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Covid-19 in the Americas: what you need to know today (June 16)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Caribbean will not reopen if its population is not vaccinated. This is how emphatic the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was about the need for an equitable distribution of vaccines. At the same time, the Butantan Institute identified the circulation of 19 variants of covid-19 in Brazil.

These and five other news items make up this Wednesday's key covid news in the Americas:

1. W.H.O. WARNING FOR THE CARIBBEAN

"The Caribbean cannot reopen without vaccination," said Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the virtual session of the Assembly . . .

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