Coronavirus: Singapore confirms 34th casualty, surpassing Sars death toll; US says Asia vaccine plan on track

Singapore has reported its 34th death due to Covid-19, taking its toll from the pandemic beyond the 33 casualties recorded during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak.The city state was one of the worst-hit countries by Sars outside mainland China, based on numbers of infection and death, according to the World Health Organization’s data.Sars, a previously unknown infectious disease, is believed to have emerged from the wet markets of China’s Guangdong province before…

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