UK deaths are highest since mid-March; doctors, scientists and the government disagree over vaccinating children in Germany
- Scotland to scrap social distancing as it lifts most restrictions
- US reaches Biden’s 70% first-shot goal as threat to unvaccinated grows
- Hundreds of health workers in isolation as Delta hits Queensland
- Johnson dumps ‘amber watchlist’ plan as it emerges top adviser has quit
- Hopes UK vaccine trial in pregnant women will allay jab fears
Argentina’s Laboratorios Richmond has announced that it plans to produce over 3m doses of the second component of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine this month, reports Reuters.
An additional 138 people in the UK are reported to have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test – the highest number since 17 March – and 21,691 new people tested positive.
There were 6,099 patients in hospital with coronavirus on Monday and 895 patients in beds with ventilators.
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On 3 August, 21,691 new cases and 138 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported across the UK.
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