north korea has reported another 15 deaths from what it describes as fever , as it confronts the spread of coronavirus. a further 300,000 cases of the illness were recorded on sunday. the state news agency has admitted that the population lacked awareness of the disease. shanghai s deputy mayor says some businesses will start reopening from monday. china s economic capital has been in lockdown for over six weeks, with most residents shut in their homes because of the spread of coronavirus. denmark is suspending its general coronavirus immunisation programme thanks to high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. from today, officials will stop sending out invitations for vaccinations, though a further programme will be launched in the autumn. vaccination rates in adults stand at 90%, and as many as 70% of the population may have caught the 0micron variant, helping denmark to achieve widespread immunity.
denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus because of high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials will stop sending out invitations for vaccinations, though another programme will be launched in the autumn. vaccination rates in adults stand at 90%, and as many as 70% of the population may have caught the omicron variant of covid helping denmark achieve widespread immunity. ukraine have won the eurovision song contest with their song stefania, which was sung in ukrainian. president zelensky has praised the band s success he said, our music conquers europe. the uk ended their disappointing run of results with sam ryder coming second the first time that the uk has placed in the top three at the contest in 20 years. mark lowen reports from turin.
in the country s parliamentary election. it is the first vote since an explosion of a container ship in beirut s port which killed over 200 people in 2020 and a devastating economic collapse which has led to the currency losing 90% of its value. denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus, following high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials stopped sending out invitations for vaccinations, though they are preparing to launch another programme in the autumn. around 90% of adults are believed to have been vaccinated. the uk government has denied playing politics by seeking to change trading arrangements in northern ireland insisting that the brexit treaty had to be reassessed. ministers are considering introducing legislation which would allow them to override parts of the deal to try to restore power sharing at stormont. ireland s foreign minister simon coveney warned that course
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Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has urged localities and organisations to speed up the administration of the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults.