Thanks for joining us on our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic today.

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And these have been some of the main developments in the UK:

• The NHS will be ready to roll out the new coronavirus vaccine from December if it is approved, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. But he said "we don't know" how many people will need to be vaccinated in order for life to return to normal
• NHS staff are to get coronavirus tests every week, starting from today, the health secretary also told the Commons
• Mass testing for coronavirus will be rolled out to 67 more areas in England, the health secretary has said. Areas including Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and parts of the West Midlands will receive new rapid "lateral flow" tests
• Wales' GCSE, AS and A-level exams in summer 2021 are to be cancelled, with grades based on classroom assessments instead
• Three Scottish council areas - Fife, Angus and Perth and Kinross - are to have tougher coronavirus rules imposed amid concern over an increase in cases
• Covid tests for university students in England could begin on 30 November, so they can safely go home for Christmas knowing they do not have the virus
• Edinburgh's Christmas market is to go online for the first time this year, after being cancelled due to the coronavirus

As our page draws to a close today, here's a roundup of some key developments from outside the UK.

• US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to warn against scrapping "Obamacare" legislation in the midst of the pandemic, when he speaks on the subject later today. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could overturn the healthcare legislation
• Clinical trials of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, Coronavac, have been suspended by Brazil's health authorities because of what they called a "severe adverse" incident. Brazil's health regulator has not given further details but developer Sinovac says it is "confident in the safety of the vaccine"
• Veteran Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat has died aged 65 after contracting coronavirus last month. He had suffered from serious health problems for several years
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban goes to parliament today to seek approval for a state of emergency that would include limits on public gatherings and closures of schools, restaurants and universities
• France's unemployment rate jumped to its highest level in two years amid fallout from the pandemic, official figures revealed on Tuesday. The Insee statistics office said the number of people out of work rose to 9.0% from 7.1% in the second quarter
• Globally there are now nearly 51 million confirmed cases and more than 1.2 million deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University

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It has been months since football fans have been able to cheer on their team in person.

And as England's lockdown continues, the return of fans to football grounds seems as far away as ever. The government has refused to say when it expects spectators to be allowed back inside sports venues in England.

We asked readers to get in touch with their stories of the last game they watched. Here's what they said:

Hassan Hussein, 40, from, Claypole, Lincolnshire, took his son Ulus, 12, to watch Manchester United beat Manchester City at Old Trafford on 8 March - and his son caught the match ball.

"As the ball hit the net, we all went crazy then out of nowhere my son was standing next to me with the match ball in his hands. We both wondered how it ended up with us, and you can see on the TV the players had to wait a good few minutes to restart as no-one had an idea where the ball was."

Norwich fan Sarah Greaves, from south London, took her 12-year-old daughter Naomi to watch the Canaries beat Leicester 1-0 at Carrow Road on 28 February.

"Looking back, the atmosphere was just one of family - a big, extended football family. From people who sit near us talking about my dad to the guy from New York who'd changed his flight home to make the game.

"And now we watch the games but it's not the same; we send them messages but it's not the same; we wear our Norwich kit in south London on matchdays but it's not the same and we see our seats in videos from the club or during matches and we can't wait to be back."

BBC OS

With vaccine trials going on around the world, BBC OS on World Service radio has been speaking to trial participants about their experiences.

Casey Ayers, 33, from Florida, took part in the Pfizer vaccine trial. He has no pre-existing health conditions.

Casey said he had the initial dose in mid-August and was warned that he might experience reactions similar to those from a seasonal flu vaccine.

“I haven’t had adverse reactions to those in the past but in this case I did have aches, chills and a low-grade fever set in about 24 hours after the first injection, lasting for about 12 hours before rapidly dissipating," he said.

"And then very similar, slightly heightened, side-effects after the booster shot, beginning about 12 hours after injection and lasting about 12 hours once again at that point.

“I would not be surprised if the recommendation came out that after the booster, individuals take the day off of work or at least a few hours afterwards in case their symptoms were about as severe as mine. That one knocked me out pretty good after the booster, similar to a very rapid flu."

You can listen to the full interview here.

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News about the world's first successful trial of a coronavirus vaccine was greeted with jubilation on Monday.

