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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Shipping giant UPS says it will start making dry ice in the US and distribute ultra-cold freezers to handle the first batch of 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine if it is given the final green light there on December 10. The vaccine has to be kept at -70 degrees Celsius. Serial killers, death row inmates and other California prisoners received hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds intended for the unemployed in one of the biggest frauds in the US state's history. California failed to cross-check lists of inmates who asked for cash against unemployment claims made for lost income. Pakistan doctors report intensive care units across the country are nearing capacity with a second, deadlier wave building momentum. Tokyo's governor urges residents to avoid non-essential outings and ask businesses serving alcohol to shut early. After a comparatively small first outbreak the country it is now reporting record numbers of infections. A Hasidic synagogue has been fined $15,000 (12,600 euros) by New York authorities after thousands gathered to attend a secretly organised indoor wedding that violated lockdown restrictions. Bulgaria's government announces a return to tougher restrictions, including the closure of restaurants and schools. A restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles comes into force. England and France are among nations relaxing lockdowns ahead of end-of-year holidays, but EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warns countries should not ease restrictions too quickly, stressing the risk of a post-Christmas third wave. The coronavirus has killed at least 1,410,829 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Wednesday as of 1100 GMT. There were 12,699 new deaths and 596,028 new cases recorded worldwide in the previous 24 hours. The US is the worst-affected country with 259,976 deaths, followed by Brazil with 170,115 deaths; India with 134,699 deaths; Mexico with 102,739 deaths; and the United Kingdom with 55,838 deaths. Italy's historically low birth rate, already at a 150-year low, is set to fall again with the virus. Officials say the number of new babies could fall to 408,000 this year. Three-times tennis Grand Slam winner Andy Murray says he hopes compulsory vaccination of players will help save the sport's big tournaments in 2021. Officials say the Australian Open, scheduled to begin in Melbourne on January 18, will likely be delayed by one or two weeks after the city recently emerged from months of lockdown. bur-nrh
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