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Coronavirus world updates: Brazil reopens amid looming threat from Delta variant

With the number of coronavirus deaths starting to recede in Brazil, a renewed sense of optimism has led state governors to roll back restrictions, soccer fans are starting to return to stadiums, and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro has said the city s famous New Year s party is back on. But one question looms over these early signs of recovery: What will happen as the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads through the mostly unvaccinated country, which already has the world s second-highest death toll with 547,000 fatalities? READ MORE: People line up to take their pictures on the Selaron Stairway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.(AP)

Coronavirus variants explainer: Everything you need to know about the different COVID-19 strains from South Africa, UK, Brazil and more

Coronavirus variants explainer: Everything you need to know about the different COVID-19 strains from South Africa, UK, Brazil and more
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Global COVID-19 cases dropped 17 per cent last week, WHO says

The number of new coronavirus cases reported across the globe has declined for a fourth week in a row, according to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), offering a glimmer of hope the world is turning a corner in its efforts to contain the pandemic. The number of COVID-19 deaths reported worldwide decreased for the second week running, with 88,000 new deaths reported last week, a 10 per cent drop compared to the previous week, according to WHO. READ MORE: A medical worker takes a swab sample at a COVID-19 testing centre in Cyprus.(SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett) More than 3.1 million new cases were reported around the world last week, WHO said in its weekly epidemiological update.

Coronavirus: New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections

READ MORE: Scientists still think reinfections are fairly rare and usually less serious than initial ones, but recent developments around the world have raised concerns. In South Africa, a vaccine study found new infections with a variant in two per cent of people who previously had an earlier version of the virus. In Brazil, several similar cases were documented with a new variant there. Researchers are exploring whether reinfections help explain a recent surge in the city of Manaus, where three-fourths of residents were thought to have been previously infected. In the United States, a study found that 10 per cent of Marine recruits who had evidence of prior infection and repeatedly tested negative before starting basic training were later infected again.

At 106, early vaccine recipient still remembers Spanish flu

At 106, early vaccine recipient still remembers Spanish flu We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Diarlei Rodrigues and Diane Jeantet January 21, 2021 5.03pm Normal text size Advertisement Rio de Janeiro: Zélia de Carvalho Morley rolled up a sleeve and looked stoically to the side as a nurse slid in a COVID-19 shot. She was one of thousands in Brazil to be vaccinated on Thursday AEDT, but one of very few old enough to recall an earlier viral pandemic that swept her nation and the world a century ago. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1914, Morley was a girl when the so-called Spanish flu killed millions around the world in 1918-1920, when no vaccines were available.

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