Coronavirus live news: Portugal tightens restrictions; Mexico to buy 32m doses of potential Russian vaccine

Portugallimits gatherings to 10 people and imposes drinking curbs; Mexicosigns agreement for Sputnik V vaccine; UK recordsover 2,000 infections for fifth day in a rowCentral Europe faces worse second wave after avoiding worst of firstUK looks to Belgium for Covid inspiration despite infections riseTrump admits playing down virus as total deaths exceed 900,000AstraZeneca chief claims vaccine still possible this year7.22pmBSTTheUnited Nations has called for an immediate “quantum leap” in funding for global programmes developing coronavirus treatments and vaccine candidates.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries to find $15bn over the next three months to fund the ACT-Accelerator programme, a globalWorld Health Organization-led scheme.7.08pmBSTHello, my name is Clea Skopeliti and I ’ll be running the blog for the next few hours.Please do get in touch with any suggestions for coverage, particularly if you feel I ’ve missed an important update from your part of the world. You can DM me onTwitter or drop me anemail.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Clea Skopeliti (now); Damien Gayle, Sarah Marsh, Alexandra Topping and Helen Sullivan(earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news US news UK news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news