Hey and welcome to at the moment’s stay coronavirus information with me, Helen Sullivan.
I’ll be bringing you the most recent updates for the following few hours. As at all times, you may get in contact with me on Twitter @helenrsullivan.
Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been admitted Georgetown College Hospital with coronavirus, in response to CNN, which cited a supply accustomed to the state of affairs – although the Guardian has not been capable of verify this. Late on Sunday, Trump tweeted that Giuliani had the virus, although it’s unclear what his situation is.
In the meantime greater than 23 million individuals in Southern California have been getting ready on Sunday for the harshest lockdowns in the US as Covid-19 instances spiked to document ranges within the nation’s most populous state.
The restrictions in California, ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom to take impact on a region-by-region foundation as hospital intensive care unit beds are crammed virtually to capability, name for bars, hair and nail salons and tattoo retailers to shut once more.
As of 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, the affected areas have been additionally required to close down even outside restaurant eating.
Listed below are the opposite key developments from the previous couple of hours:
- Tunisia has prolonged a night-time curfew till the top of the yr in a bid to sort out rising coronavirus instances, amid rising discontent and anti-government protests within the North African nation.
- France has recorded 11,022 new coronavirus infections and 174 deaths during the last 24 hours. The figures evaluate to 9,784 instances and 198 fatalities introduced final Sunday.
- Pfizer Inc has utilized for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, a prime authorities well being adviser has stated, the primary firm to take action within the nation with the world’s second-highest variety of infections.
- Turkey recorded 30,402 new coronavirus instances over the previous 24 hours, the well being ministry has introduced. The Covid-19 dying toll rose by 195 within the final 24 hours, bringing the full variety of fatalities to 14,900, the ministry information additionally confirmed.
- The South African authorities has urged college college students who attended a collection of end-of-year “Rage” events to quarantine for 10 days after figuring out 4 such events as coronavirus “super-spreader occasions”.
- There have been an extra 17,272 lab-confirmed coronavirus instances within the UK, in response to government data. This compares to 12,155 instances registered final Sunday.
- Italy has reported 18,887 new coronavirus instances, in contrast with 20,646 final Sunday. A complete of 1.728 million instances have been registered thus far.
- Indonesia has obtained its first cargo of vaccine from China, its president, Joko Widodo, has stated, as the federal government prepares a mass inoculation programme.
- Bavaria, which has thus far recorded the Germany’s highest dying toll, has introduced it would impose a more durable lockdown from Wednesday till 5 January.