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Trump says US ‘rounding the corner’ on coronavirus; France records nearly 10,000 daily cases; UN calls for ‘quantum leap’ in vaccine funding. Follow latest update

France recorded almost 10,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, its highest ever single-day total, a day before a cabinet meeting that might consider imposing fresh, local lockdowns to curb the spread of the disease.

Health authorities reported 9,843 new confirmed coronavirus cases, beating by almost 900 the previous record of 8,975, set six days earlier.

Public trust in vaccine safety is slowly growing in Europe even as it dips in parts of Asia and Africa, AFP reports, with researchers calling for more investment in health information campaigns for the forthcoming Covid-19 vaccine.

The largest ever global survey of vaccine confidence, published in the Lancet medical journal, shows clear links between political instability and misinformation and the levels of trust in the safety of medicines.

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