Iran Press/America: The health ministry also reported 85,663 new coronavirus infections, its second-highest number for one day, as the pandemic surges in South American country driven by a highly contagious new local variant.
The fate of those doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine is the subject of an intense debate among White House and federal health officials, with some arguing the administration should let them go abroad where they are desperately needed while others are not ready to relinquish them, according to senior administration officials.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is very concerning and serious action needs to be taken.
Brazil has now registered 11,363,380 cases in all, passing India as the country with the second-worst outbreak.
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