Coronavirus real-time news: Thailand’s daily death toll hits a record high; Tokyo Olympics bans alcohol | World News

Good morning, this is Martin Belam from London. Like many people, I should imagine that I have booked a lot of concert tickets for 2020 and then rescheduled to 2021. Some are now delayed for another year. Rajeev Syal reports for us Helping Britain’s festival desperately needs to be feasible this summer:

The parliamentary spending watchdog found that as the government is confused about how the Covid Art Fund will affect the industry after £1.57 billion, dozens of festivals are facing “destructive consequences for their survival” this summer.

The influential Public Accounts Committee called on the government to provide emergency support to outdoor event organizers in a report released on Wednesday.

The cross-party committee revealed that despite the request for immediate intervention, the Ministry of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) did not model the cost of underwriting holiday insurance.

The disclosure comes at a time when parliament and the music industry are increasingly calling on the government to consider providing insurance for music festivals to prevent the risk of cancellation. Musician and Womad organizer Peter Gabriel urged ministers to intervene last week because commercial insurance companies “have run a mile.”

Read more information here: MPs say British festival organizers need urgent help

This is me, Helen Sullivan, for today. Thanks for your attention-please stay tuned for more updates from my colleague Martin Belam.

According to Reuters, direct flights from the southern city of Shenzhen to Beijing have been suspended until at least July 1 before celebrating the day of the celebration of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing.

The city is located in Guangdong Province, which is one of the most populous provinces in China and has been battling the Covid outbreak. 170 local cases were confirmed between May 21 and June 21. There were no new local confirmed cases on June 22.

Among them, there are 8 cases in Shenzhen and 146 cases in Guangzhou, the provincial capital.

A Shenzhen government official and two airline representatives who did not want to be named confirmed that flights from Shenzhen to the capital have been suspended. Flights to other mainland destinations appear to be operating normally.

Since April, this South American country has recorded more and more cases every day. According to data released by Oxford University, its Covid-19 death rate per capita ranked third in the world in the past 7 days.

On Monday night, President Ivan Duque blamed the death on anti-government protests that began in late April, saying that “over 10,000 deaths could have been avoided.”

But Colombian epidemiologists say it is too early to judge how much the protests will have on the current surge in Covid deaths.

After a Covid-infected Australian traveled to Wellington, new restrictions were imposed on gatherings new Zealand The capital and visited a series of popular tourist attractions.

“This is not a lockdown,” said Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, but he said that if there are unrelated cases in the community, a lockdown may occur.

Hipkins said on Wednesday that the Wellington area will enter a secondary alert state from 6 o’clock that night and continue until Sunday.

These measures were introduced after the traveler spent a weekend visiting Wellington from Sydney and visited attractions around the city, including busy downtown restaurants and the popular tourist attraction of the Capital Museum, Te Papa.

New Zealand officially released An initial list of more than ten places of interest, And those who visited them at the listed time were told to take the test and self-quarantine.

Tess McClure Report from Wellington:

Thailand So far, the epidemic has the highest number of deaths in a single day. On Wednesday, 51 people were confirmed to have died from the new crown virus, bringing the total death toll to 1,744.

The country is struggling to deal with the third and deadliest outbreak, and 3,174 new infections have been reported, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 228,539. More than 85% of new cases and deaths occurred after April this year.

Hello, and welcome to watch our live report on the coronavirus pandemic, Helen Sullivan.

Thailand Has suffered a record daily death toll, with 51 people dying from COVID-19 on Wednesday.

At the same time, while defending the decision to allow spectators to enter the venue, the Tokyo Olympics organizers banned alcohol consumption in the venue.

We will have more about these stories soon. In the meantime, here are the main developments in the past few hours.

• Poland imposes a mandatory 7-day quarantine on all travelers from the UK According to Reuters, in order to curb the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus
• China Can keep border restrictions Control the pandemic for another year According to the Wall Street Journal, in various fears and desires to protect important events from any potential interference.
• Russia has reported 546 coronavirus-related deaths, the largest number of confirmed cases in a single day since February, In the context of a surge in new cases, the authorities Blame it on the new Delta variant. Moscow authorities announced that residents will soon have to show their anti-coronavirus passes Enter the restaurant.
• Case of Delta variant with additional mutation called K417N Has been found In multiple countries Including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, Turkey, Japan and Nepal. When it first came to light, it was briefly and informally described as a variant of Nepal.
• The White House is preparing to admit that it cannot achieve President Joe Biden’s goals By July 4th, at least 70% of American adults will be vaccinated against Covid-19, On the second day after its appearance, it is expected to fall short of the President’s separate commitment to ship 80 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine abroad by the end of June. So far, fewer than 10 million doses have been shipped.
• The Cuban government announced that its three-dose Abdala vaccine has proven 92% effective against coronavirus, Did not immediately provide details of the clinical test. President Miguel Diaz Canel condemned the severe US blockade of the island and stated that Cuban scientists “overcame all obstacles and provided us with two very effective vaccines”.
• Seiko Hashimoto Defend the organizer’s decision Allow spectators to enter the Olympic venuesThere are still 30 days before the opening of an Olympic Games plagued by epidemics and controversy.
• Eight members of the Uganda Olympic delegation were quarantined in Japan until early JulyA local official said that after the coach Tested positive for coronavirus on arrival last week Although vaccinated and tested before departure.
• Berlin will make permanent the extra bike lanes added during the lockdown to support the cycling boom Started during the pandemic But activists said that more work needs to be done to protect cyclists. Five people have died this year.