Coronavirus live news: restrictions tighten in Europe; antibody treatment trial paused

Netherlands and Russia report record daily cases; Eli Lilly says safety issue has suspended trials of LY-CoV555 drug; Emmanuel Macron set to announce new lockdown measures in France. Follow updates liveGlobal report: Russia reels from record rise in Covid infectionsUS: Dustin Johnson, world’s No 1 golfer, tests positiveFollow live updates from AustraliaTest and trace: which countries got it right?England: Keir Starmer urges PM to impose ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown 3.54am BST Germany has recorded another 5,132 cases, taking its total to 334,585, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday.The reported death toll rose by 40 to 9,677, the tally showed. 3.23am BST Stock markets in Asia Pacific are down today after Wall Street took fright at the suspension of two treatments in the US – but not as much as first was feared.Sydney is off 0.1%, Tokyo about the same, and Shanghai has lost 0.46% and Hong ong 0.23%. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/oct/14/coronavirus-live-news-restrictions-tighten-across-europe-global-cases-near-38m #coronavirus_outbreak #europe #infectious_diseases #science #uk_news #us_news