UK coronavirus update live: Latest lockdown news as Raab says ‘no silver bullet’ for airport safety

More details on the sudden spike in daily coronavirus cases can be found below:

BREAKING: UK daily coronavirus cases have risen to the highest level since May, with 2,988 new infections recorded in the last 24 hour period, up from 1,813 on Saturday, government data has shown.

Kate Garraway discusses husband’s condition in intensive care with Covid-19

Broadcaster Kate Garraway has spoken about her husband’s condition in intensive care with coronavirus, discussing the “sadness” and “heartbreak” she has experienced.

Ms Garraway’s husband, former lobbyist Derek Draper, was taken ill with Covid-19 in late March.

When the 53-year-old’s condition worsened rapidly, he was admitted to intensive case and placed in a medically-induced coma.

Our reporter, Sabrina Barr, has the full story below:

Bahrain reopens borders to UK tourists and non-residents

Bahrain has reopened its borders to tourists and non-residents, such as those from the UK, following the introduction of a new coronavirus testing system, officials have said.

Visitors will be required to take a Covid-19 test at their own expense upon arriving in the country and must go into self-isolation until a negative result is received, Bahrain’s National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus said.

Passengers holding electronic visas and those eligible for visas on arrival, from 182 countries in total, will be able to visit the Kingdom.

More details on the daily increase in Scotland’s coronavirus cases can be found below:

Scotland has recorded 208 new coronavirus cases – the highest daily increase in positive tests for more than 17 weeks.

The last time more people tested positive for Covid-19 was 8 May, when there were 225 new cases of infection.

The increase, up from Saturday’s figure of 141 people, takes the weekly total of confirmed infections to 1,079 – the most over a seven-day period since 6 May.

“Today’s numbers show a continued increase, including in % positive,” Nicola Sturgeon said.

“While this reflects the substantial opening up of the economy, it reminds us of the need to deploy strong counter measures.”

She added: “We have two main tools at our disposal. One of these tools is Test and Protect – it is working well and so far reaching well over 90 per cent of positive cases and close contacts.

“Within [the] next few days we will launch a major enhancement – the Protect Scotland app – which will allow us to reach a wider range of contacts

“Our other main tool – indeed our first line of defence – is ourselves. As we are all out and about more, we must take greater care on face coverings, hygiene, distance.”

No new deaths were registered on Sunday, according to Scottish government figures.

Sturgeon seeks to reassure public after Scotland records highest daily cases since May

Nicola Sturgeon has sought to reassure people in Scotland after the country recorded its highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since May.

Figures from the Scottish government published on Sunday showed 208 new positive cases

“Comparisons with earlier in year need a bit of context – back then we were testing far fewer people and mainly those in hospital, so reported case numbers then were likely to have been a much bigger underestimate of true prevalence,” Ms Sturgeon wrote on Twitter.

Mexico working on own coronavirus vaccines amid global scramble for jabs

Mexico is working to produce its own coronavirus vaccines amid concerns about the possibility of a scramble between wealthy nations to secure access to jabs as quickly as possible.

Esther Orozco, coordinator of the scientific group that represents Mexico at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, said research based on a virus that transmits the avian Newcastle disease was currently the most viable candidate to produce the first vaccine in Mexico.

She added that the vaccine, developed primarily by the private firm Laboratorio Avinmex, was ready to start the first phase of testing with humans.

“They are advanced,” Ms Orozco told Reuters in an interview.

“I think it’s going to be ready by spring or the start of summer.”

Mexico has launched a global effort to build diplomatic and commercial alliances to ensure it can access the approximately 200 million vaccine doses it is estimated to need.

The country has agreed to take part in clinical trials of Italian and Russian vaccines, and has also struck a deal to produce the pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine.

Ms Orozco said the Mexican vaccine would arrive later than leading foreign candidates but she noted that 7.5 billion people on the planet would need to be inoculated – with that number potentially doubling if two doses are needed.

“The world is going to need much more than one vaccine,” she said.

“Our hope is that Mexico is a part of this even if we’re not the first to cross the finish line.”

Australia to receive first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine in January 2021, PM to say

Australia will receive the first doses of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021 if trials prove successful, the country’s PM Scott Morrison is expected to say on Monday.

The Australian government said it had signed a preliminary agreement with AstraZeneca in August for enough doses for its population of nearly 26 million, which would be manufactured locally by the pharmaceutical company CSL.

Former health secretary Andrew Lansley has come out in favour of coronavirus testing at airports within weeks.

You can hear his comments on Times Radio below:

India sees new daily cases surge as 90,000 infections reported

India has seen another record surge in daily coronavirus cases, with 90,632 reported in the past 24 hours.

The country’s Health Ministry said India’s caseload had reached 4,113,811, slightly short of Brazil’s confirmed 4,123,000 infections.

The ministry also reported 1,065 deaths on Sunday, bringing the total fatalities to 70,626.

Dr Randeep Guleria, a government health expert, said India was seeing a resurgence with more than 70 per cent of its nearly 1.4 billion people still susceptible to infections.

“We could say that we are seeing some sort of a second wave in certain parts of the country,” he said.

However, the government is continuing to relax restrictions (except in high-risk areas) to lessen the economic impact of the pandemic, which led to the economy contracting by a record 23.9 per cent in the April-June quarter.