By Faruk Zorlu
ANKARA (AA) – Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic and other news in Turkey and around the world.
- Coronavirus and other developments in Turkey
Turkey reported over 40,000 more coronavirus cases.
A total of 40,444 cases, including 2,728 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, according to the latest Health Ministry data.
Turkey’s overall COVID-19 tally is now over 4.75 million, while the nationwide death toll rose by 341 over the past day to 39,398.
As many as 45,198 more patients won the battle against the virus, taking the total number of recoveries past 4.2 million.
More than 46.7 million coronavirus tests have been done in Turkey to date, with 283,261 more done since Tuesday.
Turkey signed an agreement to receive 50 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine over six months starting in May, the country's health minister said.
- COVID-19 updates worldwide
Pakistan registered 201 deaths from the coronavirus, the highest single-day amount since the start of the pandemic last year, said the Health Ministry.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that the UK has purchased 60 million extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Kenya's Ministry of Health reported 23 new coronavirus-related deaths and 834 new infections after conducting 8,498 tests.
Kenya’s Health Minister suspended flights to and from India for 14 days following an uproar on social media that demanded the East African nation take action against the coronavirus.
The variant of the coronavirus wreaking havoc in India has been discovered in Andalusia in the south of Spain, regional Health Minister Jesus Aguirre said.
Brazil registered 3,163 coronavirus deaths and nearly 80,000 cases in the past 24 hours, authorities said.
Bangladesh approved the production of Chinese and Russian coronavirus vaccines locally, according to official sources.
- Other global developments
At least 755 people have been killed since Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup as the military continues to use brutal methods to quell anti-coup protests, said a local monitoring group.
Japan approved the world's largest free trade deal, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, sealed last November among 15 Asia-Pacific nations, including China.
Hundreds of Iraqi workers shut the main headquarters of the Electric Power Production and Transmission Company in the southern city of Basra in protest against a delay in their salaries.
Arlene Foster, first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, resigned following calls for a new leadership contest within her party, local media reported.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has died after a "valiant" fight with cancer, his family said. He was 90.
Colombia is holding a massive national strike to protest against tax reform proposed by the government.
Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in clashes with a Colombian criminal group, Venezuela’s defense minister confirmed.