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Things like masks and social distancing are the most important to help combat the spread of the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This blog details the latest updates on the coronavirus in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Check-in each day for what’s new, where each part of the DMV is at in its phased reopening plan and what direction the coronavirus trend is headed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Have a question? Text it to us at 202-895-5599.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Updates on coronavirus cases come from health departments between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. every day.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Tracking the Coronavirus<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>D.C. is now averaging 68 new cases of the coronavirus a day. That’s its highest daily average since mid-August.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Maryland is now averaging 741 cases of the coronavirus a day. Two weeks ago it was averaging 607 cases. That's an increase of 22%.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As of Wednesday, more than 500 people are currently hospitalized in Maryland for treatment of COVID-19. Of those, nearly 400 are in acute care. That’s the highest number the state has seen in two months.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Virginia is now averaging 1,140 new cases of the coronavirus a day. That’s its highest daily average in more than two months, and more than 50% higher than where the commonwealth started off October.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;letter-spacing:-.75pt'>Northern Ireland coronavirus updates as Department of Health reports 22 deaths in 48 hours</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;letter-spacing:-.75pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=sub-title style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Northern Ireland's youngest coronavirus victim has been named as Derry teenager Aaron Doherty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=caption><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Nightingale City Hospital, Belfast.</span></b></span><span class=credit><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In the last 48 hours, the Department of Health has recorded a further 22 <b>coronavirus related deaths</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Northern Ireland's Covid-19 death toll now stands at 680, as of Wednesday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>And the first person in the 0-19 age category has sadly passed away after contracting the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Aaron Doherty, 17, from Derry, died at Altnagelvin Hospital on Tuesday after taking unwell on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Speaking to Derry News, Aaron's father Jim described his son as "the happiest child you could ever have met and was just so loved".</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Full breakdown of Wednesday's Covid-19 figures</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mr Doherty added: "The outpouring of grief and messages we have received just shows how much Aaron was loved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“I can honestly say that Aaron was the happiest child ever. He was such a positive fella and a wee gem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“He loved his football and was a big Derry City and Celtic fan and he used to play with local team Ballymoor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“He was also a kickboxing champion when he was about 12 or 13. He loved his sport."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Wednesday's Department of Health dashboad, a further 840 positive cases of the virus were recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>How coronavirus contact tracing is operating in Northern Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Contact tracing is an established method to help prevent the further spread of infections such as <b>Covid-19</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In Northern Ireland, this approach is now being used to target potential clusters which could spark new outbreaks of the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As outlined by the <b>Public Health Agency</b>, contact tracing works by identifying a confirmed case and asking them who they have been in contact with. Individual contacts are identified as being high risk, low risk or no risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>To be considered high risk you will have to have been in close contact with a confirmed case and have spent more than 15 minutes with them without any personal protection, they say. This means that those who have casually passed by someone on the street will not be considered high risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Halloween Trick or Treating in Northern Ireland is 'not safe'</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The usual Halloween traditions should not go ahead this weekend, the <b>Public Health Agency</b> has warned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The PHA is urging people to keep safe at Halloween by coming up with new ways to have fun which stick to guidance around staying safe from contracting and spreading <b>coronavirus</b> within our families and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Dr Gerry Waldron, Head of Health Protection at the PHA, said: “The past six months have been tough for everyone, so it is important that we take the opportunity to have fun and enjoy ourselves when we can, and Halloween is the perfect opportunity to do this safely.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>“With just a bit of creativity, we can think of new ways to have fun at Halloween which also keep us safe from Covid-19.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>“We do not advise continuing the tradition of ‘bobbing for apples’ this year or going outside to trick or treat within the community, as these are not safe practices this year, as they increase the risk of infection. Sharing of food and sweets can also spread the Covid-19 virus.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>“Face-to-face interactions with older and vulnerable neighbours could also put them at risk.”</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The official rules on face masks in Northern Ireland</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Social distancing, stricter hand hygiene and the wearing of face coverings have become part of our everyday lives now as the fight against <b>coronavirus</b> continues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Since August, the use of face coverings in certain indoor settings, such as shops or shopping centres has been mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>You must also wear a face covering on public transport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In more recent weeks, this has been extended to include airports, banks and some government offices, as well as private buses and taxis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>We have pulled together the most recent information and guidance on face masks in Northern Ireland, from the NI Executive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>NI's youngest coronavirus victim dies age 17</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Aaron Doherty has been described as “just the best child you could have wished for” by his doting father.