The health ministry did so Tuesday, indicating the death toll had risen by 1,272, to a total of 38,406 people killed by the virus – the third-highest toll in the world, after the United States and Britain. INFECTIONS RISEAdvertisementThe ministry said the total number of confirmed infections had risen to 739,503, the second-highest caseload in the world, after the US. The health ministry did not immediately respond to questions from AFP on why it returned to the old format and its plans for the future. QUIT WHOHe threatened Friday to quit the World Health Organisation over "ideological bias" – criticism echoed Tuesday by his foreign minister, Ernesto Araujo. Bolsonaro's threat to quit the WHO followed in the footsteps of President Donald Trump, whom he admires, and who withdrew the United States from the organization last month.

Source: Daily Nation June 10, 2020 02:30 UTC