"Covid-19" injuries around the world exceed 25.2 million ... and America records 6 million cases

400 million euros from the European Union to "World Health" to provide the Corona vaccine

A medical staff examines a woman on arrival for a Coronavirus test at Sarajevo Hospital in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Yesterday, the European Commission announced its readiness to provide 400 million euros in guarantees for an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy vaccines for the "Covid-19" disease, which reached the total number of infections around the world yesterday, to 25.2 million, of which six million were recorded by the states. United.

In detail, the European Commission said yesterday that it will provide 400 million euros ($ 476 million) for an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy vaccines for "Covid-19", but did not clarify whether the European Union countries will receive doses within the organization's plan.

The initiative, known as "Kovacs", aims to purchase 2 billion doses for all countries of the world from potential vaccines produced by different companies by the end of 2021.

The Commission said the EU funding would be provided through guarantees.

A spokeswoman for the Commission did not explain how these guarantees would be provided, or why they preferred to provide direct cash financing.

"Today, the Commission announces a contribution of 400 million euros to Kovacs, to work together to buy future vaccines, for the benefit of low and middle income countries," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday.

The Commission is negotiating to buy advance batches of "Covid-19" vaccines with a number of companies, on behalf of the 27 member states, and has said in recent weeks that the governments of member states cannot buy vaccines, through parallel procurement plans.

The UNHCR spokeswoman did not respond to a question whether the commission would drop its directive to member states not to purchase vaccines now.

The Commission said it is committed to donating some of the vaccines, which it will purchase, through the plan to developing countries.

And aggregate data of Coronavirus cases showed that the total number of infections worldwide reached 25.2 million, yesterday morning.

The latest data available on the Johns Hopkins University website showed that the total number of injuries reached 25,222,000.

It also showed that the number of people recovered exceeded 16.6 million, while the number of deaths exceeded 846,000.

The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia, Peru, South Africa, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Iran, the United Kingdom, France, and Saudi Arabia.

The United States also leads the world in terms of the number of deaths, followed by Brazil, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy, and France.

And confirmed infections with the virus, in the United States, increased by 0.6%, during the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total number of infections in America to six million cases.

The rate of increase in cases, at the level of the United States, was less than the average daily rate of increase, during the past week.

The state of California recorded the largest number of confirmed injuries so far, with 706,570 cases, after recording an increase of 0.6%, compared to the same time of the previous day.

South Dakota witnessed an increase of 2.9% in the number of injuries in it, bringing the total number of injuries in the state to 13,322 cases.

The state of Texas recorded the largest number of deaths related to the virus in the United States, during the past twenty-four hours, as 76 people in the state died as a result of infection with "Covid-19" disease.

The number of confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, in Brazil, reached 3.86 million yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data indicated that the number of deaths in Brazil, as a result of the virus, reached 120,828 cases.

So far, 3.24 million people have recovered from the infected.

In Britain, the number of confirmed cases of the virus reached 336,670 cases, yesterday, and data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News indicated that the number of deaths in the United Kingdom due to the virus reached 41,586 cases.

The number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus, in Germany, reached 243,305 cases, yesterday, according to compiled data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data indicated that the total deaths in Germany, as a result of infection with the virus, reached 9,300, as of yesterday morning.

• Brazil: Corona injuries reach 3.86 million, and 120,828 deaths.

• The number of confirmed cases of "the virus" in Britain reached 336,670 cases.

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