Coronavirus live news: daily death tolls surge in Italy and Spain

Italy reports most daily deaths since late March;Spain ’s daily deaths highest of second wave;Swedish watchdog condemns shortcomings in nursing homesFrance to control lockdown easing with Europe wary of festive surgeRussia says data on Sputnik Covid vaccine shows 95% efficacyAfrica ’s largest Covid treatment trial launched by 13 countriesOxford vaccine hit 90% success rate thanks to dosing error7.06pmGMTHi everyone, this isJessica Murray taking over the liveblog for the next few hours.As always, please do get in touch with any story ideas or personal experiences you would like to share.6.57pmGMTThat ’s it from me today. My colleague Jessica Murray will be taking over shortly. Here’s a summary of the major events so far:•The number of new infections inFrance dropped sharply against the same day last week, with the figure dropping from 45,522 last Tuesday to 9.155 today.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jessica Murray (now); Archie Bland, Lucy Campbell, Amelia Hill, Helen Sullivan and Ben Doherty (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus World news US news UK news Europe Science Infectious diseases Asia Pacific Microbiology Medical research Source Type: news