{"id":34724,"date":"2021-08-03T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T08:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/aug\/03\/coronavirus-live-news-us-reaches-70-first-shot-goal-while-japan-shifts-to-home-care-for-most-covid-patients"},"modified":"2021-08-03T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:50:57","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-china-rolls-out-mass-testing-in-wuhan-while-indonesia-struggles-under-new-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=34724","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live: England and Wales deaths at three-month high; row in Germany over jabbing children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/aug\/03\/coronavirus-live-news-us-reaches-70-first-shot-goal-while-japan-shifts-to-home-care-for-most-covid-patients?page=with:block-6109009a8f089093df872a41#block-6109009a8f089093df872a41\">Covid deaths in England and Wales in week ending 23 July up 50%<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/aug\/03\/coronavirus-live-news-us-reaches-70-first-shot-goal-while-japan-shifts-to-home-care-for-most-covid-patients?page=with:block-610937f78f0892081f6cafe9#block-610937f78f0892081f6cafe9\">doctors, scientists and the government disagree over vaccinating children in Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/03\/scotland-scrap-social-distancing-plan-lift-most-covid-rules\">Scotland to scrap social distancing as it lifts most restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/aug\/02\/us-vaccination-rate-covid-coronavirus-biden-white-house\">US reaches Biden\u2019s 70% first-shot goal as threat to unvaccinated grows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/aug\/03\/hundreds-of-health-workers-in-isolation-as-delta-hits-australian-state-of-queensland\">Hundreds of health workers in isolation as Delta hits Queensland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/02\/johnson-hints-amber-watchlist-travel-plan-may-be-ditched\">Johnson dumps \u2018amber watchlist\u2019 plan as it emerges top adviser has quit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/03\/hopes-uk-trial-will-allay-pregnant-womens-covid-vaccine-concerns\">Hopes UK vaccine trial in pregnant women will allay jab fears<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-08-03T14:42:04.850Z\">3.42pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>New York City is to require proof of vaccination for indoor activities including entering restaurants, going to gyms and attending performances, mayor Bill de Blasio has said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, which is likely to arouse serious controversy in some quarters, is the latest in a string of initiatives aimed at encouraging vaccination. It is reportedly though to be a first-of-its-kind measure in the US. Last week de Blasio offered a $100 each to those who get vaccinated in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-08-03T14:33:19.085Z\">3.33pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gaps on supermarket shelves are likely to continue for several months unless the UK government does more to tackle the labour crisis hitting haulage firms, suppliers have warned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Logistics and hauliers\u2019 organisations said August would be a pinch point in the shortage as workers take summer breaks, while firms offering bonuses and sign-on fees to recruit drivers were not helping matters.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/aug\/03\/call-for-action-as-uk-driver-shortage-hits-supermarket-shelves\">Call for action as UK driver shortage hits supermarket shelves<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/aug\/03\/coronavirus-live-news-us-reaches-70-first-shot-goal-while-japan-shifts-to-home-care-for-most-covid-patients\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid deaths in England and Wales in week ending 23 July up 50%; doctors, scientists and the government disagree over vaccinating children in GermanyScotland to scrap social distancing as it lifts most restrictionsUS reaches Biden\u2019s 70% first-shot goal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1066,914,88,56,299,47,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-infectious-diseases","category-japan","category-new-zealand","category-science","category-us-news","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34736,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34724\/revisions\/34736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}