The US State Department said it will work with Congress to provide $50 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to fund R&D of medical countermeasures against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.

Hainan’s provincial space leadership group met in Haikou on June 12, chaired by Governor Liu Xiaoming, and ordered an accelerated build-out of commercial launch sites and an aerospace-city zone to speed major projects. The province targets basic completion by year-end of core full-chain capabilities — launch, TT&C (telemetry, tracking & control), recovery and reuse — and called for scientific, rational, integrity-based and sustainable management, clearer role allocation and faster project delivery. Authorities directed measures to secure inputs, prioritise filling, extending and strengthening supply chains, sharpen targeted investment attraction, fast-track operator incubation and public service platforms to boost local supplier capacity and grow the rocket, satellite and data industry chains. The meeting stressed bottom-line and systems thinking, enhanced risk identification and mitigation, and safe implementation of H2 launch tasks.

IRNA reports Iran will not restore the Strait of Hormuz to its pre-war status.