Coronavirus live updates: England to enter new lockdown; UK virus cases pass 1 million

While alarming, the projection from the World Travel & Tourism Council was lower than previously expected, largely because of a strong recovery in domestic travel in China and rebounds in other countries. In June, the council warned that there could be 197 million job losses worldwide in a sector that many nations are hugely reliant on economically.

ndia stands out as an essential component to a concrete global action plan being readied to fight Covid-19, including for large-scale vaccine manufacturing, World Economic Forum's Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab has said. Besides, India has a very important role to play for ensuring greater international cooperation in the post-COVID-19 world to fight any future pandemic and for addressing some other serious global challenges including those posed by climate change and economic inequality, he said.

At present there at least 97,613 Covid-19 patients in home isolation in the state, the health department official said. They are now being monitored by tele-callers employed by the state health department.

The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing Covid-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation.

Pakistan's new coronavirus cases surpassed the 1,000-mark on Friday after three months, as the second wave of the pandemic slowly but surely spreads across the country. The country registered 1,078 fresh infections, taking the national tally to 332,186, according to the Ministry of National Health Services.

The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 14,668 on Friday as 88 more people have tested positive for the infection. The state has so far tested 3,14,749 samples for Covid-19, including 1,974 on Thursday,