The European Unions agency for infectious diseases called on authorities to quickly implement targeted measures to deal with a worrying increase in COVID-19 cases.
Authorities in Australia have found a further 200 dead whales in Tasmania, close to where hundreds of beached animals were discovered earlier this week. Its the biggest ever recorded stranding of whales in the world.
The UK government officially launched its troubled track and trace app on Thursday, four months behind schedule and as the country faces its highest daily COVID-19 case since the peak of the pandemic.
