Covid Live News: Scientists Warn UK May Have Worst To Come; New Zealand widens lockdown as Delta spreads | World news

World No. 2 tennis player, Aryna sabalenka withdrew from the Indian Wells tennis tournament in the we after testing positive for Covid-19.

Sabalenka, who lost to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez in the US Open semifinals last month, was seeded in the women’s draw at Indian Wells after World No.1 Ash Barty has retired.

“Unfortunately, I tested positive at Indian Wells and will not be able to compete,” the 23-year-old Belarusian wrote on her Instagram story.

Three construction workers at the Expo 2020 universal exhibition in Dubai died of Covid-19, according to its organizer.

A spokesperson said the deaths occurred during the pandemic and added to 72 serious injuries among 2,000,000 workers during construction at the site, according to Reuters.

“Unfortunately, we have had three worker-related deaths due to Covid. It was during the pandemic, ”Expo representative Sconaid McGeachin said in a daily briefing.

Overcrowding of workers’ housing has been one of the main factors in an upsurge in infections in United Arab Emirates at the start of the pandemic. Expo 2020 says workers’ housing is audited to make sure conditions aren’t cramped. He defended that figure and said it was less than half that of construction work in the UK.

The United Arab Emirates does not give a breakdown of cases and deaths for each emirate region, including Dubai. More than 80% of its 10 million citizens have been vaccinated.

China has now distributed 2.213 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine, Reuters reports.

Data from the National Health Commission indicated that another 755,000 injections were given on Saturday, increasing the total.

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Scientists of the UK have warned that the country maybe even worse to come during the pandemic, as winter approaches.

They fear that more people will start socializing indoors as the weather cools, increasing the chances of transmitting the virus. At the same time, many workers started returning to the office for the first time in 18 months.

during this time New Zealand widened its lockdown as the Delta variant began to spread outside of Auckland.

A “short and sharp” lockdown was introduced in mid-August to counter the increase in cases, but 32 new cases were confirmed in the country’s largest city on Sunday, with two new cases in the Waikato area at 147 km (91 miles) south of Auckland.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern some confirmed parts of the region are said to be stranded for five days.