Photo / APThe global death toll from Covid-19 topped a staggering three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. When the world back in January passed the bleak threshold of two million deaths, immunization drives had just started in Europe and the United States. Today, they are underway in more than 190 countries, though progress in bringing the virus under control varies widely. In recent days, the US and some European countries put the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine on hold while authorities investigate extremely rare but dangerous blood clots. In Europe, countries are feeling the brunt of a more contagious variant that first ravaged Britain and has pushed the continent's Covid-19-related death toll beyond 1 million.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 17, 2021 09:45 UTC