Latest on the global Covid crisis: 🇧🇷 Brazil sees thousands of new cases, hundreds of deaths 🇲🇽 Mexico reports more than 130 new deaths 🇬🇧 UK records lowest cases in over a month For more:
Brazil reports more cases and deaths
The South American country has now registered 25,348,797 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 626,854.Mexico has reported 131 more fatalities from Covid-19, raising the overall death toll since the pandemic began to 305,893.The UK has recorded its lowest number of coronavirus cases in just over a month as the omicron variant recedes and parts of the country fully reopen.
The protest originated last week in western Canada, where dozens of truckers organised a convoy to drive from Vancouver to the Canadian capital Ottawa to demonstrate against Covid-related restrictions, particularly a recent vaccination requirement for truck drivers crossing the long US-Canada border.
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