FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* Los Angeles officials on Wednesday signalled they would vote next week to prohibit unvaccinated people from entering most businesses in the United States' second-largest city. ASIA-PACIFIC * South Korea extended social distancing curbs for two weeks, offering more incentives to people to get vaccinated as it battles thousands of new cases each day. * Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said that "human error" caused metal contaminants to get into Moderna vaccine doses, leading to a recall.


Reuters | Updated: 01-10-2021 12:06 IST | Created: 01-10-2021 11:57 IST
FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
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Australia will lift one of the toughest international border restrictions on its citizens next month while neighboring New Zealand logged more Delta coronavirus infections in its capital city. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS

* Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news EUROPE

* Pupils will Oct. 4 no longer have to wear protective face masks in French primary schools in areas with a low COVID-19 infection rate, according to a government decree. * The European Union will extend a mechanism to monitor and potentially limit the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc, an EU official said.

AMERICAS * A U.S. judge upheld the University of California's COVID-19 vaccine requirement against a challenge by a professor who alleged he had immunity due to prior coronavirus infection.

* United Airlines has trimmed the number of employees who are facing termination for defying the company's vaccine mandate. The Chicago-based carrier said 320 U.S.-based staff are now not in compliance. * Los Angeles officials on Wednesday signaled they would vote next week to prohibit unvaccinated people from entering most businesses in the United States' second-largest city.

ASIA-PACIFIC * South Korea extended social distancing curbs for two weeks, offering more incentives to people to get vaccinated as it battles thousands of new cases each day.

* Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said that "human error" caused metal contaminants to get into Moderna vaccine doses, leading to a recall. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has eased restrictions to the lowest alert level, as the country looks to open up its economy ahead of the summer holiday season. * Egypt on Thursday received 1.6 million doses of the vaccine produced by Pfizer as a gift from the United States as part of the COVAX initiative, the first batch of a total of 5 million doses.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS * Malaysia has given conditional approval for a vaccine made by China's Sinovac to be used on young people aged between 12 and 17.

* It is safe for people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and a flu shot at the same time and it does not negatively impact the immune response produced by either, a British study has found. ECONOMIC IMPACT

* Asian equities followed Wall Street sharply lower and bonds rallied on Friday as risk sentiment soured amid growing worries that inflation may persist even after global growth has peaked. * Japan's factory activity grew at the slowest rate in seven months in September as overall output and new orders shrank, even as a central bank survey showed business mood improved for the fifth straight quarter.

* Brisk global demand for chips and computers helped South Korea's exports log an 11th straight month of expansion in September. * Australian home prices extended their breakneck run in September with even lockdowns in major cities doing little to cool the fever, though regulators look likely to crash the party as borrowing increasingly outstrips incomes.

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