During Euro 2020 semi-final between Spain and Italy, large crowds assembled in some streets and city districts, which local officials hope to avoid during tonight’s final between England and Italy.
Authorities in Britain were also nervous about the effect of the final on the pandemic, warning against large gatherings as the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant fuels outbreaks across the world.
In response, nations across the globe reimposed Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday as G20 finance ministers meeting in Venice warned the economic recovery was threatened by variants and uneven vaccination campaigns.
Myanmar confronts a new and growing outbreak, with thousands of health workers on strike against a February coup.
A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with Covid-19 was infected with both the Alpha and Beta variants of the coronavirus at the same time, researchers in Belgium said Sunday, adding that the rare phenomenon may be underestimated..
Thai beauty queens who took part in a pageant last month could face criminal charges for not wearing masks, police warned Sunday, after a cluster of 22 infections emerged from the event.
Finally, actor-director Sean Penn, who mobilised a huge network to help with the Covid crisis in the US, made it clear on Sunday that he does not miss the Trump administration, claiming Trump ‘machine-gunned the vulnerable’ during the pandemic.
