Марина Лазебна не уточнила, про який рівень підвищення може йти мова, і коли саме буде напрацьований відповідний механізм індексації пенсій військовим
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Міністерка вважає, що до кінця поточної сесії Верховна Рада не встигне розглянути законопроєкт про накопичувальну систему
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Банк обіцяє повернути некоректно списані кошти протягом доби
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За словами очільниці Мінсоцполітики, в грудні уряд планує підвищувати мінімальну заробітну плату.
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Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and senior correspondent for Marketplace Nancy Marshall-Genzer about Democrats’ vow to move forward on proposed legislation to strengthen voting rights in the US, President Joe Biden’s strategy to reduce violent crimes in cities across the US, expectations of Vice-President Kamala Harris’ visit to the U.S. border and other top stories of the week. 
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Authorities in Afghanistan confirmed Saturday the delta coronavirus variant, first identified in India, has been mainly responsible for the recent surge in cases and deaths in the war-torn country.
 
Minister for Public Health Wahid Majrooh told reporters in Kabul that out of 19 samples examined in national laboratories a day earlier, nearly 60% tested positive for the delta variant and the rest for a British variant.
 
“It shows the delta variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in Afghanistan, and this is the main reason for the rise and criticality of the cases,” Majrooh warned in his nationally televised news conference.WHO Chief: Corona Delta Variant ‘Spreading Rapidly’A new strain of the delta variant has emerged 
The minister stressed the crisis required the Afghan nation to strictly observe safety guidelines to help contain the spread of the delta variant, which is more infectious and more resistant to existing vaccines.
 
The coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, hit Afghanistan early last year, infecting 114,000 people and killing 4,600 to date.
 
Afghan officials have documented an average of more than 80 deaths a day, however, from COVID-19 over the past week or so. The data accounts only for a fraction of cases, though, because of capacity issues and a lack of access to areas controlled by the Taliban insurgency.
 
The pandemic has led to a shortage of medical oxygen, with hospitals throughout Afghanistan refusing to accept new coronavirus patients, citing a lack of beds and other shortages.
 
The outbreak forced the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to lock down much of the diplomatic mission after dozens of its staff contracted the coronavirus.
 
The pandemic has gripped Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO allies are withdrawing their troops from the country after nearly 20 years of presence. The retrograde process is due to be complete by September 11.   
 
Meanwhile, the Taliban has intensified battlefield attacks against government forces, capturing more territory. The deteriorating security has added to the challenges facing Afghan health authorities in battling the COVID-19 outbreak.  
 
Afghan authorities are said to have administered 766,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine in a country with an estimated population of more than 35 million people, with less than a half percent fully vaccinated so far.
 
The conflict and suspicions about vaccines are blamed for the slow-moving national inoculation campaign. Kabul has received donations of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India and the Sinopharm vaccine from China.
 
The United States has pledged to deliver 3 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as early as next week to help the Afghan government combat what is being termed the deadliest wave of the pandemic.
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Загальний прожитковий мінімум у 2021 році становить 2 189 гривень з 1 січня по 30 червня
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in at least 85 countries and “is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far . . .  and is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations.” He also said, “As some countries ease public health and social measures, we are starting to see increases in transmission around the world.”“It’s quite simple: more transmission, more variants. Less transmission, less variants,” the WHO chief said. “That makes it even more urgent that we use all the tools at our disposal to prevent transmission: the tailored and consistent use of public health and social measures, in combination with equitable vaccination.Meanwhile, health officials say a new strain of the delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has emerged in almost a dozen countries, including India, the United States, and the U.K. The new variant has been dubbed Delta Plus. Authorities fear Delta Plus may be even more contagious the delta variant. Scientists are just beginning to study the new strain.Australia’s biggest city has been ordered into a two-week lockdown because of a growing number of COVID-19 cases.  Health authorities in Sydney are fighting to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious delta variant.  Stay-at-home orders will also apply to other areas in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state.  It is the first lockdown in Sydney since December. Australia has consistently maintained very low rates of coronavirus transmission. The latest outbreak is linked to a limousine driver at Sydney airport.Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Saturday that the global count of COVID-19 cases has reached more than 180 million.  The U.S. continues to have the most infections with 33.6 million, followed closely by India with 30.1 million and Brazil with 18.3 million.Johns Hopkins said 2.8 billion vaccines have been administered.Phil Mercer contributed to this report. 
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As the United States grapples with the legacy of slavery and centuries of racial discrimination, host Carol Castiel talks with Jennifer Oast, professor and chair of the Department of History at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, and Noah Millman, political columnist for the Week,  about the merits and drawbacks of reparations for descendants of slaves and why the debate has been revived in recent days.
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