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Many countries in Latin America were hit with soaring Covid-19 death rates early in the pandemic, as coronavirus raged throughout the region. The tide is turning in many Latin American nations today, where vaccination rates are outpacing countries in Europe and North America and helping drive down deaths. The country has the highest rate of vaccination in the region – …

Many Latin American countries now have higher vaccination rates than Europe and North America

CNN — Many countries in Latin America were hit with soaring Covid-19 death rates early in the pandemic, as coronavirus raged throughout the region. The tide is turning in many Latin American nations today, where vaccination rates are outpacing countries in Europe and North America and helping drive down deaths. Regionally, over 868 million doses have been administered as of …

The Pan American Health Organization says less than half of people in the Americas are fully vaccinated. Following two consecutive months of decline, COVID-19 infections are rising again in some countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization has said, cautioning that uneven vaccination rates across the region continue to be a problem. Concerns have been rising that despite …

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WHO’s Americas branch says it is in ‘advanced’ talks with vaccine manufacturers to buy additional doses. The Pan American Health Organization has said it is pushing to secure additional COVID-19 vaccines for residents of the Americas amid huge discrepancies in vaccination rates between countries in the region. PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said vaccine donations, including through the United Nations-backed COVAX …

COVID cases soar in the Americas as vaccination rates lag: PAHO

The Pan American Health Organization said Americas should prioritise vaccines for pregnant and lactating women. Amid lagging vaccination rates, new COVID-19 infections in the Americas are nearly double the rate they were at the same time last year, the Pan American Health Organization says. In a weekly virtual news briefing on Wednesday, PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said only 28 percent …

During the last week, more than 1.26 million new cases and nearly 29,000 deaths in the Americas have been reported. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have “a devastating toll” on the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, with Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Paraguay among the countries with the world’s highest weekly death rates. PAHO Director Carissa …

COVID cases rise again in US amid lagging vaccination rates

Parts of the country are running up against widespread vaccine resistance and a fast-spreading Delta variant. The coronavirus infections curve in the United States is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading Delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings. Meanwhile, …

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If the spread of COVID-19 continues at current rates it will be years before the virus is controlled in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, as it called for countries to share excess vaccine doses. There were almost 1.2 million new cases and 34,000 deaths in the region last week, and four of the five countries …