Sunday, 31 January 2021

Coronavirus live news: EU wants 70% of adults vaccinated by end of summer; Israel extends Covid lockdown

AstraZeneca to increase EU vaccine deliveries by 30 percent; WHO mission at ground-zero Wuhan market; Israel extends lockdown as Covid variants offset vaccination drive

Israel extended a national lockdown on Sunday as Covid variants offset its vaccination drive and officials predicted a delay in a turnaround from the ongoing crisis.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet voted to extend the five-week-old national lockdown until Friday, pending parliamentary approval, Israeli media reported.Highlighting the country’s challenges in enforcing restrictions, thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the Jerusalem funerals of two prominent rabbis on Sunday, drawing criticism from Netanyahu’s coalition partners, Reuters reports.

Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

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