23 August,2021 07:26 AM IST | London | Agencies
A protester holds a banner reading “freedom” during a national day of protest against the compulsory Covid-19 vaccination for certain workers in Lille, northern France, on Sunday. Pic/AFP
The United Kingdom (UK) government on Sunday announced the rollout of a new nationwide antibody surveillance programme, which will make free home antibody tests available for up to 8,000 Covid-positive people a day.
The UK Health Security Agency will offer these finger-prick tests to help improve the understanding of immunity against Covid-19 from vaccination and infection.
"Our new national antibody testing will be quick and easy to take part in, and by doing so you'll be helping strengthen our understanding of Covid-19 as we cautiously return to a more normal life," said UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday urged state and territory governments to stick with the pathway out of the Coronavirus pandemic amid record case numbers. The country reported a record 914 new locally-acquired cases a second day in a row with a new record number, reports Xinhua news agency.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered to cut the prices of the RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 to a range between 450,000 rupiahs ($31) and 550,000 rupiahs from the previous maximum of 900,000 rupiahs set by the Health Ministry. The move means that the prices will be cut between 38.9 per cent and 50 per cent over the previous ones.
6,50,927
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours
21,16,20,637
Total no. of cases worldwide
44,28,641
Total no. of deaths worldwide
Source: WHO/Johns Hopkins
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