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Massive quarter mile queues at Heathrow Airport 'as 25% of staff in Covid isolation'

The Mirror Huge queues have built up at Heathrow Airport amid a suspected Covid outbreak among staff it has been reported. Frustrated passengers have been stuck waiting for hours at the London airport today. Some reported tension within the queues with people jostling and pushing just to get into the terminal. The lack of social distancing has led to concerns among some that the virus could spread as crowded people wait to get on their flights. Problems with the egates and sickness among Border Force staff are behind the delays The Times reports. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/massive-quarter-mile-queues-heathrow-24669645?utm_source=twitter.com&amputm_medium=social&amputm_campaign=sharebar 2nd Aug 2021

U.S. South braces for record numbers of hospitalized COVID patients

Reuters COVID hospitalizations in Louisiana and Florida have surged to their highest points of the pandemic leading overwhelmed doctors on Monday to plead with the unvaccinated to get inoculated against the Delta variant. More than 10000 patients were hospitalized in Florida on Sunday surpassing that states record. The surging Delta variant led Louisianas governor to reinstate a statewide indoor mask mandate with that state expected to break its record on COVID hospitalizations within 24 hours. Hospitalizations in Arkansas are also soaring and could eventually break records https://www.reuters.com/world/us/covid-vaccine-or-test-mandated-new-york-transport-workers-governor-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

CDC rebuffs Biden bid to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium

Reuters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has turned down President Joe Bidens request for a new scaleddown pandemicrelated moratorium on residential evictions citing a lack of legal authority to take the action the White House said on Monday. The previous moratorium which protected millions of Americans behind on their rent from being tossed out of houses and apartments expired at midnight on Saturday with Congress failing to renew it as Biden had asked. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier on Monday pressed Biden to have his administration renew the ban without congressional action. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pelosi-urges-white-house-reinstate-expired-covid-19-eviction-moratorium-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

Serbia benefits from COVID-19 'quarantine tourism' as Indians visit

Reuters Serbia is benefiting from COVID19 quarantine tourism as thousands of Indians make a twoweek stopover on the way to other countries. India has registered more coronavirus cases than any other country except the United States. Its citizens are barred from entering many countries during the pandemic unless they spend two weeks in another country en route. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbia-benefits-covid-19-quarantine-tourism-indians-visit-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

Unvaccinated Brits could be sent home antibody tests after government signs £124m contract for testing kits

iNews It suggests the Government could soon start offering antibody tests to young people who are yet to receive both jabs and for those that refuse to take a coronavirus vaccine. https://inews.co.uk/news/government-124-million-contract-home-antibody-test-kits-vaccine-uptake-low-young-1129382 2nd Aug 2021

Refugees pushed to back of the line amid vaccine shortages

The Associated Press Salimullah a Rohingya refugee has been living in the Indian capital of New Delhi since 2013 when he fled violence in Myanmar. Stateless and now homeless after a fire razed his camp the 35yearold lives in a tent with as many as 10 other people at a time. Before the pandemic he ran a small business selling groceries from a shack. But that was closed during Indias harsh monthslong lockdown and his savings are gone. He and his family have been surviving on donated food but he has to return to work soon despite the risk of getting COVID19 and infecting others. https://apnews.com/article/africa-science-health-migration-coronavirus-pandemic-b0bf88f346fd0dcaa83be8d3a3f3d47a 2nd Aug 2021

NHS urged to redistribute near-expiry vaccines as take-up slows in young

The Guardian The NHS is facing pressure to redistribute tens of thousands of vaccine doses nearing expiry as demand from younger adults drops. An internal email seen by the Guardian warned of 170000 doses of the Moderna vaccine at risk of expiry within the next fortnight as doctors across England have raised alarm at the unpredictability of vaccine takeup among young people meaning more doses will go to waste. The government is to unveil a raft of new initiatives to increase vaccine uptake among young people including discounts on carhailing companies such as Uber and Bolt as well as the delivery service Deliveroo. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/01/nhs-urged-to-redistribute-near-expiry-coronavirus-vaccines-as-take-up-slows-in-young 1st Aug 2021

Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight COVID

Reuters Cambodia will begin offering a booster shot against Covid19 switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese COVID19 vaccines in an effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country. Prime Minister Hun Sen launching the vaccination campaign for 1217 years old said on Sunday that the third dose will be offered to between 500000 to one million frontline workers as a priority. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodia-mix-vaccines-booster-shots-fight-covid-2021-08-01/ 2nd Aug 2021

