The World Health Organization says the number of newly reported coronavirus cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n
fell in the last week, continuing a declining global trend that first began in August.
In its latest assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency reported Tuesday that there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
were 3.1 million new COVID-19 cases, a 9% fall, and about 54,000 deaths in the last week,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
roughly similar to the week before. WHO said there were declines in case numbers in all world<\/p>\n\n\n\n
regions except for Europe, where the number was about the same as the previous week.
COVID-19 cases fell by about 43 per cent in Africa, by about 20 per cent in both the Middle East<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and Southeast Asia and 12 per cent in the Americas and the Western Pacific. The largest decline<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in deaths was seen in Africa, where numbers decreased by about a quarter.
WHO also said nearly a third of African countries managed to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of their<\/p>\n\n\n\n
populations by the end of September. The WHO chief has repeatedly urged rich countries to pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on giving booster doses until at least the end of the year.
On Monday, the European Medicines Agency gave its endorsement to EU countries offering a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot to people 18 and over.
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