senior foreign correspondent liz palmer reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: good pmorning.re i am, has now vaccinated almost three-quarters of adults over 16 years old. and the effect has been dramatic. t weekow to 12.eople whoied, o by contrast, europe isig troubl. czechoslovakia stopped for a minute of silence on monday. in the old town square, white crosses marked the lives lost so far, and now deaths are climbing again. most european countries are either headl heading for or are in a third wave of infections that warned could be the worst yet. europe's vaccine rollout has been plagued by supply problems. with tem prep temporary centers springing up everywhere. including here. and three vaccine sites are being approved, which will also help. and then there is brazil, now responsible for a quarter of covid deaths worldwide every day. regional governments have cs, stricted traffic, and told people to stay home. medical teams are doing their best, but poverty, disinformation, and a more contagious variant means 80,000 new cases every day. and a warning that brazil may end u

liz palmer reports from london. >> reporter: good morning. the good news: the number of covid deaths worldwide peaked at the end of january, and it has been in decline ever since. the bad news is: the disease has cost two and a half million lives and counting. this week europe marked a solemn anniversary. it has been a year since the coronavirus exploded here. the swiss observed a minute of silence for victims, thankful things are improving, but the crisis in europe isn't over. the czechoslovakia republic who's asked for help with one of the worst outbreaks anywhere in the world. and with a slow, many would say bungled, vaccine rollout, there are hotspots across the country. still, there is evidence that globally things are moving in the right direction. millions of vaccine doses arrived in africa. dignitaries lined up on the runway to meet them. the first shot went to this doctor. >> about 70% of nigerians have been vaccinated. >> reporter: so only 150 million left to go. and in brazil, deaths are rising sharply again. and epidemiologists ar

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