UK pledges £1.65bn to public-private vaccine partnership; €130bn German package cuts VAT, offers cash grants; New Zealand marks 13 days without new Covid-19 case * St Petersburg death tally casts doubt on Russian coronavirus figures * How a small Spanish town became one of Europe’s worst hotspots * Coronavirus latest: at a glance * UK coronavirus updates – live * See all our coronavirus coverage 2.46pm BST Over in GREECE infectious disease experts are expressing consternation over the dangers posed by tourism ahead of the country reopening to the world with the resumption of international air links on 15 June, writes HELENA SMITH in Athens. Anxiety over the virus being imported by visitors was highlighted earlier this week when 12 of the 91 passengers aboard a Qatar Airways flight tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Athens. The airline has since said that no one was found to be infected when they boarded the plane in Doha. 2.36pm BST IRAN is reluctantly confronting the possibility of a renewed political crisis as well as a health one after the latest figures showed the number of new coronavirus infections at a record high, writes PATRICK WINTOUR, the Guardian’s diplomatic editor. The government appeared to have brought the virus under control a month ago, but a second wave of the virus has steadily been gathering force, and according to data released by the health ministry there were 3,574 confirmed new infections in 24 hours – an increase of 440 on the previous day. Related: Iran faces crisis amid record number of daily coronavirus infections Continue reading...
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