07 June 2021
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- Blinken calls on China to cooperate in ‘getting to bottom’ of Covid origins (Business Standard India)
- Coronavirus digest: Spain opens borders to vaccinated tourists (Deutsche Welle)
- Covid ‘is over’ in Norway, health chief declares (Financial Times – Europe homepage)
- Covid ‘is over’ in Norway, health chief declares hxxps://on[.]ft[.]com/3uWl4da (FT – Twitter)
- Did COVID-19 dent India’s global image? (Gulf News)
- German Factory Orders Drop After Mounting Supply Shortages (Bloomberg)
- Here’s How India Is Easing Covid Restrictions Just Weeks After Experiencing World’s Worst Outbreak (Forbes.com)
- I flew home from Portugal hours before it turned amber – it was complete chaos (The Independent)
- India reports 100,636 new coronavirus infections (The Gulf Today)
- India to relax curbs (Straits Times)
- Investment projects boom in Switzerland (Swiss Info)
- Israel starts giving virus jabs to at-risk children (Special Broadcasting Service)
- Pubs, restaurants and gyms reopen in Republic of Ireland (BBC)
- Queues for COVID Tests at Lisbon Airport as England Imposes Tougher Restrictions on Return Travellers from Portugal (TownsvilleBulletin.com.au)
- South Africa: South Africa’s Top Life Insurers Report Spike in Death Claims During Covid-19 Pandemic (AllAfrica.com)
- Spain reopens to global tourists, provided they can prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 (El País)
- The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (NationalPost.com)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, June 6, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- UK – Boris Johnson and his government needs to provide a clear vision of the Covid-19 roadmap (The Independent)
- UK – Foreign aid cuts ‘cast shadow’ over G7 summit, Boris Johnson warned (The Independent)
- UK – Low hospital admissions key to ‘tricky’ decision on lifting Covid restrictions on 21 June, Matt Hancock says (The Independent)
- UK – Matt Hancock hints at delay to June 21 reopening (Telegraph)
- UK – Matt Hancock responds to Dominic Cummings’s care homes remark (BBC)
- UK holidaymakers scramble to fly back from Portugal (BBC)
- US – ‘Clearly Not Caused By COVID-19’: California County Cuts Virus Death Count By 25% (International Business Times)
- US – Illinois reports smallest daily COVID-19 caseload since March 2020 (Chicago Sun-Times)
- US – Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church with protesters angry outside (Mail Online UK)
- US – Quiet time: 5 little-known nature preserves not far from home (San Diego Union Tribune)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- travel green list news portugal france covid summer holidays (Telegraph)
- 1M more Sinovac doses arrive in PH (Manila Times)
- Air Canada says top executives returning COVID-19 bonuses after ‘public disappointment’ (Global News Canada)
- Airbus CEO says business travel will return almost to pre-pandemic levels because people want to fly again (Business Insider)
- Apple WWDC 2021 to begin today: How to watch and what to expect (Hindu Business Line)
- B.C. pharmacies getting supply of AstraZeneca 2nd doses Monday (Global News Canada)
- Canara Bank donates Rs 1 cr to Karnataka CM Relief Fund (United News of India)
- Capgemini building up India team to ride 5G, Edge wave (Economic Times)
- Cigna Study Shows Uncertainty about the Future Continues to be the Leading Cause of Stress (Finanzen.net)
- Covid-19 pandemic: Honda India Foundation opens isolation centres in Haryana, Rajasthan (India Today)
- Dettol logo to be replaced by COVID-19 warrior stories, says Reckitt Benckiser (Moneycontrol.com)
- Emaar sales rocket 250% to Dh10.5 billion (Khaleej Times)
- France: Google fined 220 mn euros for abuse of market power in ad business (Business Standard India)
- Gen Z Is Spending At 125% Of Pre-Covid Levels, Amex CEO Says (Zero Hedge)
- HDFC to set up O2 plants, Covid beds (Times of India)
- Hong Kong Airlines to slash hundreds more jobs, focus on cargo in bid to survive pandemic (South China Morning Post – News)
- In Penang, first day of AstraZeneca vaccination at Spice Arena goes well (Malay Mail)
- Indonesia Receives 313,100 Astrazeneca Doses from Covax (Jakarta Globe)
- JPMorgan freezes donations to Republicans who contested 2020 election (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Kuwait signs deals with Moderna, Johnson & Johnson for vaccine supply — min. (Kuwait News Agency)
- Law firm Dentons in tangle over payment to Gupta ‘letterbox company’ after landing Eskom and Denel contracts (Daily Maverick)
- Pfizer joins hand with NGO to set up 400 oxygen beds, 10 pc for pediatric patients in Delhi (Ani News)
- Pfizer vaccine ‘completely safe’ for UAE residents who got Sinopharm shot: Experts (Al Arabiya)
- QNB second most valuable company in Arab world: Forbes (Qatar Tribune)
- Rentokil Initial gifts PPE kits worth 2.5 million pound to support India”s efforts to combat COVID-19 (Outlook India)
- Singapore NCID director: ‘Hardly any data’ on Sinovac’s potency against Covid-19 variants, unlike mRNA vaccines which are proven effective (Malay Mail)
- Sinovac Use For Kids – Medical Experts Review Possibility (Philippine News)
- Taiwan’s Foxconn posts stellar revenue for May (Taiwan News Online)
- Thailand debuts locally made AstraZeneca but supplies are tight (Business Standard India)
- Thales appoints Ashish Saraf as Country Director (United News of India)
- Trump claims he has no interest in Facebook return when ban ends (Mail Online UK)
- Turkish Airlines boosts Dubai operations with three daily flights (Trade Arabia)
- Urgency of diversity in workforce stressed at Sodexo’s D&I conference (Gulf Industry Online)
- What to Watch: U.K. Reopening Risks, Apple’s WWDC (Bloomberg)
- ‘Hardly any data’ on Sinovac’s potency against Covid-19 variants, unlike mRNA vaccines which are proven effective: NCID director (Today Online)
- American expats push for access to coronavirus vaccines, raising questions about international equity (Washington Post)
- COVID-19 and its impact on endoscopy services: what is the threshold for missed malignant diagnosis? (British Journal of the Gut)
- COVID-19 in patients with cirrhosis: understanding adverse impact (British Journal of the Gut)
- Dan Osborne says COVID ‘not dangerous enough’ to force vaccine (Mail Online UK)
- Dating apps are going to offer perks for users who get a coronavirus vaccine (Sky News Latest)
- Full FDA approval could drive COVID-19 vaccinations, but experts advise against waiting (FirstWord Pharma)
- Mixing and matching coronavirus vaccines may help tackle variants, early data suggests (FirstWord Pharma)
- Phase II clinical trial of Niclosamide drug for treatment of COVID-19 patients begins (FirstWord Pharma)
- Reports of suspected adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccine as of 1 June 2021 (FirstWord Pharma)
- Researchers are exploring whether a Covid-19 booster made by one company could be given to someone who got a different company’s vaccine hxxps://on[.]wsj[.]com/3vQTKOW (WSJ – Twitter)
- US passes 300m vaccinations as new cases plunge (Financial Times – Europe homepage)
- US trials for drug made in Taiwan to be expanded (FirstWord Pharma)
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