‘arms race’ between COVID-19 and respiratory infections
So far, only China, Thailand and Japan have reported fewer cases per 100,000 people than Germany, France, Japan and Russia.
Health officials hailed a “tactical pause” in the disease in a new WHO guideline on Wednesday, admitting it was too soon to say the end was yet to come.
Latin America accounts for more than half of the world’s total cases and deaths, while Europe accounts for about half of the cases and deaths, he said.
Mexico had 4,874 cases, the world’s second-highest, with 3,499 deaths, and Peru 936 deaths, pushing the death toll above France and Spain.
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South Africa on Wednesday reported three cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of known infections to six.