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As Brazil's largest city - São Paulo - goes into lockdown, President Jair Bolsonaro has continued to downplay the threat of coronavirus.
In a televised speech last night, he criticised the media for "fear-mongering" and called on the country's mayor and governors to roll back restrictions in place to curb the spread.
He stressed the country would not experience an outbreak similar to Italy's because of Brazil's warmer climate and younger population.
Mr Bolsonaro added that people aged over 60 were at risk, but most people - including himself - had nothing to fear.
"With my history as an athlete, if I were infected with the virus, I would have no reason to worry, I would feel nothing, or it would be at most just a little flu," he said.
Critics of Mr Bolsonaro have accused him of a cavalier attitude to coronavirus.
Concerns have also been raised about him having possibly contracted the disease. Over the last couple of weeks, 22 officials who joined in him on a trip to the US have tested positive. Mr Bolsonaro has twice said that his test came back negative, but he has refused to release the results.
Over 2,200 infections have been reported in Brazil, along with 46 deaths related to coronavirus.
In a televised speech last night, he criticised the media for "fear-mongering" and called on the country's mayor and governors to roll back restrictions in place to curb the spread.
He stressed the country would not experience an outbreak similar to Italy's because of Brazil's warmer climate and younger population.
Mr Bolsonaro added that people aged over 60 were at risk, but most people - including himself - had nothing to fear.
"With my history as an athlete, if I were infected with the virus, I would have no reason to worry, I would feel nothing, or it would be at most just a little flu," he said.
Critics of Mr Bolsonaro have accused him of a cavalier attitude to coronavirus.
Concerns have also been raised about him having possibly contracted the disease. Over the last couple of weeks, 22 officials who joined in him on a trip to the US have tested positive. Mr Bolsonaro has twice said that his test came back negative, but he has refused to release the results.
Over 2,200 infections have been reported in Brazil, along with 46 deaths related to coronavirus.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the epidemic hit the country, the health ministry reported on Wednesday.
The number of reported deaths from the virus rose to 3,434 from 2,696 on Tuesday, the ministry said. The overall number of cases soared to 47,610 from 39,673 on Tuesday.
The number of reported deaths from the virus rose to 3,434 from 2,696 on Tuesday, the ministry said. The overall number of cases soared to 47,610 from 39,673 on Tuesday.
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China's Hubei province is lifting all travel restrictions today – a significant milestone for 60 million people locked down since January. Wuhan - where the global outbreak began - will ease restrictions on 8 April.
South Korea said all arrivals from the US would need to self-isolate for two weeks, from Friday. South Korea's imported cases jumped by 34 to 101 on Tuesday, its biggest single-day rise as it battles a second wave of infections. European arrivals already face a two-week quarantine and virus tests.
Malaysia is extending its two-week lockdown. With just under 1,800 confirmed cases, the country is the worst-hit in south east Asia, recording 17 virus deaths.
Pakistan, which has 991 confirmed cases and seven deaths, said it had recorded its first coronavirus death due to local transmission. The Lahore resident had no travel history.
In Central Asia, people in Uzbekistan face fines for not wearing masks in public and Kazakhstan’s main cities are under quarantine. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan says it has yet to record a single case – perhaps not surprising for one of the most secretive states in the world.
South Korea said all arrivals from the US would need to self-isolate for two weeks, from Friday. South Korea's imported cases jumped by 34 to 101 on Tuesday, its biggest single-day rise as it battles a second wave of infections. European arrivals already face a two-week quarantine and virus tests.
Malaysia is extending its two-week lockdown. With just under 1,800 confirmed cases, the country is the worst-hit in south east Asia, recording 17 virus deaths.
Pakistan, which has 991 confirmed cases and seven deaths, said it had recorded its first coronavirus death due to local transmission. The Lahore resident had no travel history.
In Central Asia, people in Uzbekistan face fines for not wearing masks in public and Kazakhstan’s main cities are under quarantine. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan says it has yet to record a single case – perhaps not surprising for one of the most secretive states in the world.
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India's 1.3 billion people went into lockdown at midnight, with a "total ban" on leaving homes
Prince Charles - heir to the British throne - tests positive for virus with "mild symptoms", palace says
UK PM Boris Johnson answers questions in Parliament, which is expected to go into recess on Wednesday evening.
A quarter of the world's population is now living under some form of lockdown
About 170,000 people volunteer in the UK to help the NHS cope with vulnerable people
The death toll in Spain has overtaken China, rising by 738 to 3,434
US lawmakers agree a near-$2 trillion stimulus package, details yet to be released
Global cases exceed 400,000 with deaths approaching 20,000 and more than 100,000 recovered
Prince Charles - heir to the British throne - tests positive for virus with "mild symptoms", palace says
UK PM Boris Johnson answers questions in Parliament, which is expected to go into recess on Wednesday evening.
A quarter of the world's population is now living under some form of lockdown
About 170,000 people volunteer in the UK to help the NHS cope with vulnerable people
The death toll in Spain has overtaken China, rising by 738 to 3,434
US lawmakers agree a near-$2 trillion stimulus package, details yet to be released
Global cases exceed 400,000 with deaths approaching 20,000 and more than 100,000 recovered
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Dutch authorities have confirmed 80 more virus-related deaths in the country during the last 24 hours. They also confirmed 852 additional cases.
This latest figures bring the total to 6,412 cases and 356 deaths in the country of 17 million.
The Netherlands' health ministry stressed the actual number of infections will be higher because not everyone has been tested.
A ban on public gatherings has been extended until 1 June to help fight the Netherlands' outbreak.
This latest figures bring the total to 6,412 cases and 356 deaths in the country of 17 million.
The Netherlands' health ministry stressed the actual number of infections will be higher because not everyone has been tested.
A ban on public gatherings has been extended until 1 June to help fight the Netherlands' outbreak.
Italy has reported another 683 deaths in the past 24 hours and a further 5,210 cases. That is a slight fall from Tuesday's 743 deaths, but it brings to 7,503 the number of people who have died in Italy since the outbreak there began.
In Egypt, a two-week partial curfew keeping people off the streets between 19:00 and 06:00 has taken effect. There was also an extension of school closures until mid-April. The country has reported 402 cases of Covid-19 and 20 deaths.
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France says the number of coronavirus deaths has risen by 231 to a total of 1,331.
The total number of confirmed cases is now 25,233 - they include 2,827 people who are in a serious condition requiring life support.
The French death toll is so far only counting those who have died in hospital. But French authorities say they will soon have figures for deaths in care homes, which could result in a large jump in the overall number of fatalities.
The total number of confirmed cases is now 25,233 - they include 2,827 people who are in a serious condition requiring life support.
The French death toll is so far only counting those who have died in hospital. But French authorities say they will soon have figures for deaths in care homes, which could result in a large jump in the overall number of fatalities.
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Number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus reached 20,000 worldwide.
The global death toll has now passed 20,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 451,000, the US university reports.
It started tracking the coronavirus outbreak soon after it emerged in China late last year.
The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 451,000, the US university reports.
It started tracking the coronavirus outbreak soon after it emerged in China late last year.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the G7 group of big economies have discussed China’s "intentional disinformation campaign" on the new coronavirus during a virtual meeting.
He says all the leaders were aware of the campaign, which, he says, Beijing continued to engage in so as to deflect attention from what really happened.
The Trump administration has repeatedly alleged that China was and is suppressing information about the coronavirus.
