Half of world’s schoolchildren unable to attend classrooms; Virus death toll linked to Maine wedding grows to 7; Apple rolls out virtual fitness service. Follow the latest updatesWorld still at the beginning of the pandemic, WHO expert warnsSweden records its fewest daily cases since MarchCovid cases near 30m; China expects vaccine in NovemberWorld map: which countries have the most cases and deaths?See all our coronavirus coverage 2.40am BST The government of Taiwan has given a third automatic extension to foreign tourists still inside its borders, “considering the current state of the global pandemic is still grim”.Taiwan – where it is not grim thanks to their successful pandemic response – this week announced the third 30-day extension to visitors who arrived in Taiwan on or before 21 March this year, and who hadn’t overstayed their 180-day visa.The National Immigration Agency said the extensions had been granted “ in order to prevent international movement of population leading to further outbreaks, as well as to reduce the burden of epidemic prevention on local neighbourhoods”.Taiwan, which has a population of around 23.8 million, acted early on reports of the new coronavirus, and has recorded just 499 cases and seven deaths. 2.10am BST Charlotte Graham-McLay reports for the Guardian: New Zealand reported a second consecutive day of no new cases of Covid-19 spread in the community on Wednesday. A single new case diagnosed in the country on Wednesday, health officials said, was uncovered in a traveler returning to New Zealand who is in quarantine at a managed isolation facility.But another person has died of the virus in hospital, bringing New Zealand’s Covid-19 death toll to 25.The news of a second day of no reported domestic cases comes two days after Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister, announced current coronavirus restrictions on social gatherings would remain in place until next Monday – at which point, her government will begin to ease them if community spread of the virus appears to be controlled.New Zealand already vanquished the virus once, in June – at one point there were no active cases of Covid-19 in the country – but a resurgence in the largest city, Auckland, led to a second lockdown, which is now being eased.Health officials said Tuesday that there are 79 cases of Covid-19 in the country – a number that is slowly falling as more people recover than there are new cases diagnosed — with 52 of them in the community and 27 imported cases in quarantine facilities. Three people are in hospital with the virus. A total of 1,451 cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in New Zealand. Continue reading…
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