Malaysia Extends Lockdown; U.K. Delta Cases Triple: Virus Update.

MALAYSIA; UNITED Kingdom

U.K. Pledges 100 Million Doses Globally (5:52 p.m. NY) Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. will start donating vaccines to countries in need within weeks, with at least 100 million surplus doses set to be distributed in the next year. While cases may climb again in the fall, a new wave may not arise if enough people get vaccinated, Helge Braun is cited as saying No "Vaccine Diplomacy" for U.K. (5:02 p.m. HK) U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says countries are using Covid-19 vaccine supply to gain diplomatic influence, an act the U.K. does not support, in an interview with Reuters. [Extracted from the article]

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