 | | | | One more case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German region of Brandenburg, Germany's federal agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Iran's health ministry on Tuesday reported 5,039 new coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours, the highest ever daily tally, pushing the national total to 539,670. | | | | | | Most people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if their government or employer recommended it, results of a global poll showed on Tuesday, amid growing concerns about public distrust of the shots being developed at speed to end the pandemic. | | | | | | Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | Singapore plans to roll out rapid COVID-19 tests for events such as weddings and business conferences as the city-state looks to further reopen its economy, its health ministry said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Russia recorded a record high 16,319 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, including 4,999 in the capital Moscow, to take the national total to 1,431,635. | | | | | | Swiss health authorities reported 3,008 new coronavirus infections in a day on Tuesday as hospitalisations continued to mount. | | | | | | Malaysia's health ministry reported 862 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total to 22,225 infections. | | | | | | Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday the number of coronavirus cases may rise to 8,000-10,000 a day in the coming weeks. | | | | | | China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), one of several Chinese firms developing coronavirus vaccines, said it may have the capacity to produce more than 1 billion doses in 2021, Chairman Liu Jingzhen said on Tuesday. | | | | | | A California panel of experts will independently review the safety of new coronavirus vaccines and initial plans for distribution, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday. | | | | | |
