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G20's global recovery warning, Netherlands' cases spike: COVID-19 daily bulletin
Aden-Jay Wood
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- Leaders of the G20 nations have admitted that COVID-19 variants could threaten the economic recovery from the pandemic. As a result of their comments, which come after a meeting in Venice on Saturday, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco said they had agreed to accelerate the delivery of vaccines to combat the spread of the new strains.

- The European Union has delivered enough vaccines for at least 70 percent of its adult population, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced.

- Moldova, which has an election on Sunday, is to receive 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson jab from the U.S. with 150,000 doses due to arrive on Monday. "Now, we must mobilize ourselves and, in solidarity, get vaccinated," Moldova's President Maia Sandu said.

- The Netherlands reported a further 10,345 new infections on Saturday, the highest daily figure since Christmas.

- London's Metropolitan Police has urged soccer fans without tickets for Sunday evening's Euro 2020 Final at Wembley Stadium between Italy and England, not to travel to London amid a surge in infections in the country.

- Meanwhile, the UK government remains confident that plans to lift a wide range of restrictions on July 19 in England will go ahead, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi has said.

- Cases in Germany rose by 745 on Sunday, bringing the overall tally from the start of the pandemic to 3,736,165. Deaths also rose by 6 to 91,231, data from the Robert Koch Institute showed.

- The upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games will provide a model for hosting the games during a pandemic, according to CEO Toshiro Muto. "This will be the first Olympics held during a pandemic, and Tokyo will provide a model for how that is done," Muto said.

- Dozens of people attended a bubble concert in the Spanish city of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona. Spectators wore headphones and entered 20 bubble tents to enjoy the concert in which Spanish artist Miki Nunez performed.
 

The Netherlands has reported a further 10,345 new infections on Saturday, the highest daily figure since Christmas. /AP

The Netherlands has reported a further 10,345 new infections on Saturday, the highest daily figure since Christmas. /AP

 

ACROSS EUROPE

Iolo ap Dafydd in London

As coronavirus cases increase in the UK, recent data show nearly half of 18 to 24-year-old males haven't been vaccinated, more than three weeks after access was given to all adults. Around 61 percent of women of the same age, have had one vaccine inoculation.

The virus is 30 percent more likely to spread among men than women, and the Euro 2020 football competition is seen as one reason for that. England fans attending Sunday's final against Italy at Wembley will be offered on-the-spot jabs at a nearby vaccination center. 

The National Health Service (NHS) is also planning to broadcast an advert during TV coverage of the final to encourage others to get vaccinated.

Another measure is halving the gap between coronavirus vaccine doses from eight to four weeks to accelerate the take-up of second jabs. The government is concerned about pressures on hospitals, and waiting lists are predicted to get even longer. A backlog of 13 million patients waiting for non-COVID-19 treatments, potentially.

While the UK government is still planning to remove most restrictions on July 19, in Wales face masks will continue to be required by the Welsh government in some places as long as COVID-19 remains a threat to public health.

 

London's Metropolitan Police has urged soccer fans without Euro 2020 final tickets to stay away from the capital. /AP

London's Metropolitan Police has urged soccer fans without Euro 2020 final tickets to stay away from the capital. /AP

 

Ross Cullen in Paris

The proposal to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory is being discussed as the president is set to make his latest pandemic address to the nation on Monday. Emmanuel Macron will make another urgent plea to the public to get vaccinated.

A fourth wave of coronavirus infections is now starting to be seen with the rise of the Delta variant. A vaccine pass could be brought in allowing people to travel around the country, travel overseas, or attend major sporting and cultural events only if they have been vaccinated.

At the moment, a health pass is in effect but it does not require vaccination - a negative PCR test or a recent bout of COVID-19 suffice. The number of new infections on July 10 was the highest daily total since June 9.

 

Moldova

Moldova is to receive half a million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the U.S.

The first batch of 150,000 jabs will arrive in the country on Monday, U.S. embassy officials in Moldova said.

"Now, we must mobilize ourselves and, in solidarity, get vaccinated," Moldova's President Maia Sandu said. To date only around 305,000 people in Moldova have been fully vaccinated, or around 11 percent of the population.

Meanwhile the country's citizens have gone to polls on Sunday to vote in a snap parliamentary election.

 

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