Coronavirus live: US keeps travel ban on UK and Schengen area; Thailand reports record case numbers
by Clea Skopeliti (now); Kaamil Ahmed, Nicola Slawson from on (#5MK7T)
White House renews travel ban over fears of the Delta variant; Thailand registers 15,376 new cases - another record rise
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11.07pm BST
Greece has said children between 12-15 could be inoculated against Covid-19 using Pfizer/BioNTech's and Moderna's vaccines.
About 46.8% of Greece's population is fully vaccinated, and the government is offering cash incentives to young people in a bid to drive take-up rates up to 70% by autumn.
10.28pm BST
The United States has administered 342,212,051 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Reuters reports that Monday's figure is up from the 341,818,968 vaccine doses the CDC said had been injected by 25 July.
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