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New Zealand's former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins emerges as the sole nominee to replace Jacinda Ardern as the country's new prime minister. Speaking to reporters outside parliament in the capital Wellington, Hipkins said he will strive to "reach a consensus about who was best to lead Labour and therefore New Zealand forward." SOUNDBITE
Tegucigalpa, Sep 25 (EFE).- Honduras marked Saturday 18 months since the country recorded the first COVID-19 death.The Central American country has so far recorded a total of 9,679 deaths, although the Funeral Association saw the figures double than what is officially reported.Honduras registered the first death from Covid-19 on Mar. 25 last year in the city of San Pedro Sula, located in the northern part of the country, two weeks after reporting the first two cases. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL).B-ROLL OF THE HOSPITALS, HEALTH WORKERS, CITIZENS, COVID PATIENTS AND STEETS IN TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.
In what Italy's prime minister said was 'not an easy decision,' PM Giuseppe Conte has put the country on lockdown for the holidays. Business Insider reports Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters that experts fear there will be a jump in COVID-19 cases over Christmas. Italy wasn't the only European country to tighten restrictions over the holidays — the UK and Germany have both announced heightened coronavirus restrictions. Johns Hopkins University data reports that as of Saturday, Italy had recorded over 1.9 million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thus far, nearly 68,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Italy.
At the start of his appearance at the UK's Covid-19 inquiry, Prime Minister and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is "deeply sorry... to all of those who lost loved ones, family members, through the pandemic." SOUNDBITE
Boris Johnson leaves a public inquiry into his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after attending the first of two gruelling days in the witness box. The former British prime minister apologised for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the pandemic but defended his government. Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism from former aides for alleged indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the crisis. IMAGES
The coffin of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at the Duomo di Milano for the late leader's funeral service. Thousands gathered in the northern Italian city on Wednesday to say goodbye to Berlusconi, who died on Monday at the age of 86. IMAGES
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