CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE: New York eases mask rules for kids; South Africa registers 3,285 new cases

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South Africa registered 3,285 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,699,849. A further 89 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total deaths to 57,063.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York schools will no longer require children to wear masks outside, including during recess. He said any outside mask mandates will be left up to a local school district, a policy he said was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The governor said lifting the outdoor mask mandate would allow the state to align camp and school guidance.

While carriers have been pitching for a resumption of transatlantic travel since last summer, the latest push comes days before President Joe Biden is set to attend the G-7 summit in England.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in an address to the nation free shots for all adults, a move prompted by criticism of his administration’s handling of India’s deadly second virus wave and a botched vaccination roll-out.

Two weeks after a recipient’s first shot of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech, their spouses showed 8.7% fewer coronavirus cases than those of unvaccinated people in the research. After 10 weeks, the indirect effectiveness climbed to almost 43%, according to the scientists, who linked several Finnish administrative data sets to try to assess the vaccines’ indirect effectiveness.

The expected resurgence after the Eid holiday in late May could last for about five to seven weeks as people gradually return from their home towns, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said. About half of the 72,000 beds allocated for Covid-19 patients have been filled, he added.Italy aims to have 80% of the population vaccinated by September, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, Italy’s Covid emergency czar, told lawmakers on Monday.

 

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