Live COVID-19 updates: Brazil reports 2,029 more deaths
Xinhua
02 Jul 2021, 10:49 GMT+10
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil registered 2,029 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 520,095, the health ministry said Thursday. A total of 65,163 new infections were detected, raising the total caseload to 18,622,304, the ministry said. - - - - TUNIS Tunisian Health Ministry on Thursday reported 6,776 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total tally in the North African country to 426,879. The death toll from the virus rose by 106 to 15,065 in Tunisia, while the total number of recoveries reached 356,321, the ministry said in a statement.
2021-06-29 01:35:39 GMT2021-06-29 09:35:39(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CARACAS, June 28 (Xinhua) Venezuelan health authorities on Monday launched a mass vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Caracas, the capital of the country, using the Abdala vaccine developed in Cuba. The arrival in Venezuela of these first doses is the realization of the decision of the Cuban people to collaborate with the peoples of the region in the fight against the pandemic, said Pedro Almendares, the local representative of vaccine-maker BioCubaFarma.
Recently Cuba signed a contract with the Venezuelan Ministry of Health for the purchase of 12 million vaccines, which will gradually be delivered to the South American country by October, said Almendares.
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