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BANDA ACEH: A man receives a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a cafe in Banda Aceh yesterday. - AFP nnn

Indonesia new 'epicentre of Asia' as cases skyrocket
TOKYO: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks to the media after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Olympics chief vows to minimize virus risk to Japan
YANGON: Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment carry the body of a COVID-19 victim to a cemetery in Hlegu Township yesterday. – AFP n

Delta puts brakes on return to post-COVID normality
TOKYO: Vehicles and pedestrians move through a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district yesterday. – AFPn

Virus emergency to be imposed in Tokyo during Olympics: Reports
BEKASI, Indonesia: Gravediggers bury a coffin of a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery on Sunday. - AFP n

Virus-hit Indonesia orders oxygen for jammed hospitals
KHULNA, Bangladesh: In this picture taken on July 2, 2021 Men unload medical oxygen cylinders at the entrance of a government hospital dedicated to treat COVID-19 patients in Khulna. - AFPn

Bangladesh's virus hotspot gasps for air as tough lockdown bites
JAKARTA: This aerial picture shows streets partly deserted in Jakarta yesterday, as Indonesia imposed a partial lockdown in the capital due to the COVID-19 coronavirus Delta variant. - AFPnn n

Indonesia rolls out tougher curbs as virus cases skyrocket
MOSCOW: A medic escorts a woman into a hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus are being treated in the settlement of Kommunarka outside Moscow. – AFPn

Russia posts record virus deaths for third day running
TOKYO: A man walks out from the entrance of the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre, also known as Tokyo Big Sight, where the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are located, in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

Japan Olympic chief says 'no way' to ensure zero virus cases
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