PARIS, Aug 5 (AFP): The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday evening (Aug 5), an AFP count showed, as China pledged to provide two billion vaccine doses this year to combat surging infections caused by the Delta variant.
The more infectious strain is driving a resurgence in the pandemic, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where Thailand, Indonesia and Japan continued to see new records and the city of Melbourne entered yet another lockdown.
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