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Published June 28, 2021, 9:20 AM
MOSCOW, Russia – Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and South Africa reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant.
Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, a record, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of cases.
Even as vaccination drives have brought down infection numbers in many wealthy countries, the Delta strain of the virus remains a concern.
The variant is now in 85 countries and is the most contagious of any COVID-19 strain so far identified, according to the World Health Organization.
AstraZeneca tests booster jab against Covid variant
June 28, 2021
LONDON: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Sunday began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa.
The ‘booster’ vaccine’s trial will involve around 2,250 participants from Britain, South Africa, Brazil and Poland. They include people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses of the original Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or an mRNA vaccine such as Pfizer as well as those who have not got the jab at all.
The new vaccine, known as AZD2816, has been designed using the same base as the main AstraZeneca shot but with minor genetic alterations to the spike protein based on the Beta variant.
28 Jun 2021 / 11:31 H. Passengers sit in the subway, in Moscow on June 27, 2021, amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Moscow on June 27, 2021 recorded the worst daily coronavirus death toll so far for a Russian city, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of infections. – AFP
MOSCOW: Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, also a record, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of cases.
The pandemic has now killed close to four million people across the world but vaccination drives have brought down infection numbers in many wealthy countries, while the Delta strain of the virus remains a concern.
Moscow Covid deaths surge, South Africa reimposes restrictions
Similar spikes in infections have been seen across Southeast Asia, with Indonesia setting a new daily infection record of more than 21,000.
June 28, 2021 04:40 BST
Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and South Africa reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant.
Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, a record, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of cases.
A woman wearing a face mask walks down a street in central Moscow on November 25, 2020, as cases continue to climb globally Photo: AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF