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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bitter Truth" data-source="post: 26516839" data-attributes="member: 555686">8th June 2021 –   Total worldwide COVID-19 cases have reached 174,191,085 with 3,747,055 deaths as of 12.05am today.Global infections are falling dramatically, with the U.S. reporting the lowest number of daily COVID-19 cases since March 2020. Worldwide infections for the week ended Sunday were also the least in almost three months.China, Hong Kong and TaiwanChina has completed dispatching COVID-19 vaccines and syringes to 66 countries and one international organisation as of Sunday amid efforts to provide vaccine aid and strengthen international cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said. The MOC, along with relevant government bodies, will ensure that vaccines are delivered to recipient countries as soon as possible, said Qian Chunying, an official with the ministry, on Monday.China’s exports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/china-s-trade-boom-continues-in-may-on-strong-global-demand" target="_blank">continued to surge</a> in May, although at a slower pace than the previous month, fuelled by strong global demand as more economies around the world opened up. Imports soared, boosted by rising commodity prices.A few malls and residential complexes in Shanghai have started asking visitors to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, with one shopping centre’s temporary decision to bar entry sparking a backlash on social media. A video showing a local resident arguing with security guards about the legitimacy of barring unvaccinated people at the entrance of the Pacific Life Plaza in Shanghai has been shared tens of hundreds of times on Weibo.Hong Kong’s vaccination rate picked up last week, with a record 31,400 people receiving their first doses on Saturday. The increase came after the government announced a campaign to accelerate inoculations by September and as major companies and restaurants started offering incentives including cash payouts and extra time off.EuropeAirlines from Britain and the U.S. issued a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/airlines-seek-restart-of-u-s-u-k-flights-as-biden-visit-looms" target="_blank">joint plea</a> for the resumption of travel between the two countries, saying government curbs on the world’s most lucrative air route are holding back an economic recovery. U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it’s too early to say whether a planned easing of restrictions on June 21 can go ahead, as ministers continue to weigh the threat of a potential fresh wave of the pandemic.Leading on-line dating apps have teamed up with the British government to encourage more adults to get COVID-19 vaccinations, the British Department of Health and Social Care said Monday. Starting tomorrow 25 to 29-year-olds will receive text messages asking them to book their COVID-19 vaccines, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday.U.S. and CanadaSecretary of State Antony Blinken said the US will start distributing <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/03/politics/biden-vaccine-sharing-plan/index.html" target="_blank">80 million COVID-19 vaccines</a> internationally between now and the end of July.Air travel just recorded its biggest day since 7th March, 2020. The Transportation Security Administration screened 1.98 million people Sunday, bigger than any day over Memorial Day weekend, which topped out on Friday, 28th May, at 1.96 million people.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html" target="_blank">Most adults in the US have received at least one dose</a> of a coronavirus vaccine. But still, the United States is in danger of not meeting President Biden’s 4th July vaccination goal.Rest of the worldIndia’s federal health ministry has set the gap between the required two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for Olympic-bound athletes and officials to four weeks, local media quoting the Indian Olympic Association head said on Monday.  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the central government will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all aged over 18 years old starting in June.The government of India’s union territory of Delhi, which encompasses the national capital of New Delhi, aims to vaccinate all people above the age of 45 within four weeks by enlisting polling booth officials to carry out door-to-door surveys in their wards to allocate COVID-19 vaccination slots and turning the polling booths into vaccination centers for proximity, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday.Uganda’s government ordered a six-week closure of schools and places of worship, alongside restrictions on public transport between regions, to contain a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/uganda-imposes-second-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases-surge" target="_blank">fresh flood</a> of COVID-19 infections.Many schools in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa began temporarily closing Monday in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 among young people, the prefectural government said.The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has risen to 144,456 on Monday after 139 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.The Omani health ministry on Monday announced 1,216 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 225,095, the official Oman News Agency reported.The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,993 within one day to 1,863,031, with the death toll adding by 191 to 51,803, the health ministry said on Monday.  Indonesian authorities have drafted in more doctors and nurses to two areas on the islands of Java and Madura after hospitals there approached full capacity amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, the country’s health minister said on Monday.[ATTACH=full]129509[/ATTACH]Information compiled from Reuters, CNN, Xinhua News and Bloomberg.</blockquote>

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