-
John Kerry makes first remarks as Biden’s climate envoy at UN summit - 15 hours ago
-
Chelsea sack Frank Lampard: He knew Abramovich’s model better than anyone | Jason Burt analysis - 15 hours ago
-
Former footballer Micah Richards calls on social media giants to curb racist abuse - 16 hours ago
-
Knock, knock | police gate-crash illegal rave attended by hundreds in London - 16 hours ago
-
China mine rescue: Nine people found dead after gold mine collapse – BBC News - 17 hours ago
-
Bright Lights: what one woman’s 25-year gambling addiction really cost - 17 hours ago
-
Boris Johnson: Government ‘looking at potential of relaxing some measures’ before mid-February - 17 hours ago
-
COVID-19: PM confirms data on easing restrictions will be assessed before mid-February - 18 hours ago
-
Who should provide vaccines to the West Bank and Gaza? – BBC News - 19 hours ago
-
Why I’m ice swimming in the Lake District every day in January - 20 hours ago
Poor forced to collect Covid corpses for work in Peru, where cases are among highest in world
The World Health Organization has recorded a record increase in global cases and today warned the pandemic is accelerating and that the virus is not under control in most of the world. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Warning: This report contains content that some viewers may find distressing.
In the last 24 hours the global total rose by almost 230,000 cases. There are now more than 12 million confirmed cases and 550,000 recorded deaths. The United States, Brazil and India now have the greatest number of cases.
And despite imposing one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in South America, Peru now has the fifth highest number of cases worldwide despite having a population of only 30 million, with poverty and crowded food markets blamed for fuelling the spread of the virus,
———————–
Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/Channel4News