vulnerable women and children" due to COVID-19. 26 September UN Women announced that new data co-released by the UN Development Programme from the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker revealed that the majority of countries were not sufficiently protecting women and girls from the COVID-19 related economic and social fallout. 29 September UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the millionth death from COVID-19 an “agonizing milestone”, affirmed the importance of every individual life, and called for solidarity in the global recovery. He also welcomed the G20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative and called for greater effort to prevent a global recession and urged greater efforts against the ‘global scourge’ of gender-based violence, which had been intensified by the pandemic. 30 September The UN Secretary-General called on Member States to fund COVID-19 global vaccine efforts, reporting that $3 billion of $35 billion had been secured for the Access to COVID-19 Tools. Reactions and measures in Africa Reactions and measures in the Americas 23 September As of the 23 September, government agencies across the region report that numbers of confirmed cases have started to decline. The City Of Toronto all event permits and festivals until December 31st https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-extends-cancellation-of-outdoor-major-events-and-provides-565000-to-support-cultural-festivals-impacted-by-covid-19/ Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean Reactions and measures in Europe 26 September UK governments imposed a quasi-lockdown, with more than a quarter of the UK population falling under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules. Reactions and measures in South and Southeast Asia 1 September Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that long-term pass holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines will be unable to enter Malaysia due to a spike of cases in those countries effective 7 September. 7 September On 7 September, the Malaysian Immigration Department banned nationals from 23 countries with a high number of COVID-19 cases including the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia, France, Italy, Turkey and Germany, and previously announced India, the Philippines and Indonesia. 10 September In Indonesia, Jakarta city authorities have placed the capital in a partial lockdown in order to alleviate pressure on the city's healthcare system. Malaysian Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that enhanced Movement Control Orders would be imposed on the Kota Setar district in Kedah state and Tawau prison in Sabah state following new outbreaks. 28 September Malaysian Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that an enhanced MCO would be enforced in the Sabah districts of Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak, and Semporna between