Here is a look at Covid19 updates from around the world: 🇿🇦 South Africa extends virus curbs 🇧🇷 Brazil adds nearly 600 more deaths 🇺🇸 Too soon to say if Americans may need booster: Fauci 🇲🇽 Mexico sees over 3,700 new cases For more:
Members of the South African Police Services sit inside booths to receive their dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine during their vaccination drive at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on July 5, 2021. The US government's top infectious diseases expert has said that “it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely” that Americans will need a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the coming months, but it is too soon for the government to recommend another shot.
Fauci said clinical studies and laboratory data have yet to fully bear out the need for a booster to the current two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson regimen.South Africa has extended tight Covid-19 rules for another 14 days, maintaining restrictions that include a ban on gatherings, a curfew from 9 pm to 4 am and a prohibition on the sale of alcohol.
Early this month South Africa recorded a new record of over 26,000 daily cases, stretching hospitals to breaking point.Brazil registered 595 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday and 20,937 additional cases, according to data released by the nation's Health Ministry.
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