Latin America and the Caribbean passed 1 million coronavirus deaths on Friday. Since the virus was first detected in Sao Paulo in late February 2020, the region has recorded over 1,001,400 fatalities, or almost 30% of the global total, and more than 31.5 million cases.

Nearly 90% of those deaths have been recorded in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Peru.

Latin America suffers from a lack of access to vaccines and necessary medical supplies, and has only finished immunizing 3% of its population, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Mexico will receive around 4 million AstraZeneca shots by the end of the week, a senior official said. An air cargo for around 1.3 million doses that arrived from the United States on Thursday night was the first part of the shipments of the Argentine-made active ingredient for the vaccine, they added.

Germany reported 7,072 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,642,244 since the start of the pandemic, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.

The reported death toll also rose by 170, bringing the total to 87,298. The new figures come as several German regions announce an easing of coronavirus-related restrictions and lockdown measures. ...

Only German citizens and residents of Germany will be allowed to enter from Britain, with air, rail and bus companies banned from transporting all other passengers from the country.

With 17,410 new cases reported between May 16 and May 22, Britain has reported an increase in coronavirus infection rates by 10.5% compared to the week before....

India has called on social media giants to remove hundreds of thousands of posts referencing the "Indian variant" of the coronavirus.

In a letter seen by news agencies AFP and Reuters, India's Information and Technology ministry told social media companies that the WHO classification does not refer to an "Indian variant," but rather by its scientific name, B.1.617 — which is a practice the WHO has followed for other known variants as well.

At least 100 climbers and support staff have been infected in a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest, according to an expert climbing guide cited by the Associated Press news agency. ...

Nepalese authorities have been tight-lipped over reports of evacuations of coronavirus-infected climbers from base camps, where negative tests are required, as the nation fights an infection surge, its second since last year. ...