Only residents with permits for hospitality venues will be allowed into the city on New Year's Eve and households across Sydney are only allowed to host 10 people. Outdoor gatherings are limited to 50 people.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 1.4% to $7,898.50 a tonne by 0239 GMT, while the most-traded February copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 58,720 yuan ($8,991.65) a tonne.
The fighting in Tigray has left thousands dead, according to the International Crisis Group think tank, and sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming across the border into Sudan.
"We now have to flatten the curve to protect the capacity of our healthcare system to enable it to respond effectively to this new wave of infections," Ramaphosa said.
He said Pakistan has agreed to provide opportunities to Afghanistan trade items through Gwadar and Bin Qasim Ports in a good gesture to enhance the economic ties.
It will enroll up to 30,000 volunteers across about 115 sites in the United States and Mexico, with two-thirds of them receiving the shot 21 days apart and the rest getting placebo.
Novavax lags behind other drugmakers in the global race for COVID-19 vaccine.
On June 30, 2020, the market capitalization was Rs6,529.707 billion was 5.19 percent lower than June 30, 2019 market capitalization of Rs6,887 billion.
The court said Zhang Zhan had spread "false remarks" online, according to one of her lawyers Zhang Keke, but the prosecution did not fully divulge its evidence in court.
Unlike most other COVID-19 vaccines, which are given as two shots of the same product, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine relies on two doses delivered using different inactive viruses.
The Gamaleya Institute said last week 650,000 doses had been released for Russia's domestic vaccination programme so far.
A 75-year-old man from Northern Israel died from a heart attack, two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Levy mentioned that "We share in the grief of the family", but reiterated in a press conference that initial findings have revealed that there is no tangible link between the man's death and his vaccination.
“Distribution of the full 200 million doses is scheduled to be completed by
September 2021,” says EU spokesman.
Talks were underway to agree the delivery of a further 100 million additional doses which are optional under the contract sealed with the two companies.