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 Vaccination rates surge in Sydney's hard-hit suburbs
COVID-19 daily infections in Sydney fell for a third straight day on
Tuesday but still lingered near record levels as the outbreak
spurred a jump in vaccination rates in the hard-hit western suburbs
of Australia's largest city.
As New South Wales races ahead with vaccinations, Victoria Premier
Daniel Andrews accused the federal government of allocating more
vaccines "under the table" for Sydney. "We want our fair share,"
Andrews told reporters in Melbourne. "We need to get those doses we
didn't get fast-tracked to us."
New Zealand 'very close' to deal for more COVID-19 vaccines
New Zealand is "very close" to procuring more coronavirus vaccines
and a deal could be announced this week, COVID-19 Response Minister
Chris Hipkins said on Tuesday, as the country looks to get on top of
an outbreak of the Delta variant. The government is in talks with
several countries, Hipkins said, but he did not specify when it
would make the announcement about a deal.
"We're very, very close ... within the next 24 to 48 hours, things
should be locked down, locked and loaded. People will have some good
news," Hipkins told radio station Newstalk ZB.
Vietnamese man jailed for 5 years for spreading coronavirus
Vietnam jailed a man, Le Van Tri, 28, on Monday for five years for
breaking strict COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to
others, state media reported.
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 "Tri travelled back to Ca Mau
from Ho Chi Minh City ... and breached the
21-day quarantine regulations," the state-run
Vietnam News Agency (VNA) news agency said,
referring to the southern province of Cau Mau.
"Tri infected eight people, one of whom died due
to the virus after one month of treatment," it
said. Singapore trials patrol
robots to deter bad social behaviour
Ranked one of the safest countries in the world, Singapore has put
two autonomous robots on trial to detect bad behaviour such as
flouting of COVID-19 safety measures, smoking in prohibited areas
and the improper parking of bicycles, Singapore's Home Team Science
and Technology Agency said in a statement on Sunday.
The trial is taking place at an area with high foot traffic in
central Singapore. The agency said that during the three-week trial,
the robots would be used for surveillance and displaying messages to
educate the public on proper behaviour. A spokesperson from the
agency said on Monday the robots would not be used for law
enforcement during the trial.
(Reporting by Karishma Singh; Editing by Devika Syamnath)
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