The Delta variant continues to wreak havoc across the U.S. on Thursday as hospitals in several states run on critically low staff. Follow Newsweek's liveblog for all the latest.
It is the second-highest daily count in the Japanese capital - and recent Olympic hosts - prompting calls for tighter restrictions and an expansion of the state of emergency already in place.
Queensland has announced it has obtained an extra 112,000 doses of the vaccine - to be handed out over eight days - amid spiralling demand. As plans stand, fully vaccinated travelers from low-risk countries would not be required to quarantine but those arriving from medium-risk countries would need to complete some form of quarantine. Those arriving from high-risk countries or those who were unvaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, would need to stay 14 days in a quarantine hotel run by the military.
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