 | | | | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end of the month, making up for the amount lost due to contamination at anU.S. ingredient supplier. | | | | | | The United States has administered 311,886,674 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 374,865,165 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. | | | | | | The Indian government doubled the gap between the two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine without the agreement of the scientific group that it said recommended the increase, three members of the advisory body told Reuters. | | | | | | New York is lifting all state-mandated coronavirus restrictions after reporting that 70% of the state's adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. | | | | | | Nigeria is expecting a second shipment of nearly 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by early August, and plans to resume giving out first doses, which had been halted to save its supply for second doses. | | | | | | The European Union plans to boost its early warning system and have a permanent capacity to produce about 300 million vaccines in the first six months of any new health emergency, as it prepares for "the age of pandemics". | | | | | | Italy reported 63 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday against 36 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 1,255 from 907. | | | | | | Britain reported 10 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday and a further 7,673 cases of the virus, official government data showed. | | | | | | Israel told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday, ending one of its last main restrictions as new COVID-19 infections continued to wane even as vaccinations tapered off after a record rollout. | | | | | | Slovenia will allow a state of emergency declared over the COVID-19 pandemic to expire on Tuesday after eight months, lifting most remaining restrictions, the Health Ministry said. | | | | | |