President Trump has called it the "Chinese virus" – angering Beijing and ignoring World Health Organization guidelines.
Mr Pompeo said the world needed transparency and accurate information from China in order to fight the pandemic.
Some Chinese officials have suggested that the virus was brought to China by the US military.
Mr Pompeo dismissed that as "crazy talking".
He also appeared to dismiss China’s sales of medical supplies to combat the pandemic, saying Beijing was now trying to claim that it was the "white hat" (showing moral leadership).
He says all the leaders were aware of the campaign, which, he says, Beijing continued to engage in so as to deflect attention from what really happened.
The Trump administration has repeatedly alleged that China was and is suppressing information about the coronavirus.
President Trump has called it the "Chinese virus" – angering Beijing and ignoring World Health Organization guidelines.
Mr Pompeo said the world needed transparency and accurate information from China in order to fight the pandemic.
Some Chinese officials have suggested that the virus was brought to China by the US military.
Mr Pompeo dismissed that as "crazy talking".
He also appeared to dismiss China’s sales of medical supplies to combat the pandemic, saying Beijing was now trying to claim that it was the "white hat" (showing moral leadership).
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Bolsonaro calls coronavirus lockdown in Brazil's major cities a 'crime'
President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazil’s largest states and cities for imposing lockdowns to slow the coronavirus outbreak, as tensions with his health minister simmered.
The death toll rose to 57 from 46 while confirmed cases rose to 2,433 from 2,201 the day before.
Bolsonaro has aligned himself with U.S. President Donald Trump in prioritizing the economy over the shutdowns favored by public health experts - including his own health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta - who have warned the outbreak in Brazil could trigger a collapse of the healthcare system next month.
“Other viruses have killed many more than this one and there wasn’t all this commotion,” Bolsonaro told journalists. “What a few mayors and governors are doing is a crime. They’re destroying Brazil.”
As his boss downplayed the virus, national security adviser Augusto Heleno on Wednesday ignored medical advice to self-isolate for two weeks, instead returning to work just seven days into his quarantine after a positive coronavirus test. Heleno also attended cabinet meetings on the day he was waiting for the test result, Reuters learned.
In opposing shutdowns in Brazil’s biggest cities and states, Bolsonaro has cast himself against local officials, congressional leadership, in addition to his health minister.
On Tuesday night, he played down the threat of the virus, assuring Brazilians that “90% of us will have no symptoms if contaminated” and his “history as an athlete” meant he personally would suffer at most “a little flu.”
Senate President Davi Alcolumbre denounced his speech and called for “leadership that is serious, responsible and committed to the life and health of its people.”
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria took Bolsonaro to task for not setting an example for Brazilians and appealed for him to “lead the nation, not divide it” at a time of crisis.
Two sources told Reuters that Bolsonaro’s prepared 5-minute speech had been drafted without consulting health minister Mandetta.
The two have been at odds since Bolsonaro flouted guidelines and physically greeted supporters on March 15.
The country’s top medical associations issued statements in support of Mandetta’s approach to dealing with the epidemic, amid fears that the minister might resign from the job.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Mandetta, who denied that he was quitting, stressed the gravity of the epidemic and the need to keep up the drive to isolate the population from the virus.
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President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazil’s largest states and cities for imposing lockdowns to slow the coronavirus outbreak, as tensions with his health minister simmered.
The death toll rose to 57 from 46 while confirmed cases rose to 2,433 from 2,201 the day before.
Bolsonaro has aligned himself with U.S. President Donald Trump in prioritizing the economy over the shutdowns favored by public health experts - including his own health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta - who have warned the outbreak in Brazil could trigger a collapse of the healthcare system next month.
“Other viruses have killed many more than this one and there wasn’t all this commotion,” Bolsonaro told journalists. “What a few mayors and governors are doing is a crime. They’re destroying Brazil.”
As his boss downplayed the virus, national security adviser Augusto Heleno on Wednesday ignored medical advice to self-isolate for two weeks, instead returning to work just seven days into his quarantine after a positive coronavirus test. Heleno also attended cabinet meetings on the day he was waiting for the test result, Reuters learned.
In opposing shutdowns in Brazil’s biggest cities and states, Bolsonaro has cast himself against local officials, congressional leadership, in addition to his health minister.
On Tuesday night, he played down the threat of the virus, assuring Brazilians that “90% of us will have no symptoms if contaminated” and his “history as an athlete” meant he personally would suffer at most “a little flu.”
Senate President Davi Alcolumbre denounced his speech and called for “leadership that is serious, responsible and committed to the life and health of its people.”
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria took Bolsonaro to task for not setting an example for Brazilians and appealed for him to “lead the nation, not divide it” at a time of crisis.
Two sources told Reuters that Bolsonaro’s prepared 5-minute speech had been drafted without consulting health minister Mandetta.
The two have been at odds since Bolsonaro flouted guidelines and physically greeted supporters on March 15.
The country’s top medical associations issued statements in support of Mandetta’s approach to dealing with the epidemic, amid fears that the minister might resign from the job.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Mandetta, who denied that he was quitting, stressed the gravity of the epidemic and the need to keep up the drive to isolate the population from the virus.
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Coronavirus: Spain now has second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths as total reaches 3,434
A total of 3,434 coronavirus patients have now have died in Spain - more than the recorded number of deaths in China where the outbreak began.
Spain now has the world's second-highest tally of COVID-19 deaths after 738 more were reported on Wednesday, the country's deadliest toll in one day.
With 3,434 coronavirus patients dead, Spain surpassed China's toll of 3,285.
Italy still has the most deaths of any nation in the world at 7,503, with 683 deaths added to its total on Wednesday.
The number of confirmed cases in Italy stands at more than 74,000.
France - another of Europe's worst-hit nations - also reported 231 more deaths over the same 24-hour period, taking its total to 1,331 deaths.
The country has had 22,654 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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A total of 3,434 coronavirus patients have now have died in Spain - more than the recorded number of deaths in China where the outbreak began.
Spain now has the world's second-highest tally of COVID-19 deaths after 738 more were reported on Wednesday, the country's deadliest toll in one day.
With 3,434 coronavirus patients dead, Spain surpassed China's toll of 3,285.
Italy still has the most deaths of any nation in the world at 7,503, with 683 deaths added to its total on Wednesday.
The number of confirmed cases in Italy stands at more than 74,000.
France - another of Europe's worst-hit nations - also reported 231 more deaths over the same 24-hour period, taking its total to 1,331 deaths.
The country has had 22,654 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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The US has 66,132 confirmed cases - after an increase of more than 10,000 in one day
At least 947 people with the virus have died in the US
But New York state reports some good news, with figures "almost too good to be true"
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
The number of deaths in the UK rises from 422 to 463
At least 947 people with the virus have died in the US
But New York state reports some good news, with figures "almost too good to be true"
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
The number of deaths in the UK rises from 422 to 463
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What's the latest across South Asia?
