The EU said on Thursday that 200 million Europeans had been fully vaccinated, more than half of the adult population but still short of a 70% target set for the summer
More than half of all European adults are now fully vaccinated, the EU said on Thursday, as countries across Europe and Asia battled fresh outbreaks blamed on the fast-spreading Delta variant.
The European Central Bank said uncertainty over the wave of infections meant it was keeping the cash taps open to ensure the nascent economic recovery isn’t snuffed out.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said cases in her country were rising “exponentially”, while in Japan the delayed Olympic Games were set to open with almost no spectators and with a blanket of Covid rules in place.
The spotlight, meanwhile, once again turned on the origins of the virus after the WHO called for an audit of the Chinese lab at the heart of speculation about where it first emerged, sparking a fiery response from Beijing.
More than four million…