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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=803 valign=top style='width:602.2pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h1 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.finsec.co.zw/"><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=871 height=306 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D68C0F.43E44600" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01D68C0F.43E44600"></span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></h1><h1 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:14.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Zimbabwe COVID19 Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>COVID-19 update: As at 03 October 2020, Zimbabwe had 7 885 confirmed cases, including 6 327 recoveries and 228 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=802 height=1104 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D69A2A.2CFF96A0" alt=Image></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1 style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h1><h1 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E;letter-spacing:-.3pt'>Global Covid-19 cases hit 35 million – latest updates</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>2<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Almost 35 million people have tested positive for Covid-19, with more than a million deaths. Here are the latest updates for October 3:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F0F0F2'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=731 height=411 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D69A2A.2CFF96A0" alt="A child from the indigenous Guajajara ethnic group wearing a protective face mask looks on in the indigenous village of Urucu Jurua, municipality of Grajau, Maranhao state, Brazil, October 3, 2020"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>A child from the indigenous Guajajara ethnic group wearing a protective face mask looks on in the indigenous village of Urucu Jurua, municipality of Grajau, Maranhao state, Brazil, October 3, 2020 (Reuters)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Global cases surpass 35M</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Worldwide count of the coronavirus cases crossed the 35 million-mark, according to a tracking portal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The United States tops the list of countries with most cases followed by India and Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Turkey begins human trials for indigenous vaccine</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Efforts in Turkey to develop an indigenous vaccine against the novel coronavirus have reached the human trials stage, the country's top health official has said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Speaking to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the phone, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said three other vaccine efforts in Turkey would also reach this point in the next seven to 10 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Turkey reported 1,502 new novel coronavirus patients and 1,211 recoveries over the past 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country's overall case count now stands at 323,014, with recoveries totaling 283,868.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Some 103,219 more coronavirus tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall tally to over 10.71 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The death toll from the virus reached 8,384, with 59 more fatalities. The figures also showed that 6.4 percent of patients suffer from pneumonia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Trump doing 'well' say medics but insider offers worrying picture</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Covid-hit President Donald Trump is "doing very well," his doctors have said although an insider with knowledge of his health voiced concern over his condition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>In the first official update on the president's condition since he was admitted Friday to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, medics were upbeat about his progress. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"At this time, the team and I are extremely happy with the progress the president has made," White House physician Sean Conley said, adding that the president had been "fever-free for over 24 hours."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>But a source familiar with the president's health painted a less rosy account. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"The president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We're still not on a clear path to a full recovery," the source said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Ukraine ex-president hospitalised after contracting virus</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Ukraine's former President Petro Poroshenko has been hospitalised with double pneumonia, his wife has said, days after he tested positive for Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"Petro Oleksiyovych (Poroshenko) was hospitalised" in Kiev, his wife Maryna Poroshenko said in a video posted on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"Despite the fact that my husband has double pneumonia, he is strong-willed and is demonstrating this in the fight against the disease," Maryna Poroshenko said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Poroshenko, 55, on Tuesday announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus and said he was receiving treatment at home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Poroshenko, who is currently a member of the Ukrainian parliament, suffers from diabetes, which is associated with an increased risk of developing complications from the coronavirus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Schools, mosques closed in Tehran as infections rise</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Schools, libraries, mosques, and other public institutions in Tehran were closed for a week as part of measures to stem a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, state media cited authorities in the Iranian capital as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The closure plan, which will also affect universities, seminaries, libraries, museums, theatres, gyms, cafes, and hair salons in the Iranian capital, came after Alireza Zali, head of the Tehran Coronavirus Taskforce, called for the shutdown to help control the epidemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Zali warned in an interview on state television that if the spread of the epidemic continues at the current rate in Tehran, there would be a three- to five-fold increase in cases and a rise in the fatality rate to between 1.5 percent and 3 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The lockdown which also applies to all social and cultural ceremonies and conferences will run to Friday, October 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Iran's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 179 on Saturday to 26,746, and identified cases by 3,523 to 468,119, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Nepal PM's advisers test positive</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Three advisers to Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli have said they had tested positive for Covid-19, which has claimed the lives of 528 people in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Oli's press, political, and foreign affairs advisers told Reuters news agency they had been infected and were isolating themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>An assistant working for Oli also tested positive, they added.