Coronavirus live news: France daily cases exceed 40,000; Melbourne ends 'ring of steel' https://ift.tt/3k9Ft9t Helen Davidson Deaths top 400 in one day in the UK; Australian state of Victoria eases more restrictions as emjoys ninth day of zero cases. Follow updates live US confirms more than 126,000 Covid cases in new record UK test and trace needs radical reform, experts say English couples heartbroken as weddings cancelled again 1.41am GMT A quick sidenote to let you all know that Joe Biden is delivering his victory speech, and Kamala Harris has just finished speaking. Follow our coverage of it on our live blog over here (then come back for all your Covid updates). 1.23am GMT Reuters: Portugal will impose localised night-time curfews from Monday to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases reached a record high, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced in the early hours of Sunday. The overnight curfew, from 11pm to 6am, will come into force across 121 of the country’s 308 municipalities, including Lisbon and Porto, on Monday as the country enters a 15-day state of emergency. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J November 08, 2020 at 03:41AM

Deaths top 400 in one day in the UK; Australian state of Victoria eases more restrictions as emjoys ninth day of zero cases. Follow updates live

• US confirms more than 126,000 Covid cases in new record
  
• UK test and trace needs radical reform, experts say
• English couples heartbroken as weddings cancelled again
  

1.41am GMT

A quick sidenote to let you all know that Joe Biden is delivering his victory speech, and Kamala Harris has just finished speaking. Follow our coverage of it on our live blog over here (then come back for all your Covid updates).

1.23am GMT

Reuters: Portugal will impose localised night-time curfews from Monday to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases reached a record high, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced in the early hours of Sunday.

The overnight curfew, from 11pm to 6am, will come into force across 121 of the country’s 308 municipalities, including Lisbon and Porto, on Monday as the country enters a 15-day state of emergency.

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