World Coronavirus Dispatch: Severe cases in Africa more likely to be fatal

Deadly wave catches Argentina off-guard, Thailand extends emergency by two months, WHO reports steep drop in Europe cases and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Thailand extends state of emergency as Covid cases, deaths soar

With the fresh wave of coronavirus showing no sign of subsiding, Thailand has extended the state of emergency by another two months. The South-East Asian country is battling the third wave of outbreak that has quadrupled the nation’s case count in just seven weeks, with deaths jumping seven-fold. The wave of infections, which started in Bangkok’s night entertainment venues in early April, has now spread to crowded communities, construction camps and prisons, with dozens of clusters in the capital. Thailand has administered 2.5 million shots and its pace of vaccinations has