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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan warned people to stay away from large congregations and diligently follow the Covid-related guidelines issued by the government. Vardhan requested people to celebrate upcoming festivals at home, with their loved ones, instead of going out to fairs and pandals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>World coronavirus update:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 37,736,120 . While 28,342,318 have recovered, 1,081,246 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 7,991,999 cases. It is followed by India, which has 7,119,300 cases, Brazil (5,094,979) and Russia (1,298,718).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Africa coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases reach 1,569,680<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The total number of coronavirus cases across the African continent has reached 1,569,680, while the death toll stood at 38,196, according to health authorities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The new case tally and toll was confirmed on Sunday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said, a specialized healthcare agency of African Union (AU) Commission, reports Xinhua news agency<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Global coronavirus update: Covid cases nearing 37.7 mn<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 37.7 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,081,443.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 37,748,229.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Assam coronavirus update: State reports 396 fresh Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Assam on Sunday reported its lowest Covid-19 figures in four months -- 396 fresh cases and five deaths -- Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The state's coronavirus tally rose to 1,93,783 and the death toll mounted to 816 with Sunday's numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Samples tested for Covid-19, were, however, also low at 11,376 compared to an average of over 30,000 tests conducted daily<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Twitter flags Trump's tweet claiming he is 'immune' from coronavirus<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Twitter on Sunday (local time) flagged US President Donald trump's tweet on being immune from Covid-19, claiming it has violated rules on spreading misleading information regarding Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>"A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can't get it (immune), and can't give it. Very nice to know!!!" Trump had said in a tweet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Twitter maintained that the particular tweet violated rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19. However, it also determined that it may be in the public's interest for the tweet to remain accessible<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>UAE coronavirus update: 1,096 new Covid-19 cases; 106,229 in total reported<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 1,096 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 106,229.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>At the same time, 1,311 more patients have recovered from the virus, taking the tally of recoveries in the UAE to 97,284, UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention said, Xinhua news agency reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>It also confirmed two more deaths, pushing the country's death toll to 445<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Israel coronavirus update: 618 new Covid cases; 290,493 in total registered<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Israel's Ministry of Health reported 618 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 290,493.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The number of death cases reached 1,980, with 39 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 838 to 824, out of 1,576 patients currently hospitalised, Xinhua news agency reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The number of recoveries rose to 228,658, with 2,933 new ones, while active cases currently stand at 59,854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Brazil coronavirus update: Covid-19 death toll nears 150,500-mark<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Brazil has said it registered 290 more Covid-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 150,488.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>According to the country's health ministry on Sunday, 12,345 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing its total caseload to 5,094,982, Xinhua news agency reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Brazil's Covid-19 fatalities passed the 150,000 mark on Saturday, making it the country with the world's second-highest death toll after the US. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Trump says he is free of Covid-19 as he readies for final campaign trail<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>US President Donald Trump said on Sunday his doctors had found he no longer had Covid-19 and would not be a transmission risk to others as he returns to holding big rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Trump's physician said on Saturday the president had taken a test showing he was no longer infectious and there was no evidence "of actively replicating virus," but did not directly say whether Trump had tested negative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>"I passed the highest test, the highest standards, and I'm in great shape," Trump, who spent three days in the hospital after revealing he had tested positive on Oct. 2, said on Fox News Channel. </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Amid coronavirus, many businesses in precarious spot as 2020 ends<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The final three months of the year, usually a boom time for many small businesses thanks to holiday shopping and celebrations, looks precarious as the coronavirus maintains its grip on the economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Owners contending with government restrictions or crumbling demand are trying to hold on, with some creating new products and services or desperately searching for new customers. Others, however, have found they're already well equipped to meet the lifestyle changes brought about by the pandemic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Haryana coronavirus update: State reports 1065 new cases of Covid-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Haryana reported 1065 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total cases in the state to 1,42,155.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>A total of 1,30,003 patients have been discharged so far, after recovering from the disease while 1579 have succumbed to the virus. The active Covid-19 cases in the state are 10,573, as per the state's Health Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>In Haryana, the Covid-19 positivity rate is 6.46 per cent, the recovery rate is 91.45 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.11 per cent. </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Israel coronavirus update: 618 new Covid cases; 290,493 in total registered<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Israel's Ministry of Health reported 618 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 290,493. The number of death cases reached 1,980, with 39 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 838 to 824, out of 1,576 patients currently hospitalised, Xinhua news agency reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The number of recoveries rose to 228,658, with 2,933 new ones, while active cases currently stand at 59,854. </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Coronavirus world update: Soaring virus infection puts more French cities on alert<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Four French cities have joined Paris and Marseille in the maximum alert status to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and it appeared likely that the list would soon grow as infections soar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Bars shut down and other severe measures are ordered under maximum alert.