Indonesia’s devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia’s COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday. Driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, Indonesia has over the past month been faced with an exponential surge in coronavirus cases that has overwhelmed …
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A second wave of Covid-19 is ripping through Brazil, pushing hospitals and ICUs toward collapse and claiming record numbers of daily deaths. While a new variant of the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, many Brazilians continue to defy mask mandates mobility restrictions following the example of President Jair Bolsonaro, who …
Read More »Portugal : a second wave of confinement from tomorrow
In order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Portugal, the country launches a second wave from this Friday January 15. The figures of the new cases are increasing lately. During this second wave of confinement, schools as well as churches, courts will remain open, indicates the Portuguese …
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