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GENEVA, July 8 More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many rich nations prepare to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.
Millions are facing new lockdowns across Asia and Indonesia has emerged as a global hotspot with death rates rising tenfold in a month to a record 1,040 on Wednesday.
World passes four million Covid deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks 08 Jul 2021 / 12:55 H. A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. -Reuters
GENEVA: More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many rich nations prepare to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.
Millions are facing new lockdowns across Asia and Indonesia has emerged as a global hotspot with death rates rising tenfold in a month to a record 1,040 on Wednesday.
World passes 4 mln Covid deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks
By AFP July 8, 2021 | 09:14 am GMT+7
Workers bury the bodies of Covid-19 coronavirus victims at the Pedurenan public cemetery in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, July 7, 2021. Photo by AFP.
More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many rich nations prepare to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.
Millions are facing new lockdowns across Asia and Indonesia has emerged as a global hotspot with death rates rising tenfold in a month to a record 1,040 on Wednesday. The world is at a perilous point in this pandemic, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling the four million figure an underestimate of the true toll.
World passes 4 million Covid deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks
As richer countries peel back their rules and regulations, many of the current outbreaks are hitting poorer nations.
By Robin Millard with AFP bureaus
July 8, 2021 04:57 BST
More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many rich nations prepare to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.
Millions are facing new lockdowns across Asia and Indonesia has emerged as a global hotspot with death rates rising tenfold in a month to a record 1,040 on Wednesday.
Indonesia is facing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia Photo: AFP / ADITYA AJI
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