Coronavirus live news: Calls grow for Hancock to resign; greater Sydney under lockdown after Delta variant outbreak
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My colleague Sarah Marsh has written a piece on why the UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, has been called a hypocrite for breaking guidelines while telling the public what to do, and has created a handy timeline of what Hancock told the public to do and when.
Hancock previously said he had been left “speechless” by Prof Neil Ferguson’s “extraordinary” behaviour, and that it was right for Ferguson to resign as a government Sage adviser after he was caught breaking social distancing rules to visit a woman he was seeing.
Related: ‘Follow the rules’: what Matt Hancock told us – and what he did
Indonesia reported 21,095 new cases of the virus on Saturday, a new record, as a second wave of infections – possibly with the Delta variant – threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
A further 358 deaths were reported overnight, taking the total to 56,729. Indonesia has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths from Covid-19 in south-east Asia.
Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases soared to levels not seen before this week, forcing some hospitals to set up emergency tents to cater to a deluge of patients seeking care after potentially contracting the Delta variant of the virus.
The nation had at least 181,435 active Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest number recorded since the pandemic first emerged and after posting four-digit daily increases five days in a row.
from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3gZ7EJy
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