US FDA expected to follow Canada’s lead ‘very soon’; Leo Varadkar hopes for return to normality in Ireland by late summer; Kenya finds cases of India variant
- India’s neighbours close borders as Covid wave spreads across region
- Nepal reports 19 positive Covid tests at Dhaulagiri base camp
- Indian delegation forced to self-isolate in London for Covid
- Italy could reopen to foreign tourists from mid-May, says PM
- UK pledges millions to bolster testing for coronavirus variants
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New York’s Major League baseball teams, the Yankees and the Mets, will give free tickets to fans who get vaccinated for the coronavirus at their ball parks before the games, governor Andrew Cuomo said.
“If you get a vaccination, they will give you a free ticket to the game,” Cuomo added. In a further move toward returning the US’s largest city to pre-pandemic normality, Cuomo also announced that tickets to Broadway shows would go on sale on Thursday for performances beginning on September 14, Reuters reports.
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Here is a quick recap of the main Covid updates from around the world:
