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The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 2.845 million; over 130 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.

The United States has the highest death toll and overall coronavirus tally, with 30.6 million infected and 554,000 fatalities. It is followed by Brazil (12.9 million cases and a death toll of over 330,000) and India (12.3 million cases, 164,000 deaths), while Mexico has the third-highest death toll, with over 204,000 fatalities and over 2.2 million infected.

The number of Americans who have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine has topped 100 million, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

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BERLIN (Sputnik) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn, in an interview with Bild am Sonntag published on Sunday, said that fully vaccinated citizens would be able to enjoy some privileges soon, for example, they would no longer have to quarantine.

According to the official, the Germans who have been fully vaccinated will be treated like the ones who have tested negatively.

"Vaccinated people will be able to go shopping or to the hairdresser without testing. In addition, according to the Robert Koch Institute, the fully vaccinated people will also no longer need to go into quarantine," Spahn said.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has approved the development of a national deployment plan for COVID-19 vaccines, according to a press statement issued on Sunday.

According to his press service, Zelenskyy signed a decree that put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDCU) of April 2 on the national vaccination plan.

"In line with the decision of the NSDCU, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should ensure the development and approval of a national plan for vaccination against COVID-19 within seven days, taking into account the best international experience. In particular, the minimum required monthly number of vaccinations should be established, and the sources and timing of delivery of vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19 should be determined," the statement said.

It is noted that the goal of the planned vaccination campaign is to inoculate the majority of the adult population of Ukraine by December to reach herd immunity.

According to the statement, the government should intensify negotiations with manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines and attract international assistance to implement the vaccination campaign.

In early March, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said that the COVID-19 vaccination drive was unacceptably slow in Ukraine.

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign began in Ukraine on February 14, a day after the first batch of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine was delivered to the country. It is the only COVID-19 vaccine used in Ukraine at the moment. On March 25, an aircraft with the first batch of the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac arrived in Ukraine. The country's chief sanitary doctor said that CoronaVac could enter circulation after 10 days of laboratory quality control.

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The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra, the country’s economic hub, announced new restriction measures amid a spike in COVID-19 transmissions, media reported.

According to the Indian broadcaster NDTV, malls, restaurants, bars and places of worship will be closed while a full curfew from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. will begin on Monday. Weekends will also see strict lockdowns.

The 114-million-strong state reported nearly 50,000 new cases of infection over Saturday alone, some 60 percent of the country’s total, the broadcaster reported. State capital Mumbai alone accounted for over 9,000 cases.

Film shoots in the state’s crucial Bollywood industry will be allowed to continue provided large crowds are not involved.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered to send teams of public health specialists and clinicians to Maharashtra to aid officials to curb the number of transmissions.

09:57 GMT 04.04.2021

Seven French military hospitals will host vaccination stations from 6 April onward as France attempts to battle third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the French Ministry of Armed Forces  announced.

"Starting on 6 April, seven teaching military hospitals will increase their capacities to vaccinate French population," the ministry said in a press release published late on Saturday.

According to the press release, these vaccination stations will be able to administer up to 50,000 vaccine doses per week.

In each of the hospitals the vaccinations will be carried out by personnel of the Army health service. The location of these centers will be defined in consultation with the prefects and the regional health authorities in areas where this capacity will be most useful.

The opening of the vaccination stations is part of Operation Resilience which was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron to protect the French, support health personnel and other state services, the ministry said.

"As part of the state's collective effort to intensify the vaccination campaign, the Ministry of the Armed Forces is now in battle order to intensify its contribution," the statement reads.

In addition, the press release states that the Army Health Service will continue to carry out all of its missions at the same time, which include the vaccination of civilian and military personnel from the Ministry of the Armed Forces and from the Ministry of the Interior such as the Paris firefighters, gendarmes or civil security.

The centres will be managed and organized by the Ministry of Armed Forces.

09:31 GMT 04.04.2021

Regional governors asked the Japanese government on Sunday for financial aid amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases across the country, local media reported.

According to NHK World Japan, the governors held an online meeting where they asked the country's government to provide financial aid to restaurants that have been heavily affected by the recently introduced COVID19 restrictions.

The governors also asked the government for information regarding the COVID-19 variants to be provided quicker.

Two regions in the west of Japan — Osaka and Hyogo — as well as a region in the north, Miyagi, will implement stricter COVID-19 restrictions from Monday without needing a state of emergency declaration as COVID-19 cases have surged.

Tokyo governor Koike Yuriko reportedly said she "has a strong sense of crisis" as experts are expressing concerns about the pandemic.

Osaka's residents have also voiced concerns saying that the latest regulations were issued too late. Osaka reported over 600 daily COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day, while Hyogo said that its number of weekly infections per 100,000 people had reached Stage 4, the worst level on the government's four-point scale.

08:00 GMT 04.04.2021

Russia has registered 8,817 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours  bringing the cumulative total to 4,580,894, the coronavirus response centre said on Sunday.

"Over the past day, 8,817 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across 84 Russian regions, including 1,163 cases (13,2percent) without clinical symptoms," the centre said.

The rate of increase stood at 0.19 percent.

The highest daily increases were confirmed in Moscow (1,901), St. Petersburg (711) and the Moscow Region (598).

The death toll now stands at 100,374 after further 357 fatalities were confirmed.

Total recoveries have grown by 8,212  over the given period and reached a cumulative total of 4,204,081.

06:22 GMT 04.04.2021

Nigeria will go ahead with the rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, trusting in its ability to save lives, despite reports of blood clots among those inoculated in Europe, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said.

"Nigeria is continuing in the process of administering roughly 4 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, beginning with our frontline health workers and vulnerable individuals. There has been no change to current plans or supply," the agency reported on Saturday.

The watchdog noted that "a huge number of countries around the world" are using the British-Swedish vaccine, including Europe and the United Kingdom, which are leading in terms of AstraZeneca doses administered.

The World Health Organization, as well as UK and EU regulators all have concluded that a causal link between the vaccine and thrombosis is not proven, it added.

"The NPHCDA’s priority is the health and safety of the Nigerian people, and our decisions and advice are guided by best practice and scientific evidence. We are confident in AstraZeneca’s ability to save lives," the NPHCDA said, recalling that the vaccine is 76 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 and 100 percent at preventing severe disease.

As of 1 April, the African country has administered over 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. In total, Nigeria is set to receive 16 million doses via the global vaccine procurement facility COVAX.

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