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Spain has became the first western European country to report more than one million confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. More than 40.91 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 1,125,339 have died, according to a Reuters tally. EUROPE * European Union leaders will hold a video-conference next week to discuss how to better cooperate as infections rise. * Europe's hospital systems are at risk of buckling under the strain of soaring numbers that have put the continent once again at the centre of the global pandemic. * German Health Minister Jens Spahn has tested positive. * Poland's government will announce on Thursday further measures as the country reported another record in daily infections of well above 10,000. * The Czech government ordered most shops and services to close and sought to limit movement to essential trips only. * Russia is not planning to impose any further lockdowns, even as deaths hit a record daily high. AMERICAS * New York, New Jersey and Connecticut urged residents to not travel between the three US states while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not open anytime soon. * Mexican authorities are calling for cemeteries to close to public visitors ahead of the Day of the Dead. * Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID-19 as the country battles with the third-worst outbreak globally. ASIA-PACIFIC * Five people have died after getting flu shots in South Korea in the past week, raising concerns over the vaccine's safety. * A city in China's Zhejiang province will offer experimental coronavirus vaccines to its residents as China broadens an emergency use program to people in non-priority groups. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA * South Africa faces a high risk of resurging infections that may lead to a review of lockdowns after new cases rose by 42 per cent in Western Cape province in the last two weeks. * Iran on Wednesday reported 5616 new cases for the previous 24 hours, the highest daily number since February. * Turkey is considering reimposing some measures such as stay-home orders for younger and older people or even weekend lockdowns but will avoid hurting the economic recovery. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS * The European Commission said it had signed a contract on behalf of EU states with US drug maker Johnson & Johnson for the supply of 400 million doses of its vaccine candidate. * UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID-19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that, among other things, they have potential "rescue therapies" or antidotes to halt the disease. * A drug that fights inflammation made by Switzerland's Roche limits the need for a transfer to intensive care units for patients suffering from COVID-19 related pneumonia. * AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine trial in the United States is expected to resume as early as this week after the US Food and Drug Administration completed its review of a serious illness. Australian Associated Press

Spain has became the first western European country to report more than one million confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

More than 40.91 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 1,125,339 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

* European Union leaders will hold a video-conference next week to discuss how to better cooperate as infections rise.

* Europe's hospital systems are at risk of buckling under the strain of soaring numbers that have put the continent once again at the centre of the global pandemic.

* German Health Minister Jens Spahn has tested positive.

* Poland's government will announce on Thursday further measures as the country reported another record in daily infections of well above 10,000.

* The Czech government ordered most shops and services to close and sought to limit movement to essential trips only.

* Russia is not planning to impose any further lockdowns, even as deaths hit a record daily high.

* New York, New Jersey and Connecticut urged residents to not travel between the three US states while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not open anytime soon.

* Mexican authorities are calling for cemeteries to close to public visitors ahead of the Day of the Dead.

* Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID-19 as the country battles with the third-worst outbreak globally.

ASIA-PACIFIC

* Five people have died after getting flu shots in South Korea in the past week, raising concerns over the vaccine's safety.

* A city in China's Zhejiang province will offer experimental coronavirus vaccines to its residents as China broadens an emergency use program to people in non-priority groups.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* South Africa faces a high risk of resurging infections that may lead to a review of lockdowns after new cases rose by 42 per cent in Western Cape province in the last two weeks.

* Iran on Wednesday reported 5616 new cases for the previous 24 hours, the highest daily number since February.

* Turkey is considering reimposing some measures such as stay-home orders for younger and older people or even weekend lockdowns but will avoid hurting the economic recovery.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* The European Commission said it had signed a contract on behalf of EU states with US drug maker Johnson & Johnson for the supply of 400 million doses of its vaccine candidate.

* UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID-19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that, among other things, they have potential "rescue therapies" or antidotes to halt the disease.

* A drug that fights inflammation made by Switzerland's Roche limits the need for a transfer to intensive care units for patients suffering from COVID-19 related pneumonia.

* AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine trial in the United States is expected to resume as early as this week after the US Food and Drug Administration completed its review of a serious illness.

Australian Associated Press

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