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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: AstraZeneca may have got the all-clear from EU regulators after blood clot concerns but Norway, Sweden and Denmark are among the countries that say they will not yet restart using the vaccine while France -- whose 55-year-old prime minister is to due to get the jab Thursday -- now recommends it only for over-55s. Infection numbers in Germany are rising at an "exponential rate" as highly contagious variants drive up case numbers in the EU's biggest country, health authorities warn. Candidates are hitting the streets in Israel ahead of its election as a world-beating vaccination campaign enables face-to-face voter contact. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping the inoculation effort will win him a majority in Tuesday's vote. Millions across France are preparing to enter a new month-long limited lockdown from Saturday after the country recorded its highest new caseload in nearly four months. Non-essential businesses will close in Paris and several other areas mainly in northern France, although schools will stay open. International help is not coming fast enough to avert a pandemic disaster in Papua New Guinea, experts have warned, as the country braces for a further spike in infections by shuttering schools and approving the use of mass graves. India's wealthiest state Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai have recorded the most daily cases since the pandemic began, stoking a new nationwide wave. Several badly hit states including Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have imposed fresh restrictions such as curbs on movement and public gatherings in some cities. For a fourth year running Finland has come top of the ranking of the world's happiest countries in a UN-sponsored report, which surprisingly showed that on average, people around the world did not report a decline in well-being last year. "One possible explanation is that people see Covid-19 as a common outside threat affecting everybody and that this has generated a greater sense of solidarity and fellow-feeling," John Helliwell, one of the report's compilers, said in a statement. England manager Gareth Southgate says footballers should be offered vaccines soon as they are being asked to take risks by playing regularly during the pandemic. At least 2,692,313 million people have died of coronavirus around the world since the outbreak began in December 2019. The US is the worst-affected country with 539,699 deaths followed by Brazil (287,499), Mexico (196,606), India (159,370) and Britain (125,926). burs-eab/fg/kjl
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