Here are the latest developments across the region:
India enters its second day of a strict lockdown after PM Narendra Modi said there was "a ban on stepping out of your homes". The country has confirmed over 550 cases and 10 deaths. But concerns over how such a strict ban on a population size of over a billion can be carried out remain
Pakistan continues to be the worst-hit country in the region as cases have surged to over a 1,000. More than 400 positive cases were reported from Sindh, the worst hit region
Bangladesh confirmed its fifth death as positive cases climb to 39. But it wasn't all bad news as the country also said it hadn't recorded a new case in 24 hours after it suspended all domestic flights and public transport
Cases in Sri Lanka tipped over to a 102 on Wednesday, as a strict and indefinite curfew remains in place, preventing residents from stepping out of their homes even for essentials
Here are the latest developments across the region:
India enters its second day of a strict lockdown after PM Narendra Modi said there was "a ban on stepping out of your homes". The country has confirmed over 550 cases and 10 deaths. But concerns over how such a strict ban on a population size of over a billion can be carried out remain
Pakistan continues to be the worst-hit country in the region as cases have surged to over a 1,000. More than 400 positive cases were reported from Sindh, the worst hit region
Bangladesh confirmed its fifth death as positive cases climb to 39. But it wasn't all bad news as the country also said it hadn't recorded a new case in 24 hours after it suspended all domestic flights and public transport
Cases in Sri Lanka tipped over to a 102 on Wednesday, as a strict and indefinite curfew remains in place, preventing residents from stepping out of their homes even for essentials
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Russia locks down aerial borders
Russia's government will stop all overseas flights from the country starting 27 March. The ban will not apply to repatriation flights and flights carried out by "separate orders of the Russian government", Interfax news agency reported.
It's worth noting that Russia has comparatively fewer cases than other European countries - just 658, with three deaths.
On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin postponed a vote on a constitutional change that would allow him to stay in power for two more consecutive terms.
Russia's government will stop all overseas flights from the country starting 27 March. The ban will not apply to repatriation flights and flights carried out by "separate orders of the Russian government", Interfax news agency reported.
It's worth noting that Russia has comparatively fewer cases than other European countries - just 658, with three deaths.
On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin postponed a vote on a constitutional change that would allow him to stay in power for two more consecutive terms.
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Another 50 deaths in Germany
The number of people with Covid-19 who have died in Germany has increased by 50 to 198, according to official figures.
The number of cases is 36,508 - an increase of 4,995.
The number of people with Covid-19 who have died in Germany has increased by 50 to 198, according to official figures.
The number of cases is 36,508 - an increase of 4,995.
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Thailand is now being ruled under a state of emergency, lasting at least until 30 April, in which normal government is suspended and power is transferred to a ruling committee headed by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.
The decree bans the entry of all foreign visitors and gives the prime minister the authority to restrict travel, ban large gatherings of people and confine some to their homes. It also confers sweeping powers to control the media, and General Prayuth warned he would use the full force of the law against anyone putting what he called "distorted" information onto social media.
How much of this power the one-time coup-leader intends to use is not yet clear. Much of the public life in the capital Bangkok has already been shut down, although there are still plenty of people on the streets and in food stores. Until now the government has been reluctant to impose tighter restrictions for fear of the huge economic damage. The closure of Bangkok’s nightlife has pushed thousands to leave for the provinces, cramming bus stations and potentially taking the coronavirus with them.
Infections have now reached 934. But doctors at one top hospital have warned of more than 7,000 deaths within 30 days if much stronger measures are not taken. General Prayuth’s leadership has been widely criticised over the past year as ineffectual and unimaginative. Now he has concentrated all decision-making in his own hands, he must take the credit, or blame, for how well Thailand weathers its coronavirus crisis.
The decree bans the entry of all foreign visitors and gives the prime minister the authority to restrict travel, ban large gatherings of people and confine some to their homes. It also confers sweeping powers to control the media, and General Prayuth warned he would use the full force of the law against anyone putting what he called "distorted" information onto social media.
How much of this power the one-time coup-leader intends to use is not yet clear. Much of the public life in the capital Bangkok has already been shut down, although there are still plenty of people on the streets and in food stores. Until now the government has been reluctant to impose tighter restrictions for fear of the huge economic damage. The closure of Bangkok’s nightlife has pushed thousands to leave for the provinces, cramming bus stations and potentially taking the coronavirus with them.
Infections have now reached 934. But doctors at one top hospital have warned of more than 7,000 deaths within 30 days if much stronger measures are not taken. General Prayuth’s leadership has been widely criticised over the past year as ineffectual and unimaginative. Now he has concentrated all decision-making in his own hands, he must take the credit, or blame, for how well Thailand weathers its coronavirus crisis.
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Iran starts intercity travel ban amid fears of second wave of coronavirus
Iran started an intercity travel ban on Thursday, an Iranian official said in a televised news conference, amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in the Middle East's worst-hit country.
Iran started an intercity travel ban on Thursday, an Iranian official said in a televised news conference, amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in the Middle East's worst-hit country.
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EU to hold virtual summit
Leaders are holding a video summit today as coronavirus continues to spread.
Here are the latest developments from across the continent:
All 27 member state leaders will discuss the EU’s response to the virus in the virtual summit this afternoon. There have been disagreements about how best to act, with some countries calling for joint “corona bonds” to revive European economies and others urging financial restraint
The latest statistics on Spain’s outbreak are due out this morning. There are close to 50,000 confirmed cases in the country – including Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo – and more than 3,600 deaths. El Pais newspaper reports that new rapid tests sent to the country by China don’t work well
All restaurants, parks and shops barring grocery stores will shut in Moscow for one week on Monday, the city’s mayor said, as Russia ramps up its response to the outbreak. President Putin announced yesterday a week off work for Russians to limit the spread. And as of Friday, all flights to foreign countries will cease, except those bringing home citizens from abroad
France has recorded 1,331 deaths. In a visit to a hospital last night President Emmanuel Macron said he would call on the army to help the country. A government spokeswoman said the 15-day lockdown measures could be extended, with a final decision expected “in the coming days”
Leaders are holding a video summit today as coronavirus continues to spread.
Here are the latest developments from across the continent:
All 27 member state leaders will discuss the EU’s response to the virus in the virtual summit this afternoon. There have been disagreements about how best to act, with some countries calling for joint “corona bonds” to revive European economies and others urging financial restraint
The latest statistics on Spain’s outbreak are due out this morning. There are close to 50,000 confirmed cases in the country – including Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo – and more than 3,600 deaths. El Pais newspaper reports that new rapid tests sent to the country by China don’t work well
All restaurants, parks and shops barring grocery stores will shut in Moscow for one week on Monday, the city’s mayor said, as Russia ramps up its response to the outbreak. President Putin announced yesterday a week off work for Russians to limit the spread. And as of Friday, all flights to foreign countries will cease, except those bringing home citizens from abroad
France has recorded 1,331 deaths. In a visit to a hospital last night President Emmanuel Macron said he would call on the army to help the country. A government spokeswoman said the 15-day lockdown measures could be extended, with a final decision expected “in the coming days”
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The US has almost 70,000 confirmed cases and at least 1,050 deaths
But New York state, the worst affected, says social restrictions are slowing hospital admissions
US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
In the UK, financial support for the self-employed is due to be unveiled
The number of deaths in the UK has risen to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
But New York state, the worst affected, says social restrictions are slowing hospital admissions
US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
In the UK, financial support for the self-employed is due to be unveiled
The number of deaths in the UK has risen to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
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Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
The number of deaths in the UK has risen to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
The US has almost 70,000 confirmed cases and at least 1,050 deaths
But New York state, the worst affected, says social restrictions are slowing hospital admissions
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer southIn the UK, financial support for the self-employed is due to be unveiled
US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
The number of deaths in the UK has risen to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
The US has almost 70,000 confirmed cases and at least 1,050 deaths
But New York state, the worst affected, says social restrictions are slowing hospital admissions
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer southIn the UK, financial support for the self-employed is due to be unveiled
US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
In China, no new cases were reported in Hubei province, where the virus emerged
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With the country having just witnessed its third-highest one-day rise in deaths since the outbreak began - for a total of more than 7,500 - it is hard for Italians to see a glimmer of hope
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And yet there are grounds for it: the rate of new infections has slowed again and the government-run national research council says almost half of all provinces have already hit the peak of the outbreak.
