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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The pandemic has killed at least 766,228 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Sunday. More than 21 million cases have been registered. The United States has recorded the most deaths with 169,489, followed by Brazil with 107,232, Mexico with 56,543, India with 49,980 and Britain with 41,361. The small, northern wine-growing region of La Rioja and the southeastern region of Murcia are the first Spanish regions to implement a raft of new measures to be enforced nationwide. These include the closing of all discos, night clubs and dancing halls, restaurants and bars are required to shut by 1:00 am, visits in retirement homes will be limited, and smoking outdoors in public places is banned when a distance of two metres cannot be maintained. Spain's remaining regional governments are expected to start implementing the new measures in the coming days. The departure of the MSC Grandiosa from Italy's northwestern port city of Genoa at 1930 local time (1730 GMT) will mark the first major cruise ship to set sail in the Mediterranean since the worldwide grounding of liners in March. Days after a surprise political agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalise relations, firms from the two countries sign an agreement to jointly develop research and studies on the novel coronavirus, the UAE's state WAM agency reports. burs-eab/pma
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