Coronavirus live: England’s health secretary recovers from Covid; Jordan to vaccinate children over 12
England’s health secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced he has made a full recovery from Covid-19 after contracting the virus last week
- Anti-lockdown protesters have marched in major Australian cities, as Covid cases spiked to record numbers in Sydney.
- Councils and companies warn that ‘pingdemic’ could cause weeks of disruption to bin collection, transport and food supply in England.
- Republican governor of Alabama: ‘Time to start blaming the unvaccinated’ for rising cases of Covid-19.
- UK holidaymakers booked for France could lose money if they do not travel.
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China has supplied over 10,000 Covid vaccines to a Myanmar rebel group operating near its southern border, its spokesman said.
The Kachin Independence Army, which has waged a decades-long insurgency in Myanmar’s far north, has received 10,000 vaccines from Yunnan authorities, Col Naw Bu, a spokesperson for KIA told AFP.
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Italy reported 5,140 daily infections on Saturday compared to 5,143 on Friday.
It also recorded five coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 17 the day before, the country’s health ministry said.
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