But while there are a number of reasons to remain cautious, there's at least one one big practical hurdle to overcome.

The vaccine has to be kept at temperatures four times lower than the average home freezer.

We look at how that be done. Read more here.

From nurses to shopkeepers, doctors to bus drivers, tens of thousands of people have died with coronavirus across the UK.

BBC News continues to report the statistics and our teams seek out the stories.

If you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form in this story.

We've been asking students in Wales for their views on the fact that GCSE, AS and A-level exams have been scrapped for next summer, with grades based on classroom assessments instead.

Here's what they had to say.

Jess Foster, 17, who is taking her A-levels at Bassaleg School in Newport, was "immediately relieved".

"I stress out about things personally a lot. To hear that taken off me instantly just felt really good," she said.

A-level student Jonathon Dawes, from Rhyl, who studies at Coleg Cambria, said he welcomed the decision, but was looking forward to getting more detail.

"I'm looking forward to more guidance coming out to make sure it's as fair and transparent as possible, to make sure pupils get the grades they deserve and it's not different from school to school," he said.

But Cerys Harris, 17, also from Rhyl, said she did not feel reassured and wanted more detail on how the system was going to work.

"I've taken from [the announcement] that exams are cancelled, but it's not very straightforward," she said.

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All trips to Lapland from the UK and Ireland have been suspended by the tour operator Tui as Finland plans to introduce mandatory Covid testing for arrivals.

Tui said it was an "incredibly difficult decision" as it means it will not be able to provide the "truly magical, once-in-a-lifetime family experience" of visiting Santa at his home.

It said it took the decision to "remove uncertainty" as it could not be sure of delivering on the promise of a safe and enjoyable holiday, given the "rapidly evolving travel environment" and mandatory testing being introduced in Finland, where Lapland is located.

The decision comes as grottoes in the UK are offering video calls to Santa as coronavirus regulations prevent in-person meetings in many areas.

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The Danish government has admitted that there was no legal basis for the mass cull of farmed mink it ordered after a mutated version of the coronavirus was found in the animals.

It says it will now put forward legislation to back up its order for the mass cull.

Many animals have become infected by farm workers during the pandemic and have occasionally passed the virus back to humans, potentially bringing new viral mutations.

Danish scientists are concerned that genetic changes in one particular mink-related form of the virus - which has been found in a dozen people - has the potential to make future vaccines less effective.

You can read more on this story here.

Work. Sleep. Repeat. Our doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and support staff have settled in to a weary routine. The hospital is nearly full. The patients we admit were infected a fortnight beforehand. The patients who are dying were infected a month ago - when the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, was recommending a circuit break.

The virus has used this time to great effect. In Yorkshire, one in 37 people tested positive in the last week of October - almost 3% of the population. This is a prevalence figure beyond our comprehension.

The avalanche has begun at the top of the mountain and we are readying ourselves at the base for its unstoppable force. As with the first wave, it is our 2,000-strong nursing staff who will bear the biggest impact.

Read here about the pressures on nursing staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

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Doctors in Honduras are warning that the number of coronavirus infections could soar among those who used communal shelters to escape the wrath of Tropical Storm Eta last week.

At least 57 people are known to have died and eight are still missing after Eta left a trail of destruction across the Central American country. Many areas are still under water. Neighbouring Guatemala was also badly hit.

Public shelters in Honduras were opened in all communities affected by the floods but doctors at public hospitals warned that cases of Covid-19 could skyrocket unless strict sanitary measures were imposed in them.

They said many people who fled their homes did not have access to facemasks when they entered the shelters. Honduras has recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus infections and 2,765 deaths.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been giving updates about the levels in place in Scotland.

No part of Scotland is currently under the most severe level four restrictions. Three council areas - Angus, Fife, and Perth and Kinross - are being moved up to level three due to concerns over rising numbers of cases.

From Friday 13 November, the levels will be:

Level 3 - Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth & Kinross, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian.

Level 2 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Argyll & Bute, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway.

Level 1 - Highland, Moray, Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles.

Nurses at one hospital have been "emotionally attacked" and "victimised" by members of the public, a senior doctor there has said.