McDonald's makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

Reuters McDonalds Corp confirmed that all its customers and staff will need to start wearing masks again inside its U.S. restaurants in areas with high or substantial transmission regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not. The resurgence of COVID19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC that requires fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks have led companies to change their plans on vaccinations and masking https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mcdonalds-makes-masks-mandatory-all-customers-staff-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

UAE rolls out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17

Reuters The United Arab Emirates will start providing Chinas Sinopharm COVID19 vaccine to children aged 317 the UAE government said on Twitter on Monday. It cited the health ministry as saying the decision comes after clinical trials and extensive evaluations without providing any details. Authorities said in June the trial would monitor the immune response of 900 children. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-rolls-out-sinopharm-covid-19-vaccine-children-aged-3-17-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

What Georgia schools are doing as students return to classrooms with Covid cases rising

CNN Stefanie Watts admits shes worried about sending her granddaughter and her son back to school on Monday. Im scared Watts told CNN at a vaccination event in DeKalb County Georgia. Im not gonna tell no lie. I am scared. But thats why Watts is getting the teens vaccinated hoping it will keep them healthy and safe from Covid19 when they go back to their Atlantaarea schools. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/us/georgia-schools-reopening-covid/index.html 2nd Aug 2021

Avoiding lockdowns means doing things that people won't necessarily welcome, NIH director says

CNN To avoid lockdowns people in the United States will have to do things that they wont necessarily want to do such as wearing masks at indoor gatherings even if theyre vaccinated and having kids mask up in schools the director of the National Institutes of Health said Monday. We want to avoid lockdowns at all costs but that means were going to have to do some other things that wont necessarily be welcomed by people Dr. Francis Collins said on ABCs Good Morning America when asked how he saw the fall playing out. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html 2nd Aug 2021

SA COVID-19 density restrictions to ease as locals warned to consider returning from Queensland

ABC News South Australia will ease some of its heightened coronavirus restrictions from Thursday. Premier Steven Marshall has urged South Australians in southeast Queensland to consider whether they should return home. Mr Marshall also announced the state would ease strict density limits on businesses in the wake of the recent lockdown. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/sa-to-ease-some-covid-restrictions-amid-warning-for-queensland/100341996 2nd Aug 2021

COVID-19: Who will get a booster coronavirus vaccine first - and when?

Sky News The UK government plans to give booster COVID19 jabs to the most vulnerable groups from September. The current COVID vaccines have been shown to give good protection against severe disease for at least six months and there is also evidence of longerlasting protection. But because any rise in cases would place pressure on the NHS a booster protection plan for winter has been deemed necessary. https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-who-will-get-a-booster-coronavirus-vaccine-first-and-when-12370724 2nd Aug 2021

Text reminders could boost vaccine uptake by 26%, study finds

The Guardian Text message reminders could increase Covid19 vaccine uptake by as much as 26 according to research published in Nature on Monday. Researchers at UCLA and Carnegie Mellon University in the US conducting two randomised controlled trials involving 100000 patients found simple texts successfully boosted vaccine appointments by as much as 84 and actual vaccinations by as much as 26. Including ownership language in the form of phrases such as the vaccine has just been made available to you and claim your dose today further increased appointment and vaccination rates at UCLA Health by 1.51 and 1.09 percentage points respectively. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/02/text-reminders-could-boost-vaccine-uptake-by-26-study-finds 2nd Aug 2021

In Europe and US, calls for vaccine mandates stoke backlash

The Washington Post A privileged minority of nations are able to provide coronavirus vaccinations to the bulk of their populations. These are chiefly in the West where governments in the United States Canada and Europe managed to obtain vast supplies of doses even as countries in the developing world struggle to vaccinate their medical workers. The jabs were made free and widely available to the public though the speed of their rollout varied on both sides of the Atlantic. But amid the surge of the highly transmissible delta variant and the refusal of significant numbers of people to get vaccinated governments are finding that more needs to be done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/02/clamor-against-vaccine-grows/ 2nd Aug 2021

Vulnerable 12- to 15-year-olds eligible for Pfizer vaccine from next week

Sydney Morning Herald Vulnerable 12 to 15yearolds will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine from next week and residents in Queenslands COVID19 hotspot are being urged to get any available vaccine as outbreaks worsen around the country. Fast coronavirus testing could also become more widely available as trials of the rapid antigen tests continue in aged care facilities around NSW. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/vulnerable-12-to-15-year-olds-eligible-for-pfizer-vaccine-from-next-week-20210802-p58f7b.html 2nd Aug 2021

