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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: US President Donald Trump hopes to resume campaigning Saturday, likely in Florida, after saying he received the green light from his doctor following a hospital stay for Covid-19. With just 26 days until the November 3 election, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to unveil a bill Friday to set up a commission to investigate Trump's fitness for the job -- and whether he should be removed under the Constitution's 25th Amendment. The Nobel Committee says the coronavirus pandemic has pushed millions more into hunger as it awards its peace prize to the UN's World Food Programme. "In countries such as Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan and Burkina Faso, the combination of violent conflict and the pandemic has led to a dramatic rise in the number of people living on the brink of starvation," it says. Across the world 1,063,346 people have died of the coronavirus since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT Friday based on official sources. More than 36.5 million cases have been officially diagnosed. The US has the highest death toll, with 212,789, followed by Brazil with 148,957, India 106,490, Mexico 83,096 and Britain 42,592. Spain's federal government declares a state of alarm in and around Madrid to enforce a partial lockdown, overriding both strong opposition from the regional authorities and a ruling by judges had cancelled the restrictions. The lockdown covers some 4.5 million people in and around the capital, where the rate of infections is twice the national average, itself the highest in the EU. Russia registers a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, surpassing its previous high from May. The 12,126 new infections bring the total number of confirmed cases to 1,272,238 -- the fourth highest in the world. More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the pandemic, the International Organization for Migration says. The UN body warns in a report that border closures and travel bans have left large numbers of migrants stranded. China becomes the biggest world economy so far to sign up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries. The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to poorer nations as soon as they are developed aims to head off fears that rich countries will limit distribution of game-changing medicines made by their pharmaceutical companies. Next year's Tokyo marathon, which includes around 38,000 runners, has been postponed until after the delayed 2020 Olympics, organisers say. This year's one-day Paris-Roubaix cycling race that passes through northern France, due to take place on October 25, is also cancelled. bur-jmy/fg/dl
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