Latest on worldwide spread of coronavirus

EUROPE

* The more infectious Delta variant first detected in India accounted for up to 20 per cent of cases reported in Ireland in the last week.

* Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is in favour of holding the final of the European soccer championships in Rome rather than as planned in London, because of Britain's rising infections.

ASIA-PACIFIC

* India gave out a record 8.3 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave.

* Myanmar's daily infections hit the highest since the army seized power in a coup that prompted many medical workers to abandon the health service and anti-coronavirus program.

* Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated, as his country battles one of Asia's worst outbreaks.

AMERICAS

* Venezuelans are being turned away from appointments to receive their second shot due to a shortage of doses, while the country under US sanctions has asked some private local banks to make vaccine payments on the government's behalf.

* Canada will start cautiously lifting border restrictions for fully vaccinated citizens on July 5, but said it would be months before the US and other foreign travellers could enter the country.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* Turkey will further relax restrictions from next month, after the number of daily cases in the country fell to around 5000.

* Israel has recommended that all 12-15 year-olds be vaccinated, citing new outbreaks attributed to the more infectious Delta variant.

* The WHO is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licences to produce vaccines.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* COVID-19 therapies made from a cocktail of two types of antibodies were effective against a wide range of variants in a mice-and-hamster study, the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reports.

* The brain inflammation and impaired "circuitry" seen in people who die of COVID-19 look a lot like what doctors see in the brains of people who die from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, new research says.

* Younger adults are seeking out vaccines at a slower rate than older adults, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Wall Street rebounded on Monday and global stocks rose from a four-week low as investors banked on economic growth, while the US dollar sank from Friday's 10-week high, boosting oil prices.

* The euro zone and the United States are "in a different situation" when it comes the outlook for inflation, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday, playing down any impact from across the Atlantic.