World Passes 4 Million Covid Deaths As Delta Variant Fuels Fresh Outbreaks
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Coronavirus: Delta-fuelled outbreaks have led to the imposition of restrictions in Australia, including in its biggest city Sydney.
More than four million people have now died of Covid-19 infections, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many richer nations prepared to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections. Indonesia has become a global hotspot, with hospitals having to turn away patients, authorities forced to import oxygen supplies and a record 1,040 deaths reported on Wednesday. "The world is at a perilous point in this pandemic," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling the four-million figure an underestimate of the true toll. He said some countries with high vaccination coverage were "relaxing as though the pandemic is already over", while others have seen sharp spikes in cases because of highly-transmissible variants and a "shocking inequity" in access to vaccines.More Related News