Latest coronavirus: hotel guests in Portugal must show proof of vaccination or negative test results

The Minneapolis Federal Reserve will require current and future employees to be fully immunized against Covid-19. The bank has told its 1,100 employees that they need to be fully immunized by the end of August in order to continue working there, Neel Kashkari, the bank’s chairman, revealed in a blog post.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rebuffed suggestions that people tested negative for the coronavirus after being asked to self-isolate, should be allowed to free himself. Right now, people who have been in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19 must self-isolate for up to 10 days, even if they then test negative.

Health officials in Mississippi, the least vaccinated state in the United States, have revealed that more than 75% of coronavirus infections during a 10-day period in June were cases of Delta variant. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer, said on Twitter that 78% of Covid-19 cases from June 16 to 25 were the most transmissible variant.

As the United States, China and Europe show signs of a strong economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, many countries face rising infection rates, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Georgieva warned of a “growing divergence” between countries in a watch note for G20 countries, ahead of the group’s July 9-10 meeting in Venice, Italy.

British ministers are allow truck drivers to work longer in an attempt to solve a serious staff shortage that is disrupting deliveries and threatening to drive up consumer prices. But transport companies and unions have said changing rules designed to ensure safety would make little difference in the short term – and if necessary exacerbate the sector’s long-term recruitment problems by making working conditions already difficult. even less attractive.

New York Wednesday celebrated its essential workers with a ticker parade in their honor, but a notice of heat cut short the festivities. First responders, medics, nurses, teachers and transport workers rode more than a dozen tanks through the city’s Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan, as water was distributed on the along the parade route.

The stricken Brazilian state of Amazonas reported zero coronavirus-related deaths for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The vast rainforest state has been the scene of heartbreaking scenes throughout the pandemic, particularly in January this year, when a lack of oxygen supply in the capital Manaus caused a number of deaths from asphyxia.

UK must share its genomic sequencing technology with other countries as concern grows around the world over the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. Public Health England said on Wednesday it would send equipment, technical advice and training to Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan, which would help them identify and track the virus.

Global demand for air travel is “hampered” by excessive government restrictions, said the International Air Transport Association. Total demand for flights increased slightly in May, but was still 62% below levels recorded in the same month of 2019, Iata said. April’s figures showed a 65% drop.