Europe’s vaccine passes reveal some pockets of resistance

The Associated Press Shouts of Liberty have echoed through the streets and squares of Italy and France as thousands show their opposition to plans to require vaccination cards for normal social activities such as dining indoors at restaurants visiting museums or cheering in sports stadiums. Leaders in both countries see the cards dubbed the Green Pass in Italy and the health pass in France as necessary to boost vaccination rates and persuade the undecided. Italian Premier Mario Draghi likened the antivaccination message from some political leaders to an appeal to die. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-europe-business-health-travel-e9aebd606f9dce666b13442919aace0c 1st Aug 2021

To Fight Vaccine Lies, Authorities Recruit an ‘Influencer Army’

The New York Times Ellie Zeiler 17 a TikTok creator with over 10 million followers received an email in June from Village Marketing an influencer marketing agency. It said it was reaching out on behalf of another party the White House. Would Ms. Zeiler a high school senior who usually posts short fashion and lifestyle videos be willing the agency wondered to participate in a White Housebacked campaign encouraging her audience to get vaccinated against the coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/vaccine-lies-influencer-army.html?referringSource=articleShare 1st Aug 2021

Covid news coverage needs to start from this fact: 'The vaccines work'

CNN Lets start with the good news Vaccination rates in the US are ticking back up. Sunday marked the fifth straight day of the CDC recording more than 700000 shots in arms across the country. Now to the bad news and theres a lot of it. The Biden administrations handling of the Delta surge has left Americans confused and frustrated fueling media overreaction and political manipulation as Mike Allen and Caitlin Owens wrote for Axios. Comms failures by the CDC and other agencies have been at the root of the problem. News outlets sensational headlines and faulty frames have compounded the problem. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/01/media/covid-news-coverage-reliable-sources/index.html 2nd Aug 2021

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says he tested positive for COVID-19

Reuters Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham revealed on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID19 despite being vaccinated has flulike symptoms and will be selfquarantining for 10 days. The announcement on the heels of a weekend gathering of senators that Graham attended sent lawmakers scrambling for COVID19 tests and raised the possibility of a congressional outbreak as the Senate prepares to advance President Joe Bidens agenda with a landmark 1 trillion infrastructure bill. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/lindsey-graham-says-he-has-tested-positive-covid-19-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

Implication that ‘infections don’t matter’ could put young off Covid vaccine

Evening Standard Young people could have been put off getting a coronavirus jab due to an implication that infections dont matter a leading psychologist has said. Stephen Reicher professor of psychology at the University of St Andrews said more must be done to make younger adults aware that vaccination is a matter of personal and social responsibility. The expert who sits on the government advisory group Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours SpiB called for clear and consistent messaging to signal that the pandemic is not over. In many ways the implication has been there that infections dont matter he told Times Radio. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/covid-vaccine-young-infections-dont-matter-stephen-reicher-b948745.html 2nd Aug 2021

Thailand and Vietnam extend COVID measures

CIDRAP Still in the grips of COVID19 surges mainly fueled by the Delta B1617.2 variant Thailand and Vietnam extended lockdowns and other measures for the worsthit parts of the countries. In other global developments an outbreak in Australias Queensland state flared again and the greater Sydney area continues to report high daily case totals. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/08/thailand-and-vietnam-extend-covid-measures 2nd Aug 2021

Thailand extends pandemic measures, expands lockdown areas

Reuters Thailand on Sunday extended tighter containment measures in the capital and highrisk provinces probably until the end of August in a bid to slow the spread of COVID19 as the country deals with its biggest outbreak to date. Thailand reported 18027 infections and 133 deaths on Sunday bringing the cumulative total to 615314 cases and 4990 fatalities mostly from an outbreak since April that is being fuelled by the highly transmissible Alpha and Delta variants. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-extends-stricter-covid-19-measures-until-end-august-2021-08-01/ 2nd Aug 2021

Indonesia extends COVID-19 restrictions for outside Java

Reuters Indonesia extended restrictions outside Java island by another week in efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus local media reported on Sunday citing an interior ministry senior official. The highest level of restrictions was extended until Aug. 9 for regions outside Java categorised as Level 4 areas or areas that have a high level of infections and hospitals bed occupancy rate Safrizal Z.A. a senior official at the Home Affairs Ministry told local media. Workers employed by nonessential businesses will continue to work from home and shopping malls will remain closed. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/indonesia-extends-covid-19-restrictions-outside-java-local-media-2021-08-01/ 2nd Aug 2021

