COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 7 June

Jun 7, 2021

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Restrictions are easing in parts of the world - including some theatres reopening. Image: REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

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This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected.
Top stories: Leaders call on G7 to vaccinate the world; COVID-19 restrictions reintroduced in Uganda; Thailand launches mass vaccination campaign.

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1. How COVID-19 is affecting the globe

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 173.3 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.72 million. More than 2.12 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.

Thailand has launched a mass vaccination campaign, with the government aiming to administer 6 million doses of locally made AstraZeneca and imported Sinovac vaccines this month.

The Australian state of Victoria has reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week. Eleven new cases were reported on Monday, up from two the day before.

India has reported 100,636 new COVID-19 infections, with deaths rising by 2,427. It comes as parts of the country prepare to ease restrictions.

British health minister Matt Hancock said yesterday it was too early to say whether the government would stick to plans to fully lift COVID-19 restrictions in England on 21 June.

Uganda has reintroduced strict COVID-19 restrictions, including the closure of schools and the suspension of inter-district travel.

Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people in selected countries Image: Our World in Data

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What is the Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship?

The Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship is one of the largest multi-stakeholder collaborations in the social innovation sector.

The Alliance has 100 members – corporations, investors, philanthropists, governments, researchers, media, and industry actors – who work together to build an engaged ecosystem of key public and private sector leaders in support of a social innovation movement that transforms society to be more just, sustainable and equitable.

Launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship together with Ashoka, Catalyst2030, Echoing Green, GHR Foundation, Skoll Foundation, and Yunus Social Business in April 2020.

In that pursuit, the Global Alliance will continue to mobilise a trusted community of leaders together with core partners - SAP, Bayer Foundation, Motsepe Foundation, GHR Foundation, Porticus, Deloitte, Microsoft and Catalyst 2030, that acts and learns together so that social entrepreneurs can flourish.

2. Leaders call on G7 to vaccinate the world

A hundred former presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have called on the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to pay for global COVID-19 vaccinations.

The appeal comes ahead of a meeting of the G7 in England this week. In a letter to the group, the former world leaders said: "Support from the G7 and G20 that makes vaccines readily accessible to low- and middle-income countries is not an act of charity, but rather is in every country's strategic interest."

Signatories include former British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair and former UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon.

Current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had called on Saturday for G7 leaders to commit to vaccinating the entire world against COVID-19 by the end of 2022.

"Vaccinating the world by the end of next year would be the single greatest feat in medical history," Johnson said in a statement. "I’m calling on my fellow G7 leaders to join us to end this terrible pandemic and pledge we will never allow the devastation wreaked by coronavirus to happen again."

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