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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: India's daily cases double in 10 days, with a record 200,000 new infections logged as authorities grapple with shortages of vaccines, treatments and hospital beds. A pause on all US vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson shot will continue for at least another week after members of a government-convened expert panel say they needed more time to assess its possible links to clotting. A senior Japanese politician says cancelling the Tokyo Olympics remains a possibility as a surge in cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go. Spiralling cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen warns, as the country imposes lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city. Novartis announces it will join forces with fellow Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to produce tocilizumab, a drug being tested for its effectiveness against Covid-19-linked pneumonia. Lessons learned during the pandemic should be used to fight the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, which kill tens of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says. The world is running out of options for fighting so-called superbugs, the UN health agency warns, with few new effective antibiotics in the pipeline. Some 170 former country leaders and Nobel prize laureates call on the US to waive intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines to give poorer countries faster access to inoculations. New Zealand border workers begin trialling a monitoring app called "elarm" designed to detect the virus before the user develops any noticeable symptoms, in what is believed to be a world first. Opening windows and ventilating spaces should be at the heart of efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a group of experts says, arguing that confusion over airborne transmission has led to this measure being overlooked. At least 2,974,651 people have died of Covid-19 around the world since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP. The United States is the worst-affected country with 564,405 deaths, followed by Brazil with 361,884, Mexico with 210,812, India with 173,123 and Britain with 127,161. burs-eab/jmy/lc
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