Coronavirus Updates
Tokyo on Friday lifted its remaining coronavirus restrictions on businesses. Nightclubs, live-music venues and similar establishments are being allowed to reopen with the approval of local authorities.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has postponed a planned visit to Israel on June 23, Nicosia said on Thursday. The move comes amid a surge of new coronavirus cases in Israel.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the AFP news agency on Thursday that returns to lockdowns in the US were unlikely despite a spike in cases in several states.
The World Health Organization hopes that hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses can be produced this year, and 2 billion by the end of 2021, chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.
India on Thursday fully lifted an export ban on the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine. It was touted by US President Donald Trump as a treatment for the coronavirus but was dropped by the World Health Organization in clinical trials because data showed it to be ineffective.
Trains in Israel will begin running again on Monday after being halted for three months. Cabinet ministers approved the resumption of rail service, as well as the reopening of cultural venues.