain countries to visit from September 19th.
* The Civil Aviation Administration of the Gulf States said that Kuwait will resume direct commercial flights with India on Tuesday.
Medical development
* Japan has selected Covid-19 candidate therapies produced by AstraZeneca, Shiono Yoshi Pharmaceutical, and Fujifilm Holdings to receive clinical trial subsidies.
* European drug regulatory agencies are evaluating booster dose data for the vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, which will be given six months after the second vaccination for people 16 years and older.
* Indian drug developer Hetero has received emergency use approval from the country’s health authorities to produce generic drugs for Roche’s Covid-19 drug.
Economic impact
* The global stock index hit a record high on Tuesday, as investors are gratified that the Federal Reserve may postpone the start of the reduction of asset purchase plans and maintain its expansionary monetary policy in the short term.
* Driven by strong global demand, China’s exports in August grew unexpectedly at a faster rate.
* The Bank of Australia has confirmed plans to cut its large-scale bond purchase program, hoping that once the vaccination boom helps ease the severe lockdown measures, the economy will rebound quickly.
* German industrial output increased more than expected in July after falling for three consecutive months.
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