 Vaccination in Jakarta, Indonesia (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) |
More than 178 million patients have fully recovered.
Cambodia on Wednesday declared a national campaign to tighten pandemic measures.
As the coronavirus’s Delta variant sweeps across Asia and Europe, the UK is also in the midst of a new pandemic wave due to the Delta variant. The number of new cases decreased over the past week, however, after 70% of UK adults had gotten vaccinated.
A plan to remove all pandemic restrictions in Norway, previously scheduled for July, was delayed a month, due to the spread of the Delta variant, which created a 36% weekly rise in COVID-19 infections in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has sufficient vaccines for all eligible citizens, two months ahead of schedule.