But while the containment measures seem to be working in Lombardy, the worst-hit region in the north, poorer parts of central and southern Italy are seeing a worrying rise in deaths. The president of Campania, the region around Naples, warned of “the real prospect that Lombardy’s tragedy is about to become the south’s tragedy".
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has promised a second package to ease the economic impact worth at least €25bn (£23bn), with the EU’s third-largest economy likely to plunge into its deepest recession in a generation.
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And yet there are grounds for it: the rate of new infections has slowed again and the government-run national research council says almost half of all provinces have already hit the peak of the outbreak.
But while the containment measures seem to be working in Lombardy, the worst-hit region in the north, poorer parts of central and southern Italy are seeing a worrying rise in deaths. The president of Campania, the region around Naples, warned of “the real prospect that Lombardy’s tragedy is about to become the south’s tragedy".
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has promised a second package to ease the economic impact worth at least €25bn (£23bn), with the EU’s third-largest economy likely to plunge into its deepest recession in a generation.
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UN launches virus aid plan, says 'all of humanity' at risk
Poorer countries need $2bn of international humanitarian aid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said in launching a major donation appeal on Wednesday.
"COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity - and the whole of humanity must fight back," Guterres said in announcing the initiative. "Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are not going to be enough."
Just last week, as the novel coronavirus spread to more and more countries, killing thousands and infecting many more, Guterres warned that unless the world came together to curb the spread, millions of people could die.
In recent days, Guterres has called for much stronger global coordination on the response to the pandemic.
In a Monday letter to the G20 group of leading economic powers, he pushed for a "war-time" stimulus bill "in the trillions of dollars" to help poor countries.
According to the UN chief, the plan "aims to enable us to fight the virus in the world's poorest countries, and address the needs of the most vulnerable people, especially women and children, older people, and those with disabilities or chronic illness", said Guterres.
If fully funded, "it will save many lives and arm humanitarian agencies and NGOs with laboratory supplies for testing, and with medical equipment to treat the sick while protecting health care workers", he added.
The amount of money sought by the plan is small compared to the $2 trillion that the United States Congress is poised to approve as a rescue effort for devastated US consumers, companies and hospitals as the world's largest economy grinds to a sudden halt.
Two scenarios
The UN plan is designed to last from April to December - suggesting the world body does not see the health crisis abating any time soon.
The exact total of $2.012bn is supposed to flow in in response to appeals that various UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme, have already made.
Guterres said in parallel, humanitarian aid provided yearly by member states to help 100 million people around the world must continue.
Otherwise, he said, the coronavirus pandemic could lead to rampant outbreaks of other diseases such as cholera and measles, as well as higher levels of malnutrition.
"This is the moment to step up for the vulnerable," Guterres said.
As spelled out in an 80-page booklet, the UN plan will be carried out by UN agencies that work directly with nongovernmental organisations.
It will be coordinated by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, of the United Kingdom.
The money will be used for a variety of purposes: to set up handwashing facilities in refugee camps, launch public awareness campaigns, and establish humanitarian air shuttles with Africa, Asia and Latin America, the UN said.
The exact needs of some countries are still being identified.
The plan names 20 or so nations as deserving top priority for aid, including some enduring war or some degree of conflict, including Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Yemen, Venezuela and Ukraine.
But countries such as Iran and North Korea are also analysed in the booklet.
The plan foresees two general scenarios as to how the pandemic might evolve.
Under the first, the pandemic is brought under control relatively quickly as its rate of spread slows over the course of three or four months. This, the UN said, would allow for a relatively swift recovery in terms of public health and the economy.
But under the second model, the pandemic spreads quickly in countries that are poor or developing, mainly in Africa, Asia and parts of the Americas.
"This leads to longer periods of closed borders and limited freedom of movement, further contributing to a global slowdown that is already under way," said the UN.
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Poorer countries need $2bn of international humanitarian aid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said in launching a major donation appeal on Wednesday.
"COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity - and the whole of humanity must fight back," Guterres said in announcing the initiative. "Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are not going to be enough."
Just last week, as the novel coronavirus spread to more and more countries, killing thousands and infecting many more, Guterres warned that unless the world came together to curb the spread, millions of people could die.
In recent days, Guterres has called for much stronger global coordination on the response to the pandemic.
In a Monday letter to the G20 group of leading economic powers, he pushed for a "war-time" stimulus bill "in the trillions of dollars" to help poor countries.
According to the UN chief, the plan "aims to enable us to fight the virus in the world's poorest countries, and address the needs of the most vulnerable people, especially women and children, older people, and those with disabilities or chronic illness", said Guterres.
If fully funded, "it will save many lives and arm humanitarian agencies and NGOs with laboratory supplies for testing, and with medical equipment to treat the sick while protecting health care workers", he added.
The amount of money sought by the plan is small compared to the $2 trillion that the United States Congress is poised to approve as a rescue effort for devastated US consumers, companies and hospitals as the world's largest economy grinds to a sudden halt.
Two scenarios
The UN plan is designed to last from April to December - suggesting the world body does not see the health crisis abating any time soon.
The exact total of $2.012bn is supposed to flow in in response to appeals that various UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme, have already made.
Guterres said in parallel, humanitarian aid provided yearly by member states to help 100 million people around the world must continue.
Otherwise, he said, the coronavirus pandemic could lead to rampant outbreaks of other diseases such as cholera and measles, as well as higher levels of malnutrition.
"This is the moment to step up for the vulnerable," Guterres said.
As spelled out in an 80-page booklet, the UN plan will be carried out by UN agencies that work directly with nongovernmental organisations.
It will be coordinated by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, of the United Kingdom.
The money will be used for a variety of purposes: to set up handwashing facilities in refugee camps, launch public awareness campaigns, and establish humanitarian air shuttles with Africa, Asia and Latin America, the UN said.
The exact needs of some countries are still being identified.
The plan names 20 or so nations as deserving top priority for aid, including some enduring war or some degree of conflict, including Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Yemen, Venezuela and Ukraine.
But countries such as Iran and North Korea are also analysed in the booklet.
The plan foresees two general scenarios as to how the pandemic might evolve.
Under the first, the pandemic is brought under control relatively quickly as its rate of spread slows over the course of three or four months. This, the UN said, would allow for a relatively swift recovery in terms of public health and the economy.
But under the second model, the pandemic spreads quickly in countries that are poor or developing, mainly in Africa, Asia and parts of the Americas.
"This leads to longer periods of closed borders and limited freedom of movement, further contributing to a global slowdown that is already under way," said the UN.
