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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis. Iran announces 3,574 new infections, its highest daily count since the outbreak began. For the fourth straight day the daily caseload in the country tops 3,000. In virus hotspot Latin America, Mexico announces more than 1,000 deaths in a day for the first time and Brazil, the worst-hit country in the region, reports a record 1,349 daily deaths. The pandemic has killed at least 385,869 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Thursday, based on official sources. There have been 6,522,057 cases registered in 196 countries and territories. The United States is the worst-hit country with 107,175 deaths, followed by Britain with 39,728, Italy with 33,601, Brazil with 32,548 and France with 29,021 fatalities. Britain hosts a major virtual meeting with more than 50 countries as well as powerful individuals such as Bill Gates taking part, to raise money for Gavi, the global vaccine alliance. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaking in a video message, backs the development of "a people's vaccine" that is available to everyone. Beijing says foreign airlines blocked from operating in the country will be allowed to resume limited flights, apparently easing a row with Washington following US plans to ban Chinese carriers. Austria scraps entry checks at its frontiers except with Italy. Spain says it will reopen land borders with France and Portugal on June 22. Authorities impose curfews across a swathe of territory in the Brazilian state of Bahia in a bid to slow the spread of the virus in the country's hard-hit northeast. Senegal meanwhile says it will ease its curfew and lift restrictions on inter-city travel following two nights of protests marked by violence and more than 200 arrests. France announces it will cancel its traditional July 14 military parade this year due to social distancing requirements, replacing it with a ceremony to pay tribute to medical personnel at the forefront of the pandemic battle. Premier League clubs agree to a temporary rule change -- proposed by FIFA as a way to "protect player welfare" -- which allows managers to make up to five substitutions during a match for the remainder of the 2019/20 season. burs-eab/jmy/lc
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