 | | | | Ireland's "green list" of countries exempt from travel restrictions is under review after a spike in Irish COVID-19 cases made adding countries with a similar or slightly better incidence rate too risky, the country's health minister said. | | | | | | Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | Germany will not need another national lockdown over the winter to keep the coronavirus under control despite rising infections, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday. | | | | | | From behind the large windows of Barcelona's Centre Parc nursing home, elderly residents blow kisses, give virtual hugs and speak to loved ones on the other side of the glass using mobile phones. | | | | | | European Union states could buy potential COVID-19 vaccines through a procurement scheme co-led by the World Health Organization, the EU Commission said in what appears to be a change in position. | | | | | | The British government committed on Wednesday to tackling disparities in maternal mortality rates, saying it was "completely unacceptable" that pregnancy and birth were riskier for women from ethnic minorities than for white women. | | | | | | More than 40% of South Korea's new coronavirus victims are older than 60, fuelling a surge in the numbers of those severely or critically ill, health authorities said on Wednesday. | | | | | | The Czech Republic's chief public health officer has tested positive for the new coronavirus and isolated herself at home, a health ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday, as infections accelerated across the central European country. | | | | | | Greece recorded its first coronavirus case in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos, two migration ministry officials said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Indonesia reported 3,075 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the country's total tally to 180,646, data from the country's health ministry website showed. | | | | | | The Philippine health ministry on Wednesday recorded 2,218 new coronavirus infections, the country's lowest daily case increase in five weeks, and 27 additional deaths. | | | | | |