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne in the southeast and Lille in the north moved to maximum alert on Saturday when health authorities reported nearly 26,900 new daily infections in 24 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>There were just under 5,000 new hospitalisations over the past week, with 928 of them in ICUs, and the positive rate for the increasing number of COVID-19 tests climbed to 11 per cent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Rajasthan reports 14 more coronavirus-related fatalities, death toll rises to 1,650<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Rajasthan reports 14 more coronavirus-related fatalities, death toll rises to 1,650; 2,144 new cases take tally to 1,59,052: Officials</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>93-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus in Odisha<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Basanti Patra, a 93-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on October 2 and was admitted to the hospital three days later, has recovered on Sunday, according to SUM Covid Hospital, Bhubaneswar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Basanti Patra, the mother of Jaleswar legislator Aswini Kumar Patra, was diagnosed with the virus on October 2 and was admitted into the hospital three days later complaining of fever and vomiting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Chhattisgarh coronavirus update: State reports 2,114 new cases, 18 deaths<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 count reached 1,42,372 on Sunday after 2,114 people, including the state's higher education minister, were found infected, an official said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The number of people who have been discharged so far increased to 1,13,771, while 18 more deaths took the toll to 1,253, he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;color:inherit'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Maharashtra coronavirus update: Pune adds 1,720 new Covid-19 cases; 53 die<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The Covid-19 tally in Pune district of Maharashtra rose by 1,720 fresh cases in the last 24 hours to 3,06,864, a health official said on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>With 53 deaths, the total toll in the district mounted to 7,167, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>A total of 1,010 patients were discharged after treatment during the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>"Of the 1,720 cases, 630 infections were reported from the limits of Pune Municipal Corporation, which now has 1,54,230 patients. Pimpri Chinchwad township reported 352 cases," the official said. </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.3pt'>China to test entire city of 9 million amid surge in cases – latest updates</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.3pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F0F0F2;box-sizing: border-box;opacity: 0.87'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>More than 37 million people have tested positive for Covid-19 globally, while over a million have died from the virus. Here are the updates for October 12:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><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:black'>China to test city of 9 million amid new cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>China’s government says all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao will be tested for the virus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found.<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:black'>The announcement broke a string of weeks without any locally transmitted infections reported in China.<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:black'>The National Health Commission said authorities were investigating the source of the infections found in eight patients at Qingdao’s Municipal Chest Hospital and one family member. The commission said the whole city will be tested within five 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:black'>China, where the pandemic began in December, has reported 4,634 deaths and 85,578 cases, plus nine suspected cases that have yet to be confirmed.<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:black'>Indonesia’s capital moves to ease restrictions</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Authorities in Indonesia’s capital have moved to ease virus restrictions despite a surge in cases nationwide.<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:black'>Jakarta previously imposed large-scale social restrictions from April to June, then eased them gradually. <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:black'>The city reimposed strict restrictions last month as the virus spread significantly and overwhelmed its health 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:black'>Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan said that his administration decided to ease restrictions beginning Monday as the increase in infections had stabilised.<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:black'>He said people can return to offices with limits on employee numbers, while transport services will run at half capacity.<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:black'>French PM does not rule out local lockdown </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>French Prime Minister Jean Castex said he did not rule out local lockdowns in France due to a resurgence of new infections.<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:black'>"Nothing must be excluded," Castex told <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>franceinfo</span></em> radio after he was asked about potential local lockdowns.<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:black'>Castex also said the country was facing a "strong" second wave of new infections. <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:black'>UK needs further curbs to get the virus under control, minister says</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government needs to impose further virus restrictions and the risk of spreading the virus is higher in pubs, restaurants and nightclubs, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden 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:black'>"The purpose of these measures is to get the virus under control," Dowden told Sky. "The point of moving to this tiered system is so that in those most highly affected areas, we have got measures in place to control 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:black'>He said he hoped the virus would be under control by Christmas or sooner.<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:black'>Cases in India surge past 7 million</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>India's total cases rose by 66,732 in the last 24 hours to 7.12 million, data from the health ministry 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'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Deaths from infections rose by 816 to 109,150, the 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:black'>It has the second-highest number of infections, behind the United States which is approaching the 8 million mark.<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:black'>South Korea's Celltrion gets approval for Phase 3 trials of antibody drug</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc said it has received regulatory approval for Phase 3 clinical trials of an experimental virus treatment.<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:black'>The approval comes as the company plans to seek conditional approval for its antibody drug, CT-P59, for emergency use by the end of this year.<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:black'>The treatment, the most advanced antibody drug in terms of research in South Korea, is directed against the surface of the virus and designed to block it from locking on to human cells.<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:black'>South Korea reports 97 cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>South Korea has confirmed 97 new cases of the virus, a modest uptick from the daily levels reported last week, just as officials ease social distancing restrictions after concluding that transmissions have slowed following a resurgence in mid-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:black'>The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency brought the national caseload to 24,703, including 433 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:black'>Sixty-three of the new cases came from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, home to half of the country’s 51 million people, where health workers have struggled to track infections tied to various places and groups, including churches, hospitals, schools, workers and troops.