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The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil account for one-eighth of the world’s population but nearly half of all reported COVID-19 deaths.