Israel will be first country to give third Pfizer shot; Manila to be under tightest quarantine curbs from 6-20 August; Japan set to expand state of emergency
- Japan urges young people to get jabs and stay in amid Tokyo Covid surge
- Israel to offer Pfizer Covid booster shots to people over 60
- City of Nanjing isolated as China fights worst Covid outbreak in months
- Pregnant women urged to get Covid jab amid rise in hospital admissions
- See all our coronavirus coverage
Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved lockdown measures in the Manila capital region, home to more than 13 million people. It comes after Duterte said on Thursday that officials should detain those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid inside their homes. Legal experts said the move would be unconstitutional and reflected his “militaristic mindset”, after Duterte claimed responding to the pandemic was more important than laws guaranteeing freedom of movement
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/jul/30/coronavirus-live-news-philippines-locks-down-13-million-in-manila-japan-to-expand-state-of-emergency
No comments:
Post a Comment