GENEVA: Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed 5 million coronavirus cases on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned there might never be a “silver bullet” for the pandemic.

Global infections passed 18 million, with Brazil driving the regional surge. South America’s largest country has recorded 2.75 million cases and close to half the region’s 202,000 deaths. Only the United States, with 4.7 million cases and more than 155,000 deaths, has been worse affected.

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