Latest updates: Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 July up 50%; Indonesia’s health workers struggle under weight of new cases * US REACHES BIDEN’S 70% FIRST-SHOT GOAL AS THREAT TO UNVACCINATED PEOPLE GROWS * HUNDREDS OF HEALTH WORKERS IN ISOLATION AS DELTA HITS AUSTRALIAN STATE OF QUEENSLAND * JOHNSON DUMPS ‘AMBER WATCHLIST’ PLAN AS IT EMERGES TOP ADVISER HAS QUIT 1.09pm BST AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST AIRLINE, QANTAS, IS TO TEMPORARILY LAY OFF 2,500 EMPLOYEES AS DEMAND FOR FLIGHTS NOSEDIVES AMID EVEN TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY. The company has said it would continue to pay staff who are laid off until mid-August, and that it did not expect the job losses to be permanent, the New York Times reports. 12.53pm BST Greece has withdrawn its team from the Olympics artistic swimming competitions after four athletes tested positive for Covid-19, the Greek Olympic Committee (HOC) has said. One athlete tested positive yesterday while another three returned positive tests on Tuesday, ruling the team out and forcing the athletes into quarantine. Continue reading...
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