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 The country is also likely to extend a quasi state-of-emergency for
the greater Tokyo area by a month, and some Olympics events
including the opening ceremony may be held without spectators, Kyodo
News reported.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
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EUROPE
* The world can no longer think only about COVID-19 and ignore the
other critical health issues, economic problems and education
challenges that have built up during the pandemic, Britain's health
minister said.
* Germany's public health institute said on Monday the United
Kingdom, India, Nepal, Portugal and Russia were no longer "areas of
variant concern", reducing travel restrictions for people arriving
from those countries.
* Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is in a serious but
stable condition after contracting COVID-19 and will remain in
hospital for the time being, the government said.
* Coronavirus infections in Spain have risen by 32,607 since Friday,
official data showed on Monday, 85% more than the previous weekend's
increase as the Delta variant drives a surge among unvaccinated
young people.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* India's deaths relative to infections hit a record high in June
after cases peaked in early May, an analysis of government data
shows, amid pressure on authorities to accurately report deaths from
a second wave of the virus.
* Indonesia has prepared backup medical facilities for a worst-case
scenario where daily infections reach 40,000 to 50,000, a senior
official said, as the country battles its fastest-spreading
outbreak.
* Struggling to contain an outbreak of the highly-transmissible
Delta variant, Fiji reported a record 636 infections and six deaths
on Tuesday, with the mortuary at the Pacific island's main hospital
filled to capacity.
* The premier of Australia's New South Wales state said she aims to
decide within the next 24 hours whether to extend a COVID-19
lockdown in Sydney.
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 AMERICAS
* Brazil's government extended its emergency
cash transfer program to poor families during
the pandemic for another three months from
August.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Israel will deliver about 700,000 expiring
doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine to South
Korea this month, and South Korea will give
Israel back the same number, already on order
from Pfizer, in September and October.
* Turkey has identified three cases of the new Delta Plus variant in
three provinces, its health minister said on Monday, adding that the
separate Delta variant had also been identified in about 280 cases
across 30 provinces.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* A lack of side effects after receiving an mRNA vaccine does not
mean the immune system has failed to respond, and such a type of
shot limits rare breakthrough infections, researchers have found.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* Oil prices were heading towards three-year highs on Tuesday,
towing petrocurrencies and bond yields with them, after the world's
main oil producers failed to agree on production plans.
* Japan's economy is set to recover to pre-pandemic levels by the
end of this year, helped by solid exports as well as consumer
spending supported by progress in vaccinations, the government said
in revised estimates.
* Investor sentiment in Germany remained at a very high level in
July despite a more-than-expected drop as forecasts for a strong
economic recovery rose, a survey showed.
* Malaysia's central bank is expected to leave its key interest rate
unchanged, a Reuters poll showed, amid an extended nationwide
lockdown imposed to contain a surge in infections.
(Compiled by Federico Maccioni and Amy Caren Daniel; Edited by
Shounak Dasgupta and Ed Osmond)
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