Coronavirus live news: US confirms 1m cases in a week; Boris Johnson self-isolating https://ift.tt/2Urxwlw Ben Doherty(now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) UK PM has no symptoms but has been confirmed as contact of positive case; Global cases rise by 4m in one week and deaths by nearly 60,000 Boris Johnson told to isolate after contact with Covid-positive MP Covid vaccine hopes must not make Britons complacent, warns adviser Covid vaccine rally fuels market optimism of a faster global recovery 12.30am GMT The race for a vaccine continues, as does the effort to establish a logistics chain to get it to people all over the world. The head of drug-maker Sanofi says: “we will need to have several winners at the end of this race”. AFP reports: 12.13am GMT Some more detail here on the extraordinary news in the UK, that the prime minister Boris Johnson is back in isolation after potentially being exposed to Covid-19 again. Political editor Heather Stewart writes: Boris Johnson was forced into self-isolation on Sunday night just as he embarked on a crucial week designed to restore calm and project an air of competence after a vicious No 10 turf war. Related: Boris Johnson forced to self-isolate again as crucial week begins Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J November 16, 2020 at 02:30AM

UK PM has no symptoms but has been confirmed as contact of positive case; Global cases rise by 4m in one week and deaths by nearly 60,000

• Boris Johnson told to isolate after contact with Covid-positive MP
• Covid vaccine hopes must not make Britons complacent, warns adviser
• Covid vaccine rally fuels market optimism of a faster global recovery

12.30am GMT

The race for a vaccine continues, as does the effort to establish a logistics chain to get it to people all over the world. The head of drug-maker Sanofi says: “we will need to have several winners at the end of this race”.

AFP reports:

12.13am GMT

Some more detail here on the extraordinary news in the UK, that the prime minister Boris Johnson is back in isolation after potentially being exposed to Covid-19 again. Political editor Heather Stewart writes:

Boris Johnson was forced into self-isolation on Sunday night just as he embarked on a crucial week designed to restore calm and project an air of competence after a vicious No 10 turf war.

Related: Boris Johnson forced to self-isolate again as crucial week begins

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