Tunisia, with a population of 12 million, has reported more deaths per capita in the pandemic than any African country. ———WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy says he disagrees with GOP governors in Florida and Texas who are blocking mask mandates even as COVID-19 cases spike higher. The Health Ministry has not said publicly how many of the kingdom’s 8,320 pandemic deaths involved health workers. Saudi Arabia, which has a population of 30 million, has administered nearly 30 million vaccine doses. “The Smoke That Thunders” - the English translation of what the waterfall is called in the Sotho language - is still mighty, but the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced visitors to a trickle.

Source: ABC News August 08, 2021 11:48 UTC