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22.07 - 00:13
Several countries in Asia reinstate COVID-19 restrictions amid rapid infections
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BANGKOK (AP) - Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus rushed to impose tough restrictions, a year and a half into a pandemic that many initially weathered well.Faced with rapidly rising numbers of infections in recent months, authorities in such countries as Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam announced or imposed measures Friday that they hope can slow the spread before health care systems are overwhelmed.It's a rhythm familiar in much of the world, where repeated surges deluged hospitals and led to high numbers of deaths.
But many Asian countries avoided that cycle by imposing stiff travel restrictions combined with tough measures at home.Now some are seeing record.
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COVID-19
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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