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The 17-year-old, from <b>Derry</b>, is the first person under the age of 20 to have died after <b>testing positive for coronavirus</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Aaron, who was recently diagnosed with a condition called <b>Cushing Syndrome</b>, sadly passed away on Tuesday at Altnagelvin Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:33.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 8 million mark</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=content-main style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Global tally crosses 44 million mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="javascript:void();" title="Post a comment"><span style='color:windowtext'> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:24.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>India’s tally of those infected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crossed the 8 million mark October 29, 2020. The country has 8,039,434 total cases, of which 603,269 are active, according to <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>covid19india.org.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:24.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The country recorded 50,225 COVID-19 between October 28 and 29 (1,075,760 tests conducted).<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The number has been steadily on the rise after recording a decline in the last few days: At least 43,036 more cases were recorded on October 27 (1,066,786 tests conducted); 36,104 on October 26 (958,116 tests conducted) and 45,922 (939,309 tests) on October 25, according to <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>covid19india.org.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A total of 120,570 people have died due to the virus in the country, with 514 deaths being reported in the last 24 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The fresh surge in cases has come as national capital Delhi recorded the highest single-day spike of 5,673 infections (60,571 tests conducted), taking the total tally to 370,014 of which 29,378 are active cases. The city had logged 4,853 cases a day before (57,210 tests conducted).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The active-case ratio in the city is at 7.9 per cent. That is, for every 100 infected people, eight are currently infected. The fatality ratio is 1.7 per cent.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The case fatality ratio was the highest in Maharashtra at 2.6 per cent, followed by Gujarat at 2.2 per cent. A total of 1,660,766 people have been infected in Maharashtra so far, of whom 43,554 have died. Gujarat has recorded 170,053 cases so far; 3,704 have died of the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As many as 71 seats went to polls in the first phase in Bihar, the first Indian state to hold elections amid the pandemic. As the turnout clocked 54 per cent, voters and polling officers defied COVID-19 norms by not adhering to social distancing and abandoning masks. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The global tally crossed the 44 million-mark, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. The World Health Organization said that two million COVID-19 cases were reported globally in the last one week.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The United States continues to add more daily cases than India. As of October 28, it had 8,858,024 total cases. Brazil, which is the third-most affected country after US and India, has recorded 5,468,270 cases.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> A COVID-19 vaccine may be available for some people before Christmas, Kate Bingham, chair of the United Kingdom government’s vaccine taskforce, said in an interview to BBC. She, however, added that early 2021 launch was more likely. Two phase III efficacy clinical trials are now underway in the UK — the Oxford AstraZeneca Plc vaccine and Novavax vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Serum Institute of India (SII), which has an agreement with AstraZeneca to manufacture the Oxford University vaccine, said on October 28 the vaccine candidate could be ready as early as December.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Earlier, AstraZeneca said the vaccine candidate “produced a robust immune response in older adults and the elderly, those at highest risk of severe illness”.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;letter-spacing:.45pt'>Coronavirus latest news: National lockdown similar to those in Europe needed to curb spread, warns government adviser</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;letter-spacing:.45pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> national lockdown similar to those in Europe is needed to curb the spread of Covid-19, a government adviser has warned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Steven Riley, professor of infectious disease dynamics at Imperial College London, said the data from the React coronavirus study suggests "we need to think about changing the approach".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"We're getting to the stage where we have to see prevalence go down," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"I think what our study shows is there would be genuine benefits to some kind of national policy. In that we could prevent the pattern in the south turning into the current pattern in the north and bring about a reversal in the north as quickly as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"If we're going to end up using those restrictions that have been brought in elsewhere in Europe today and yesterday, we should think about timing - and sooner is better than later."<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Face masks should be washed and tumble dried each day, study finds</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>F</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ace masks should be washed daily at 60C and tumble dried if possible in order to completely kill off any traces of coronavirus, experts have said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A recent study by the University of California found that particles can build up in masks and regular washing is important.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Professor William Ristenpart, a chemical engineer at the university, found that while masks prevent emissions they also store droplets and aerosols and could be a source of infection. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=article-body-image-caption><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Angela Merkel wearing a face mask in the German parliament</span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span class=article-body-image-copyright-label><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>CREDIT:</span></span><span class=article-body-image-copyright><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'> FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS</span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"Our results suggest that individuals using homemade fabric masks should take care to wash or otherwise sterilise them on a regular basis to minimise the possibility of emission," he wrote in a recent paper published in Nature. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>T</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>he World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that reusable masks should be changed more frequently than daily if they get dirty, damp or wet. They should also be stored in a clear, resealable plastic bag between uses and only touched by their elastic straps. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>West Yorkshire council leader denies region is in 'stand-off' with government </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>L</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>eader of Bradford Council, Susan Hinchcliffe, said it appeared the Government was "unflinching in their resolve" to place the region into Tier 3 as another day passed without a decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But Ms Hinchliffe, who is also the chairwoman of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, said she would not describe it as a "stand-off".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The talks have been ongoing as hospitals in West Yorkshire announced the cancellation of some routine operations as numbers of Covid-19 patients on wards reached levels higher than in the April/May peak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Ms Hinchliffe told Today: "I wouldn't call it a stand-off."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>She said the "only thing that's worked" is a national approach but added: "I've been told there's no prospect of a national lockdown."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"The whole country was in it together and doing things together. There is something about people following rules and wanting to see the fairness of it all."</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>We'll do 'everything in our power' to stop national lockdown, says Communities Secretary</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"It is very concentrated in some places and so I think it is right that we try everything in our power to try to avoid a blanket national lockdown," Robert Jenrick told the BBC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>H</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>e said discussions will take place on Thursday over increased restrictions for Leeds and West Yorkshire.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"We're having discussions later today with Leeds and West Yorkshire where there's also a concerning rise in the number of cases and pressure on the local NHS."</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Current surges are 'ferocious', warns WHO special envoy</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>P</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>rofessor David Nabarro said coronavirus is spreading with a surprising ferocity but lockdown restrictions have slowed the spread in the North of the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Discussing the situation in Europe, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "This virus has been picking up extraordinary energy over the last three or four weeks and it is indeed surprising just how ferocious the current surges have become."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Prof Nabarro said the UK has "apparently been able to slow the spread in some parts of the North of the country through very effective local action".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"What that's led to is a sort of levelling up and it seems that southern parts of the UK are speeding up," he said.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Covid-19 variant from Spain accounts for more than 80% of UK cases</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> coronavirus variant that originated in Spanish farm workers now accounts for the majority of new Covid-19 cases in several countries — and more than 80 per cent in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>An international team of scientists that has been tracking the virus through its genetic mutations has described the extraordinary spread of the variant, called 20A.EU1, in a research paper to be published on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It suggests that people returning from holiday in Spain played a key role in transmitting the virus across Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>T</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>he new variant emerged among agricultural workers in north-east Spain in June and moved quickly through the local population, according to the study.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It accounted for more than eight out of 10 cases in the UK, 80 per cent of cases in Spain, 60 per cent in Ireland and up to 40 per cent in Switzerland and France.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> The researchers concluded that the “risky behaviour” of holidaymakers in Spain — such as ignoring social distancing guidelines — who “continue to engage in such behaviour at home” helped the spread of the new variant.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>British public gave additional £800m to charity during first months of pandemic</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>C</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>haritable giving across the UK between January and June was at levels usually seen during the peak fundraising months leading up to Christmas, the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Between these months, the public donated a total of £5.4bn to charity - £800m more than for the same period in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>However, the CAF found that some charities suffered unprecedented losses as donors shifted their donations to charities supporting the NHS and fundraising opportunities shrank.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>There was a large increase in the number of people donating to or sponsoring hospitals and hospices, and one in five people reported donating to charities which support the NHS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This coincided with Captain Sir Tom Moore's £32m fundraising effort for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But medical research charities were among the hardest hit, losing out on an estimated £174m.