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Some 3.3m Americans filed jobless claims last week - more than four times the previous record
The figures come after US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
UK deaths rise to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
Financial support for the UK's self-employed is due to be unveiled
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer south
The figures come after US Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $1,200 for most adults
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
UK deaths rise to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
Financial support for the UK's self-employed is due to be unveiled
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer south
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In Moscow, pensioners and those with chronic illnesses have been ordered to stay at home from today and in my own neighbourhood there are fewer on the streets. Those out seem to be on their way to food shops and chemists, which is still allowed. There was no sign of anyone policing the new measures. But any over-65s who did try to use the metro as usual this morning found that their free passes had been blocked. Around 63,000 gave it a go, presumably mostly those who are still working.
Moscow transport department says there are now 43% fewer passengers on the metro overall, as people increasingly work from home. There was also a sliver of good news: with less car traffic, there’s a 28% reduction in accidents.
A much wider shutdown will begin in Moscow on Saturday – for a week, for now – including cafes, restaurants and major parks. That follows President Putin’s announcement of a ‘non-working week’ across the country.
The Kremlin today insisted that there is currently "de facto no epidemic" in Russia, with 840 confirmed cases and two deaths, and these measures are about slowing the virus’s spread. Even so, Mr Putin said the country was preparing for every possible scenario.
Moscow transport department says there are now 43% fewer passengers on the metro overall, as people increasingly work from home. There was also a sliver of good news: with less car traffic, there’s a 28% reduction in accidents.
A much wider shutdown will begin in Moscow on Saturday – for a week, for now – including cafes, restaurants and major parks. That follows President Putin’s announcement of a ‘non-working week’ across the country.
The Kremlin today insisted that there is currently "de facto no epidemic" in Russia, with 840 confirmed cases and two deaths, and these measures are about slowing the virus’s spread. Even so, Mr Putin said the country was preparing for every possible scenario.
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BREAKING- G-20 countries to inject $5 trillion into the global economy to deal with the economic, social & financial impact of #COVID2019 pandemic.
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G20 nations to inject $5tn into global economy
The G20 nations have pledged to inject $5 trillion (£4tn) into the global economy to try to combat the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement came at the end of a virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia.
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Some 3.3m Americans filed jobless claims last week - more than four times the previous record
The figure was released after the US Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill, including $1,200 for most adults
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
UK deaths rise to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
Financial support for the UK's self-employed is due to be unveiled
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer south
The figure was released after the US Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill, including $1,200 for most adults
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
UK deaths rise to 465, out of 9,500 confirmed cases
Financial support for the UK's self-employed is due to be unveiled
Although infections are slowing in Italy, deaths are rising in the poorer south
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Number of cases worldwide has breached 500k (half a million) with the US now only behind China in highest number of total cases.
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What pledges have the G20 leaders made?
Earlier, we reported the pledge by G20 leaders to inject $5 trillion into the global economy for the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
It comes after the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, called for action from the group, asking for an "immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world" to "focus together on the true fight of our lives".
We have gone through the joint statement from the G20 leaders after their meeting today with a fine-tooth comb, and here's what else you need to know:
The leaders have "strongly committed to presenting a united front against this common threat"
They pledge to take "all necessary health measures" to protect people, especially the most vulnerable
They promise to share research and best practices on the virus and vaccines, and to increase manufacturing capabilities for medical equipment
The leaders say they will use "all available policy tools to minimise the economic and social damage from the pandemic"
Finance ministers from the countries and Central Bank governors will work together to develop a G20 action plan on the economy
They will work together to ensure the flow of trade - especially medicines - isn't disrupted
They will support developing and the least developed countries - notably countries in Africa and small island states, where health systems and economies may be less able to cope
They also pledge to provide assistance where necessary to repatriate citizens
Finally, the G20 leaders say they "stand ready to react promptly and take any further action that may be required"
Earlier, we reported the pledge by G20 leaders to inject $5 trillion into the global economy for the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
It comes after the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, called for action from the group, asking for an "immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world" to "focus together on the true fight of our lives".
We have gone through the joint statement from the G20 leaders after their meeting today with a fine-tooth comb, and here's what else you need to know:
The leaders have "strongly committed to presenting a united front against this common threat"
They pledge to take "all necessary health measures" to protect people, especially the most vulnerable
They promise to share research and best practices on the virus and vaccines, and to increase manufacturing capabilities for medical equipment
The leaders say they will use "all available policy tools to minimise the economic and social damage from the pandemic"
Finance ministers from the countries and Central Bank governors will work together to develop a G20 action plan on the economy
They will work together to ensure the flow of trade - especially medicines - isn't disrupted
They will support developing and the least developed countries - notably countries in Africa and small island states, where health systems and economies may be less able to cope
They also pledge to provide assistance where necessary to repatriate citizens
Finally, the G20 leaders say they "stand ready to react promptly and take any further action that may be required"
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Coronavirus death toll in Italy's Lombardy rises by more than 385 in a day: source
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's contagion, has risen by more than 385 in a day to around 4,860, a source familiar with the data said on Thursday.
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's contagion, has risen by more than 385 in a day to around 4,860, a source familiar with the data said on Thursday.
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Italy just updated its case information. Now up to 80k+ total cases, fast approaching China and back to second for total worldwide cases.
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An official in Italy says the number of people who have died in the country after testing positive for COVID-19 has increased by 662 to 8,165 adding there are 80,539 confirmed cases
A total of 4,089 people have died in Spain, with 56,188 confirmed cases across the country. The Spanish parliament has agreed to extend the country’s state of emergency until at least 12 April to tackle the outbreak – but the newspaper El Pais reports that new testing kits sent over by China were not working.
Belgium recorded its highest numbers for the spread of the virus in a single day. In just 24 hours it recorded 1,298 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 6,235. The death toll so far is 220. Health officials told the BBC they are preparing for an “explosion in patient numbers”
Belgium recorded its highest numbers for the spread of the virus in a single day. In just 24 hours it recorded 1,298 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 6,235. The death toll so far is 220. Health officials told the BBC they are preparing for an “explosion in patient numbers”
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Italy death toll rises by 712
A total of 712 people have died from the coronavirus in Italy in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 8,215.
It was earlier reported that 662 had died in the last day, but the Civil Protection Agency's data did not include 50 victims from the Piedmont region.
The new numbers show a spike in deaths after 683 died on Wednesday. That followed 743 deaths on Tuesday, 602 on Monday, 650 on Sunday and a record of 793 on Saturday.
The new infection rate is up again, rising to 80,539 from a previous 74,386 - the highest number of new cases since 21 March, the agency said.
A total of 712 people have died from the coronavirus in Italy in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 8,215.
It was earlier reported that 662 had died in the last day, but the Civil Protection Agency's data did not include 50 victims from the Piedmont region.
The new numbers show a spike in deaths after 683 died on Wednesday. That followed 743 deaths on Tuesday, 602 on Monday, 650 on Sunday and a record of 793 on Saturday.
The new infection rate is up again, rising to 80,539 from a previous 74,386 - the highest number of new cases since 21 March, the agency said.
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France sees sharp increase in death toll
France reported 365 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total to 1,696.
The country saw 231 deaths on Wednesday.
France reported 365 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total to 1,696.
The country saw 231 deaths on Wednesday.
