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* Eikon users, see MacroVitals (cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098) for a case tracker and a summary of developments. EUROPE * First results of a study on antibodies against COVID-19 among German blood donors has shown a low immunity and suggests most Germans have not had contact with the virus. * Germany can prevent a second wave of the coronavirus in the autumn if people stay vigilant, particularly during the summer vacation season, health minister said.
Global coronavirus infections passed 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease which has killed more than half a million people in seven months.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.
* For a U.S.-focused tracker with state-by-state and county map, open https://tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T in an external browser. * Eikon users, see MacroVitals (cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098) for a case tracker and a summary of developments.
EUROPE * First results of a study on antibodies against COVID-19 among German blood donors has shown a low immunity and suggests most Germans have not had contact with the virus.
* Germany can prevent a second wave of the coronavirus in the autumn if people stay vigilant, particularly during the summer vacation season, health minister said. * A judge barred Catalan authorities from enforcing a stricter lockdown in the city of Lleida and seven other towns as coronavirus cases rose, saying the regional government had exceeded its powers.
AMERICAS * Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri.
* Deaths in Mexico from the pandemic rose above 35,000 on Sunday, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world's fourth-highest death total, according to Reuters data. * Argentina exceeded 100,000 cases on Sunday despite a strict quarantine imposed on the capital Buenos Aires and its surroundings.
ASIA-PACIFIC * Hong Kong will tighten social distancing measures again from Wednesday amid growing worries about a third wave of infections.
* Kazakhstan will extend its second lockdown by two weeks until the end of July, and will once again offer financial aid to those who have lost their source of income. * President Joko Widodo said the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia is expected to peak in August or September, two to three months later than earlier projected.
* The Philippines reported Southeast Asia's biggest daily jump in COVID-19 deaths and warned of more fatalities ahead. * Armenia had extended until Aug. 12 a state of emergency as the number of daily infections has yet to start declining.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA * Bahrain will add $470 million in emergency spending to its 2020 state budget.
* A Lebanese waste management company is quarantining some 133 Syrian workers who tested positive, as Lebanon recorded a new daily high for infections. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said two of their experimental coronavirus vaccines received 'fast track' designation from the U.S. health agency. * Lonza Group said that China's Junshi Biosciences is using the Swiss contract drug manufacturer's technology to help produce a neutralizing antibody against COVID-19.
* One in three South Korean patients seriously ill with COVID-19 showed an improvement in their condition after being given Gilead Sciences' antiviral remdesivir. ECONOMIC FALLOUT
* World equity benchmarks hit a five-month peak and perceived safe-havens such as the dollar and U.S. government bonds dipped on Monday as investors turned to second-quarter earnings for signs that corporate profits will recover. * The German economy is rebounding from a pandemic-induced slump after hitting bottom last month, the Bundesbank's real-time indicator showed.
* The number of people claiming temporary COVID-19 jobless payments in Ireland fell by its largest weekly amount to 345,600 from 412,900, government data showed. * Turkish industrial production shrank 19.9% year-on-year in May, as measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus continued to drive a sharp economic downturn.
(Compiled by Anita Kobylinska and Anna Rzhevkina; Editing by Nick Macfie and Tomasz Janowski)
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