<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:black'>Greece reports 280 cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Greek health authorities have announced a daily record of 13 deaths from the virus, along with 280 new confirmed cases of infections.<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:black'>The country's total number of cases since the pandemic started is 22,358, with 449 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:black'>New restrictions on the number of people allowed inside restaurants, museums and archaeological site are being imposed in Athens and several regions around Greece where the incidence of new cases is considered particularly high.<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:black'>Slovakia imposes new restrictive measures</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Slovakia is imposing new restrictive measures in hopes of curbing a surge in infections.<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:black'>Starting Thursday, it will again be mandatory to wear face masks outside in all cities, towns and villages and there will be a ban on public events, including religious services in churches. Exceptions include weddings, funerals and baptisms with a limited number of participants.<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:black'>Major professional sports competitions are allowed to continue without fans.<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:black'>Fitness and wellness centers and public swimming pools will be closed.<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:black'>New Zealand signs deal with Pfizer, BioNTech for vaccine</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>The New Zealand government signed a deal to buy 1.5 million virus vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, with delivery potentially as early as the first quarter of 2021.<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:black'>The government did not disclose financial terms of the deal, its first vaccine purchase, which will provide enough doses to vaccinate 750,000 people.<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:black'>Officials said talks were continuing with other drug companies to secure more vaccine supplies for the country of 5 million people and further announcements were expected next month.<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:black'>Germany reports 2,467 cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>The number of confirmed virus cases in Germany increased by 2,467 to 325,331, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases 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'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The reported death toll rose by 6 to 9,621, 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:black'>British PM Johnson to outline new virus lockdown system</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to present a new three-tiered alert system for coronavirus cases in England, with northwestern Liverpool expected to be the only city placed in the top category.<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:black'>Like governments throughout Europe, Johnson's conservative cabinet is seeking to balance bringing down the rate of new infections against concern about the economy and frustration among voters.<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:black'>The new alert system, which will classify all areas as either "medium", "high" or "very high" risk, is an attempt to bring transparency and uniformity to restrictions introduced to combat the spread of the disease.<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:black'>Johnson is set to present the system in parliament on Monday afternoon and MPs will be called to vote on the measures later in the week, a source in his office 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:black'>The national death toll from coronavirus in Britain is more than 42,000, which is the worst in 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'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>China reports 21 new virus cases</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Mainland China has reported 21 new cases, matching the number of new cases a day earlier.<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:black'>The National Health Commission said in a statement all of the new cases were imported infections that originated from overseas. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not count as confirmed cases, rose to 32 from 23 a day earlier.<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:black'>The total number of confirmed cases in Mainland China now stands at 85,578, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,6 34.<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:black'>Mexico's virus cases rise to 817,503</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Mexico's Health Ministry has reported 3,175 new cases and 139 additional fatalities, bringing the total to 817,503 cases and 83,781 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:black'>The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed 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'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Singapore and Indonesia to open border for business</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to reopen borders between the two countries for essential business and official travel after they were shut to curb the spread of 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:black'>Indonesia has recorded over 333,000 cases, the second-highest rate in Southeast Asia behind the Philippines, and its capital Jakarta has been subject to strict social curbs. Singapore, meanwhile, is seeing just a handful of cases daily.<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:black'>Those who meet the requirements for the arrangement will be subject to pre- and post-travel swab tests, the foreign ministries of the neighbouring countries said in a joint statement.<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:black'>Soaring virus infection puts more French cities on alert</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>Two more French cities have joined Paris and Marseille and four others in maximum alert status to fight back the virus, surgical strikes with strict new measures to stop the spread of infections.<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:black'>The prefecture of Montpellier, in the south, announced a maximum alert status for the city and surrounding towns starting Tuesday. Measures include the closing of cafes and bars. The southwest city of Toulouse was doing likewise after a day of meetings between mayors of surrounding towns and the prefect, the local state authority, the Toulouse newspaper <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>La Depeche</span></em> 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:black'>Soaring infections and increased hospitalisations put four other cities on the maximum alert list on Saturday: Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne in the southeast and Lille in the north.<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:black'>National health authorities reported on Saturday nearly 26,900 new daily infections in 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'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>South Africa registers 1,575 new cases</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><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:black'>South Africa has recorded 1,575 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 692,471.<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:black'>The country's health ministry said at least 107 more people died of the virus, putting the total number of fatalities at 17,780.<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:black'>Recoveries exceed 623,765 and over 4.4 million tests have been performed since the first case was reported in the country in March.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone: </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="tel:%2B263%204%202927658" target="_blank"><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>+263 4 2927658</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Cellphone: </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. 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