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Half a million people have now contracted coronavirus globally
A mass clapping event is held in the UK to say thank you to NHS careworkers
UK deaths reach 578, a rise of more than 100 a day for the first time
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces help for self-employed
Italy records another 712 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total to 8,215
Some 3.3m Americans filed jobless claims last week - more than four times the previous record
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
G20 leaders vow to inject $5tn (£4.1tn) into the global economy
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
A mass clapping event is held in the UK to say thank you to NHS careworkers
UK deaths reach 578, a rise of more than 100 a day for the first time
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces help for self-employed
Italy records another 712 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total to 8,215
Some 3.3m Americans filed jobless claims last week - more than four times the previous record
Confirmed cases in the US near 70,000, with at least 1,050 deaths
G20 leaders vow to inject $5tn (£4.1tn) into the global economy
Deaths surge by 655 in Spain, taking total to nearly 4,100
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Yes, big surge - there was talk from the authorities that US would become the new epicentre of the epidemic, this is not easing those fears.
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Panama reports 116 new coronavirus cases and nine total deaths
Panama registered 116 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, health officials said, bringing the Central American country’s total number of cases to 674.
Officials also said one more person has died, leading to nine deaths overall from the virus, and that 83 people are hospitalized.
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Panama registered 116 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, health officials said, bringing the Central American country’s total number of cases to 674.
Officials also said one more person has died, leading to nine deaths overall from the virus, and that 83 people are hospitalized.
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Spain extends coronavirus lockdown, in 'war' to buy medical supplies
Spain extended its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday and said it was fighting a “real war” over medical supplies to contain the world’s second-highest virus death toll, turning to China for many critical products, where officials reported fraud and massive price increases.
A further 655 people died overnight, pushing Spain’s toll from the respiratory disease to 4,089, second only to Italy and further beyond China where the outbreak began.
Elderly nursing home residents have been particularly hard hit. In Madrid, the region worst affected by the virus, authorities pledged to assess each residence and take urgent action as infections and deaths among their vulnerable population mounted.
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Spain extended its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday and said it was fighting a “real war” over medical supplies to contain the world’s second-highest virus death toll, turning to China for many critical products, where officials reported fraud and massive price increases.
A further 655 people died overnight, pushing Spain’s toll from the respiratory disease to 4,089, second only to Italy and further beyond China where the outbreak began.
Elderly nursing home residents have been particularly hard hit. In Madrid, the region worst affected by the virus, authorities pledged to assess each residence and take urgent action as infections and deaths among their vulnerable population mounted.
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Australian federal, state leaders meet to discuss coronavirus pandemic
Australian federal and state leaders will meet on Friday, the country’s prime minister said, amid growing expectations the largest states could enforce a wide-ranging lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Further fiscal support measures are also expected to be discussed in the meeting of the prime minister, state premiers and chief ministers, according to local media.
Australia will also charter commercial flights to bring home hundreds of its citizens stranded in South America, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement.
“We have agreed to consider, on a case-by-case basis, supporting commercial airlines to operate non-scheduled services to less central locations for Australians,” Payne said.
“We continue to urge Australians who have opportunities to travel back to Australia by commercial means, to do so as soon as possible.”
The number of coronavirus cases in Australia approached 3,000 from less than 100 at the start of March, according to health authorities, raising fears about a wider spread in the community.
Although well below levels elsewhere in the world, the pace of Australia’s infections is picking up speed, raising fears the country’s hospitals will soon be overwhelmed.
“The one figure that we are most worried about is the number of people that are getting it within the community,” said New South Wales state premier Gladys Berejiklian.
“When you have cases that come from overseas, you can monitor them and you have a source. But when it is community to community transmission and you don’t have a source, that means the virus is starting to spread in the community without us knowing where and that’s a concern.”
To prevent the spread of the virus within the state, NSW has tightened restrictions on people movement and is enforcing self isolation rules. But Berejiklian has warned further mobility restrictions were on the cards.
NSW state, of which Sydney is the capital, recorded a jump of 186 COVID-19 cases overnight, taking the total to 1,405. Health authorities are particularly concerned about the 145 cases which were acquired from an “undeterminable source.”
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Australian federal and state leaders will meet on Friday, the country’s prime minister said, amid growing expectations the largest states could enforce a wide-ranging lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Further fiscal support measures are also expected to be discussed in the meeting of the prime minister, state premiers and chief ministers, according to local media.
Australia will also charter commercial flights to bring home hundreds of its citizens stranded in South America, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement.
“We have agreed to consider, on a case-by-case basis, supporting commercial airlines to operate non-scheduled services to less central locations for Australians,” Payne said.
“We continue to urge Australians who have opportunities to travel back to Australia by commercial means, to do so as soon as possible.”
The number of coronavirus cases in Australia approached 3,000 from less than 100 at the start of March, according to health authorities, raising fears about a wider spread in the community.
Although well below levels elsewhere in the world, the pace of Australia’s infections is picking up speed, raising fears the country’s hospitals will soon be overwhelmed.
“The one figure that we are most worried about is the number of people that are getting it within the community,” said New South Wales state premier Gladys Berejiklian.
“When you have cases that come from overseas, you can monitor them and you have a source. But when it is community to community transmission and you don’t have a source, that means the virus is starting to spread in the community without us knowing where and that’s a concern.”
To prevent the spread of the virus within the state, NSW has tightened restrictions on people movement and is enforcing self isolation rules. But Berejiklian has warned further mobility restrictions were on the cards.
NSW state, of which Sydney is the capital, recorded a jump of 186 COVID-19 cases overnight, taking the total to 1,405. Health authorities are particularly concerned about the 145 cases which were acquired from an “undeterminable source.”
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The US now has more than 85,000 cases - overtaking China
More people with Covid-19 have died in China, however
Australia is to quarantine all returning citizens in hotels
In the UK, a doctor dies after catching the virus
People across the UK join an 8pm round of applause for health workers
More people with Covid-19 have died in China, however
Australia is to quarantine all returning citizens in hotels
In the UK, a doctor dies after catching the virus
People across the UK join an 8pm round of applause for health workers
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More than half a million people globally are now confirmed to have coronavirus, with almost 24,000 deaths
The US has now recorded more cases than any country, with 85,000. This exceeds China's almost 82,000 infections, but it has seen more deaths - 3,291 to America's 1,296
Italy, however, still has the worst death toll with 8,214, according to the Johns Hopkins University figures
Rising cases in Pakistan have raised fears of a "disaster" if adequate measures are not taken, says one health expert
Meanwhile South Africa's authorities have begun enforcing a three-week lockdown, with food stores to remain open but alcohol sales banned
In the UK, which has recorded more than 100 deaths in a day for the first time, relatives have paid tribute to Dr Habib Zaidi, saying he sacrificed his life for his profession. Dr Zaidi died of suspected coronavirus after falling ill on Tuesday
Australia says all citizens returning from overseas will be quarantined in hotels - rather than at home - for 14 days.
The US has now recorded more cases than any country, with 85,000. This exceeds China's almost 82,000 infections, but it has seen more deaths - 3,291 to America's 1,296
Italy, however, still has the worst death toll with 8,214, according to the Johns Hopkins University figures
Rising cases in Pakistan have raised fears of a "disaster" if adequate measures are not taken, says one health expert
Meanwhile South Africa's authorities have begun enforcing a three-week lockdown, with food stores to remain open but alcohol sales banned
In the UK, which has recorded more than 100 deaths in a day for the first time, relatives have paid tribute to Dr Habib Zaidi, saying he sacrificed his life for his profession. Dr Zaidi died of suspected coronavirus after falling ill on Tuesday
Australia says all citizens returning from overseas will be quarantined in hotels - rather than at home - for 14 days.
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Number of coronavirus cases in Germany rises to 42,288: RKI
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 42,288 and 253 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 42,288 and 253 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday.
