Globally new covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise after 2 months of declines in deaths, delta is driving a new uptick. It’s now a life-and-death contest between vaccine and virus. Here are the top global headlines you need to take note of-
- US reports 194,608 new cases as Delta variant becomes more prevalent
- Record high cases in Florida as it becomes US epicentre; accounts for one in five new case in the U.S.
- Masks are back on; Disney orders masks to be back on in parks; Yale & Cornell instruct all students to mask up
- CDC study shows 74% of people infected in Massachusetts Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated
- China witnessing its worst outbreak since Wuhan; China's outbreak now spans 14 provinces
- China has put over 1 million people under lockdown and reinstituted mass testing campaigns.
- CDC warns: War against Covid has changed, Delta variant more infectious than original strain.
- Canada is headed towards a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. The pandemic trajectory shows serious threat the highly-contagious Delta variant is posing.
- Vietnam to extend lockdown for 2 weeks as covid cases soar, reports 145,686 new cases and 1,306 deaths
- Africa, official figures put the daily death toll at 1,000 a day on average over the last seven days: 17 percent up.
- Israel to give Pfizer Covid booster shots to people over 60 as efficacy appears to wane amid delta spread.