The NHS Covid-19 app sent more than half a million alerts last week recommending that people self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for the virus, a tenfold jump in a month to a new all-time high.
Initial jobless claims in the US last week fell to their lowest level of the pandemic, as lay-offs gradually slow and businesses attempt to staff up amid labour shortages.
Los Angeles is reinstating a mask mandate, requiring residents to wear face coverings in indoor situations, regardless of vaccination status, with the country continuing to experience a rise in Covid-19 cases.
Haiti, which until now was the only country in the Americas that had not received a single dose of coronavirus vaccine, has finally got its first batch.
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to huge drops in childhood vaccinations, leaving countries more vulnerable to disease outbreaks, the World Health Organization has warned.
Covid-19 cases among vaccinated people in the UK are set to overtake those in the unvaccinated, according to the weekly Zoe study.
Businesses want discretion to decide what regulations to impose on their own premises when coronavirus restrictions are dropped in England next week, a cabinet minister said.
UK employment continued to recover in June, with the gradual reopening of the economy boosting jobs in hospitality and retail.
South Korean authorities are scrambling to contain a coronavirus outbreak on a South Korean destroyer on anti-piracy missions off the coast of Africa.
US retail banks slashed their branch networks and trimmed headcount in the first half of the year in a bet that much of the foot traffic that went digital during pandemic lockdowns will never return.
Singapore has reported a stark jump in Covid-19 cases after identifying a new cluster linked to karaoke lounges and their “social hostesses”.