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Uzbekistan reports first coronavirus death as it widens lockdowns
Uzbekistan reported its first coronavirus death on Friday, as it locked down more cities and districts, having declared large bonuses for medical workers in the battle on infections, which climbed to 83.
Uzbekistan reported its first coronavirus death on Friday, as it locked down more cities and districts, having declared large bonuses for medical workers in the battle on infections, which climbed to 83.
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus case in three days and 54 new imported cases, as Beijing ordered airlines to sharply cut international flights, for fear travellers could reignite the coronavirus outbreak.
Thursday’s 55 new cases were down from 67 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said in a statement on Friday, taking the tally of infections to 81,340, as five new deaths raised the toll to 3,292.
Imported infections, mostly among Chinese nationals returning home, now pose the biggest concern for authorities.
The commercial capital of Shanghai reported the most new imported cases with 17, followed by 12 in the southern province of Guangdong and four each in the capital Beijing and the nearby city of Tianjin.
Shanghai now has 125 patients who arrived from overseas, including 46 from Britain and 27 from the United States.
The central province of Hubei, with a population of about 60 million, where the virus first appeared late last year, reported no new cases on Thursday, a day after lifting a lockdown and reopening its borders as the epidemic eased there.
A premature easing of curbs in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan, including the reopening of schools and workplaces, could boost the risk of a large new wave of infections, possibly as early as August, a study in the British medical journal the Lancet said.
“But if they relax those restrictions gradually, this is likely to both delay and flatten the peak,” said Kiesha Prem of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who led the study, published this week.
In effect from Sunday, China has ordered its airlines to fly only one route to any country, on just one flight each week. Foreign airlines must comply with similar curbs on flights to China, although many had already halted services.
About 90% of current international flights into China will be suspended, cutting arrivals to 5,000 passengers a day, from 25,000, the civil aviation regulator said late on Thursday.
From Saturday, China will temporarily suspend entry for foreigners with valid visas and residence permits, in an interim measure, the foreign ministry added.
Before the new curbs, foreign nationals made up about a tenth of the roughly 20,000 travellers arriving on international flights every day, an official of China’s National Immigration Administration told a briefing last week.
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Thursday’s 55 new cases were down from 67 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said in a statement on Friday, taking the tally of infections to 81,340, as five new deaths raised the toll to 3,292.
Imported infections, mostly among Chinese nationals returning home, now pose the biggest concern for authorities.
The commercial capital of Shanghai reported the most new imported cases with 17, followed by 12 in the southern province of Guangdong and four each in the capital Beijing and the nearby city of Tianjin.
Shanghai now has 125 patients who arrived from overseas, including 46 from Britain and 27 from the United States.
The central province of Hubei, with a population of about 60 million, where the virus first appeared late last year, reported no new cases on Thursday, a day after lifting a lockdown and reopening its borders as the epidemic eased there.
A premature easing of curbs in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan, including the reopening of schools and workplaces, could boost the risk of a large new wave of infections, possibly as early as August, a study in the British medical journal the Lancet said.
“But if they relax those restrictions gradually, this is likely to both delay and flatten the peak,” said Kiesha Prem of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who led the study, published this week.
In effect from Sunday, China has ordered its airlines to fly only one route to any country, on just one flight each week. Foreign airlines must comply with similar curbs on flights to China, although many had already halted services.
About 90% of current international flights into China will be suspended, cutting arrivals to 5,000 passengers a day, from 25,000, the civil aviation regulator said late on Thursday.
From Saturday, China will temporarily suspend entry for foreigners with valid visas and residence permits, in an interim measure, the foreign ministry added.
Before the new curbs, foreign nationals made up about a tenth of the roughly 20,000 travellers arriving on international flights every day, an official of China’s National Immigration Administration told a briefing last week.
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The Russian government has ordered all cafes and restaurants to close for a week from Saturday to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Russian regions are to "halt the activities of public food service organisations," except for delivery services, a government decree said.
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The health ministry in South Africa reported the country's first two deaths.
To date, there are more than 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa, the ministry said in a statement.
"This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19," the ministry said.
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The health ministry in South Africa reported the country's first two deaths.
To date, there are more than 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa, the ministry said in a statement.
"This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19," the ministry said.
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Vietnam has become the latest country to ban large public gatherings.
It announced on Friday that indoor gatherings of more than 20 people and outdoor gatherings of 10 people or more would be banned, said a Reuters report.
There are currently 153 confirmed coronavirus cases in Vietnam, with no known deaths.
The country, which borders China, has been praised for its efforts in containing the disease. Much of this, the government says, is down to contact tracing.
It announced on Friday that indoor gatherings of more than 20 people and outdoor gatherings of 10 people or more would be banned, said a Reuters report.
There are currently 153 confirmed coronavirus cases in Vietnam, with no known deaths.
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With Italy in dire need of medical equipment, an economic superpower stepped in to help.
No, not the United States.
It was China.
Beijing last week promised Rome a thousand ventilators and 2 million masks, part of a global outreach effort that includes massive donations across Africa and a $20 million gift to the World Health Organization earmarked to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, proposed slashing the U.S. contribution to the WHO last month and has said very little about international cooperation to stop the spread. Instead of providing aid abroad, Trump has been soliciting it. According to a readout by the South Korean government, Trump on Tuesday asked that country’s president if he could provide medical equipment to the U.S.
It was an extraordinary request from a U.S. president and a jarring contrast to the role America usually plays in a global crisis. Meanwhile, international observers have watched as American governors have squabbled with the president over whether he is properly managing the response in his own country.
As those scenes play out daily, China senses a moment of opportunity to portray itself as a powerful and competent player on the world stage, former officials and experts told NBC News.
“We’re bungling this in a fairly open and transparent manner,” said Jude Blanchette, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Beijing’s push for global leadership is able to get so much tailwind by virtue of the relative absence of any U.S. leadership.”
To be sure, there is broad consensus among health experts that China’s initial efforts to cover up the virus outbreak fueled what has become a global contagion. The U.S. remains the largest funder of the WHO and most international organizations, and the Trump administration ponied up $14.7 million for the WHO coronavirus fund.
In interviews, Trump administration officials strongly rejected the idea that China had any chance of exploiting the outbreak, saying Beijing’s international assistance was limited and politically motivated, and that the rest of the world would not forget where the virus came from.
“They lit the fire and they are only selectively providing firefighting equipment to those they want to save,” a senior administration official said, citing the assistance to Italy as an example.
China scholars consulted by NBC News don’t disagree, but many also say that what counts most now is not how the outbreak started, but how it ends.
“China is now working very hard to position itself as the country that got out ahead on this virus, took extraordinary measures to contain it and that saved a lot of lives abroad … and that is now willing to share its capabilities and its knowledge and its finances to help others around the world deal with it,” Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution, said.
Trump’s message “has been that America is going to look out for its own interest, not for the interest of others,” former CIA Director John Brennan, an NBC News contributor and frequent Trump critic, said. “That’s why China and Russia are stepping in. They see the U.S. retreat in many respects from its traditional leadership role as presenting opportunities to them to demonstrate that they are an available alternative.”
Chinese leaders saw the 2008 financial crash as a historic shift in the global order, a telltale sign of decline in American power and influence. Now they see the U.S. response to the coronavirus in a similar light, and they have ramped up their propaganda in an attempt to seize the initiative, Ely Ratner of the Center for a New American Security think tank, said.
