Most people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if their government or employer recommended it, results of a global poll suggest, amid growing concerns about public distrust of the shots being developed at speed to end the pandemic.
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More than 40.49 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 1,118,657 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
EUROPE
* The Spanish government is considering new restrictions, including possible curfews, in hard-hit regions like Madrid, its health minister said. The country would receive 31.6 million doses of the vaccine currently being developed by AstraZeneca between December and June, if it is ready.
* Italy's southern Campania region plans to introduce a night-time curfew from the coming weekend to tackle a surge in cases.
* Russia recorded a record high 16,319 new cases on Tuesday, including 4999 in the capital Moscow.
* Passengers will undergo a one-hour coronavirus test before flying out of the United Kingdom under plans to open up international travel, The Times reported.
* COVID-19 measures in England might need to be tightened and deaths are likely to increase as a second wave of coronavirus infections in England picks up pace, deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said on Tuesday.
* Ireland announced some of Europe's toughest COVID-19 constraints, shutting non-essential retail, limiting restaurants and pubs to take away service and telling people not to travel more than five kilometres from their home.
AMERICAS
* US President Donald Trump pushed for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, saying he would accept a deal worth more than $US2.2 trillion ($A3.1 trillion) despite opposition to large spending measures among his fellow Republicans in the Senate.
* Canada reported a new COVID-19 milestone on Monday with total infections rising above 200,000 since the pandemic began and as the country's second wave was expected to be worse than the first.
* Argentina has become the fifth country with more than 1 million cases, making it the smallest country by far to reach the grim milestone.
* Mexico City's mayor warned tighter coronavirus curbs could be imposed later in the week as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* India posted its lowest daily coronavirus caseload in nearly three months as new cases maintained a decreasing trend from a peak in September.
* Singapore plans to roll out rapid COVID-19 tests for events such as weddings and business conferences as the city-state looks to further reopen its economy.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Iran's health ministry on Tuesday reported 5039 new infections in the previous 24 hours, the highest ever daily tally, pushing the country's total to 539,670.
* South Africa is investigating 10.5 billion rand ($A900.5 million) of the government's coronavirus spending for corruption, more than double the amount they were investigating two months ago.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* Britain will help to fund trials using a manufactured COVID-19 virus to deliberately infect young healthy volunteers with the hope of accelerating the development of vaccines against it.
* France's Ose Immunotherapeutics will enrol up to 400 patients for the first two stages of clinical trials of an experimental vaccine.
* Moderna Inc expects interim results from its COVID-19 vaccine trial in November and that the US government could give an emergency use nod in December, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Australian Associated Press
