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Also, tens of thousands of federal workers have requested vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.

In another development, the WHO announced the next phase of a treatment trial, which will test three repurposed drugs across 52 countries.

In the northern Amazon basin where cases are spiking, ICUs in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia are filling up with COVID-19 patients.

Efforts are under way to use PAHO funds to help nations buy vaccine, and the group is advising them on trial participation.

In other updates, measles cases are on the rise in the Americas, but showed another decline in Europe.