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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The US death rate is back to where it was at its April peak with Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning that as many as 450,000 people could be dead by February. The US records more than 210,000 cases in 24 hours according to Johns Hopkins University, an all-time high for the country since the start of the pandemic. Warner Bros will stream its entire 2021 slate of movies on HBO Max and in cinemas simultaneously, including "The Matrix 4" and Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" remake, in a landmark for the film industry. The pandemic accelerates again in Latin America and the Caribbean with an 18 percent jump in infections in a week. US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci -- who has been tapped to join president-elect Joe Biden's Covid team -- criticises Britain for rushing through its vaccine approval process only to later walk back his comments. IBM says it has uncovered a series of cyber attacks, potentially carried out by state actors, against companies involved in distributing vaccines. A new study shows the Moderna vaccine produces potent antibodies that endure for at least three months. Mosques, schools, universities and kindergartens in the Gaza Strip will be closed from Saturday along with a night-time curfew, while a full lockdown to be imposed on Fridays and Saturdays from December 11. California is set to enforce new statewide bans on gatherings and "non-essential" activities. After South Africa records its highest 24-hour increase in infections since mid-August, President Cyril Ramaphosa announces new restrictions in the south of the country. A Dutch news website reports several members of a group of scientists that advises the government on the virus have been sent threatening letters. The world death toll from Covid-19 is over 1.5 million with cases topping 65 million, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Friday at 1100 GMT. The worst affected country is the US with 276,401 deaths, followed by Brazil with 175,270 deaths, India with 139,188, Mexico with 108,173 and the United Kingdom with 60,113. New Zealand officials refuse to lift a ban on Pakistan's infection-hit cricket team who are in isolation. Meanwhile the first one-day international between South Africa and England is postponed due to a South African player testing positive. The World Health Organization is considering introducing electronic certificates to identify people who have been vaccinated. Slovenia says it will begin mass testing in mid-December. Organisers say the delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost an extra $2.4 billion because of its postponement and a raft of pandemic health measures have ballooned an already controversial budget. burs-nrh/fg/txw
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