South America has become new COVID-19 epicenter, WHO says

AP Photo/Leo Correa THe World Health Organization announced Friday that South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil has taken a hard hit from the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, and authorities have approved the use of hydroxychloroquine — an anti-malarial drug — as a treatment, despite lack of sufficient evidence that it works. Meanwhile, the WHO said some African countries are seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases, but the ...