Coronavirus live news: France ICU cases climbing rapidly; German lockdown row deepens
by Lucy Campbell (now), Jedidajah Otte, Ben Quinn, Ma from World news | The Guardian on (#5FX9E)
Number of patients in intensive care in France near to numbers reached in autumn 2020; state leader pushes back after Merkel criticism of inaction
- Merkel threat to centralise Covid response as some states refuse to act
- WHO: Covid probably passed to humans from bats via other animal
- Madeira lets in tourists who can show Covid vaccine passport'
- Women in Japan suffer isolation and despair amid Covid job losses
10.53pm BST
Covid-19 probably passed to humans from a bat via an intermediary animal, an international expert mission to China concluded in a report seen by AFP Monday, while all but ruling out a laboratory leak.
But the report, drafted by World Health Organization-appointed international experts and their Chinese counterparts, offers no definitive answers on how the new coronavirus jumped to humans.
10.43pm BST
As Australia wakes up, here is a recap of the latest developments from the last few hours:
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