World round-up: Eswatini’s prime minister dies after testing positive for coronavirus

State leaders agree lightning lockdown of schools and shops until January 10th

World wrap: Germany to discuss tightening lockdown as Mexico approves Pfizer vaccine

World wrap: Merkel pleads with Germans to cut down socialising as death toll rises

Plan is to slow spread of Covid enough to enable family gatherings over festive season

Infections fall in France but continue to rise in Italy, Germany and Turkey

World round-up: US infections soar; Mexico’s cases pass 1m; Belgium’s hospitalisations drop

World round-up: Australia not allow foreign students to return as locals stuck overseas prioritised

World updates: France and UK consider additional restrictions to combat virus spread

Country reports 2,089 cases on Tuesday, bringing total to 287,421, with 9,471 fatalities

World updates: Italy orders travellers from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain to be tested

World round-up: China reports new infections as Greece announces record daily number of cases

Initial findings that less than 5% of people have been exposed to virus ‘disappointing’

Total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide stands at over 2.7 million

Evidence of symptomless transmission was dismissed by health officials for months

Gütersloh region, with 370,000 people, faces new measures days before official holidays

World round-up: More than 183,000 cases recorded in one day, as total passes 8.9 million

R number jumps to 2.88; country grapples to get people to adhere to isolation rules

Brazil and the United States account for half of the new daily infections from the virus

World round-up: Beijing cancels flights and suspends schools in response to new outbreak

World round-up: China reports first local transmission in weeks; Australia eliminates virus in many parts of country

World round-up: More than 7m cases globally; Pakistan not likely to see peak before August

World round up: More than 402,000 dead as global number of confirmed cases passes 7m

World round-up: Brazil surpasses Italy as country with third-highest fatalities

Investors take increase in coronavirus infections in several states in their stride

Chinese official admits weaknesses in virus response as Brazil death toll passes that of UK

Draft document says local authorities will base decisions on infection levels

World round-up: France, Italy and Spain’s daily death tolls decline and focus turns to economy

A country-by-country approach is taking place under the threat of a second global outbreak

World round-up: France and Spain announce gradual easing of lockdown

Virus reproduction rate rises amid fears people are relaxing social distancing

Data from operators increasingly solicited in government efforts to contain the pathogen

Spain reaches 20,000 deaths as number of cases in Turkey passes that in Iran

EU to announce guidelines, including recommendations for states sharing borders

Europe Letter: With the West in decline and China rising, old certainties are crumbling

Over 800 deaths in Spain and same number in Italy, but with record number cured there

World round-up: 1,228 people dead in UK;Italy reports 756 fatalities; German cases rise

Berlin Letter: ‘At times like this you need to diversify ... gold is always a safe investment’

Patients are all employees at car parts firm recently visited by a Chinese colleague

Measles wave across country prompts calls for MMR vaccine to be made obligatory