By Damien Gayle (now); Sarah Marsh and Helen Sullivan (earlier)
Deaths in Latin America pass 100,000; Brazil records 39,436 new cases; 200 cases at one South African school
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11.43am BST
Latin America’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, while the number of infections, at 2.2 million, has doubled in less than a month.
The region has seen a spike in cases and deaths even as the tide of infection recedes in Europe and parts of Asia.
11.26am BST
The Covid-19 pandemic is disrupting health services for millions of women and children in poor countries, from neonatal and maternity care to immunisations and contraception, a World Bank global health expert has warned.
Monique Vledder, head of secretariat at the bank’s global financing facility (GFF), told Reuters that the agency was gravely worried about the numbers of children missing vaccinations, women giving birth without medical help and interrupted supplies of life-saving medicines like antibiotics.
