Coronavirus live: UK minister warns against making wedding plans; highest daily cases in Russia since March

Robert Jenrick says‘clearly rising’ UK cases makes planning weddings a risk; Russia reports10,407 new cases;Malaysian pandemic at ‘critical’ pointEuropeans ’ confidence in EU hit by coronavirus responseLink between cases and deaths has been broken, says UK health bossSan Francisco could be first major US city to hit herd immunityEuro 2020 fans must have vaccine or test for Wembley gamesSee all our coronavirus coverage1.34pmBSTThe US has agreed to buy 1.7 million doses of an experimental drug for treating Covid-19 if it gets approval for emergency use.Pharmaceutical company Merck& Co said it had agreed a $1.2bn ( £840m) deal for Molnupiravir, which is currently in Phase 3 trials.1.14pmBSTAround 80% of adults in the UK are likely to have Covid-19 antibodies, either through infection or vaccination, according to new data reported by the PA.The latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics represent an around 10% increase in each part of the UK, including Scotland where they were the lowest at 73%.Continue reading...
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