Chicago's mayor issued a new stay-at-home advisory on Thursday effective from November 16 as the United States' third-biggest city faces a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Britain saw record use of food banks between April and September this year, a charity said on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic's economic toll tipped more people into poverty.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million of his stock in the US pharmaceutical company on the same day it announced promising results for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, filings showed Wednesday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday warned of a second coronavirus wave following a surge of infections in a southern province in the continent's worst-affected country.
Spain's coronavirus death toll surged to over 40,000 on Wednesday with infections passing the 1.4 million mark, while the rate of new cases continued to grow, health ministry data showed.
The Brazilian government has not released figures of the country's new coronavirus cases for a week. Critics say the government is trying to cover up a worsening situation.
