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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The leaders of G7 countries meet for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with the rich democracies expected to pledge one billion vaccine doses to the world's poorest countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges China to show more transparency on the origins of Covid-19, including allowing World Health Organization experts back into China, in a rare call with a top Chinese official. The Euro 2020 football tournament finally gets underway a year behind schedule, with Italy taking on Turkey. UEFA president Alexander Ceferin says that teams will have to deal with "a special situation" to complete the tournament because of the pandemic. German airline Lufthansa says it is taking "extraordinary measures" to meet surging bookings for the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, deploying a jumbo jet to ferry passengers from Frankfurt. The British government says the new Delta variant -- first spotted in India -- is 60 percent more transmissible in homes than the variant that forced the country to lock down in January South Africa has officially entered its third wave with rising caseloads and a sluggish vaccine rollout fuelling fears of fresh strain on the country's healthcare system. Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin sounds the alarm over a spike in coronavirus cases, as city authorities report 5,853 new cases of coronavirus, a record since mid-January. Germany will lift its pandemic travel warning for most countries from July 1, but restrictions remain in place for countries with higher levels of infection or where virus variants are circulating, such as Britain or India. A coronavirus vaccine being developed by Germany's CureVac is facing delays as its late-stage trial is slowed by the wait for enough participants to catch Covid, officials say. Brazil's health regulator approves the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 and up, though they will likely have to wait months in line for older age groups to be vaccinated first. The pandemic has killed at least 3,775,362 people worldwide since the virus first emerged in December 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data. The US is the worst-affected country with 598,748 deaths, followed by Brazil with 482,019, India 363,079, Mexico 229,578, Peru 187,847 and Britain with 127,867. The figures are based on reports by health authorities in each country, but do not take into account upward revisions carried out later by statistical bodies. The WHO says up to three times more people have died directly or indirectly due to the pandemic than official figures suggest. burs-eab-jmy/pvh
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