Coronavirus live news: no widespread vaccination until mid-2021, says WHO; cases rise across Europe

‘We need to see how safe it is,’WHO stresses; Italy reports biggest rise since 2 May while Spain and France both report thousands of new casesDiarrhoea and vomiting may be key sign of coronavirus in childrenCDC ’s autumn vaccine hint fuels fears of pressure from TrumpWestern Australia refuses to sign up to open borders by ChristmasUK coronavirus updates – live6.51pmBSTThis is a Reuters exclusive from Aislinn Laing:Johnson& Johnson will seek 20,000 volunteers for late-stage human trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in hard-hitLatin America, one-third of the planned global total, one of its public health chiefs in the region said.We expect the majority in Brazil because it ’s the biggest country and also the one most affected by the pandemic so we expect a lot of people volunteering, but we expect also high numbers in Colombia and in Argentina.It ’s the intention of the company to prioritise the countries that contribute to the development of the vaccine and that will have patients participating in the trials, yes.I think this is a potential risk and that ’s why we are going to a number of centres that is higher than the other companies to cover geographies that are not covered by the other studies.This is impacting everybody and it ’s going to continue to impact even after this is over. The consequences will continue so we need to try and stop it as early as possible.6.37pmBSTThe statistics agency ofRussia has said there were 10,079 deaths of peo...
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