- The United States will ship approximately 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to South Africa and Nigeria.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is exploring the tourist corridor between Britain and the United States.
- Americans are urged to wear masks indoors.
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The US will ship 4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Nigeria and 5.66 million doses to South Africa
White House officials said the US government will ship nearly 10 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Nigeria and South Africa, the two most populous countries in Africa, on Wednesday, as the African continent is fighting a third wave of infections.
Read | The US will ship 5.66 million doses of Covid-19 to South Africa and 4 million doses to Nigeria
However, as New Delhi is hesitant to seek legal protection from companies such as Pfizer and Moderna, vaccine donations to India have been shelved.
U.S. urges vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors in many places
US health authorities have stated that Americans who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 should re-wear masks in indoor public places in areas where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly.
Read | U.S. tells people vaccinated in high-risk areas of high-new coronavirus to wear masks again
Coronavirus cases in the U.S. have been on the rise due to the highly contagious Delta variant, which emerged in India but spread rapidly and now accounts for more than 80% of U.S. coronavirus cases.
US President Joe Biden said that increasing vaccinations and wearing masks will help the United States avoid the pandemic lockdown, school closures and school closures that the country faces in 2020.
At the same time, Biden is considering whether to require US federal employees to be vaccinated.
Johnson in the UK wants American tourists to come back because restrictions will be relaxed
LBC Radio said on Wednesday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants American citizens to come to the UK “freely” and is discussing tourism corridors with the United States, and then is expected to relax Covid-19 restrictions on tourists from abroad.
A government source who asked not to be named said that a decision to allow vaccinated EU and American travelers to enter the UK without isolation is expected soon, and the new regulations may take effect as early as next week.
The chief executive of British Airways easyJet stated that the rules were changed too late and that expensive testing requirements would prevent a full reopening of travel.
Olympics host Tokyo’s daily Covid-19 cases set a record for the second day in a row
Authorities announced that Tokyo, the host city of the Olympics, recorded 3,177 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, setting a new one-day high for the second consecutive day, as the surge in the number of infections put pressure on hospitals.
The three counties around Tokyo will require the government to declare a state of emergency there.
A spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee said that the Japanese public should be relieved of the anti-virus measures taken by the Olympic organizers, even though they reported 16 new cases of Covid-19 related to the Olympics, bringing the total disclosed to 169.
As Australia’s Covid-19 cases increase, Sydney’s lockdown has been extended by four weeks
Australia’s largest city, Sydney, extended the lockdown for four weeks on Wednesday after an already prolonged stay-at-home order failed to quell the Covid-19 epidemic. Authorities warned that stricter police measures will be taken to stop violations.
Since the last deadly delta virus outbreak, the number of cases has been high. This city of 5 million people and the adjacent regional center spanning 200 kilometers of coastline is far from planning to lift the blockade within three days, but is told Stay at home until August 28th.
AstraZeneca found that the risk of blood clots was small after the first Covid-19 injection, but it was reduced after the second
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine poses an additional risk of a rare blood clot with low platelets after the first vaccination, and there is no additional risk after the second. A study led and funded by the drugmaker on Wednesday show.
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