Marcelo Quiroga tests positive at UN general assembly in New York; Australia tourism minister says on track to reopen borders ‘by Christmas’
- Ardern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions eased
- Riot police on Melbourne streets to prevent third day of protests
- Argentina to lift almost all Covid restrictions as cases and deaths fall
- ‘High alert’ warning as more than 100,000 pupils in England miss school
Russia has recorded 817 deaths and 19,706 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, reports Reuters.
The UK’s refusal to recognise Covishield, the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine (see 06:47), has prompted outrage in India, reports the BBC.
More than 721m doses of the vaccine have been administered so far, making it India’s most used vaccine.
