 | | | | Argentina on Thursday announced it will sign a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with Moderna (MRNA.O), as the country attempts to speed up the inoculation of its population and sidestep a possible third wave of the coronavirus. | | | | | | The United States has administered 332,345,797 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 385,495,790 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. | | | | | | Moscow's mayor said the COVID-19 situation was gradually stabilising after a surge in infections blamed on the more contagious Delta variant, but the new daily case tally remained high nationwide on Thursday. | | | | | | Economies of the Philippines, Peru, Colombia, South Africa and Thailand are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 Delta variant within emerging markets, mostly due to low vaccination rates, a JPMorgan analysis found on Thursday. | | | | | | Fully-vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive home from July 19, transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday. | | | | | | The Olympics will take place without spectators in host city Tokyo, organisers said on Thursday, as a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the Games. | | | | | | "Football's coming home," is the chant of England soccer fans at this year's Euro 2020 tournament, but with it may come COVID-19. | | | | | | Germany plans to declare all of Spain a coronavirus risk area, the Funke group of newspapers reported on Thursday, citing government officials, meaning tourists and returning Germans would need to present a negative test to avoid going into quarantine. | | | | | | Fewer Americans are dying from the most common types of cancer, especially lung, showed a report published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute on Thursday. | | | | | | The Houston Astros placed left-hander Brooks Raley on the injured list Thursday due to health and safety protocols. | | | | | |
