eople wearing protective masks receive a free meal to break the fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 15, 2021. - Reuters
PARIS, April 17 (AFP): The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers.
It is the latest grim milestone after the novel coronavirus surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people, leaving billions more under crippling lockdowns and ravaging the global economy.
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