U.S. PresidentJoe Biden says that around 70,000 people have been evacuated from
Afghanistan. He also announces that the United States will stick to its August 31 deadline, but says that there should be "contingency plans" if necessary.
(KVIA-TV)(CBS News)
India approves the phase II and III trials of the country's first domestic
MRNA-based
HGC019vaccine made by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals after the early-stage study found that the vaccine is safe and effective.
(Al Jazeera)
The
Greekgovernment announces new measures that would require
COVID-19 testing for all unvaccinated employees and university students at their own expense with the exception of school students and also restrict access to restaurants, bars, cafés, and indoor entertainment and sport venues to only those who have been
vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. The new rules will be in effect from September 13 until March 31, 2022.
(Associated Press)
Greece reports a record 4,608 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 566,812.
(Kathimerini)
The
French national health regulator Haute Autorité de Santé recommends a
booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and those with existing health conditions, which was previously announced by
Health ministerOlivier Véran yesterday. The booster doses will be administered beginning at the end of October.
(Euronews)
New Zealand reports 41 new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since April 2020.
(Australian Financial Review)
A senior member of the
yakuza,
Satoru Nomura, is
sentenced to death by a court in
Fukuoka,
Japan, for ordering four assaults, one of which was deadly. Nomura has denied participating in the crimes. It is the first time that a senior member of the
crime group has been sentenced to death.
(BBC News)
U.S. PresidentJoe Biden says that around 70,000 people have been evacuated from
Afghanistan. He also announces that the United States will stick to its August 31 deadline, but says that there should be "contingency plans" if necessary.
(KVIA-TV)(CBS News)
India approves the phase II and III trials of the country's first domestic
MRNA-based
HGC019vaccine made by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals after the early-stage study found that the vaccine is safe and effective.
(Al Jazeera)
The
Greekgovernment announces new measures that would require
COVID-19 testing for all unvaccinated employees and university students at their own expense with the exception of school students and also restrict access to restaurants, bars, cafés, and indoor entertainment and sport venues to only those who have been
vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. The new rules will be in effect from September 13 until March 31, 2022.
(Associated Press)
Greece reports a record 4,608 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 566,812.
(Kathimerini)
The
French national health regulator Haute Autorité de Santé recommends a
booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and those with existing health conditions, which was previously announced by
Health ministerOlivier Véran yesterday. The booster doses will be administered beginning at the end of October.
(Euronews)
New Zealand reports 41 new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since April 2020.
(Australian Financial Review)
A senior member of the
yakuza,
Satoru Nomura, is
sentenced to death by a court in
Fukuoka,
Japan, for ordering four assaults, one of which was deadly. Nomura has denied participating in the crimes. It is the first time that a senior member of the
crime group has been sentenced to death.
(BBC News)