Coronavirus live news: Global cases pass 75m mark; Boris Johnson announces new tier 4 and tightens Christmas rules
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Italy and Australia announce new lockdowns; France death toll surpasses 60,000; Sweden introduces tough new measures
- Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled
- PM announces ‘tier 4’ curbs and curtails Christmas mixing in England
- New strain in south-east England prompts fears of third lockdown
- Covid cases in India reach 10m as country plans vaccination programme
- Italy to go into Covid lockdown over festive period
10.59pm GMT
NSW health authorities added to the list of Covid-19 hotspots in Sydney overnight. Worryingly, the alert for Anytime Fitness in Avalon has been pushed back to 23 November. The origin case for the North Sydney outbreak has yet to be identified but it had been linked through genomic testing to a case in hotel quarantine on 1 December.
The latest advice includes:
10.56pm GMT
Swiss authorities have approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine with immunisation to start just after Christmas, AFP has said.
Switzerland has been recording more than 4,000 new cases and 100 deaths every day. Six thousand people have died in the country since the pandemic began.
After a meticulous review of the available information, Swissmedic concluded that the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech is safe and that its benefit outweighs the risks.
The number of infections is very high and is continuing to rise. Hospitals and healthcare workers have been under extreme pressure for weeks and the festive period increases the risk of an even more rapid rise in cases.
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