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The outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019

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Many countries, like Brazil, are still hoping to reach large numbers of unvaccinated people.
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COVID-19 booster strategy as Delta multiplies, highlights ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO

12 July 2021
Health

The COVID-19 Delta variant is travelling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a new spike in cases and deaths, but it’s exposing a ‘hugely uneven and inequitable’ global gap in vaccine supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

A farmer harvests apples in Afghanistan.
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News in Brief 12 July 2021

12 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Conflict, climate change and coronavirus behind skyrocketing hunger
  • Schools still shuttered in 19 countries due to COVID-19
  • UN rights chief's action call on structural racism
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