Paris, Oct 26 (AFP/APP):Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – European cases soar – Europe confronts a surge in coronavirus cases, with Spain announcing a national state of emergency and overnight curfews across the country except the Canary Islands and France setting a daily record of more than 50,000 infections. Hugely unpopular new restrictions also come into force in Italy, including the closure of theatres, cinemas and gyms and earlier last orders for bars and restaurants. Stock markets are lower in European afternoon trading as traders worry about the economic impact of new containment measures. – Trump ‘ignored’ Covid 19: Biden – With nine days to go to the US presidential election, Democratic challenger Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of giving up in the fight against Covid-19. Trump’s strategy has been “to wave the white flag of defeat and hope that by ignoring it, the virus would simply go away,” Biden says in a statement. “It hasn’t, and it won’t.” – More than 1.1 million dead – The virus has claimed at least 1,155,301 lives worldwide since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Monday based on … Continue reading Coronavirus: Latest global developments