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The UK government are reported to be scrapping plans for an 'amber watch-list' for travel - following criticism from travel and tourism bosses and Conservative MPs. It comes after isolation requirements for fully vaccinated travellers were eased. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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India's vaccination drive is once again slowing down as supply shortages continue.
This time, it's due to the delay in the production of the locally made Covaxin.
Experts say if the issues persist – India may not hit its ambitious target of inoculating a billion people by December.
Ishan Garg reports.
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The official death toll from floods in China's Henan province has risen to 302, up from 99 reported last week.
Most of the fatalities recorded are in the provincial capital Zhengzhou.
Samuel Wong reports.
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The White House says vaccination rates are shooting up in states hit hardest by a new wave of coronavirus cases in the U.S.
On average, the country is reporting around 80,000 new cases per day...and that's rising fast.
Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson reports.
US markets began August on a high note thanks to strong corporate earnings, encouraging US manufacturing data, and prospects for the $1-trillion-dollar infrastructure spending bill.
But that optimism failed to hold the day.
Weighed down by concerns about the Delta variant and worries over China's tech crackdown, the Dow Jones and the S&P finished in negative territory.
Here's Liling Tan with the Wall Street wrap.
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Resident Doctors in Nigeria have embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike.
They are pressing for improved allowances among other concerns.
The strike is coming at a time when the third wave of COVID-19 is taking a toll on citizens with an outbreak of the Delta variant of the disease leading to deaths.
Tesem Akende reports.
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Double-vaccinated US and EU citizens will no longer have to quarantine upon arrival in the UK.
However, travellers coming from France still face isolation, regardless of vaccination status.
Later in the week, as many as a dozen European countries could move to the UK's 'green travel list' meaning even unvaccinated people won't need to quarantine.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Uganda has received over five hundred thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines to help deal with the covid-19 pandemic.
The country has so far vaccinated just one percent of its population.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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A mathematical model from India's top technology institutes predicts a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the country this month.
The study expects new infections to peak in October with more than 100,000 new cases being registered every day.
This could force a number of new restrictions, as Ishan Garg reports.
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China is experiencing a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, having reported 75 cases on Sunday.
Cities across China are ramping up health restrictions to combat this new wave of cases.
Samuel Wong reports.
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In the first half of this year, police say they've recorded more than double the number of cases in the whole of 2020.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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