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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Greece's Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi says a huge fire at the country's largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was "started by asylum seekers", because of new coronavirus isolation rules, while not saying whether arson was involved. "The incidents in Moria began with the asylum-seekers because of the quarantine imposed" after 35 cases of coronavirus were detected in the camp, he says, after the blaze gutted the camp overnight. The global economy is showing signs of bouncing back from the severe downturn caused by the pandemic, but a full recovery is "unlikely" without a vaccine, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva writes. In a column co-authored with the institution's chief economist, she stresses that governments should continue to support workers and businesses since the unprecedented nature of the crisis could lead to a wave of bankruptcies and job losses. Officials say Russia has begun inoculating volunteers in Moscow with its new vaccine -- "Sputnik V" -- which it announced last month had already received approval. High-profile Russians have already been vaccinated, including President Vladimir Putin's daughter, nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The pandemic has killed at least 898,503 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to an AFP count at 1100 GMT on Wednesday based on official sources. More than 27.6 million cases have been confirmed. The United States has the most deaths with 189,698, followed by Brazil with 127,464, India with 73,890, Mexico with 68,484 and Britain 41,586. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines a "moonshot" plan to allow millions of people to be tested every day to allow those without coronavirus to circulate freely. He tells a news conference, at which he unveiled the government's new restrictions, that a trial will be launched next month in Salford, northern England. "We are hopeful this approach will be widespread by the spring." Ethiopia's northern Tigray region defies Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and votes in a parliamentary election despite a decision by Addis Ababa to postpone all polls because of the pandemic. The regional election commissioner, Muluwork Kidanemariam, reports turnout of 98 percent -- out of more than 2.6 million registered voters -- after polls closed at 6pm (1500 GMT). Morocco's government extends until October 10 a medical state of emergency first put in place in March, in the face of a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Morocco's economic capital of Casablanca, with 3.3 million residents, has been under lockdown since Monday, including a night-time curfew and closure of schools. burs-jmy-fm/pvh
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