Cases also rising in England and Scotland as Europe outbreak worsens; seven more deaths in worst-hit Australian state; Oxford University vaccine trials to resume. Follow latest updates
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The UN refugee agency is stepping up efforts to curb the spread of Covid among tens of thousands of Syrians in camps in Jordan after the first cases were confirmed last week, Reuters reports.
The UNHCR confirmed three cases in the country’s largest camp for Syrian refugees, Zaatari, near the border with Syria, and two cases in a smaller camp, Azraq.
We’ll keep an eye on what’s going on there in Melbourne, but internationally Brazil has recorded 814 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 33,523 additional cases, the nation’s health ministry said on Saturday evening.
The South American country has reported 131,210 total deaths and 4,315,687 confirmed cases.
