Peru hit 5,000 coronavirus deaths Thursday, according to the country's health ministry, as hospitals faced a lack of oxygen for seriously ill patients.
A total of 13 people have been killed in more than 10 water-related accidents across Mongolia so far this year, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Friday.
The European Commission on Thursday called on EU member states to lift all border restrictions by the end of June, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told Euronews, saying the virus situation was "fast improving" in many countries.
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics plans to cancel a large-scale one-year countdown event as part of efforts to cut costs related to the postponement of the Games.
A fresh Ebola outbreak has hit the central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where a power struggle is under way between the government and militia.
Brazil's total COVID-19 deaths have surged to 34,021 after its health ministry on Thursday reported 1,437 new deaths in the last 24 hours, making its overall toll the third highest in the world, according to local media.
