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India has overtaken Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, as it reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases.
The vast nation of 1.3 billion people has been reporting a rapid increase in new infections in recent weeks, with the surge taking the total toll to 13.5 million cases, above Brazil s 13.48 million.
Experts have warned that huge, mostly maskless and tightly packed crowds at political rallies in poll-bound states, mass religious festivals and at other public places were fuelling the new wave of infections.
India has overtaken Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, as it reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases
COVID-19: Rio red-faced over vaccine ad campaign
AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO
An ad campaign encouraging Brazilians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 became the butt of online jokes when some noticed it showed a man wearing his mask upside-down, prompting the Rio de Janeiro government to apologize on Sunday.
Dubbed “Rio embraces the vaccine,” the public service billboard from the state government shows a healthcare worker in a white laboratory coat giving himself an embrace, appearing to smile beneath a mask whose metal clip meant to fit over the nose can be seen beneath his chin.
“The mask in this ad seems to be. upside down???? This is serious,” wrote Jandira Feghali, a lawmaker and doctor who was among the first to comment on the gaffe.
Matt Gaetz asked Trump for blanket pre-emptive pardons for himself and his allies around the same time DOJ began questioning his associates about sex trafficking allegations
Rep Matt Gaetz approached Donald Trump with the extraordinary request in the president s final weeks in office, the New York Times reported Tuesday
The Florida congressman allegedly wanted pre-emptive pardons for himself and his congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed
It came as Department of Justice investigators began questioning Gaetz associates about allegations against him, the Times reported
The allegations revealed last week included claims that Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl