Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 130 cases of COVID-19, no new deaths; third Olympic athlete tests positive, along with U.S. alternate; Canada passes U.S. in vaccinations

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.

10:29 a.m.: Recreation and community centres are reopening to the public in Toronto starting Monday. The changes are part of Ontario's third stage of reopening and include: swimming, indoor recreation programs, fitness programs, and accessible recreation.

Indoor social gatherings and organized public events are limited to 25 people or 50 per cent maximum capacity.

Masks are required indoors but can be removed during physical activity. Physical distancing of two metres is required for indoor and outdoor activities.

10:15 a.m.: Ontario reporting 130 cases of COVID-19 and 0 deaths Monday. Locally, there are 18 new cases in Toronto, 17 in Peel Region, 16 in the Region of Waterloo, 14 in Hamilton, 10 in Grey Bruce and 10 in Middlesex-London.

The seven-day average is up to 155 cases a day or 7.5 weekly per 100,000 & flat at 6.1 deaths a day.Labs report 11,567 completed tests (fewest outright since May 26, 2020) & 1.0 per cent positivity rate.

9:55 a.m.: Ontario administered 91,320 vaccine doses Sunday, fewest since May 24. 10,306 were first doses, while 81,014 were second doses. Ontario is averaging 159,000 doses a day. 10.28 million Ontarians now have at least one dose, or 69.7 per cent of the total pop ulation and 80.1 per cent of adults 18 and older.

9:52 a.m.: Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is urging people to work from home again amid a recent spike in coronavirus infections in the Netherlands.

Dutch infection rates shot up shortly after the government relaxed almost all lockdown measures last month, including allowing nightclubs to reopen.

Rutte subsequently apologized, called the easing an error of judgment" and ordered nightclubs and discotheques to close again until mid-August.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Netherlands soared over the past two weeks from just under 5 to nearly 59 new cases per 100,000 people on July 18.

Health Minister Hugo de Jonge says the daily number of new infections appears to be stabilizing, but is, of course, too high."

9:50 a.m.: Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, echoing losses overseas, as investors become more worried about a resurgence in global infections of COVID-19.

The benchmark S&P 500 was down 1.2% in the early going Monday, and Treasury yields moved lower as investors moved money into U.S. government bonds. European markets were taking bigger losses of between 2% and 3%. Crude prices fell 3% after major oil producing nations agreed to raise production limits. Indonesia has become a new epicenter for the pandemic as outbreaks worsen across Southeast Asia. Many nations have been hit with the more rapidly transmitted delta variant.

9:10 a.m.: Businesses in England warned Monday that a pingdemic" of people receiving notifications on their phones telling them to self-isolate threatens to lead to widespread staff shortages and mayhem across the economy just as lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Though nightclubs and other entertainment venues cheered the lifting of all remaining restrictions on social contact, they are increasingly grappling with staff shortages as the National Health Service's test and trace app informs people they came into close proximity with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Supermarket chain Iceland and pub owner Greene King had to close certain locations due to the self-isolation requirements affecting their staffs.

There are also warnings of shortages of goods in supermarkets, cuts in production at factories and potential transport chaos, as illustrated by Saturday's closure of the Metropolitan Line on the London Underground, due to key staff being pinged.

Mike Lynch, general secretary of The Rail, Maritime and Transport union warned that England's so-called Freedom Day" could very easily collapse into chaos day."

9:10 a.m.: North Macedonia began vaccinating children age 12 and over against the coronavirus on Monday in a bid to prevent a possible spike of COVID-19 in the fall, when the country plans to fully open schools.

Health authorities said that only about 1,800 teenagers had booked appointments through an electronic health system for their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which authorities consider to be the safest for children.

Authorities said the small number of young people registering to get vaccinated reflected parental concerns about potential side effects.

North Macedonia's health minister, Venko Filipce, reiterated that mass immunization is the only way to end the pandemic and encouraged parents to have their children vaccinated.

