Coronavirus live: Europe in virus ‘ceasefire’ with tranquil period ahead, says WHO; record UK long Covid cases
by Nadeem Badshah (now); Tom Ambrose ,Jem Bartholomew from World news | The Guardian on (#5VQPY)
Europe could enter long period of Covid tranquility' due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients
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India reported 172,433 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, the Times of India reports, a 50% drop on the 347,254 new infections detected on Thursday two weeks ago.
India experienced surging cases last month but there are signs infections have spiked.