A restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force today as officials warned Americans to stay at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, while parts of Europe considered looser restrictions over the Christmas season.
The three-week order in the US's second-biggest city will begin as California faces record Covid-19 cases, and its health secretary urges people to avoid large family gatherings. .
With the US confronted by soaring numbers of deaths and new cases, plans to deliver a vaccine to Americans are accelerating. .
More than six million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will be available in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use, which is likely next month, according to officials. .
General Gustave Perna, chief operations officer for the government's Operation Warp Speed, told reporters some 40 million doses of vaccine would be ready by the end of December. .
"We will be able to travel without authorisation, including between regions, and spend Christmas with our families," Mr Macron said, while warning that some restrictions would stay in place to avoid a third wave. .
Germany plans Christmas curbs as Covid-19 deaths hit record
Germany reported a record 410 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, before the 16 federal state leaders and Chancellor Angela Merkel were due to meet today to discuss restrictions for the Christmas and New Yearholidays
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 18,633 to 961,320, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed, 5,015 less than the record increase reported on Friday
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