Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in the country’s most populous province.

Czech President Milos Zeman has been readmitted to hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19, just hours after he had been discharged following more than a month’s treatment for an unspecified illness.

While many workers deemed essential in their respective states have already pandemic hazard pay or hero pay, there are thousands more are still waiting for the same financial pat-on-the-back.

The bus was carrying tourists back to North Macedonia; the dead include a dozen children.