The News Roundup — International (The 1A) 2021-03-26

After weeks of declining, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again around the world. Brazil’s daily death toll tops 3,000 for the first time – as AstraZeneca faces more questions about side effects and efficacy. One place where cases are plummeting is Israel; more than half of the country has now had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the highest percentage of any nation worldwide. And we, like everybody else, are wondering about why a massive container ship is causing headaches in the Suez Canal – and far beyond.
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https://the1a.org/segments/suez-canal-covid-israel/