Last weekend, at least five COVID patients reportedly died while waiting for hospital beds the state of Santa Catarina.  Brazil on Tuesday posted its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in a single day as political infighting exacerbated the country’s health crisis and the pace of its vaccination roll-out faltered.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry PeskovThe latest sanctions by the United States and the European Union (EU) against Russia's individuals and organizations are an interference in the country's internal affairs, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated on Wednesday.

The trafficking with health supplies used to fight the Covid-19 pandemic is a targetChina has unleashed a campaign to neutralize operations of criminal networks that deal on frozen food, medical supplies, and fake COVID-19 vaccines by sea, local media reported on Wednesday.