CSV’s Claude Wiseler spoke with RTL this morning and proposed four measures in preparation for a renewed spike of infections. One, an epidemiological study concerned with the events in senior and care homes. Two, planning the potential implementation of the CovidCheck system in schools. Three, ensuring that hospitals continue to operate without postponing non-urgent treatment even if infection numbers increase again. And four, discussing the new pandemic laws.
Following an initial tolerance during the first week of implementation, France will now enforce the mandatory health pass in most public places. Violators and those possessing fraudulent health passes with be faced with a hefty fine and potential jail time.
Spectators will be barred from the Tokyo Paralympics over coronavirus fears, as Japan battles record infections despite emergency measures in several parts of the country.
A coronavirus curfew was announced Monday for Australia‘s second-biggest city of Melbourne, with residents confined to their homes overnight as authorities work to stamp out a Delta variant outbreak. More than five million Melbourne residents will be unable to leave their homes between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am from Monday evening, with essential workers requiring permits to be on the streets.
A top doctor in China‘s fight against the coronavirus is under investigation for plagiarism, weeks after making a social media post questioning the country’s zero-tolerance strategy to control the pandemic. Zhang Wenhong, a leading doctor described by state media as “China’s Fauci”, after the top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, has since said countries have to find a way “to learn to live with it”.
