South America has been badly hit by COVID-19, with the World Health Organization warning earlier this month that medical facilities across the continent are at risk of being overwhelmed.
He said this while chairing a meeting at the Ministry of Interior to review arrangements to be made for managing the risk of coronavirus outbreak during Eid-ul-Azha.
Speaking in a virtual briefing from Washington-based Pan American Health Organization, Etienne said Brazil accounts for 23pc of the more than 3.8 million cases in the Americas and 23pc.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 34,405, the agency said, the fourth highest in the world after those of the United States, Britain and Brazil.
He said the center government is making efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 from the day first, adding, government is increasing its testing capabilities to deal with the challenge of coronavirus.
Under the program, outreach services will be developed to provide mental health support and referral for frontline workers, patients screened and tested for COVID-19.
The project nearly went off the rails in April as Berlin abandoned an initial approach that stored data on a central server - which privacy experts said could allow people's relationships to be spied on.
The Southeast Asian country's total number of infections was 40,400 and fatalities 2,231, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said, adding that 15,703 patients had recovered.
The Bank of Japan stuck to its view that the world's third-largest economy will gradually recover as the pandemic subsides in the latter half of the year, suggesting it has taken enough steps for now.
In an announcement coinciding with the launch of Germany's app, the Brussels-based executive said it will be responsible for managing a central gateway for national apps to 'talk' to each other.
Nationalist Orban secured extra powers to fight the coronavirus with an open-ended mandate at the end of March, which allowed his government to pass decrees.
The financial hub of Shanghai demanded some travellers from Beijing be quarantined for two weeks, as 27 new COVID-19 cases took the capital's current outbreak to 106 since Thursday.