Africa approaching 1.5m cases across its 54 countries; Italy could extend government powers to January; record cases high in Ukraine * Row as Spain announces Madrid lockdown measures * Growth in Covid-19 cases in England may be slowing, study shows * China promotes ‘revenge travel’ to boost economy after Covid lockdowns * Australian PM says New Zealand travellers will be able to visit ‘very soon’ * UK coronavirus updates – live 11.13am BST MALAYSIA has reported its biggest rise in new Covid-19 cases since 4 June. On Thursday, the country’s health ministry recorded 260 new infections in the past 24 hours, which it said was mostly due to an outbreak in Sabah state on Borneo Island. 11.03am BST Over in ATHENS an outbreak of coronavirus in a nursing home has caused further alarm among health officials, who say they are increasingly concerned by the rising number of cases in the Greek capital, writes HELENA SMITH, the Guardian’s correspondent in GREECE. As many as 45 people in a nursing home in downtown Athens tested positive for the virus with authorities rushing to transfer the infected men and women to hospitals in the city. Continue reading...
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