eliveroo and Uber announced plans to provide discounted meals to customers receiving coronavirus injections to increase the vaccination rate.
Brands led by Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and Pizza Pilgrims plan to put discounts on the table to encourage more young people to get vaccinated.
The Ministry of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed that Uber, a taxi app company, will send SMS reminders to users urging them to check in.
The UK has received as many as 84,938,000 vaccinations, of which 46,811,298 were the first dose and 38,126,702 were the second dose.
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India recorded 41,831 new coronavirus cases and 541 deaths in 24 hours
According to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India reported 41,831 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and 541 deaths in the past 24 hours.
As the number of deaths from the coronavirus increased by 541, the cumulative number of deaths due to Covid-19 in India is now 424,351.
As the delta cluster expands, China reports 75 new COVID-19 cases
China reported 75 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Sunday on July 31, up from 55 a day ago, including new locally transmitted cases in eight provinces.
The eastern province of Jiangsu recorded 30 new locally transmitted cases, up from 19 a day ago, after news on Saturday that a cluster of cases in Nanjing, the capital of the province, had risen to 184 cases.
Officials said on Friday that the early cases in Nanjing were related to workers at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, who cleaned a Russian plane carrying infected passengers after it arrived.
They confirmed that these cases are Delta variants of the COVID-19 virus.
Henan in central China has also reported 12 new cases. As of Saturday, the flood-affected city of Zhengzhou had reported 11 new cases and 16 asymptomatic cases. China has not included them in official data.
Of the 75 new cases reported nationwide, 22 were imported from overseas, which is lower than the 25 cases a day ago.
The total number of infections in China currently stands at 1,022, and no new deaths have been reported. Since the outbreak, a total of 93,005 infections have been reported in the country.
Australia’s east coast fights rising COVID-19 cases
On Sunday, New South Wales and Queensland on the east coast of Australia faced escalating battles with COVID-19 Delta variants. Millions of people were under strict lockdown. Authorities urged more testing and vaccinations to control the epidemic.
Sydney and its surrounding areas have reported 239 new locally infected cases of highly infectious delta virus under a five-week stay-at-home order, which is in line with the daily record number of the current outbreak reported on Thursday.
The city’s 5 million residents and residents of the nearby regional center spanning 200 kilometers (120 miles) of coastline will stay at home until August 28. The total number of cases in the outbreak that began in mid-June has reached 3,427.
New South Wales Governor Gladys Berejiklian (Gladys Berejiklian) said: “I think it is important to know that there is no road map for the Delta variant.”
“The challenge we face is to get as many people as possible to get the vaccine in August, so when August 28 arrives, we can choose how to relax the restrictions.”
Rishi Sunak urges the prime minister to relax UK travel regulations to boost the economy-report
According to reports, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer warned Boris Johnson that Britain’s travel restrictions were “untimely” with its international competitors because he pushed for relaxation of holiday regulations.
According to the “Sunday Times” report, Rishi Sunak has written to the Prime Minister explaining the damage to the country’s economy caused by the current border rules, especially the tourism and hotel industries.
He is said to have called on the UK to take advantage of its successful vaccination program by opening up further.
According to reports, the current MP at No. 11 Downing Street told the Conservative Party leader that the UK’s entry and exit rules were “out-of-date with our international competitors”.
The newspaper quoted a source who said that the source was familiar with the letter. He said: “Rishi has called for time restrictions on travel.”
