30 September 2020

• Spain’s failure to coordinate regional and national pandemic responses is reflected by policy in Madrid, which is home to a third of the country’s total cases: Madrid’s regional leader instituted a partial lockdown only in its poorest neighborhoods, despite calls from Spain’s health minister for city-wide measures. Source
• Rising coronavirus infection rates lead officials in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to declare states of emergency. Source
• Johnson & Johnson announces that it will make 500 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate available to low- and middle-income countries. Source

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