Locals wait in line overnight for free coronavirus testing at the Wat Phra Si Mahathat temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, July 9, 2021. Faced with rapidly rising numbers of new coronavirus infections and growing concern over the proliferation of the highly contagious delta variant, major Asia-Pacific cities implemented new restrictions Friday in the hope of

File – In this Friday, June 25, 2021 file photo, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel leaves at the end of the first day of an EU summit in Brussels. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was in observation in hospital early Monday, July 5, 2021 “as a precautionary measure” after he had tested positive for COVID-19

Boris Johnson is to announce on Monday that the lifting of most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July. Photograph: Reuters By Aubrey Allegretti and Linda Geddes Boris Johnson to press ahead with final stage of unlocking in England amid huge rise in infections Boris Johnson is to announce that the

File – In this June 7, 2021, file photo, tourists sunbathe on the beach at the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain. Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations to outpace the spread of the delta variant in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for

Lawmaker Sajid Javid, leaves his home in London, Monday June 28, 2021, after being appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the resignation of Matt Hancock over the weekend. Javid is expected to make his first statement inside the government as health minister later Monday. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) By DANICA

Photo: Credit Reuters Henry Nicholls/ NHS workers react at the Royal London Hospital during the last day of the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 28, 2020. By Rachel Hall Bosses say trusts under ‘huge pressure’ as people in ventilator

Photo/Somali Times The outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo tonight received at the presidential palace members of the Somali cabinet and the manager of the company that exported fish to Ethiopia today, after an agreement was reached between the governments of Somalia and Ethiopia to exchange fish and a drug Somalis use called Khat. President Mohamed

Credit: Reuters Simon Dawson/Liam Fox is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 30, 2020. By Jimmy Nsubuga Conservative MPs angry at the delay of the end of lockdown have spoken out. Boris Johnson on Monday delayed by a month his plans to lift the last COVID-19 restrictions in England after modelling showed thousands

A social distancing sign is seen amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Leicester, Britain, May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers By Michael Holden British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Monday that the end of COVID-19 restrictions will be delayed by several weeks following concerns about a rapid rise of

African Union President and President of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris, France May 18, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS Hospitals in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa are “overwhelmed” by a rise in COVID-19 infections,