International COVID-19 Megathread

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South America a new COVID epicenter, Africa reaches 100,000 cases

Philippines' coronavirus cases surpass 14,000, death toll rises to 868

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Left Voice: “We Want to Live!” The Battle Cry of Mexico’s Maquila Workers

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Brazil has overtaken Britain’s place as the country with the second highest death toll 

Brazil has overtaken Britain as the country with the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll after a further 843 deaths pushed its total to 41,901.

The tally was published on Friday night by a coalition of news outlets which has been compiling independent statistics since Brazil’s health ministry was accused of seeking to conceal the full figures last week.

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Peru giving up on virus measures in face of sinking economy

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We’re on the cusp of 500,000 deaths and it’s only been a few months, with no timetable available for an introduction of a vaccine. Absolutely terrible.

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Price increases of food caused by the pandemic has worsened the state of malnutrition in already critical hotspots worldwide

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Half of Mumbai’s slum residents have had coronavirus – study

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India is already the third-worst hit country after the US and Brazil, with nearly 1.5 million cases, though experts have previously said the lack of testing could mean the true tally is much higher.

Blood tests on 6,936 randomly selected people conducted by Mumbai’s city authorities found that 57% of slum-dwellers and 16% of non-slum residents had virus antibodies, the study released on Tuesday said.