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11.48pm BST
Brazil has had 52,911 new cases of coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours and 2,378, the country's health ministry said.
The South American country has now registered 17,037,129 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 476,792, according to ministry data, Reuters reports.
11.32pm BST
Uruguay released data on the impact of Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine among its population that showed it was more than 90% effective in preventing intensive care admissions and deaths.
The dose reduced deaths by 95% and intensive care admissions by 92%, and also showed 61% efficacy in cutting coronavirus infections, the government said.
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