
India’s Daily COVID Infections Falls Below 40,000
Voice of America
India’s daily tally of new COVID cases fell below 40,000 on Sunday. The health ministry reported Monday that there were 37,154 new cases in the previous 24-hour period.
In South Korea, the country reported 1,100 new cases Sunday. The rising caseload comes as South Korea is imposing new restrictions in Seoul and neighboring regions to curb the spread of infections. Meanwhile in Uganda, Chris Baryomunsi, a government minister said his country has the money to buy vaccines but is having trouble purchasing them from Western countries. “This is a challenge of access and equity,” Baryomunsi, who is also an epidemiologist, told the Guardian newspaper. “We have the money, but we simply can’t get the vaccine . . . we have to rely on the western world and the western world has focused on its population. The impression is that people there don’t care about Africans.”
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