UN: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan at Record Level in May-June - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces escalated, the highest number for those two months since records started in 2009, the United Nations said on Monday.

Lambda variant pushes up death toll in Peru | COVID-19 Special

 

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Shaken South Africans Clean Up After Deadly Unrest - UrduPoint

South Africans on Saturday cleaned up shopping centres and stores looted during a week of violence that rocked the country, claiming more than 200 lives and inflicting more than $1 billion in damage.

Death toll in Canada mounts as record-breaking heatwave continues - AA

The number of deaths rose to 719 as the Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) remains under a heatwave, B.C. Coroners Service said Friday.  

UN ‘outraged’ as death toll in Burkina Faso attack rises to 132 | Al Jazeera

Gunmen have killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the government said, as the United Nations chief condemned “the heinous attack” and called on countries to step up the fight against “violent extremism”.

WHO Chief Warns of 'More Deadly Virus' Yet to Come - Sputnik International

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a strong warning while addressing the UN's health agency's annual assembly of health ministers from its 194 member states.

208 dead, at least 1,500 injured in week of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities: UN - China.org.cn

UN humanitarians said Monday that 208 people were killed and at least 1,500 injured in a week of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities.

At least 11 Covid-19 patients die from oxygen shortage in Indian hospital | Agencia EFE

At least 11 coronavirus patients died from lack of oxygen in a hospital in southern India, after the tanker bringing medical oxygen was delayed, in what is the latest incident of this type in the country amid an unprecedented health crisis, official sources reported Tuesday.

UN Condemns 'Excessive' Use of Force in Colombia Protests - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – The UN rights office condemned Tuesday the "excessive use of force" by security officers in Colombia, after numerous deaths during days of protests against a proposed tax reform.

India reports new high of over 3,600 daily COVID-19 deaths - TASS

India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare registered 392,488 COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total case tally since the start of the pandemic to 19,557,457, the ministry said on its official website on Sunday.

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid-19 probe

 

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Oxygen leak kills 22 at Indian hospital as country battles short supplies amid record surge in Covid-19 cases — RT

 At least 22 people have died at a hospital in India's western Maharashtra state after an oxygen leak caused a serious disruption to patient supplies, the region's health minister has said.

India: Oxygen shortage in Maharashtra as COVID cases soar | Al Jazeera

When COVID-19 struck Karamsingh Pawar, a tribal activist from Nandurbar district in northwestern Maharashtra, it took him 48 hours to get a hospital bed with oxygen support.

Covid: Brazil has more than 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time - BBC News

Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.

‘I’m scared’: Top US health official warns of ‘impending doom’ as new Covid-19 cases increase 10% in a week — RT

 

The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a stark warning after the country hit the unwanted milestone of 30 million Covid-19 cases on Sunday, amid a significant rise in new infections.

Coronavirus Variants, Vaccine Inequity Contribute To Rising Caseload: WHO - UrduPoint

The number of global coronavirus cases is on the rise for four weeks in a row after six weeks of decline in January and February, which is worrying, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said.

Record de décès du Covid-19 en 24h au Brésil, plus de 2800

 

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 Le Brésil, en partie sous couvre-feu, connaît une recrudescence des infections au Covid-19, et un record de plus de 2800 décès dans les dernières 24h. 

Brazil documents record number of COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours - TASS

Brazil has documented a record 1,641 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, with the overall death toll rising to 257,361, the republic’s health ministry informed on Tuesday.

Joe Biden calls United States' 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 'heartbreaking'

 

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Portuguese Lawmakers Support Prolongation Of COVID-Linked Emergency Until March 1 -Reports - UrduPoint

The Portuguese parliament has supported the initiative of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to prolong the coronavirus-linked emergency until March 1, media reported.