Germany delivers stark warning to vaccine companies; Australia-New Zealand flights to resume on Sunday; WHO team visits Baishazhou wet market in Wuhan * Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant * Australian state of New South Wales marks 14 days with no cases * Scores of foreigners breach lockdown rules at Austrian ski resort * From lockdowns to pool parties: how Covid rules vary around the world * See all our coronavirus coverage 6.34am GMT The latest social media trend involves no ice buckets, no filters and certainly no sea shanties. Now celebrities and politicians around the world are vying to post the best “vaxxies” – selfies of the moment they receive their Covid-19 vaccination. While vaxxies send out a strong message that the vaccines are safe, they are also an undeniable photo opportunity. The image of Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis being vaccinated with his shirt off went viral last week. With its unreconstructed masculinity, some compared it to photos of a bare-chested Vladimir Putin bare chested out hunting. Mitsotakis became something of a Twitter heartthrob as a result, with one user writing “Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis doing whatever it takes to sell his people on the #COVID19 vaccine.” Others fretted about the prospect of Boris Johnson, who might have his vaccine live on TV, doing the same: Related: What a great shot! Vaccination selfies become the latest social media hit 6.23am GMT The full story on the lockdown in much of Western Australia now following the discovery of the first community transmission case in nearly ten months: Related: Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant Continue reading...
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