UK also reports 49 further deaths; Pfizer says their vaccine produces strong antibody responses in children aged 5 to 11
- US will lift travel ban for vaccinated passengers from UK and EU
- US children aged 5 to 11 on track to receive Pfizer vaccine by Halloween
- UK under-30s on why they got their second jab
- New Zealand: Auckland to move out of level 4 lockdown
The two Australian jurisdictions grappling with the most severe Covid outbreaks, New South Wales and Victoria, have revealed their plans for reopening, providing those living with lockdown with some sense of what the future may hold.
Both states will ease some restrictions once 70% of the eligible population age 16 and above are fully vaccinated, with further easing at 80%. But when will those targets be reached, and how and why do the plans differ?
Related: Roadmaps out of lockdown: why NSW and Victoria are taking different paths to Covid normal
New York City will begin conducting weekly, random Covid-19 tests of unvaccinated students in the nation’s largest school district in an attempt to more quickly spot outbreaks in classrooms.
Mayor of the US city Bill de Blasio made the announcement Monday, a day after the city’s teachers’ union sent de Blasio a letter calling for weekly testing instead of biweekly testing in the district with about a million students, AP reports.
