Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations, while New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.

DEATHS AND INFECTIONS EUROPE * Health authorities in Brussels began offering COVID-19 jabs in supermarkets and shopping centres to increase vaccination rates in the capital that have not kept up with Belgium's rapid inoculation roll-out. * European Union governments have agreed to remove the United States from the EU's safe travel list, meaning U.S. visitors and those from five other countries are likely to face tighter controls, such as COVID-19 tests and quarantines. * Britain reported 26,476 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number since Aug. 10, according to the latest data. ASIA-PACIFIC * Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said the government would adjust COVID-19 restrictions over the week Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 in response to a lower infection rate in more areas, officials said. * Vietnam reported 14,224 coronavirus infections on Monday, a record daily increase. * Intensive care cases in Australia's New South Wales will hit a peak in October as infections accumulate, said the premier of the country's most populous state. * Japan has closed a school in the eastern city of Chiba for the rest of the week, after confirming infections in two teachers who accompanied students to watch the Paralympic Games.