Covid-19 travel update: Seoul tightens social distancing rules, Chile eases curb | Travel

South Korea is tightening curbs on social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area for two weeks starting July 12. Growing concern that vaccines deployed across much of the developing world aren’t capable of thwarting the delta variant has prompted some countries to look at offering third doses.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government has negotiated with Pfizer Inc. for millions of vaccine doses to be delivered ahead of previous schedules. Meanwhile, Pfizer plans to request U.S. emergency authorization in August for a third booster dose of its vaccine.

The Tokyo Olympics will ban domestic spectators at events in the nation’s capital, as the resurgence of the virus there pushed the government to declare a state of emergency. Most young people face an “extremely low” risk of illness and death from Covid-19 and have no need to shield from the virus, according to researchers behind a large UK

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