On February 25, 2021, a worker in a protective suit walks past the graves of Covid-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, carrying an umbrella. Getty Images | Michael Dantas | AFP According to data provided by Johns Hopkins University, the global mortality toll from Covid-19 surpassed 4 million late Wednesday, with 185 million illnesses globally. Many nations have seen an increase in Covid infections in recent months as a result of the development of a more transmissible delta form, which initially appeared in India. The World Health Organization proclaimed the coronavirus epidemic a global pandemic more than a year ago. Delta is the “fastest and fittest” form yet, according to the WHO, and health experts have warned that it might jeopardize efforts to contain the epidemic, even as vaccine campaigns continue. “You get more cases when it’s more transmissible. When there are more cases, the disease becomes more severe “Dale Fisher, an infectious diseases professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, agreed. Higher Covid transmission could lead to “greater chance for novel variants” that are more transmissible than delta, Fisher told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.” According to Hopkins data, vaccination against Covid-19 has begun in several countries, with more than 3.3 billion doses administered globally. However, high-income countries, which were able to secure the majority of the early vaccine supplies, are far ahead of most middle- and low-income countries in terms of vaccination coverage./n
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