Coronavirus latest news: PM to urge G7 leaders to defeat pandemic by vaccinating world by end of 2022 

  • Date: 06-Jun-2021
  • Source: The Telegraph
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Coronavirus latest news: PM to urge G7 leaders to defeat pandemic by vaccinating world by end of 2022 

S aturday saw the first cruise ship cast off from Venice since the pandemic hit Italy, reinflaming a war of words between supporters and opponents of the massive floating hotels. With the MSC Orchestra looming over St Mark's square, demonstrators in small motorboats waved banners reading "no to cruise ships". H owever, fans of the massive vessels say stopoffs by tourist cruises create jobs in a city dependent on tourism - itself massively undermined by the pandemic. Around 650 people boarded the MSC Orchestra in Venice after showing a negative coronavirus test less than four days old and passing another on the spot. T he United States will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, offering a much-needed boost to the island's fight against the pandemic. Taiwan is dealing with a spike in domestic cases but has been affected by global vaccine shortages. Only around 3pc of its 23.5 million people have been vaccinated, with most getting only the first shot. The Australian state of Victoria today reported two new locally acquired Covid-19 cases, with the low number raising hopes that a hard lockdown in the state's capital of Melbourne