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Oli has previously tested negative, but had yet to take a test after his associates tested positive, press adviser Surya Thapa said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"The prime minister has been exercising extreme caution while meeting with people," Thapa told Reuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Nepal's Covid–19 cases rose by 2,120 to 84,570, the country's health ministry said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>DNA from Neanderthals can make Covid more severe</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Covid-19 patients with a snippet of Neanderthal DNA that crossed into the human genome some 60,000 years ago run a higher risk of severe complications from the disease, researchers have reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>People infected with the new coronavirus, for example, who carry the genetic coding bequeathed by our early human cousins are three times more likely to need mechanical ventilation, according to a study published in <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nature</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>There are many reasons why some people with Covid-19 wind up in intensive care and other have only light symptoms, or none at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Advanced age, being a man, and pre-existing medical problems can all increase the odds of a serious outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>But genetic factors can also play a role, as the new findings makes clear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"It is striking that the genetic heritage from Neanderthals has such tragic consequences during the current pandemic," said co-author Svante Paabo, director of the department of genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Hungary PM agrees on big wage hike for doctors</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has agreed with the Hungarian Medical Chamber on a substantial wage hike for doctors, as the country braces for a further rise in coronavirus cases that could strain its healthcare system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Hungary reported 1,086 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections so far to 29,717 with 812 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Like many other east European countries, Hungary is grappling with a shortage of doctors and medical workers as local salaries pale in comparison to western Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Gyula Kincses, chairman of the Hungarian Medical Chamber, said the government has accepted a proposed pay scale for doctors that would see base salaries for medical practitioners and doctors roughly double from current levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Depending on age and level of experience, medical practitioners will earn 700,000 to 800,000 forints, while older doctor s will receive up to 2.4 million forints, Kincses said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Russia reports almost 10,000 daily cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Russia reported 9,859 new cases on Saturday, the highest number of daily infections since May 15, when the outbreak was at its peak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Russia's virus crisis centre said that 174 deaths had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, which took the official national death toll to 21,251.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Ukraine reports record 4,661 new cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Ukraine has reported 4,661 new cases on Saturday, a daily record number of infections, which spiked in late September.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Ukraine's security council said 92 deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 4,353.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Indonesia reports 4,007 new infections</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Indonesia has reported 4,007 new infections and 83 more deaths on Saturday, bringing its total infections to 299,506 and fatalities to 11,055, health ministry data showed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Czech Republic sees record surge in cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Infections in the Czech Republic have been on a steep rise, setting a new record high for the second straight day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country's Health Ministry said the day-to-day increase in new confirmed cases was 3,793 on Friday, 300 more than the previous day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country had a total of 78,051 reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 699 deaths. Currently, 42,320 are ill with the virus, with 1,134 hospitalised and 221 in serious condition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Poland reports record 2,367 daily infections</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Poland has reported a new record of 2,367 daily cases on Saturday, the health ministry said on Twitter, the third day in a row that infections have hit new highs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country also registered a further 34 deaths related to the virus. With a population of 38 million, Poland has reported 98,140 cases overall and 2,604 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korea prevents protests amid virus concerns</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korean police have mobilised hundreds of buses to head off any political rallies in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday with authorities determined to prevent another cluster of cases emerging from a protest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korea has been held up as a virus mitigation success story but it saw a flare-up of more than 1,800 infections linked to a church and a big anti-government rally in August.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 75 new infections by midnight on Friday, a third day of double-digit increases, taking the national tally to 24,027 cases, with 420 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Malaysia reports 12,088 total cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Malaysia has said it will not reimpose virus restrictions on travel despite a recent spike in infections, which a government minister said was partly caused by migrants from neighbouring countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Malaysia imposed a nationwide lockdown in March but has been gradually lifting the curbs, though authorities have warned that they could be reinstated if daily increases in infections reached triple-digits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Southeast Asian country has seen a steady climb in cases in the past week and on Saturday reported 12,088 total cases and one new death.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Philippines confirms 2,674 new cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Philippines' health ministry has on Saturday reported 2,674 new infections, the highest daily increase in five days, and 62 additional deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases in the Philippines have increased to 319,330, the highest in Southeast Asia, while deaths have reached 5,678, a third of which were recorded in the past 30 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Bosnia-Herzegovina virus rebels grow vocal </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Bosnia’s virus rebels have grown increasingly vocal, and hostile, in recent months as the number of confirmed cases rose in the small, impoverished Balkan nation of 3.5 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>More people around the country are bending or ignoring social distancing rules, gathering in uncomfortably close quarters, ditching face masks and starting vicious arguments on social media about the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country has a low number of confirmed virus cases compared with countries with a lot more people, but nearly 60% of its nearly 28,000 confirmed cases were reported since the end of July.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>India crosses 100,000 Covid-19 deaths</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>India's death toll has rose past 100,000, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after US and Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The epidemic in the Asian country shows no sign of abating.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Total deaths rose to 100,842, the health ministry said, while the tally of infections climbed to 6.47 million after a daily increase in cases of 79,476. