South Africa registered 648 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 2,912,145. A further 25 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total official deaths to 88,317. A total of 19,041,535 people have been vaccinated.
Anthony Fauci said infections in the US remain too high for a return to normal. “We have to just be careful that we don’t prematurely declare victory,” President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said.
The UK faces a pilot shortage as the travel industry reopens after hundreds of aircrew took early retirement or changed careers during the pandemic.
Australia will soon allow crowds at sporting and cultural events in Victoria state, and Sydney is set to emerge from lockdown on Monday. On the same day, Indonesia will reopen the popular tourist…