EU's healthcare warning, Sweden's cases rise: COVID-19 daily bulletin

- The EU's healthcare systems are at risk of being overwhelmed by a surge in cases unless the countries act swiftly to overturn the trend, according to European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.

- Spain's new infections rose by a record 23,580 on Thursday, as the nationwide total rises to over 1.1 million. 

- UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has refused to rule out the implementation of further lockdown measures, saying "We're always ready for further measures that we can take."

- Sweden's new cases rose by 2,820 on October 28, the country's highest one-day rise since the start of the pandemic. 

- The European Central Bank has agreed to boost its pandemic stimulus in December after the economic recovery is "losing momentum more rapidly than expected," according to ECB President Christine Lagarde.

- The World Health Organization has urged European nations to use a nationwide lockdown only as a "last-resort option."

- Traffic around Paris hit record levels on Thursday night hours before a new national lockdown came into force, causing chaos across the city. 

- EU's health ministers meet via video conference on Friday to discuss limiting non-essential travel in Europe as well as a draft document outlining the bloc's common position on the reform of the World Health Organization. 

- More than 250 healthcare workers protested in the Belgian city of Liege on Thursday to complain about staff shortages across Belgium's hospitals.

- Spain's parliament has voted in favour of extending a nationwide state of emergency by a further six months. 

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