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The global death toll from the coronavirus is around 3.8 million, while the overall number of confirmed cases is well over 175 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks data on the pandemic.

The list of the most affected nations includes the US, India, and Brazil. In the United States, over 33.4 million cases have been confirmed so far, and the death toll from the virus is around 600,000. Next is India, where the number of new cases has been declining after a devastating spike last month, with a total of 29.4 million COVID-19 cases and over 370,000 deaths. Meanwhile, Brazil has confirmed more than 17.4 million cases and the second-highest death toll in the world of around 487,000.

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17:49 GMT 14.06.2021

TORONTO (Sputnik) - More than two-thirds of Canadians oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise at the Group of Seven (G7) summit to donate 13 million doses of surplus coronavirus vaccines to other nations until everyone in Canada is inoculated, a poll said on Monday.

"Nearly three-quarters of Canadians (72 percent) are of the opinion that until all willing residents 12 years of age and older have received their jabs, the country should focus its efforts at home rather than abroad", the poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) found.

Just over half of Canadians, or 54 percent, have some level of concern about becoming ill with COVID-19 which is the lowest mark since June 2020 and less than one-in-five, 18 percent remained very concerned, the poll found.

"Fifty one percent say that the [Canadian] federal government has done a good job of securing COVID-19 doses. But politics deeply colors opinion: seven-in-ten past CPC [Conservative Party of Canada] voters disagree, while at least 62 per cent of all other federal party voters agree", ARI said.

Younger Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 are slightly more likely to say the time has come to start sharing vaccines with the developing world, but that figure was still only 25 percent within the age group, the poll said.

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CAIRO (Sputnik) - Turkey received the first batch of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday, Turkish media reported.

A plane carrying an unknown number of doses landed in the Turkish capital of Ankara, according to the AHaber television channel.

Turkey approved two-dose Sputnik V for emergency use in April, adding a third vaccine to its toolbox. It is also using China’s Sinovac and Biontech/Pfizer’s vaccines.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in late May that Turkey would import 270 million doses of different vaccines, three times the size of its population.

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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - People are turning up en masse at food distribution centres in New Delhi that were set up by the government for those who lost their income due to COVID-19 and ended up below the poverty line, a Sputnik corresponded reported on Monday.

People in the queue were standing tightly next to each other and, aside from face masks on some of the participants, COVID-19 precautions were hardly observed.

"Our fear of hunger is bigger than that of the coronavirus. If we do not get the food ration, we will die of hunger," one of the women in the queue said.

11:02 GMT 14.06.2021

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Council of the European Union on Monday announced approving the decision to lift travel restrictions within the bloc for people with EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

"Holders of vaccination certificates issued in line with the EU digital COVID certificate regulation should not be subject to testing or quarantine/self-isolation if they are fully vaccinated with an EMA approved vaccine and at least 14 days have passed since full vaccination. Member states could also lift such restrictions after the first dose of a two-dose series," the council said in a statement.

10:21 GMT 14.06.2021

BERLIN (Sputnik) - The German cabinet supports a call by G7 leaders for a new inquiry into the origins of COVID-19, deputy government spokesperson Martina Fietz said on Monday.

"The Group of 7 spoke about the need to investigate the origins of the pandemic. It is in the interest of the global community because any future pandemics must be avoided. In this regard, it is an issue that the federal government wholeheartedly supports", she told reporters.

09:55 GMT 14.06.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia registered 13,721 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, down from 14,723 the day before, which brought the cumulative total to 5,222,408, the federal response centre said on Monday.

"Over the past day, 13,721 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 84 Russian regions, including 2,223 cases (16.2%) without clinical symptoms", the centre said, adding that the rate of increase grew to 0.26%.

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