LIVE: New coronavirus cases in France top 2,500 for third day
Al JazeeraFrance declares Paris and the port city of Marseille high-risk zones after cases reached levels not seen since April. “The plan worked and it is working, but the risk always exists.” 18:15 GMT – UK secures 90 million more doses of potential virus vaccine The United Kingdom has secured access to 90 million doses of two “promising” coronavirus vaccines, the government said, taking its total orders of potential COVID-19 vaccines to nearly 350 million doses. 06:15 GMT – Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine Vietnam’s health ministry has registered to buy a Russian COVID-19 vaccine as the Southeast Asian country fights a new outbreak following months of no local cases. 03:19 GMT – New Zealand reports 13 new cases Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand’s director general of health, said the country recorded 12 new confirmed cases and another “probable” case of the coronavirus. 01:37 GMT – Mexico’s caseload tops 500,000 Mexico’s health ministry reported 7,371 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 627 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 505,751 cases and 55,293 deaths.