7.59 am: Japan approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment, reports Reuters. 7.40 am: Ireland to ease travel restrictions with 15 E...
7.59 am: Japan approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment, reports Reuters.
7.40 am: Ireland to ease travel restrictions with 15 European countries, reports Reuters.
7.28 am: Nepal to resume commercial international flights from mid-August, reports AFP.
7.26 am: Donald Trump says US coronavirus crisis will “get worse before it gets better”. As he resumes his daily briefings, Trump adds: “Some areas of our country are doing very well. Others are doing less well. It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better.”
7.25 am: Mexico’s toll crosses 40,000 with 915 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, reports AFP.
7.23 am: Chinese Covid-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil, reports AFP. Around 9,000 health workers across six Brazilian states will receive the vaccine, known as CoronaVac, in two doses over the next three months.
7.22 am: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accuses Opposition parties of trying to sabotage the government’s mitigation methods, reports PTI. “They called for protest violating COVID protocol,” he says. “The damage it causes will not only affect them but the whole state. They have always taken a negative approach and said there was no need for following the instructions given by the state and the health workers.”
7.14 am: The Karnataka government comes out with detailed guidelines for the unlock phase as Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa decides against another lockdown...
