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 Life expectancy fell by more than six months compared with 2019 in
22 of the 29 countries analysed in the study, which spanned Europe,
the United States and Chile.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
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EUROPE
* The European Commission has proposed extending the period of its
scheme for monitoring and potentially limiting exports of vaccines
from the bloc, a spokesperson said.
* A cap on how much pension funds can invest in less liquid assets
should be scrapped to encourage more investments in longer-term
assets to help the British economy recover, a UK-government backed
report said.
* President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said France would give 120
million vaccine doses to poor nations, doubling an earlier pledge,
French news agency AFP reported.
AMERICAS
* The New York governor is considering employing the National Guard
and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing
shortages.
* Pedro Guimaraes, a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's
delegation to the United Nations, has tested positive for COVID-19,
the CEO of state lender Caixa Economica Federal said on Sunday.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* Thailand's COVID-19 task force approved a plan to procure a
combined 3.35 mln doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer and BioNTech
vaccines, a spokesperson said. The country will also waive its
mandatory quarantine requirement in Bangkok and nine regions from
November 1 to vaccinated arrivals, according to authorities.
* The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Vietnamese T&T group have
reached an agreement on Sputnik-V vaccine supplies to Hanoi, the RIA
news agency reported.
* Australian authorities announced plans to gradually reopen
locked-down Sydney.
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 * New Zealand is to begin allowing small numbers
of vaccinated travellers to isolate at home
instead of in state-run quarantine facilities,
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Egypt has authorised Russia's single-dose
Sputnik Light vaccine, the Russian Direct
Investment Fund, which markets the shot abroad,
said on Friday.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* A small-scale clinical study of the combined
use of the AstraZeneca and Sputnik Light
vaccines has shown strong antibody growth in a
majority of the study's participants, the
Russian Direct Investment Fund said.
* The World Health Organization is seeking to
revive its stalled inquiry into the origins of
COVID-19 with a new team, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Sunday.
* CanSino Biologics's single-dose vaccine, given
at a lower dosage than that for adults, is safe
and triggers an immune response in children aged
6-17, results from a small trial showed on
Sunday.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* World shares rose, led by sharp gains in
energy shares as crude oil prices soared to
three-year highs of almost $80 a barrel while
European stocks firmed after Germany's election
results ruled out chances of a purely left-wing
coalition. [MKTS/GLOB]
* Global oil demand is expected to reach
pre-pandemic levels by early next year as the
economy recovers, producers and traders said.
* The Bank of Japan will continue to focus on
reducing the economic impact of the pandemic,
the governor said.
(Compiled by Juliette Portala and Ramakrishnan
M.; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Barbara Lewis)
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