( Reuters) – Delhi’s COVID-19 deaths increased by a record number on Thursday and it reported the most infections in India, as federal government officials in Germany dampened hopes that a partial lockdown there would be lifted at the end of November.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
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EUROPE
Britain’s transport minister said there would be no delays to the country getting the COVID-19 vaccine from abroad even if it does not agree a trade handle the European Union by the start of 2021.
Russia reported a record 21,983 new infections as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an effort to contain the pandemic.
France’s prime minister will request a three-month hold-up for upcoming local elections, set for March 2021, due to the pandemic.
Serbia has introduced substantial fines for failure to use face masks or keep social distancing in public.
AMERICAS
The head of the GAVI vaccine alliance anticipates to hold talks with the incoming group of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden about teaming up with the COVAX worldwide center set up to supply COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.
Chicago’s mayor released a month-long stay-at-home advisory on Thursday and Detroit’s public schools called a halt to in-person direction.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Indonesia has actually looked for emergency situation authorisation to start a mass vaccination project by the end of the year.
Japan’s prime minister said the nation does not require another state of emergency situation to deal with the pandemic, even though it is seeing record varieties of everyday cases.
The Chinese city of Wuhan said it had actually identified the coronavirus on the product packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Iran, battling a third wave of the infection, is thinking about enforcing a two-week lockdown in the capital.
Israel signed a deal with Pfizer Inc to get 8 million dosages of the drugmaker’s potential vaccine, enough to cover near to half of its population.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
The head of world’s leading intensive care body stated Gilead’s remdesivir should not be used as a routine treatment for COVID-19 patients in vital care wards.
South Korea’s GL Rapha will make more than 150 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine annually, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund stated, one of the biggest production deals announced so far as Moscow intends to improve output abroad.
A facility established by the WHO and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than $2 billion to buy and disperse COVID-19 shots for poorer nations, however it stated it still requires more.
Early testing of a possible vaccine established by an Australian university and CSL Ltd has actually shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Global shares flat-lined on Friday as increasing U.S. and European COVID-19 hospitalisations tempered ecstasy over an appealing vaccine, though Wall Street indicated a firmer open on news president-elect Joe Biden was set to seal his election win. [MKTS/GLOB]
The possibility of an effective vaccine provides relief however the euro zone is still set to suffer from new curbs, 2 ECB policymakers said.
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