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 DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
* For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open
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* For a U.S.-focused tracker with state-by-state and county map,
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* Eikon users, see MacroVitals cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098
for a case tracker and summary of news.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* At least 17 Indian MPs have tested positive as cases in the
country near five million.
* Australia recorded its first day without a death in two months, as
states lift restrictions.
* Hong Kong will reopen bars, swimming pools and theme parks from
Friday after a mass-testing scheme.
* Organisers pushing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics are set
to decide by the end of the year what "counter-measures" are
required to hold the Games safely.
EUROPE
* Russia reported 5,529 new cases, pushing its tally to 1,073,849,
the fourth largest in the world.
* Hundreds of Hasidic Jews who set off on a pilgrimage to Ukraine
despite coronavirus restrictions blocked the frontier after border
guards would not let them in.
* Britain's interior minister said she would call on the police to
report anyone who flouted a ban on gatherings of more than six
people, suggesting that people who stopped for a chat on the street
were breaking new laws.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* South Africa plans no further easing of its coronavirus loan
scheme criteria to stimulate uptake, meaning almost a third of the
government's $30 billion relief package may end up going unused.
* Nigerian health workers demanding the payment of a hazard
allowance for treating coronavirus patients have gone on strike only
a week after doctors in Africa's most populous country staged a
walk-out.
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* In August, programmes by Tanzanian non-profit organisation Ubongo - which
offers television and radio content for free to African broadcasters - rose to
reach about 17 million households in 20 countries, as millions of children rely
on TV education during school shutdowns.
AMERICAS
* Argentina's "positive rate", the number of daily infections to the number of
tests carried out, has topped 50%, one of the highest in the world while Brazil
registered 15,115 new cases on Monday and 381 additional deaths.
* Almost 40 countries on five continents have received doctors from Cuba during
the pandemic, despite Washington calling on some countries to reject them.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* Knock-on effects of the pandemic have halted and reversed global health
progress, setting it back 25 years and exposing millions to the risk of deadly
disease and poverty, a report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation warned.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* World stocks rose on the back of upbeat Chinese data and optimism about
vaccines, as a struggling dollar kept the hot streaks for the euro and some of
the biggest emerging market currencies sizzling. [MKTS/GLOB]
* The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its 2020 oil demand forecast,
citing caution about the pace of economic recovery.
* Economic output in "developing Asia" will shrink for the first time in nearly
six decades in 2020 before it bounces back next year, the Asian Development Bank
said.
* Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time since lockdown began in
March, a warning signal ahead of an expected surge in job losses when a huge
government job subsidy programme expires next month.
(Compiled by Sarah Morland, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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