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Madrid protests over new lockdown

Protesters have taken to the streets in the parts of Madrid facing a new lockdown due to rising coronavirus cases and deaths.

The regional government has announced that movement between and within six districts that are home to about 850,000 people will be restricted from Monday, although people will still be able to go to work.

It mostly applies to areas of lower income and higher immigrant populations, and protesters argue they are being discriminated against and need more support from the government.

About 600 people gathered in the southern district of Vallecas, which has one of the highest infection rates in the Spanish capital. “Vallecas is not a ghetto”, chanted demonstrators.

"We want adequate measures to protect us in these working class areas. We don't have medical centres. Many people do not have a work contract so they can go into quarantine in peace," said one of the protesters.

Madrid mayor Jose Luis Martínez-Almeida insisted the measures did not discriminate against the poor. "There are no first class residents and second class residents. We have to be together at this moment," he tweeted.

Trump gives himself ‘D’ grade over coronavirus response

Donald Trump graded his coronavirus pandemic response with a ‘D’  during his latest campaign rally.

The US president, who referred to himself on Saturday as “Donald Prump”, told supporters that the coronavirus “should’ve been stopped in China” as he championed his administration’s handling of the pandemic.

Hospital deaths in England up by 12

A further 12 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, according to NHS England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,747.

The patients were aged between 62 and 98 and all had known underlying health conditions. They include deaths as far back as 30 April, but most took place on 18 and 19 September.

Three other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

Scotland 245 new cases, Northern Ireland 176

A further 245 positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Scotland, after 300 were reported yesterday..

It brings the total number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus to 24,371. There were no new deaths, which means the toll remains at 2,505.

Health secretary Jeane Freeman told BBC Breakfast on Sunday that a Scottish government decision on lockdown would happen "very shortly".

Meanwhile in Northern Ireland there have been a further 176 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the Department of Health.

It brings the total number of cases in the region to 9,341, including 977 in the last seven days.

PM urged to call Cobra meeting involving all regions

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has called on Boris Johnson to call an urgent Cobra meeting - with a place at the table for all the English regions.

He said more focus on the needs of northern communities and businesses was needed, with large parts of the North of England under local restrictions and a "north-south divide" on access to testing.

He said: "I am today calling on the prime minister to give a place for all of the English regions on a reconvened Cobra, alongside London, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

"The North of England is experiencing the highest number of cases but also the greatest difficulty in accessing tests.

"This north-south testing divide can't be right and is exactly the kind of issue that a reconvened Cobra needs to resolve. The North needs to be levelled up on testing without delay."

It comes after he suggested that there was “one rule for London and another for everywhere else.”

UK government has let us down, says Mayor of London

Sadiq Khan has criticised the government for its ‘hapless’ handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

He told Labour's virtual conference: "Unfortunately, and it gives me no pleasure to say this, we've all been catastrophically let down by the Government.

"If ministers had risen to this moment, as the British public have, then the loss of many lives and much of the economic hardship could have been avoided.

"These times called for a government that could put ideology, dogma and ego aside, and calmly and competently do whatever it takes to save lives and jobs.

"Unfortunately, we got the exact opposite. Just when we required a steady, capable hand on the tiller, we've had a hapless government that keeps on steering us onto the rocks."

‘Stop funding factory farming to cut risk of future pandemics’

Nearly 100 environmentalists, including the prime minister’s father, are calling on banks and the International Monetary Fund to stop investing in factory farming to cut the risk of future pandemics.

Lockdown in Myanmar’s largest city

Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 today.

It comes into effect on Monday and will force all employees to work from home. Schools were already closed under previous lockdown measures. The health ministry has recorded 671 new coronavirus cases across the country in its latest daily figures.

Myanmar has so far reported a total 5,541 COVID-19 cases and 92 deaths. Infections have increased to hundreds of new cases per day over the past weeks after the coronavirus resurfaced in the western state of Rakhine, following weeks without a confirmed domestic case.

Domestic airlines announced that services have been suspended until the end of September.

Breaking: UK records 18 deaths and 3,899 new cases

The government’s Covid dashboard has been updated to show the latest daily figures of 18 deaths and 3,899 new cases.

It comes after 27 deaths and 4,422 cases were reported yesterday.  However weekend figures, which are announced on Sundays and Mondays, often tend to be lower than those for weekdays.