Covid surges globally, 2nd Omicron wave in Europe

On Thursday, South Korea reported a record 6.2 lakh new cases in a country of 50 million, the highest single-day tally logged in any nation except the US. South Korea has recorded 24 lakh cases in the last seven days, ahead of Germany (15 lakh), Vietnam (12 lakh), France (5.2 lakh) and the UK (4.8 lakh). In China, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, daily cases crossed 3,000.

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