Covid live news: up to 180,00 healthcare workers killed by virus, WHO says; Melbourne emerges from long lockdown

The Covid surge successful Ukraine continues arsenic the state again acceptable records for the regular fig of deaths and cases: 23,785 cases and 614 deaths.

The state has moved to marque Covid investigating and vaccinations disposable astatine large bid stations astir Ukraine including Kyiv, Lviv, Kjarkiv, Odesa and Dnipro. They person besides opened akin facilities successful buying malls.

Head of the Zaporizhzhia RSA Oleksandr Starukh and curate of wellness of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko (R to L) are pictured during the briefing connected the opening different Covid-19 wide vaccination constituent astatine 1 of the metropolis buying malls successful Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Ukrinform/REX/Shutterstock

A Ukrainian Health Ministry connected Facebook yesterday stated that 95% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 past week were not vaccinated. Ukraine has a colonisation of 44 million, of which immoderate 6.7 cardinal are afloat vaccinated and 8.3 cardinal person received astatine slightest 1 dose.

Hi and invited backmost to today’s Covid blog wherever we volition bring you each the important caller developments arsenic they happen.

I’m Samantha Lock reporting from Sydney, Australia, and I’ll beryllium with you for the adjacent hr oregon so.

Once deemed the world’s astir liveable metropolis 7 times successful a row, Melbourne, Australia, recovered itself successful what galore judge to beryllium the world’s longest lockdown.

After six seperate stretches totalling 262 days of stay-at-home orders, the metropolis has yet surged backmost to beingness aft restrictions were lifted today and bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants opened their doors erstwhile again.

• New Zealand sets caller 90% vaccination people as premier curate Jacinda Ardern vows to lone beingness astir restrictions erstwhile state reaches the milestone.
• UK premier curate Boris Johnson resists calls to activate ‘plan B’ arsenic regular Covid cases apical 50,000. “The numbers of infections are precocious but we are wrong the parameters of what the predictions were, what Spi-M [modelling group] and the others said we would beryllium astatine this signifier fixed the steps we are taking. We are sticking with our plan,” Johnson told reporters.
• Infections successful UK astatine highest level since July with 52,009 caller coronavirus cases. That is the highest regular full connected this measure, and the archetypal clip the regular tally has topped 50,000, for much than 3 months.
• Jeremy Hunt has called for the authorities to cut the clip required betwixt Covid vaccine doses to let much booster jabs to beryllium given. Relaxing six-month spread betwixt 2nd and 3rd doses would velocity up rollout, the erstwhile wellness caput said.
• Melbourne, Australia, ends its sixth lockdown today aft spending 267 days pursuing stay-at-home orders, thought to beryllium the longest lockdown successful the world.
  
• Moscow announces a one-week nationwide lockdown arsenic Russia Covid deaths rise. The state registered its highest regular fig of coronavirus deaths and infections since the commencement of the pandemic.
• UK’s neighbours criticise British Covid policies arsenic cases statesman to surge crossed EU.
  
• Only 14% of promised Covid vaccine doses scope poorest nations, a study has revealed. Of 1.8bn doses pledged by affluent nations, conscionable 261m (14%) person arrived successful low-income countries, according to the investigation by the People’s Vaccine alliance, a conjugation of groups that includes Oxfam, ActionAid and Amnesty International.
• WHO estimates up to 180,000 wellness workers whitethorn person died from Covid successful the play betwixt January 2020 to May 2021, portion calling for much wellness workers to beryllium afloat vaccinated.