GENEVA, Aug 4 — The WHO called today for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots as China tightened overseas travel curbs after recording its highest number of infections in months, while Tokyo reported the Olympic Games’ first cluster.
The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 4,247,231 people worldwide since the virus first emerged in late 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data. “We pray for their swift recovery,” Takaya said, adding that it was the first “cluster” discovered at the Games. China’s immigration authority on Wednesday announced it would stop issuing ordinary passports and other documents needed for exiting the country in “non-essential and non-emergency” cases.Immigration official Liu Haitao told a press briefing that those who “have real needs for studying abroad, employment and business” will still have their documents issued upon verification.
Iran registered 39,357 new cases in the 24 hours, taking it total to 4,019,084, the health ministry said.The official figures are widely believed to underestimate the real toll but even they make Iran the Middle East country worst hit by the pandemic.
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