Philippines to extend night curfew in Manila amid COVID-19 surge

Reuters The Philippines will extend a night curfew in Manila amid a tightening of restrictions to combat a potential surge in cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus a government official said on Monday. Metropolitan Manila already subject to a six hour curfew from 1000 p.m. 1400 GMT will bring forward that curfew by two hours to 800 p.m. 1200 GMT said Benjamin Abalos chair of the regions governing body. This will stop the virus for the meantime. Whats important is our hospitals dont get full Abalos told a briefing. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-extend-night-curfew-manila-amid-covid-19-surge-2021-08-02/ 2nd Aug 2021

Millions under strict lockdown in China after Covid outbreak

The Guardian Millions of people have been confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its largest coronavirus outbreak in months with mass testing and travel curbs. China reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Monday as an outbreak of the fastspreading Delta variant reached more than 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces. Local governments in major cities including Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential compounds and placing close contacts under quarantine. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/02/millions-under-strict-lockdown-china-covid-outbreak?utm_term=Autofeed&ampCMP=twt_b-gdnnews&amputm_medium=Social&amputm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1627904241 2nd Aug 2021

Florida and Texas lead US COVID-19 surge

CIDRAP Over the weekend COVID19 cases continued to surge across the country with Florida experiencing record daily highs of new cases and hospitalizations. The current surge of virus activity is due to the highly transmissible Delta B1617.2 variant. Yesterday the country reported 25141 new COVID19 cases and 71 deaths according to the Johns Hopkins COVID19 tracker. In total America has confirmed 35020438 COVID19 cases including 613254 deaths. The 7day average of new daily COVID19 cases is 78472 according to data from the Washington Post. New daily cases rose 54.2 over the past week while deaths rose by 31.6 and hospitalizations by 42.2. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/08/florida-and-texas-lead-us-covid-19-surge 2nd Aug 2021

U.S. will not lock down despite surge driven by Delta variant, Fauci says

Reuters The United States will not lock down again to curb COVID19 but things are going to get worse as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases mostly among the unvaccinated top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. A sufficient percentage of Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns Fauci said on ABCs This Week. Not enough to crush the outbreak but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter he said. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fauci-predicts-us-will-not-return-lockdowns-despite-delta-variant-risks-2021-08-01/ 2nd Aug 2021

Covid-19 Contained Among Olympic Athletes Despite Tokyo Surge

Bloomberg Tokyo is experiencing a record surge in Covid19 cases during the Olympic Games as the more infectious delta variant rips through Japan though contagion among those linked to the event appears to be relatively contained so far. To date organizers have announced 276 positive cases among people connected to the Olympics including 24 athletes out of the more than 11000 who are expected to participate. Of over 400000 tests conducted so far on athletes and stakeholders the positivity rate has been only 0.02 organizers said on Monday. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-02/covid-19-contained-among-olympic-athletes-despite-tokyo-surge 2nd Aug 2021

Unvaccinated Covid-19 patients are filling up hospitals, putting the care of others at risk, doctors say

CNN Hospitals are surging with unvaccinated patients infected with the Delta variant which could affect car accident victims and other nonCovid19 patients who need hospital care doctors say. None of these patients thought they would get the virus but the Delta variant has proven to be so highly contagious that even the young and the healthy including pregnant patients are now starting to fill up our hospitals said Dr. Neil Finkler chief clinical officer for AdventHealth Central Florida. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html 1st Aug 2021

Bangladesh COVID-19 death toll exceeds 21,000

Xinhua Bangladesh reported 15989 new COVID19 cases and 246 more deaths on Monday making the tally at 1280317 and the death toll at 21162 the Directorate General of Health Services DGHS said. The official data showed that 53462 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 800 a.m. local time on Monday across Bangladesh. The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 1108748 including 15482 new recoveries Monday said the DGHS. According to the official data the COVID19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.65 percent and the current recovery rate is 86.60 percent. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/02/c_1310103304.htm 2nd Aug 2021

With expanded FDA nod, Regeneron's COVID-19 antibody drug can help the immunocompromised

FiercePharma With its rapid mutations the evolutionary process of the coronavirus makes it a moving target. And so it is with treatments for the disease which can quickly become in vogue or obsolete. Case in point for the former Regenerons antibody cocktail REGENCOV. Over the last few months nearly every development in the COVID19 antibody market has broken in favor of the treatment a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab. On Friday the FDA granted emergency use authorization to REGENCOV as a preventative measure for those who have been exposed to COVID19 and who are at high risk to progress to a severe case because they are not fully vaccinated or are not expected to mount an adequate antibody response to vaccination. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-expands-label-for-regeneron-s-versatile-covid-19-antibody-now-a-preventative-role 30th Jul 2021

