Brazil reports 468 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. Other Covid19 updates: 🇲🇽 Mexico reports 7,369 new cases 🇳🇿 Air New Zealand to require vaccination for international travellers 🇷🇴 Protest in Romania against new curbs More here:
Member of Rio de Paz NGO places red flowers along Copacabana beach to pay tribute to the Brazil's half a million deaths in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20, 2021. Brazil had 13,466 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 468 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
"Being vaccinated against Covid-19 is the new reality of international travel – many of the destinations Kiwis want to visit are already closed to unvaccinated visitors," Air New Zealand's Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran said in a statement. In September, Qantas, Australia's largest airline, also said it will require that all passengers on international flights to be vaccinated, becoming one of the first airlines in the world to require proof of inoculation for everyone on board.Thousands of protesters marched on Saturday in Romania's capital to reject upcoming restrictions that authorities hope will combat an alarming surge in infections.
The rise is putting the country's hospitals under serious pressure as intensive care units reach near-capacity nationally. The protest angered some medical workers, coming a day after a deadly fire tore through an intensive care unit in a hospital in Romania's port city of Constanta, killing seven patients.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise on Sunday to take "big, bold decisions" to transform post-Covid Britain, hoping to set the tone of the governing Conservative Party's conference already buffeted by fuel, gas and Christmas food crises.
He is now faced with an outcry by those unable to fill up their cars with petrol, by retailers who fear there may be shortages of Christmas fare and by gas companies struggling with a spike in wholesale prices.Three Alaska hospitals have now instituted crisis protocols that would allow them to ration care if needed as the state recorded the worst diagnosis rates in the US in recent days.
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