Latest Coronavirus: South Korea reports the highest daily count of cases since December

The growth of the services sector in the United States cooled in June from a record pace of the previous month, as well as companies faced higher prices and labor challenges. The activity of measuring the index of the Institute of Supply Management in the services sector fell to 60.1 last month, the lowest level since February, from a record high of 64 in May.

Costco will end this month reduce special shopping hours for seniors in the United States which began in March 2020, shortly after the pandemic was declared a national emergency in the country. Costco stores, from July 26, will stop operating from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, for members over 60 or for the disabled or immunocompromised.

Gavin Williamson, Secretary of Education for the UK, has confirmed one end of the so-called “bubble” insulation system in schools. The system, which will be phased out from July 19, required students to stay home if a member of their class or group of year bubbles hired Covid-19.

Close contacts of a person who has tested positive for coronavirus will be made from 16 August they no longer have to isolate themselves in the UK if they are completely vaccinated, the health secretary said. Anyone receiving their second dose “just before or just after” that date will have to wait a fortnight for the vaccine to be as effective as possible before the rule applies, Sajid Javid told the House of Commons. .

The northwest had the the highest coronavirus mortality rate in England last year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS said the Northwest had 176 deaths per 100,000 people related to Covid-19. The South West of England had the lowest rate, with 59.3 deaths per 100,000 individuals.

More people died in the UK than were born last year for the first time since 1976, according to official statistics. In 2020, 90,000 Covid-19-related deaths were recorded across the UK, bringing the total number of deaths to 690,000, an increase of 85,000 from 2019, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.