So far North Macedonia has vaccinated about a quarter of its 2 million people.

The European country has reported dozens of new confirmed virus cases in the past week, mainly involving the more contagious delta variant.

8:05 a.m.: Canada has fully vaccinated 48.8 per cent of its population against Covid-19, overtaking the U.S. rate for the first time after a delayed start caused by procurement troubles and distribution bottlenecks.

In the U.S, where vaccinations are plateauing in some regions, 48.6 per cent of the population is fully inoculated.

Of those old enough to get the vaccine in Canada, 55% have now received two doses, according to calculations by CTV News based on provincial and federal government data. Health authorities have approved the Pfizer Inc. shot for children 12 years and older.

Rapid progress in the vaccine campaign - Canada had fully vaccinated about 3 per cent of its population by the middle of May - is opening the way for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to relax travel restrictions on the eve of a likely election campaign. The government will announce details of the new border rules Monday.

7:50 a.m.: An alternate on the United States women's gymnastics team has tested positive for COVID-19 in a training camp in Japan, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday.

The USOPC did not say if Olympic champion Simone Biles or any of the other favourites to win the team gold were isolated because of contact tracing. The positive test was the latest in growing line of daily reports of athletes and others testing positive at the pandemic-delayed Olympics. The unnamed gymnast was the first American.

The U.S. alternates are Kara Eaker and Leann Wong.

The health and safety of our athletes, coaches and staff is our top priority. We can confirm that an alternate on the women's artistic gymnastics team tested positive for COVID-19," the USOPC statement said. In alignment with local rules and protocols, the athlete has been transferred to a hotel to quarantine. Out of respect for the individual's privacy, we cannot provide more information at this time."

The Games are set to open on Friday with a state of emergency in force in Tokyo, which means almost all venues will be without any fans with new cases rising in the capital. The women's gymnastic team begins competing on Sunday.

7:45 a.m.: Iran on Monday imposed a week-long lockdown on the capital, Tehran, and the surrounding region as the country struggles with another surge in the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported.

The lockdown - the nation's fifth so far - will begin on Tuesday and last until next Monday. All bazars, market places and public offices will close, as well as movie theatres, gyms and restaurants in both Tehran province and the neighbouring province of Alborz.

Iran reported 25,441 new cases on Monday and 213 deaths over the past day, bringing the overall death toll to 87,374 from among more than 3.5 million confirmed cases in the pandemic.

During an earlier surge in cases, in April, Iran reported the highest daily number of cases, 25,582. At the time, its daily death tolls surged to around 400, below the grim record of 486 reached last November.

6:10 a.m.: A third athlete at the Olympic Village in Tokyo has tested positive for COVID-19 with the Czech Republic team reporting the latest case Monday.

Beach volleyball player Ondrej Peruic's opening game in seven days' time is now at risk after a PCR test confirmed his infection.

Peruic and his playing partner were due to the begin their Olympic program on July 26 against opponents from Latvia.

Czech team leader Martin Doktor said in a statement they would ask to postpone the game until the infected player is cleared to play.

Peruic, who said he has been vaccinated, is the second member of the Czech delegation to test positive in Tokyo after a team official's case was reported Saturday.

He is the third athlete who was staying at the village to test positive. Two South African men's soccer players had their COVID-19 cases announced Sunday.

6 a.m.: Ontario colleges and universities can fully reopen this fall with no capacity limits for classes or physical distancing requirements for students, says a government memo obtained by the Star.

However, face masks will still be required indoors, the memo says, adding that schools should also hold vaccine clinics and offer rapid, asymptomatic COVID-19 testing while continuing to promote good hygiene and maintain additional cleaning measures.

The missive, sent Friday to institutions, is a first glimpse at what post-secondary life will look like come September and signals the government is looking for a return to near-normal after more than a year of disruption because of the pandemic that put an end to almost all in-person classes, frosh week and extracurricular activities, as well as campus life.

