| | | | | London, Europe's top financial centre with 9 million people, will enter a tighter COVID-19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave. | | |
| | | The British government will impose stricter COVID-19 social restrictions on London, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced in parliament on Thursday. | | |
| | | Croatia reported 793 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, a daily record, while neighbouring Slovenia introduced new measures to fight its spike in infections. | | |
| | | The proportion of contacts of positive COVID-19 reached by England's test and trace service dropped again to 62.6% in the latest week, well short of a target of 80% of contacts reached, statistics published by the health ministry said. | | |
| | | Swiss health officials refrained from new nationwide measures to curb spread of the novel coronavirus as the number of infections mounted on Thursday, instead urging residents to redouble their efforts to embrace existing hygiene and distancing recommendations. | | |
| | | Authorities in Moscow said a QR-code system would be introduced at late-night entertainment venues from Oct. 19 in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as deaths in Russia hit a record daily high on Thursday. | | |
| | | The European Commission urged member nations on Thursday to step up preparations against the new surge of coronavirus infections and recommended common measures to roll out vaccines should they become available. | | |
| | | Imposing tighter controls to curb COVID-19 contagion could save hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe before February as the continent battles an exponential surge in infections, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. | | |
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| | | Malaysia reported 589 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, raising its cumulative tally of infections to 18,129, the health ministry said. | | |
| | | The number of new coronavirus infections reported on Thursday rose by 2,613 in a day as fresh cases hit their second-highest daily total following Wednesday's record, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/situation-schweiz-und-international.html from Switzerland's public health agency showed. | | |
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