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Infections 'doubling every nine days'</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>T</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>he second wave of coronavirus in England has reached a "critical stage", with infections doubling approximately every nine days, experts have said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The interim data from round six of the React study at Imperial College London uses data and swab results from 86,000 people between October 16-25, and estimates there are around 96,000 new infections per day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>According to the study, the overall prevalence of infection in the community in England was 1.28% - or 128 people per 10,000, up from 60 per 10,000 in the previous round which took place between Sept 18 and Oct 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Infections were doubling every nine days with a national reproduction number (R) estimated at 1.56, compared to 1.16 in the previous round, according to the study.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>'Covid toes' could last for months after infection</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>P</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>eople infected with coronavirus may end up developing a skin symptom known as Covid toes, scientists have said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Research by the International League of Dermatological Societies and the American Academy of Dermatology found some patients had chilblain-like inflammation on their feet, sometimes lasting for months at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The condition typically develops within a week to four weeks of being infected and can result in toes becoming swollen or changing colour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Symptoms are said to be mild in the majority of cases and the feet return to normal within weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Scientists have also discovered that about one in six people require hospital treatment, while some of those with "long Covid" symptoms report cases lasting for several months.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>New daily record for Italy</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>taly reached a new daily record of nearly 25,000 coronavirus cases and added 205 deaths on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nearly 1,000 people were admitted to hospitals nationwide and 125 more are in intensive care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese briefed the Senate on protests following Italy's latest anti-virus restrictions, which shuttered restaurants and bars at nightfall, closed movie theatres and, in some regions, imposed overnight curfews.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>W</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>hile daytime protests by restaurant owners and taxi drivers have been largely peaceful, Ms Lamorgese accused a variety of fringe anti-government and virus-negating groups of using the crisis as an excuse for <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/27/european-countries-mull-tougher-anti-virus-measures-italian/"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>violence, vandalism and looting</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Italy has nearly 590,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 38,000 deaths, the second highest in Europe after Britain.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>China records highest daily increase in months</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>M</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ainland China reported 47 new Covid cases on Wednesday, up from 42 a day earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It marked the highest daily increase in more than two months, the country's national health authority said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Of the new cases, 23 were local infections in Xinjiang involving previously asymptomatic patients following a mass infection reported in Kashgar. The rest were imported infections originating from overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The increase in confirmed infections is the highest since 49 cases were reported on August 9, but still at a small fraction of what the country saw at the height of the epidemic in February.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The total number of new asymptomatic cases fell to 16 from 38 a day earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The total number of confirmed cases in China now stands at 85,915, while the death toll is 4,634.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Travel ban helps protect Australia from pandemic waves</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ustralia has sought to prevent new coronavirus cases from reaching its shores by banning most of its residents from leaving in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The ban creates a heartbreaking burden on its multicultural population, around half of whom were born overseas or have an immigrant parent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Prime Minister Scott Morrison has held up Australia's travel ban as an example to the world of how to avoid severe subsequent coronavirus waves spread by citizens who are infected while travelling on vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But with Australia becoming one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus, some are questioning how long the ban can be justified.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Japanese company aims for December trial of vaccine</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span class=mfirst-letter><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>S</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>hionogi & Co is planning clinical trials by year-end for what may be one of Japan's first domestically produced Covid-19 vaccines to reach the market, as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The company plans to put its vaccine candidate into Phase 1 clinical trials in December and shift into Phase 2 by January and apply for tentative approval from the government, Shionogi chief executive Isao Teshirogi told Reuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But a Phase 3 trial would likely be done overseas due to the relative lack of Covid cases in Japan, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Shionogi's plan to have enough doses to inoculate 30 million people by the end of next year means its impact will be much larger than that of first mover Osaka-based AnGes, which expects to have its first doses ready by March.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.5rem'><span 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