Trump claims Covid-19 only “really” affects people who have “other problems”; European stocks post worst fall in three months; UK cases pass 400,000; More than one in five Covid-19 deaths globally is in US. Follow the latest updates * US nears 200,000 deaths * ‘Landmark moment’: 156 countries agree to vaccine allocation deal * Taj Mahal reopens as coronavirus cases continue to rise in India * UK could see 200 deaths a day by November, warns chief medical officer * UK coronavirus updates – live 4.13am BST Eight monks have tested positive for coronavirus and their monastery in a remote Orthodox Christian community in northern Greece has been quarantined, a Church official said on Monday. One of the monks was taken to hospital in Thessaloniki in a serious condition, said the official who declined to be named. It is not the first outbreak at the Mount Athos site - four monks tested positive in March after travelling to Britain but recovered quickly. 3.46am BST Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis admitted Monday that his government had made a mistake when it eased restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus over the summer. His mea culpa came as governments across Europe struggle with a second wave of Covid-19 infections following the holiday months in which the number of cases began rising sharply. Continue reading...
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