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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The United States for the first time administers more than three million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for two consecutive days, official figures show. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 3.04 million doses were administered in the 24 hours through Sunday morning, after 3.12 million the previous day. It says the latest seven-day average was 2.44 million doses a day. Throngs of revellers flocking to Miami Beach in Florida for spring break become so uncontrollable that authorities declare a state of emergency Saturday and impose a curfew meant to quash the party. The move marks the second year in a row that fun has been curtailed at the popular spring break destination -- last March because the pandemic was just ramping up and this year due to unruly and destructive crowds. Germany is poised to tighten a partial lockdown into April to halt an exponential spread of the coronavirus driven by variants. Europe's biggest economy had progressively began easing restrictions, first reopening schools in late February, before allowing some shops to resume business in March. But hopes that indoor dining, cultural and leisure facilities may follow suit will now have to be delayed, as a third wave of the virus has sent infections numbers rising again. Instead, worst-hit areas may from Monday have to reimpose restrictions and order shops to close again. Britain warns the European Union against halting exports of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc does not receive promised deliveries, saying such a move would be "counter-productive". Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said "the world is watching" how the EU responds to a shortfall in deliveries of the vaccine from the Anglo-Swedish pharma giant, and that Brussels' reputation is at stake. His comments follow EU chief Ursula von der Leyen again threatening Saturday to impose an export ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine unless the company delivers more of the 90 million doses it agreed to supply in the first quarter of 2021. South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African nations, the health minister announces. South Africa last month suspended its vaccination programme, which had started with AstraZeneca jabs, after doubts were raised over that vaccine's efficacy against a local variant of Covid-19. Thousands of Palestinian health workers, the elderly, and patients with cancer or kidney disease are set to get Covid-19 vaccines from Sunday as the health ministry ramps up its inoculation campaign. A huge religious gathering in northern India could fuel a surge in Covid-19 cases, the government warns as it called for an increase in testing and other health protocols. The annual Kumbh Mela festival usually attracts millions of devout Hindus over three months, but was shortened to 30 days as India -- the world's third-most infected nation with nearly 11.6 million coronavirus cases -- grapples with the pandemic. Churches in Manila will be closed, eating inside restaurants banned and leisure travel outside the capital of The Philippines curbed under new coronavirus rules as the country battles a resurgence in infections. An EU summit scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Brussels will no longer be held in person due to the accelerating third wave of the coronavirus in Europe, a spokesman says. European Council chief Charles Michel, who organises the regular leaders' meetings, made the decision "following the surge of #COVID19 cases in member states", his spokesman Barend Leyts tweets. At least 2,710,382 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT. The United States is the worst-affected country with 541,918 deaths from 29,784,001 cases, followed by Brazil with 292,752 deaths, Mexico with 197,827, India with 159,755 deaths and Britain with 126,122 deaths. bur-spm/har
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