FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* Brazilian health agency Anvisa issued a new set of rules for incoming international travellers, easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic as the health crisis subsides in the South American nation. ASIA-PACIFIC * China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. * Shanghai has now completed its city-wide COVID-19 testing drive and is reviewing the results, health authorities in the city said on Monday.

Western diplomats have expressed concern about separating children from their parents as part of COVID curbs - a situation that has arisen in Shanghai as the government tries to stamp out the spread of the virus. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS

* Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals https://apac1.apps.cp.thomsonreuters.com/cms/?navid=1592404098 for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE

* A renewed surge of COVID-19 in Britain has forced airlines including EasyJet to cancel hundreds of flights in recent days as staff sickness levels soar. * Boris Johnson has not received a police fine relating to breaches of COVID regulations, his spokesman said.

* Sweden will give a fourth shot of vaccine to people aged 65 and above to boost their defences against the disease, the health agency said. AMERICAS

* The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expert advisers will discuss the timing of additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters and the people eligible for the extra shots in a meeting later this week, the health agency said on Monday. * Brazilian health agency Anvisa issued a new set of rules for incoming international travellers, easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic as the health crisis subsides in the South American nation.

ASIA-PACIFIC * China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses.

* Shanghai has now completed its city-wide COVID-19 testing drive and is reviewing the results, health authorities in the city said on Monday. * China's latest response to the Omicron variant is causing a chill that will lay a frost over the country's budding economic spring. It suggests politicians pushing hardline COVID measures have the upper hand and that more anti-Omicron shock-and-awe may follow.

* China's transport ministry expects a 20% drop in road traffic and a 55% fall in flights during the three-day Qingming holiday due to a flare-up of COVID-19 cases in the country. * Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, welcomed the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan with a mass prayer at Jakarta's grand mosque on Saturday, with plateauing coronavirus cases allowing for eased restrictions this year.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS * Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics (CanSinoBIO) said its potential COVID-19 vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology has been approved by China's medical products regulator to enter clinical trials.

* Roche said the U.S. FDA granted priority review to its Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults. ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Caution prevailed in global financial markets on Monday with talk of more sanctions being imposed on Russia over its actions against Ukraine, while a closely watched part of the U.S. yield curve continued to fuel recession worries. * Five of China's largest banks have said the country's lenders face multiple headwinds this year that include the pandemic, global politics and domestic turmoil in the real estate industry.

* Singapore's central bank is likely to tighten its policy settings at its review this month, the third time in a row, as inflationary pressures intensify due to global supply-side disruptions and an easing of the city-state's border controls. (Compiled by Dina Kartit and Alexander Kloss; Editing by Bill Berkrot)