The total number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico has surpassed the half-a-million mark, as the government announced Thursday that the country will help produce a vaccine that could be distributed in Latin America next year.
More than 2,500 new coronavirus cases were registered in France in 24 hours in the sharpest increase since May, government data showed on Wednesday, as officials said indicators were "clearly worsening".
A coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases, New Zealand health officials said Wednesday, raising the prospect of an extended lockdown in the country's biggest city to battle the resurgent virus.
Mongolia reported four new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total tally to 297, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Thursday.
A UN report says 43 percent of schools worldwide lacked handwashing facilities with soap and water last year. It says these resources must be secured so that schools can safely reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, the provincial health commission said Thursday.
