Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 2,378 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 476,792, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Santiago [Chile], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported on Tuesday 5,568 new COVID-19 infections and 46 more deaths in the last day, for a total of 1,440,417 cases and 30,104 deaths.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 2,322 new COVID-19 cases, the highest since April 29, and 44 more deaths on Tuesday, taking the total to 815,282 and the death toll to 12,913, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Kampala [Uganda], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official said on Tuesday.
New York [US], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Pentagon has created the world's largest clandestine force in the past 10 years, which has carried out the very "nefarious" operations the United States itself repeatedly condemns, according to a recent report by US magazine Newsweek.
Santiago [Chile], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile exceeded 30,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, after recording 121 more deaths to a total of 30,058, said the Ministry of Health, which also reported 6,958 new infections for a total of 1,434,884 cases.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday of the danger of buying overpriced vaccines from intermediaries, reminding those countries should buy vaccines certified by the WHO and make sure to identify the origin of the product.
Rome [Italy], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Italy on Monday further relaxed COVID-19 restrictions in certain parts of the country based on a decree issued by the Health Ministry on Saturday.
Abuja [Nigeria], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 11 residents and attackers were killed in a gunmen attack in the southwestern state of Oyo on Saturday, Nigerian police said Sunday night.
Berlin [Germany], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a big boost of morale for the conservatives in the September federal election.
Santiago [Chile], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported 7,768 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 121 more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 1,427,956 and the death toll to 29,937, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported.
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The rules to enforce wearing face masks indoors in Israel will be lifted starting June 15, Israel's Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Sunday.