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New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.

- The British government renounces the vaccination passport -

The British government announced on Sunday that it had abandoned its plan to introduce a vaccine passport to access nightclubs and other busy places in England, deeming it superfluous due to the success of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

"I never liked the idea of ​​telling people to show their papers (...) to do what is just a routine activity," Health Minister Sajid Javid told the BBC.

- USA: gorillas tested positive for coronavirus -

Several gorillas at the Atlanta city zoo in Georgia (southern United States) have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The animals, western lowland gorillas, had been tested after caregivers saw them cough and show other symptoms.

Some at risk of complications have been treated with monoclonal antibodies and the 20 gorillas in the zoo have all been tested.

- Bangladesh: schools reopen after 18 months of closure -

Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday after 18 months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, one of the world's longest school breaks, while Unicef ​​warned of "growing inequalities" children face from South Asia.

In Dhaka, the capital, students at a school were greeted with flowers and candy and asked to wear masks and disinfect their hands.

- Guadeloupe: protests against the vaccine obligation -

Several hundred people gathered on Saturday in the streets of Pointe-à-Pitre, the main city of the French island of Guadeloupe, to demonstrate against the vaccine obligation made to caregivers from September 15.

Only 25% to 30% of the staff at the Guadeloupe hospital center are fully vaccinated.

"This obligation is a scandal", indignant with AFP Gaby Clavier, union delegate UTS UGTG (Union of health workers, affiliated to the General Union of Workers of Guadeloupe) of the CHU of Guadeloupe where a call strike was launched.

- More than 4.6 million dead -

The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 4,622,410 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established on Sunday in the middle of the day by AFP from official sources.

The United States is the country with the most deaths (659,694), ahead of Brazil (586,558), India (442,655), Mexico (267,524) and Peru (198,728), according to official figures.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.

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