[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 219 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past 24 hours.
Brazil’s Senate opened an inquiry Tuesday into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a politically explosive move that could damage President Jair Bolsonaro as he gears up to seek re-election next year.
The first emergency medical supplies arrived in India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
[block type="summary”]The number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one billion mark on Saturday, offering hope even as the number of virus cases worldwide hit a new daily record mainly due to an explosion of infections in India.