And it comes as at least one college - Seneca, in Toronto - has decided that anyone wanting to learn on campus this fall must be vaccinated, and also as the Ford government looks at how to handle the return of in-person learning for elementary and secondary students - a highly anticipated plan that is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Read more from the Star's Kristin Rushowy.

5:25 a.m.: Corks popped, beats boomed out and giddy revelers rushed onto dancefloors when England's nightclubs reopened Monday as the country lifted most remaining restrictions after more than a year of lockdowns, mask mandates and other pandemic-related curbs on freedom.

For clubbers and nightclub owners, the moment lived up to its media-given moniker, Freedom Day." But the big step out of lockdown was met with nervousness by many Britons, and concern from scientists, who say the U.K. is entering uncharted waters by opening up when infections are not falling but soaring.

As of Monday, face masks are no longer legally required in England, and with social distancing rules shelved, there are no limits on the number of people attending theatre performances or big events.

For nightclubs, this is the first time they have been allowed to open in almost 18 months, and from London to Liverpool, thousands of people danced the night away at Freedom Day" parties starting at midnight.

But while entertainment businesses and ravers are jubilant, many others are deeply worried about the British government's decision to scrap restrictions at a time when COVID-19 cases are on a rapid upswing due to the highly infectious Delta variant first identified in India. Cases topped 50,000 per day last week for the first time since January, although virus deaths remain comparatively low so far.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has dialed down talk of freedom in recent weeks, urged the public to exercise prudence and respect for other people and the risks that the disease continues to present."

4:50 a.m.: Toyota won't be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC's top corporate sponsors.

The extraordinary decision by the country's top automaker underlines how polarizing the Games have become in Japan as COVID-19 infections rise ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

There are many issues with these Games that are proving difficult to be understood," Toyota Chief Communications Officer Jun Nagata told reporters Monday.

Chief Executive Akio Toyoda, the company founder's grandson, will be skipping the opening ceremony. That's despite about 200 athletes taking part in the Olympics and Paralympics who are affiliated with Toyota, including swimmer Takeshi Kawamoto and softball player Miu Goto.

Nagata said the company will continue to support its athletes.

Being a corporate sponsor for the Olympics is usually all about using the games as a platform to enhance the brand. But being linked with a pandemic-era Games may be viewed by some as a potential marketing problem.

Toyota Motor Corp. signed on as a worldwide Olympic sponsor in 2015, in an eight-year deal reportedly worth nearly $1 billion, becoming the first car company to join the IOC's top-tier marketing program.

4:30 a.m.: The federal government is expecting to receive about 7.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, as it adjusts its distribution strategy amid waning vaccination rates and substantial supply.

The new deliveries will include about 3.1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and four million doses of Moderna.

In the coming weeks, we will cross a symbolic threshold of 66 million doses, signalling that there are enough doses in Canada to vaccinate every currently eligible Canadian," Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie said Thursday at a virtual news conference from Ottawa.

Brodie, who is overseeing the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, said Canada is moving to a more nuanced" approach as the supply of doses is on the verge of outstripping demand.

More than two million doses of vaccine are already being held back because provinces have said they can't use them yet, she said.

The move marks a shift away from the early strategy of sending doses around the country as quickly as possible after they arrive.

As we pivot from limited supply to sufficient supply, we are implementing a more nuanced approach to ensure that the vaccines are stewarded in a manner that best supports Canada's enduring domestic needs, as well as optimizes options for supporting global vaccination efforts," Brodie said.

Provinces can draw more doses from the reserved amount when and if they need to do so.

Canada's vaccination rate remains among the highest in the world, but is starting to slow as the pool of people still looking for a first or second dose shrinks.

Canada has already said it plans to donate the remaining 17.7 million doses in expected shipments of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the COVAX global vaccine-sharing alliance.

Those doses will be shipped to developing countries that are nowhere close to the level of immunization Canada now enjoys. In Africa, about three per cent of the population has now received at least one dose, and 1.4 per cent are fully