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Mumbai (India), Mar 12 (EFE), (Camera: Divyakant Solanki).- India on Friday completed a year after the Covid-19 claimed its first victim in the country that has since become the world's second-worst affected nation due to the pandemic with more than 11.3 million infections and over 158,000 deaths.However, the overall fatality rate is relatively lower than other worst-affected nations considering its population of 1.35 billion and housing some of the world's most densely populated cities in the country.A year ago, on Mar.12, a 76-year-old died man in Kalaburagi of the southern Karnataka state.India was then beginning to get into the grips of coronavirus with barely 80 confirmed cases and only a handful of laboratories capable of testing for the virus.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IN MUMBAI.
Sao Paulo, Jul 28 (EFE).- Brazil, confident of having the Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine in December, is closing in on 90,000 deaths during the epidemic that since the end of May has killed an average of 1,000 people per day in the country and threatens to worsen in the southern regions with the arrival of winter.As reported on Tuesday by the Ministry of Health, and without the consolidated data from the state of Pará, to be updated Wednesday, in the last 24 hours Brazil registered 921 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total number to 88,539. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO). SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF PEOPLE WEARING FACE MASKS IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.
Measles has killed more than 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January -- more than double the toll in the country's Ebola epidemic -- the World Health Organization says IMAGES
Brasilia, Oct 15 (EFE), (CAMERA: Alex Mirkhan).- On Friday, an association of victims placed 600 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia, to honor the over 600,000 deaths associated with covid-19.
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 8 (EFE).- Brazil on Friday became the second country in the world to surpass 600,000 deaths from Covid-19. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET/WALLACE CARVALHO).SHOT LIST: NGO HANGS WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN HONOR OF THE 600,000 DEATHS FROM COVID-19 IN BRAZIL.