Covid-19 cases top 30 million worldwide with Europe and India on edge

A municipal worker spraying disinfectant to sanitise a street amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Kolkata, India (Sept 18, 2020). India has been posting the highest single-day caseload in the world since early August, and seems on course to cross the United States as the country with the most number of cases. - Reuters

COPENHAGEN, Sept 18 (AFP): Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus, after infections worldwide topped 30 million and the World Health Organisation warned of "alarming rates of transmission".

Britain is limiting gatherings and France is set to roll out new curbs for major cities as governments across the continent battle fresh spikes of the disease.