UK conditions are ideal for evolving vaccine-resistant covid variants

New Scientist Back in March an eventual end to the coronavirus pandemic appeared to be in sight. The number of covid19 cases were plummeting in the UK and the US as vaccination levels rose. It seemed the same might gradually happen in country after country around the world. But then India was hit by a devastating second wave due largely to a new variant now known as delta. After delta spread to many other countries case numbers soared once again https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133453-400-uk-conditions-are-ideal-for-evolving-vaccine-resistant-covid-variants/?utm_term=Autofeed&amputm_campaign=echobox&amputm_medium=social&amputm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1627894888 28th Jul 2021

Study: Severe COVID, higher viral loads, immune response linked to obesity

CIDRAP Among US Military Health System MHS beneficiaries diagnosed as having COVID19 obesity was independently and strongly associated with hospitalization need for oxygen therapy higher viral load and an altered immune response according to a prospective study late last week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. A team led by researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda Maryland used logistic regression models to compare the viral loads and immune responses in obese and nonobese patients at seven military treatment sites stratified by hospitalization. Patients were included if they had confirmed or suspected COVID19 or had a recent highrisk exposure to the virus. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/08/study-severe-covid-higher-viral-loads-immune-response-linked-obesity 2nd Aug 2021

Delta spreads 'like wildfire' as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker

Reuters on MSN.com With a new wave of COVID19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people mainly the unvaccinated sicker than before. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that Delta first identified in India and now dominant worldwide is likely more severe than earlier versions of the virus according to an internal report made public on Friday. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/lifestyle/coronavirus/delta-spreads-like-wildfire-as-doctors-study-whether-it-makes-patients-sicker/ar-AAMQHDc 3rd Aug 2021

AAP urges post-COVID-19 follow-up to monitor for residual symptoms

AAP News New AAP interim guidance on postCOVID19 conditions in children and adolescents recommends all patients who test positive for SARSCoV2 infection have at least one followup conversation or visit with their pediatrician to discuss residual symptoms explore new symptoms and guide their return to activities. More than 4 million U.S. children have tested positive for SARSCoV2. Although acute illness may be less severe in children and adolescents than adults severity does not predict subsequent or ongoing symptoms. According to the guidance COVID19 can lead to many secondary conditions which can range from subacute to severe. Longterm effects from SARSCoV2 infection may be significant regardless of the initial disease severity. https://www.aappublications.org/news/2021/08/02/post-acute-covid-080221 2nd Aug 2021

About 99.999% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a deadly Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows

CNN More than 99.99 of people fully vaccinated against Covid19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data highlights what leading health experts across the country have highlighted for months Covid19 vaccines are very effective at preventing serious illness and death from Covid19 and are the countrys best shot at slowing the pandemic down and avoiding further suffering. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/31/health/fully-vaccinated-people-breakthrough-hospitalization-death/index.html 2nd Aug 2021

Anthony Fauci Warns on Covid-19 That ‘Things Are Going to Get Worse’

The Wall Street Journal The Biden administrations chief medical adviser said he didnt believe the U.S. would return to lockdowns but warned that things are going to get worse as a more contagious variant of the coronavirus has led to a surge of new cases. We are looking not I believe to lockdown but we are looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we are seeing the cases go up Dr. Anthony Fauci director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Sunday on ABCs This Week. He added The solution to this is get vaccinated. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fauci-warns-on-covid-19-that-things-are-going-to-get-worse-11627838537 1st Aug 2021

Arcturus to start clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam

Reuters on MSN.com Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc ARCT.O said on Monday its Vietnamese partner received regulatory approval to start a clinical trial of its COVID19 vaccine candidate in the Southeast Asian country. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/arcturus-to-start-clinical-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-vietnam/ar-AAMQJoq 2nd Aug 2021

Covid cases among kids in Scotland will rise if vaccine advice doesn't change, says leading health expert

Daily Record Covid cases among younger people in Scotland could rise once the schools go back after the summer break if 12 to 17 year olds are not vaccinated a leading health expert has said. Linda Bauld professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh wants to see children given the coronavirus vaccine that has been successfully rolled out across the country to the majority of the adult population. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/covid-cases-among-kids-scotland-24666275 2nd Aug 2021

SA COVID-19 density restrictions to ease as locals warned to consider returning from Queensland

ABC News South Australia will ease some of its heightened coronavirus restrictions from Thursday. Premier Steven Marshall has urged South Australians in southeast Queensland to consider whether they should return home. Mr Marshall also announced the state would ease strict density limits on businesses in the wake of the recent lockdown. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/sa-to-ease-some-covid-restrictions-amid-warning-for-queensland/100341996 2nd Aug 2021