Foreign Desk Report
NEW YORK: Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 75 million mark, as several nations around the world begin vaccinating against the virus. Britain this month became the first Western country to start immunizing with the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNtech, followed by the United States which has now also approved a vaccine from Moderna. There have been 18.65 million new cases in the past month, the highest reported for a 30-day period since the pandemic started.
Europe remains the region with the most cases – 21.6 million cases – followed by North America with 17.9 million, Latin America with 14.5 million and Asia with 13 million. In Europe, a million new cases were recorded over just five days.
