Important care beds are reaching capability in Japan whereas New Zealand is racing to comprise a cluster in Auckland that has grown to 21
- Jabbed adults infected with Delta ‘can match virus levels of unvaccinated’
- Japan sees record number of Covid cases days before Paralympics begin
- Biden says Americans can get Covid booster shots starting next month
- New Zealand Covid outbreak linked to Sydney flight as Ardern widens vaccine rollout
11.33am BST
European monetary markets have fallen sharply on fears that central banks will begin tapering their emergency Covid-19 assist packages, regardless of slowing progress on the planet economic system.
In London, the FTSE 100 fell by greater than 160 factors, or about 2.3%, on Thursday morning to commerce at about 7,000 as share costs tumbled throughout the continent after the US Federal Reserve stated it may begin reducing again assist for the economic system this 12 months.
Associated: European stock markets tumble on Covid support concerns
11.03am BST
I’m going at hand over to my colleague Mattha Busby now however right here’s a quick round-up of what’s been taking place world wide over the previous 24 hours:
