The US currently occupies the first line in the list of the worst-hit countries, with around 28.5 million infected and almost 512,000 coronavirus-linked deaths. India is next with over 11 million cases and around 157,000 deaths, and Brazil rounds out the top three, with more than 10.5 million cases and 254,500 fatalities.
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Iran has suspended the entry for arrivals from 32 countries which it considers export hazard of COVID-19 and new virus variants, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Sunday, citing the country's Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO).
According to the report, the ban applies to travellers coming directly or indirectly from the countries of concern or who spent more than four hours there over the last two weeks.
The ban-list includes South Africa, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Panama, Guinea, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Brazil, Cape Verde, Peru, Burundi, Chile, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Ecuador, Mauritania, Eswatini, Guyana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Paraguay, Rwanda, Uruguay, Suriname, Tanzania, Venezuela, Lesotho, and Zambia, as specified by CAO spokesman Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh,
Zibakhsh also said that all passengers aged over 8 must present a negative coronavirus tests certificate upon arrival.
France is in talks with Germany in a bid to avert border restrictions in its borderline Moselle region, which Berlin designated as a COVID-19 area of concern, French Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune told the France Inter broadcaster on Sunday.
Earlier this week the French government included Moselle in the list of areas under "enhanced surveillance" due to high COVID-19 occurrence rates. Berlin, in turn, suspended all travel from Moselle and ordered that starting Tuesday, those entering Germany from this French region present a negative PCR test taken no earlier than 48 hours before the travel.
"We are in discussions with the German authorities which have just classified Moselle as a [coronavirus] variant circulation zone. This classification implies the introduction of very strict measures, virtually the closure of the borders. This is what we want to avoid", Beaune said.
According to the French official, the restrictions will affect some 16,000 people, who cross the French-German border for working purposes.
Beaune said that Paris was trying to "mitigate these measures as much as possible," in particular, regarding the frequency of tests.
Germany has already reinforced border restrictions with the Czech Republic and Austria after designating some of their areas as exposed to virus mutations earlier this month.
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"Obviously it is a complicated but potentially very relevant question for helping us reopen those parts of our country like mass events", Rishi Sunak stated on Sunday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by UK-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca arrived in Australia on Sunday, Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
"Let me begin by saying I am delighted to announce that the first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines has arrived in Australia. 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines touched down this morning", Hunt said during a briefing.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia registered 11,359 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 11,534 the day before, with the total count now reaching 4,246,079, the coronavirus response centre said on Sunday.
"Over the past day, 11,359 coronavirus cases were confirmed across 84 regions, including 1,285 cases (11.3 percent) that were detected among people showing no clinical symptoms", the centre said, adding that the cumulative case count has now reached 4,246,079, with the rate of increase at 0.27 percent.
