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New trend deviates from start of fifth wave when Omicron variant swept across care homes.
Technology minister Sun Dong says no plans to update “Leave Home Safe” app, notes it already has some real-name functions via users’ vaccine records.
July 19 will be the first anniversary of what Conservative government Prime Minister Boris Johnson dubbed “Freedom Day”, as he tore up almost all COVID safety measures. Since then, almost 45,000 more have died from COVID.
In South Africa, the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic is gradually subsiding. The highly contagious omicron variant was discovered here six months ago. It's now winter in Johannesburg, yet the infection numbers are decreasing and the situation is normalizing.
Hong Kong records 1,917 cases, comprising 1,799 local and 118 imported infections, and no additional deaths.