Japan expected to extend Covid emergency measures in Tokyo and several other regions by three weeks; Taiwan battling rising infections; India cases rise by 186,364, lowest since 14 April
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Sky News have just posted a clip of that Kwasi Kwarteng interview on Twitter.
"I think that the numbers of [Indian variant] cases is a matter of concern," says Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, but "the effectiveness of the vaccine is what can give us some confidence that we can reopen on the 21 June".#COVID19 updates live: https://t.co/6NgLKgejfN pic.twitter.com/7VmakwQtOM
Reuters have been looking at the impact of Covid in the South Asia region, and have found that the tally of cases there, according to their figures, passed 30 million today.
They report that the South Asia region - India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka - accounts for 18% of global cases and almost 10% of deaths. But there is growing suspicion that official tallies of infections and deaths are not reflecting the true extent of the problem.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/may/28/coronavirus-live-news-japan-expected-to-extend-emergency-measures-and-may-share-vaccines-with-taiwan
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