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Health workers perform COVID-19 tests in Mexico as deaths top 50,000

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Health workers in Mexico City perform COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing site as the virus deaths count surpasses 50,000, the world's third-highest fatality toll from the disease, behind only the United States and Brazil. IMAGES

Added on the 07/08/2020 17:14:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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