Head of the European Commission warns EU hospitals ‘at risk of being overwhelmed’ by Covid; Greece brings in regional lockdowns; French PM lays out details of new France lockdown.
- White House taskforce warns of ‘unrelenting’ Covid spread
- Angela Merkel heckled by German MPs over lockdown
- France: children aged six and over to wear masks in school
- Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic infection
- Large China outbreak linked to Xinjiang forced labour
A quarter of nurseries and childminders in deprived areas of England say they will not get by beyond Christmas without additional income, according to a survey.
The poll by the Early Years Alliance (EYA) found that low demand for places and inadequate government support during the Covid pandemic could result in mass closures of childcare facilities.
Related: One in six childcare providers in England may close by Christmas
23 October was the first time over the course of the pandemic that the world added half a million coronavirus cases in a single day, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. That total, a record at the time, was 506,713.
In the week since then, we have globally reported more than 500,000 cases in 24 hours two more times, with 525,164 on 26 october and the latest case data again breaking the record, with over 530,581 in a single day.
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