The US monthly trade deficit ballooned to a record in June as a strong domestic recovery boosted American imports. The number of Americans actively collecting jobless benefits fell to its lowest level of the pandemic late last month, as states wind down unemployment programmes launched in response to the economic crisis.
The Australian state of Victoria imposed a snap lockdown, the state’s sixth, in an effort to contain an outbreak of the Delta strain of coronavirus
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine remains 93 per cent effective six months after the second dose, the US drugmaker has said, as sales of the jab lifted the company to its second ever quarterly profit.
France is looking at administering booster shots at the beginning of the academic year for the “oldest and most fragile”, the president has said.
The UK is “past the peak” of the third wave of the pandemic, according to the Zoe Covid study, which found that the average number of daily cases being reported had fallen by more than a fifth in a week.
Alerts sent by the UK’s NHS Covid-19 app fell for the first time in months in the week to July 28. The drop came even before changes were made to the app to reduce the number of people told to self-isolate.
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps said the latest overhaul to ease England’s travel restrictions for many countries will be maintained throughout August.
The UK has postponed the Rugby League World Cup, which England had been due to host this year, after Australia and New Zealand decided it was to unsafe to play because of the pandemic.
WPP, the world’s largest advertising group by revenues, said it had returned to pre-pandemic levels of revenues a year sooner than expected
Hospitals in Florida are struggling with more Covid-19 patients than at any point in the pandemic, as the fast spreading Delta variant strains US states with low vaccination rates and few Covid restrictions.
Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday reported 31 new Games-related Covid-19 cases — another daily record.
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