FACTBOX-Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* China has recorded the biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, despite four cities in lockdown, increased testing and other measures. * Indonesian President Joko Widodo became the first person in the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday, as the government launched an ambitious vaccination campaign.

Ireland, Germany and the United States will require some or all travellers to present negative coronavirus tests, while Canada's most populous province declared a state of emergency after experts projected a ten-fold increase in cases by mid-February. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS

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* Nearly half of the staff working in intensive care units in England in the COVID-19 pandemic have severe anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. * The Dutch government said it would extend lockdown measures, including the closure of schools and shops, by at least three weeks.

* Spain aims for all its nursing home residents to have received a first dose of vaccine by the end of the week. ASIA-PACIFIC

* Japan's government is continuing with preparations to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer as planned, even as it looked set to extend a state of emergency to seven more prefectures. * China has recorded the biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, despite four cities in lockdown, increased testing and other measures.

* Indonesian President Joko Widodo became the first person in the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday, as the government launched an ambitious vaccination campaign. AMERICAS

* Former Bolivian President Evo Morales tested positive for the coronavirus and is getting treatment to combat symptoms. * Argentina successfully passed clinical trials for a hyperimmune serum to combat COVID-19 developed with antibodies from horses.

* Mexican health authorities will make a decision this week on whether to authorize Russia's Sputnik V vaccine after getting access to data on it. * The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to accelerate vaccinations of Americans against COVID-19, releasing the rest of the doses it had been keeping in reserve.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA * Tunisia will impose a four-day national lockdown from Thursday along with lesser measures lasting until Jan. 24.

* Israel may include children over the age of 12 in groups receiving vaccines within the next two months if research shows this is safe. * Two senior Malawian cabinet ministers and two other senior political figures died from COVID-19.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS * A vaccine developed by China's Sinovac showed "general efficacy" of 50.4% in a late-stage trial in Brazil.

* Europe's drugs regulator will review the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University this month under an accelerated timeline. ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, tracking modest Wall Street gains, as expectations that a vaccine will eventually win the battle against the coronavirus fuelled recovery hopes. * South Korea's unemployment rate surged to an 11-year high in December, while the number of employed plunged at the fastest rate in over two decades.

* The Bank of Japan will consider cutting its economic forecast for the current fiscal year ending in March as consumption takes a hit from a state of emergency measures. (Compiled by Ramakrishnan M. and Devika Syamnath; Edited by Shounak Dasgupta and Shailesh Kuber)