Iran Press/ Asia: India has recorded a spike of 40,215 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 30,944,949, according to Worldometer.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Tuesday announced plans to start producing the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in India from September.
COVID-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 188,577,414 confirmed cases and 4,065,307 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,807,678 cases, followed by India, Brazil, France, and Russia.
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