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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 10 million Australians are ordered into lockdown as cases spread across the country and Brisbane becomes the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. Russia records its highest daily death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic as the country grapples with a spike in infections spurred by the highly contagious Delta variant, days before Saint Petersburg hosts a Euro 2020 quarter-final in front of thousands of fans. South Africa, the worst virus-hit country on the continent, passes the threshold of 60,000 deaths a day after a stricter lockdown is enforced. French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi says it will invest 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in the mRNA vaccine technology behind the pioneering Covid-19 jabs developed by rivals BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna. Three Brazilian senators formally accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of malfeasance before the Supreme Court over allegations he failed to have a top ally investigated for huge corruption in vaccine purchases. G20 ministers led by the United States say the pandemic shows the need for greater global cooperation, as African nations seek help to develop their medical infrastructure. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer urges the British government to reduce the number of fans allowed into Wembley stadium for the final Euro 2020 matches as fears grow over the spread of the Delta variant. Africa's most populous country will receive another four million doses of vaccines under the Covax scheme by August. Police in India say five gang members wore full protective gear at a facility in the northern city of Agra to cremate a man they had murdered, pretending he died from Covid-19. The pandemic has killed at least 3,932,561 people since the virus first emerged in December 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data at 1000 GMT Tuesday. The United States is the worst-affected country with 604,115 deaths, followed by Brazil with 514,092, India with 397,637, Mexico 232,608 and Peru with 192,163. The figures are based on reports by health authorities in each country, but do not take into account upward revisions carried out later by statistical bodies. The WHO says up to three times more people have died directly or indirectly due to the pandemic than official figures suggest. burs-eab/fg/yad
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