Category: B.1.617
Hong Kong: all passenger flights from UK banned to curb coronavirus – Britain deemed “extremely high-risk”
Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from Thursday (Jul 1) to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the government said on Monday. More...
Bangladesh: hardest coronavirus lockdown so far announced
Bangladesh is set to enter the toughest lockdown enforced till now in a bid to control the alarming Covid-19 situation after logging the highest number of single-day fatalities and cases in two consecutive days. More...
Finland: more than 200 Euro football supporters travelled back from St Petersburg with coronavirus – probably Delta
“There are more than 200 coronavirus cases traceable to St. More...
South Africa: Delta variant now dominant, hard lockdown imposed, alcohol banned
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa imposed a hard lockdown which included a ban on the sale of alcohol from Monday. More...
New Zealand: Wellington under level 2 coronavirus lockdown following Sydney Delta traveller alert
The Wellington region of New Zealand has been in coronavirus alert level 2 since last week after a man from Sydney travelled round the capital while he had the Delta variant of the virus. More...
Israel: Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba, Modi’in and Kochav Yair classified as coronavirus hotspots
Tel Aviv and Kfar Saba were classified as coronavirus hotspots on Sunday, or ‘yellow’ under the Israeli health ministry’s traffic light system. More...
BBC’s Andrew Marr caught coronavirus at G7 superspreader event in Cornwall
BBC presenter Andrew Marr told viewers this morning that he believes he caught a “nasty” bout of Covid at the G7 Summit in Cornwall. More...
Australia: Sydney goes into coronavirus lockdown with 80 cases
Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong will go into a 14-day lockdown as health authorities try to regain control of a coronavirus outbreak that has ballooned to 80 cases. More...
Israel: 50% vaccine breakthrough for coronavirus cases in the last month
Half of those recently infected with Covid-19 in Israel were fully vaccinated. More...
Germany: Delta coronavirus infections double in one week
In Germany, the proportion of Delta variant infections is growing significantly. More...