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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: US company Moderna requests emergency authorisation of its vaccine in the United States and Europe after results confirmed it is 94.1 percent effective against the virus. If approved, the first of the drug's two doses could be injected into the arms of millions of Americans by the middle of December. The World Health Organization, under fire from the United States for its handling of the crisis, says it will do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voices alarm at a rapid worsening of the Covid-19 situations in Brazil and Mexico, urging them to be "very serious" about halting the spread. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will return to his country within days after a month of hospitalisation in Germany with coronavirus, his office announces, saying that "he is on the way to recovery". Hong Kong introduces a hotline to denounce people who do not respect social distancing after ballroom dancing nights are blamed for helping spark a fourth wave of infections. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces a weekend stay-at-home order and a curfew for the rest of the week, as the number of cases exceeds 30,000 on Monday. Hospitality venues in Wales will be barred from serving alcohol and must close early under new coronavirus restrictions to be introduced later this week, the Welsh government says. The virus has so far killed at least 1,460,018 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Monday. More than 62,732,523 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The US is the worst-affected country with 266,887 deaths, followed by Brazil with 172,833 deaths, India with 137,139 deaths and Mexico with 105,655 deaths. The WHO says it is not getting involved in a row over whether Europe's ski season should be scrapped, but warns of the dangers of airports, buses, ski lifts and pinch points, "not to mention apres-ski". Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has tested positive for the coronavirus but is "feeling well", his cabinet says. At least eight people die and 55 are wounded in a riot in a Sri Lankan high security prison after inmates broke out of their cells to protest at a surge of infections. British singer Rita Ora apologises on Instagram for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules after holding a 30th birthday party with friends in a London restaurant. burs-nrh-jmy/jxb
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