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COVID-19 AROUND THE WORLD
- UK ministers are considering imposing a total social lockdown across most of northern England and potentially London to combat a second coronavirus wave, the Times reports. Under the new lockdown measures being considered, all pubs, restaurants and bars would be ordered to shut for two weeks initially, the report said, while indoor household mixing would be banned.
- Travel between New Zealand and some states of Australia is possible before the end of the year, New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. Talks of a travel bubble have recently been revived as cases continue to fall in Australian regions. Ardern’s comments follow the Australian state of Victoria announcing an end to its curfew and easing some measures.
- Brazil recorded 14,318 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 335 deaths from the disease, the health ministry said on Sunday.
- Greece has recorded its first coronavirus fatality among its large migrant community. Health authorities described the victim as a 61-year-old Afghan man, saying the father-of-two succumbed to Covid-19 in Athens’ Evangelismos hospital after being moved from Malakassa, a refugee camp east of the capital.
- India recorded 88,600 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, taking the country’s official toll to just under 6 million (5,992,532), according to the country’s official figures. Deaths increased by 1,124 to 94,503.