South Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Top 500,000
An undertaker wearing a protective suit and a face shield and relatives escort the coffin containing the remains of a COVID-19 victim during a funeral proceeding at a funeral house in Johannesburg, on July 26, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFPThe UN health agency warned that the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy and could lead to “response fatigue”, as the case count in South Africa topped half a million.
Nigeria on Saturday also announced it would ease a lockdown in the commercial capital Lagos, allowing churches and mosques to reopen next week. Half of them are in Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro said he believes “nearly everyone” will catch the virus eventually, after himself recovering from it.
The pandemic has spurred a race for a vaccine with several Chinese companies at the forefront, while Russia has set a target date of September to roll out its own medicine.
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