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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Indian authorities announce a "very very slow" easing of the lockdown in the capital New Delhi as infections fall but with an official daily death toll of still more than 3,600. Property tycoons are offering Hong Kongers a chance to win an apartment worth HK$10.8 million ($1.4 million) if they get vaccinated. Japan extends a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country until June 20, just over a month before the Olympics. Olympic delegations from India and five South Asian neighbours will be vaccinated before the Tokyo Games, organisers say, as concern rises over the risks of variants spreading at the event. Five million weary Melbourne residents are put back under lockdown, testing Australia's "zero-Covid" strategy of smothering outbreaks however small. Britain approves the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A much-expected rebound of France's Covid-battered economy fails to materialise in the first quarter as key sectors remain sluggish after over a year of virus restrictions, official data shows. The pandemic has killed at least 3,513,088 people worldwide since the virus first emerged in December 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data. The US is the worst-affected country with 593,288 deaths, followed by Brazil with 456,674, India with 318,895, Mexico with 222,657 and Britain with 127,758. The figures are based on reports by the health authorities in each country, but do not take into account upward revisions carried out later by statistical bodies. The World Health Organization says up to three times more people have died directly or indirectly due to the pandemic than official figures suggest. burs-eab/fg/bp
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