Sajid Javid says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ snap lockdown if cases rise; New Zealand battles new Delta outbreak
- Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals than a year ago
- New Zealand to rethink plan to reopen borders amid Delta outbreak
- Third person dies in Japan after taking contaminated Moderna vaccine
- Nurse shortage ‘delaying treatment for 21% of UK cancer patients’
Sarah Johnson and Nhung Nguyen write for us today about Vietnam:
When the strictest lockdown to date was imposed in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Thi Hao*, a factory worker, was told that the government would keep her and her family well-fed – but for two months they have eaten little more than rice and fish sauce.
Related: ‘Hunger was something we read about’: lockdown leaves Vietnam’s poor without food
Victoria Police in Australia say future organised large gatherings will not be tolerated, and police will act on intelligence to stop them, after dozens of worshippers gathered near a synagogue in south-east Melbourne earlier this week, in breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules.
Six people so far have been fined $5,452 each for the illegal gathering in Ripponlea on Tuesday morning, held to mark the start of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
Related: Victoria Police ‘will not tolerate’ anyone organising further gatherings against Covid rules