Nerys Conway, a consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, said there had been "awful cases" of abuse.

Dr Conway said some nurses felt "the finger has been pointed at them" because of the high infection rates within the hospital.

The hospital has been at the centre of a large recent outbreak of Covid-19 .

So far 186 cases and 51 deaths have been linked to the outbreak at the hospital, although infection rates appear to have stabilised more recently.

Dr Conway said the experience has been "horrendous" for staff working hard to care for patients during the latest wave of coronavirus, and they have received abuse both in person and on social media.

Read more on the issue here.

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Companies are cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs as Covid-19 continues to hit the UK economy.

The unemployment rate is rising, but how high could it go?

Business reporter Ben King takes a look.

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Lebanon is to enter a fresh two-week lockdown from Saturday as coronavirus infections continue to rise.

In a televised address on Tuesday, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said a "stage of critical danger" had been reached. "Private and public hospitals don't have the capacity to receive severe cases," he warned.

Mr Diab said that the huge blast in Beirut more than three months ago, which killed more than 200 people and overwhelmed local hospitals, had caused Lebanon to lose control of the outbreak.

Some key industries will be allowed to operate during the new lockdown, Mr Diab said without providing details.

Lebanon, which imposed its first lockdown in March, has recorded more than 95,000 infections and 732 deaths. Last week there were record numbers of new cases for two days in a row.

• NHS staff are being prepared to roll-out a vaccine from 1 December, if one has been approved by regulators. Earlier, the health secretary said the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) could approve a vaccine "within days" of a licence application being submitted because they had been examining data throughout
• But Matt Hancock said the vaccine would only be approved once it is shown to be safe, adding that there are still questions about how long it protects for and how effectively it reduces transmission
• Hancock said it has not been tested on children and so will not be given to them, but he added that their risk from the disease is very low
• The UK has secured 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which has announced initial results, as well as 300 million doses of other candidate vaccines

• The speed of the UK's vaccine roll-out will depend on how quickly it can be manufactured, the health secretary said. But he acknowledged "the scale of the job is vast"
• The health secretary also said he has written to 67 directors of public health who expressed an interest in rapid testing about making enough available to reach 10% of their local populations each week. Hancock said testing gives people confidence and that will get the UK back on its feet

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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the "necessary and precautionary" decision to move Fife, Perth and Kinross and Angus to level three from Friday was taken because cases in all three areas were on a "sharply rising trajectory".

She said she knew the news would be "disappointing to residents and businesses in these areas".

Measures in level three include that pubs and restaurants in those areas will no longer be allowed to serve alcohol.

The most recent data shows that, in the space of a week, the number of cases per 100,000 of the population has increased in Perth and Kinross by 32%, in Fife by 40%, and in Angus by 47%.

"However, by acting now, we can hopefully prevent an even more serious deterioration in the situation," she added.

Medical experts had strongly recommended the move to level three as it was felt that level two may not be enough to reverse increases of that magnitude.

Your Questions Answered

The BBC has been answering your questions about the vaccine in development.

Pat, in Bristol, asks if it will be compulsory. Our health correspondent Michelle Roberts replies: "No. It will be option and offered first to those who could benefit the most, such as the elderly and healthcare workers.

"England’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed: 'We are not proposing to make this compulsory – not least because I think the vast majority of people are going to want to have it'.

"If it becomes available, children will not routinely be offered it because they are low risk."

Read more here - on how long it will protect for, how effective it's thought to be and how safe it is for the sick and elderly.

Speaking in the Commons, Matt Hancock could not confirm when a successful vaccine would be available for everyone in the UK.

Labour's Tulip Siddiq asked when a successful vaccine would be available for the UK and if there will be "government restrictions between those who have been vaccinated and those who haven't been vaccinated".

Mr Hancock said he would "resist the temptation" to give a timescale.

He said: "We do not know when this vaccine will be ready because I will not allow it to be rolled out before it is clinically safe - and anyway, the independent regulator would not license it before it is clinically safe."

He said it was only when it was known how much a vaccine would not just protect an individual, but also how much it would stop transmission, that further judgements could be made about non-pharmaceutical interventions.