These are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Italy's death toll passes 100,000, just over a year since it became the first European country to be overwhelmed by Covid-19. At least 2,595,242 people have died of coronavirus around the world since the outbreak began in December 2019, an AFP tally from official sources on Monday showed. The United States is the worst-affected country with 525,136 deaths followed by Brazil (265,411), Mexico (190,604), India (157,853) and Britain (124,566). EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she expects the bloc to receive 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines every month from April, in a boost to its struggling inoculation campaign. The 27-nation bloc with a population of 446 million people has received 51.5 million doses of vaccines as of February 26, according to official data posted on the EU's website. President Joe Biden will give a primetime television address on Thursday to mark the one year anniversary of the US coronavirus lockdown, the White House says. In the address Biden will "discuss the many sacrifices the American people have made over the last year and the grave loss communities and families across the country have suffered," Press Secretary Jen Psaki says. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, and will quarantine for up to three weeks, the presidency says. The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic and political turmoil have sharpened the challenges facing women as they demand equal rights, three of the world's top female leaders tell the European Parliament on International Women's Day. "COVID-19 has threatened the health, the economic security, and the physical security of women everywhere," US Vice President Kamala Harris says in a video address to a session also addressed by New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and EU chief Von der Leyen. Von der Leyen warns that the EU could halt further exports of the coronavirus vaccine, saying Italy's stopping of a shipment to Australia "was not a one-off". Italy last week revealed it had blocked the export of 250,700 doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine meant for Australia, blaming the shortage of jabs in virus-hit Europe -- and the lack of urgent need in Australia. People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can gather indoors unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in new guidance. They can also visit unvaccinated people from one other household indoors without masks or distancing so long as the unvaccinated people are not at high risk for severe Covid-19, it adds. Italy's state-run railways say they will operate "Covid-free" high-speed trains on the Rome-Milan route starting next month, with all staff and passengers tested for coronavirus before boarding "with the help of the Red Cross". At least 305.67 million doses of anti-Covid vaccine have been administered in at least 140 countries and territories around the world, according to an AFP count at 1730 GMT. burs-fg-jmy/jj