[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 119 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.
Japan’s government said Tuesday it still planned to recruit 10,000 medical personnel for the virus-delayed Olympics, despite the heavy strain on the healthcare system caused by a third wave of infections.
Denmark has said it could pay out more than 19 billion Danish kroner ($3.1 billion, 2.6 billion euros) to its mink farmers after it closed down the industry over coronavirus fears.
News that France had fallen further behind in the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines caused dismay on Tuesday, reigniting a debate about the country’s standing in the world and its scientific prowess.
Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases topped the one million mark on Tuesday, as the archipelago launches one of the world’s biggest vaccine drives to clamp down on a soaring infection rate.
The Dutch government will not back down on its coronavirus curfew despite three nights of rioting by “scum”, ministers said on Tuesday after the worst unrest to hit the Netherlands for four decades.
[block type="summary”]The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britaincould be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries.
