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***[[Moderna]] signs an agreement with the [[Australian Government|Australian government]] to buy 25 million doses of [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine|its vaccine]], having announced by [[Minister for Health and Aged Care|Health Minister]] [[Greg Hunt]]. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/moderna-announce-25-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-for-australia/100135726 (ABC Australia)] |
***[[Moderna]] signs an agreement with the [[Australian Government|Australian government]] to buy 25 million doses of [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine|its vaccine]], having announced by [[Minister for Health and Aged Care|Health Minister]] [[Greg Hunt]]. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/moderna-announce-25-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-for-australia/100135726 (ABC Australia)] |
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**[[COVID-19 pandemic in Russia]], [[Lineage B.1.617]] |
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***[[Russia]] reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in 16 [[India]]n [[student]]s at [[Ulyanovsk State University]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-russia-india/russia-records-first-cases-of-indian-covid-variant-kommersant-idUSL8N2N0170 (Reuters)] |
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**[[COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand]] |
**[[COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand]] |
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***[[Thailand]] reports a record 4,887 new cases of [[COVID-19]] in the past 24 hours due to emergence of [[jail]] clusters that infected 2,835 [[prisoner]]s. It brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/covid-outbreaks-in-bangkok-prisons-push-thai-cases-to-new-record (Bloomberg)] |
***[[Thailand]] reports a record 4,887 new cases of [[COVID-19]] in the past 24 hours due to emergence of [[jail]] clusters that infected 2,835 [[prisoner]]s. It brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/covid-outbreaks-in-bangkok-prisons-push-thai-cases-to-new-record (Bloomberg)] |
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Revision as of 11:09, 13 May 2021
May 13, 2021 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
- The death toll from the airstrikes in Gaza rises to 83 people killed, while 480 more are wounded. The city of Rafah is attacked by multiple Israeli raids. Protests continue in the West Bank, resulting in the wounding of 35 more Palestinian protesters. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
- Moderna signs an agreement with the Australian government to buy 25 million doses of its vaccine, having announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt. (ABC Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Lineage B.1.617
- Russia reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in 16 Indian students at Ulyanovsk State University. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record 4,887 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to emergence of jail clusters that infected 2,835 prisoners. It brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
Politics and elections
- Ex-Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after an assassination attempt with a car bombing seriously injured him in the week. Maldives authorities blame extremists, amongst which he was unpopular. (DW)
Sports
- 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football
- UEFA decides to relocate the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, which is to be played between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29, to the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was poised to host the event, but stricter pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed by the British government on Turkey prompted the move by UEFA. (CNN)