- US President Joe Biden is pushing people to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
- The number of infections in the Greek islands of the Aegean Sea has risen sharply.
- The Delta variant is more contagious than all other versions of the virus.
U.S. President Joe Biden urged local governments to pay for people’s vaccination costs and set up new regulations requiring federal workers to provide vaccination certificates. Japan has proposed that the three prefectures near Tokyo where the Olympics are held and the western Osaka prefecture should be set at 8 Enter a state of emergency before the 31st.
Europe
* With the acceleration of the country’s vaccination program, Portugal announced a three-phase plan to lift restrictions, including the lifting of night curfews.
* On Thursday, after the infection rate rose, the southern islands of the Aegean Sea in Greece were marked in dark red on the Covid-19 map of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which means that everyone except for necessary travel in and out of the area Were dissuaded.
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Asia Pacific
* According to local media reports, the Japanese government approved AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine management after a few months of suspension.
*Sydney reports that with further tightening of restrictions in the most affected suburbs, the number of local infections has decreased slightly, and the military has been called in to help enforce the lockdown rules.
* Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte approved the implementation of blockade measures in the capital region.
* Thailand has received the first 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US government.
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America
* Brazil plans to cancel the contract for 10 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V-coronavirus vaccine signed in March, because the South American country is battling one of the worst outbreaks in the world.
Middle East and Africa
* Israel will begin to provide a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to people over 60 years old. This is the first in the world to slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
* The Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia will re-allow entry for tourist visa holders from August 1.
Medical development
* According to an internal report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Delta variants are more contagious, are more likely to break through the protection provided by the vaccine, and may cause more serious diseases than all other known versions of the virus, the New York Times reported .
* China’s CanSino Biologics may start clinical trials with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as early as next month, and then conduct its own injections.
Economic impact
* Asian stock markets fell on Friday. A measure of regional stock markets is expected to record the largest monthly decline since the peak of the global pandemic lockdown in March last year. The U.S. dollar fell to a nearly one-month low due to expectations of the Fed’s continued stimulus measures.
* Japanese factory output jumped in June and employment opportunities rose to the highest level in nearly a year, indicating that strong overseas demand is offsetting the drag on consumption caused by the pandemic.
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