Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home region Gujarat is forced to tighten curbs as infections in India rocket to a record of almost 116,000 new cases in 24 hours. The new wave is being blamed on people attending huge religious and political events as well as weddings and cricket matches. India has the world's third-highest number of infections and deaths behind the United States and Brazil. India's curb on exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine as cases soar at home is hampering the world's largest jab manufacturer, the company claims. The CEO of the Serum Institute of India said its production capacity is "very stressed" and it needs up to $408 million that it would have earned from exports to ramp up output. The European Medicines Agency will officially reveal its findings on links between the AstraZeneca jab and blood clots at 1400 GMT. A senior EMA official had earlier been quoted as saying there was a "clear" connection between the jab and clots, though the World Health Organization still insists it is safe. Brazil registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time Tuesday, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicentre of the pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for a short national lockdown to stem rising case numbers putting her on a collision course with some states who control health policy. A 28-year-old man who broke a curfew in the Philipines to get water died after being made to do 100 squat-like exercises as punishment. His wife told AFP that he died of convulsions the next morning. More than 10,000 people have been punished for breaking the curfew in and around Manila in the last week. Australia's prime minister blames EU vaccine export controls for halting its inoculation drive, as he faces growing public frustration over the sluggish rollout. Taiwan accuses China of trying to tempt Paraguay to drop its recognition of the island nation in exchange for vaccines. Paraguay is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory. Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is hospitalised for the second time in two weeks as judges again probe his long-running "bunga bunga" sex scandal. The flamboyant 84-year-old billionaire spent 11 days in hospital with the virus in September. At least 2,874,984 people have died of Covid-19 around the world since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally from official sources. The US is the worst-affected country with 556,528 deaths, followed by Brazil with 336,947, Mexico with 205,002, India with 166,177 and Britain with 126,882. burs-fg/eab/txw