England’s chief medical officer says most 12-15 year olds in country could catch Covid; draft suggests Germany rules would come into force in October
- ‘It’s scary’: record Covid absences cause concern in England’s schools
- Ardern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions eased
- Riot police on Melbourne streets to prevent third day of protests
- Argentina to lift almost all Covid restrictions as cases and deaths fall
- ‘High alert’ warning as more than 100,000 pupils in England miss school
Here is a round-up of the main Covid news stories from around the world today:
France has no plans at this stage to relax its health pass restrictions set up to deal with a fourth wave of Covid infections.
As mentioned earlier this afternoon, Joe Biden has announced that the US will donate an additional 500m Covid vaccines to low- and middle-income countries around the world, bringing America’s total global donation to more than 1.1bn doses.
The US president outlined the plan on Wednesday at a virtual coronavirus summit where he urged world leaders to “go big” in tackling the pandemic and closing the vaccination gap with poorer nations.
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