Coronavirus live: one Covid death every two minutes in Iran, reports say; anger at PCR test chaos in UK

Iranian media reports say one person dying of Covid every two minutes as crisis worsens; in the UK one company left test drop boxes overflowing amid requirement for returning travellers to get tested after arriving

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10.29pm BST

Canada will extend its ban on arriving passenger flights from India to 21 September because of the risks posed by Covid, the federal transport ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The ban was first imposed on 22 April and has already been rolled over several times. The measure does not apply to cargo flights or medical transfers.

10.10pm BST

The UK health department has refused to reveal how many people have turned off contact tracing on the NHS Covid-19 app.

The government admitted it knew the number, but refused to publish it - prompting speculation ministers were embarrassed their test-and-trace system was not as world-beating" as promised.

Related: Government refuses to reveal how many times contact tracing turned off on Covid app