FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* A Pakistani lab will soon receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for commercial sale, making Pakistan one of the first countries to market shots privately as it scrambles to secure supplies. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA * South Africa's drugs regulator has approved an implementation study of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, clearing the way to start the country's first inoculations among health workers. * A plane carrying Zimbabwe's first coronavirus vaccines, 200,000 doses donated by China, arrived in the capital Harare.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would plot a cautious but irreversible path out of the lockdown this week as Britain reached 15 million vaccinations. Meanwhile, South Korea scaled back initial vaccination targets and restricted the use of AstraZeneca's shot.

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 * The European Union aims to roll out vaccines to everyone who wants one by the end of the summer.

* French vaccination chief reiterated that the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson should be approved in Europe soon. * Hungary's prime minister asked parliament to extend the government's special powers to handle the pandemic, saying only vaccinations would enable the government to ease lockdown measures introduced last autumn.

* Administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged up to 65 would not be wrong, given the delays in supplies to Italy, the head of national medicines agency said. * Intensified checks at Germany's borders are only temporary and a last resort, a German government spokesman said.

AMERICAS * India's Serum Institute will ship COVID-19 vaccines to Canada within a month, in a sign a diplomatic row triggered by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments on political protests in India was easing.

* Colombia's first vaccines - 50,000 from Pfizer - will arrive in the country on Monday afternoon. ASIA-PACIFIC

* Australia and New Zealand received their first vaccine deliveries and will begin rolling out inoculations in the coming week, while Melbourne and Auckland remained locked down following an emergence of new cases. * Over half of Japanese firms believe the Tokyo Olympic Games should be cancelled or postponed, a survey showed, casting further doubt over the fate of the troubled Games.

* China is cracking down on vaccine-related crimes, making dozens of arrests over the production and distribution of fake coronavirus vaccines, price gouging and illegal inoculations. * A Pakistani lab will soon receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for commercial sale, making Pakistan one of the first countries to market shots privately as it scrambles to secure supplies.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA * South Africa's drugs regulator has approved an implementation study of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, clearing the way to start the country's first inoculations among health workers.

* A plane carrying Zimbabwe's first coronavirus vaccines, 200,000 doses donated by China, arrived in the capital Harare. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* A pan-European consortium developing a COVID-19 vaccine is in talks with big pharma to support the late-stage development of its shot and ramp up manufacturing, the head of German biotech firm Leukocare told Reuters. * Israel's largest healthcare provider reported a 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of Pfizer's vaccine in the country's biggest study to date.

* Bayer said it aims to deliver the first doses of CureVac's vaccine from its factory in Wuppertal in Germany in the fourth quarter. ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Global shares rose for the 11th day in a row to reach a peak on optimism about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and new fiscal aid from Washington, while tensions in the Middle East drove oil to a 13-month high. * Japan's economy expanded more than expected in the fourth quarter, extending the recovery from its worst postwar recession thanks to a rebound in overseas demand that boosted exports and capital spending.