The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,596,707 as of Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Indonesia accounts for almost 60 percent of global palm oil production. But in late April, the country imposed the export ban to secure domestic supplies.
South Korea recorded 9,975 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,967,672, the health authorities said Monday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11.