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>India now has the highest rate of daily increase in infections in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Pope makes first trip since lockdown</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Pope Francis has made his first trip Saturday since the Vatican's lockdown, though it will be a solitary affair for the crowd-loving Argentine who has had to learn how to be close to the faithful from a distance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Francis will journey to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint, where he will sign his new encyclical — a document laying out the pope's views on key issues — on the importance of fraternity, particularly in these times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Vatican has said it will be a private visit to reduce health risks — both to Catholics who usually throng the streets on such occasions, holding aloft babies to be kissed, and for the elderly pontiff himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Australian state worried about mall outbreak</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews says a recent outbreak linked to southeast Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre shows why it's unsafe to ease restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>A cluster of cases at the 550-store shopping centre grew to 11 and includes a family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Victoria reported three more deaths and eight more cases taking the state toll to 805 and the national death count to 893.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Leading vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Trials on the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University have resumed in Japan but not the US, where the pharmaceutical giant is working with regulators, a statement released Friday said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Financial Times, citing sources close to the case, reported that the US drug regulator the FDA had expanded its investigation into the serious side effects suffered by one trial participant, which had led to a brief halt in the tests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The vaccine is one of the most advanced Western projects, having already been tested on tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Germany cases increase by 2,563</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The number of confirmed cases in Germany has increased by 2,563 to 296,958, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The reported death toll rose by 19 to 9,527, the tally showed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Brazil's Sao Paulo asks approval to use Sinovac vaccine</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The government of Sao Paulo state in Brazil has asked health regulator Anvisa to register for use of the vaccine candidate developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The news was announced by governor Joao Doria on Friday as a major step in what could be one of the first vaccination programs in the Americas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Doria has said when he receives approval from Anvisa, he plans to begin inoculating the population with the Sinovac vaccine by mid-December, one of the world's most aggressive timelines outside China and Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Colombia mayor expecting second, smaller outbreak</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Bogota, the Colombian capital, will see a second outbreak of coronavirus cases, possibly between November and December, which will hopefully be less severe than the first wave, Bogota's mayor, Claudia Lopez, said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"Most probably towards the end of the year, in November or December, we could have a second wave much smaller than the first," Lopez said in a meeting with foreign press.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Andean country began more than five months of lockdown in March. It entered a much-looser "selective" quarantine phase - allowing dining at restaurants and international flights - at the start of September.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Mainland China reports 10 new cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Mainland China reported 10 new cases on Friday, the same as a day earlier, the health authority said on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>It said there are currently 189 active cases of the disease in mainland China, including one serious case, and an additional four suspected cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The total number of confirmed cases in mainland China now stands at 85,434, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korea daily infections in two digits for third day</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korea’s new daily tally has remained in two digits for a third straight day as authorities called for public vigilance during one of the country’s biggest holiday s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Saturday that the 75 virus cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 24,027 with 420 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>South Korea’s caseload has recently displayed a downward trajectory following a spike in new infections between early August and mid-September. Stringent social distancing rules were credited with slowing the outbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Mexico's virus cases rise to 753,090</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Mexico's confirmed cases rise to 753,090, along with a total reported death toll of 78,492.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The country's health ministry reported 4,775 new cases and 414 deaths, but the true figures are likely significantly higher due to little testing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Canada to ease border restrictions for students, partners</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Canada's border restrictions will be eased to allow in foreign students as well as non-citizens who are in an exclusive dating relationship with a Canadian.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>"We recognise that travel restrictions should not keep loved ones apart," Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino told reporters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>A ban on non-essential international entries was extended this week until the end of October, as the country grapples with a surge in new cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>But Ottawa signalled it would seek to facilitate more reunifications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Liverpool's Sadio Mane tests positive</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has become the second player for the Premier League champions to test positive for the virus this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The northwest England club said Mane has “displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in good health overall.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Mane, who scored in a 3-1 victory over Arsenal on Monday, is now self-isolating and will miss Sunday’s game against Aston Villa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>WHO praises Turkey's efforts to curb Covid-19</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Turkey's efforts to curb the novel coronavirus, stressing it tripled the daily number of tests since August.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>In a statement the WHO said that testing is a critical public health measure to take action to contain Covid-19, particularly tracing contacts and isolating positive cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca thanked the WHO for praising its efforts and strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>British vaccine rollout expected in less than 3 months</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>A mass rollout of a virus vaccine in Britain could be finished in as little as three months. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>Scientists working on the Oxford vaccine hope regulators approve it before the beginning of 2021, <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>the Times</span></em> reported, citing government scientists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>A full virus immunisation programme, which would exclude children, could be quicker than experts predicted, <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Times</span></em> said, adding that health officials estimate that every adult could receive a dose of the vaccine within six months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The European Medicines Agency said on Thursday it has started reviewing data on AstraZeneca and Oxford University's potential vaccine, in real-time, the first of such moves aimed at speeding up any approval process in the region for a vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E'>The news of the European review also raises chances of the British vaccine, which is seen as leading the race for a successful vaccine against the virus, becoming the first to be approved in Europe for the 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