Record daily rise in cases in France and Greece – as it happened

French cases near 10,000 in a day;single biggest rise in Greece; Portugallimits gatherings to 10 people. This blog has now closed. Stay up to date on our new blog belowCoronavirus – latest updates12.24amBSTWe are closing this blog now, but you can stay up to date on all the latest news on our new blog below.Related:Coronavirus live news: Fauci says US needs to ‘hunker down’ this winter; global cases near 28m12.21amBSTTheUnited Nations on Thursday called for an immediate “quantum leap” in funding for global programmes to combat the coronavirus and restore prosperity.The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, urged countries to find $15bn over the next three months to fund the ACT-Accelerator programme, a global collaboration to hunt for a vaccine and treatments led by the UN ’s World Health Organization (WHO).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