“Beijing is going for the knockout punch. There's no hiding what they're doing here,” said Ratner, who served as the deputy national security adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden.
“The Trump administration's incompetence at home and its lack of leadership abroad is creating a completely open field for them to run down,” he said.
Six years ago, the U.S. led an international effort to combat the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, deploying thousands of troops and medical teams, setting up treatment centers and mobile testing units. But this time, Trump’s “America First” outlook, and the scale of the crisis in the U.S., has created an international vacuum that Beijing is eager to fill, experts said.
To make its case, China has unleashed a stream of propaganda, touting its delivery of medical supplies from Serbia to Indonesia to Ethiopia, and dismissing the U.S. response as a failure. Beijing is even spreading brazen disinformation suggesting without evidence that the U.S. military somehow was behind the outbreak, despite all signs pointing to the epidemic starting in the city of Wuhan in China’s own Hubei province.
“Washington has the most to lose here because the U.S. has more moral credibility,” Blanchette said. “Beijing doesn’t have to win — it just needs the U.S. to lose.”
The Trump administration and its allies say China is trying to distract attention from its own failures in handling the outbreak, including silencing doctors and others who tried to alert the world to the gravity of the epidemic.
“Since the virus started in China in December, the Chinese Communist Party has retaliated against its citizens and journalists in China for making information public, launched disinformation campaigns around the world, and limited the international community’s access to valuable public health information,” a senior administration official said.
The official said China "started the pandemic" and yet provided a "paltry" $20 million into the WHO's coronavirus response fund, less than 3 percent of the $675 million the world body hopes to raise by April.
"That’s shocking and a disgrace," the official added.
Dan Blumenthal, of the American Enterprise Institute think tank, dismissed the idea that China could replace the U.S. as a credible international leader, and said he's convinced that once the crisis passes, Washington would resume its traditional role.
“Sending out masks and attacking the U.S. through a disinformation campaign is not taking the reins of global leadership,” Blumenthal, who served in the Pentagon under the George W. Bush administration, said.
China also will be hounded by questions over missteps in its initial response and the regime’s reported attempts to cover up the extent of the outbreak, he said.
But the world will not soon forget the image of a U.S. president asking for basic supplies from the leader of a country, South Korea, it once liberated in war, former U.S. officials and foreign affairs experts said.
It’s too early to predict how the coronavirus outbreak will shape the global order, but it is clear the U.S. at a minimum will suffer a black eye to its reputation, Michael Green of the Center Strategic and International Studies, said.
“We’re going to take a huge soft power and PR hit over the next two months, partly because we’re an open society,” said Green, who oversaw Asia issues on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush White House.
In the longer run, the U.S.-China competition could depend on which nation develops a successful vaccine or how quickly either country bounces back from the coming global recession. “Then it’s a question of how do we recover, and what does it take?” Green said.
China could prove more vulnerable to the recession caused by the outbreak, as its economic might is heavily tied to foreign markets, particularly in the U.S., Green said. “China cannot grow without the global economy,” he added.
When it comes to providing material assistance in the current crisis, China enjoys an advantage over the U.S. China is a leading manufacturer of surgical masks, N95 respirators needed by health workers and pharmaceutical ingredients used to make antibiotics — all crucial for the public health challenge produced by the pandemic.
That competitive edge has prompted renewed calls in Washington to reduce America’s dependence on supply chains linked to China, particularly for strategic or critical goods such as medical equipment or sensitive technology. White House trade policy adviser Peter Navarro said earlier this month the administration plans to introduce a “buy American” executive order intended to decrease U.S. reliance on Chinese-produced medicine and supplies.
Another consequence of the jockeying by Beijing, and the response from Washington, is that the two global powers are not working together to solve the crisis. Instead, they have been sniping at one another.
Tensions were running high between Washington and Beijing even before the epidemic. But the two sides have engaged in a bitter war of words in recent days that has raised the specter of a new cold war.
Trump and his deputies repeatedly have referred to the “Wuhan virus” or the “China virus,” infuriating China. Critics say the Trump administration’s finger-pointing has been counterproductive, at a time when the world needs both countries to find common ground to combat the virus.
After national security adviser Robert O’Brien said China’s response to the epidemic may have cost the world two months time, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian fired off a tweet in English, suggesting the U.S. could be behind the outbreak, without citing evidence.
"When did patient zero begin in U.S.? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be U.S. army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” Zhao wrote.
“I keep thinking we’ve reached the nadir for U.S.- China relations and we keep finding there is a new trough just around the corner,” Blanchette said. “An existing low level of trust has exacerbated a public health disconnect between the two countries at the very center of this global pandemic.”
Lawmakers in Congress have expressed outrage at China’s disinformation efforts. Republican Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas and others have called on Twitter and other social media companies to purge their platforms of Chinese propaganda.
In recent days, both sides have pulled back. The Chinese ambassador to Washington gave a conciliatory interview this week to Axios, distancing himself from the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus started in America, drawing praise from the Department of State.
Trump, in turn, appeared to dial back his tone in the past few days, dropping his reference to the “China virus.”
Administration officials said Trump’s change stemmed from a decision at the White House to ease up on the rhetoric, which was in part driven by a recognition that the U.S. needed key medical supplies from China, including protective equipment and drugs.
But Trump said Tuesday that he started calling it the Chinese virus because Beijing was falsely saying it came from U.S. troops, and he’s stopped using that label now because it’s clear to the world where the virus came from. “Look, everyone knows it came out of China, but I decided we shouldn’t make any more of a big deal out of it,” Trump said during a town hall with Fox News.
The U.S. and China should find a way to work together, experts said.
“There are some issues that are simply transnational and to treat them otherwise is to display a level of ignorance that is profoundly damaging to everyone,” Lieberthal said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...s-china-asserts-itself-global-leader-n1169491
No, not the United States.
It was China.
Beijing last week promised Rome a thousand ventilators and 2 million masks, part of a global outreach effort that includes massive donations across Africa and a $20 million gift to the World Health Organization earmarked to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, proposed slashing the U.S. contribution to the WHO last month and has said very little about international cooperation to stop the spread. Instead of providing aid abroad, Trump has been soliciting it. According to a readout by the South Korean government, Trump on Tuesday asked that country’s president if he could provide medical equipment to the U.S.
It was an extraordinary request from a U.S. president and a jarring contrast to the role America usually plays in a global crisis. Meanwhile, international observers have watched as American governors have squabbled with the president over whether he is properly managing the response in his own country.
As those scenes play out daily, China senses a moment of opportunity to portray itself as a powerful and competent player on the world stage, former officials and experts told NBC News.
“We’re bungling this in a fairly open and transparent manner,” said Jude Blanchette, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Beijing’s push for global leadership is able to get so much tailwind by virtue of the relative absence of any U.S. leadership.”
To be sure, there is broad consensus among health experts that China’s initial efforts to cover up the virus outbreak fueled what has become a global contagion. The U.S. remains the largest funder of the WHO and most international organizations, and the Trump administration ponied up $14.7 million for the WHO coronavirus fund.
In interviews, Trump administration officials strongly rejected the idea that China had any chance of exploiting the outbreak, saying Beijing’s international assistance was limited and politically motivated, and that the rest of the world would not forget where the virus came from.
“They lit the fire and they are only selectively providing firefighting equipment to those they want to save,” a senior administration official said, citing the assistance to Italy as an example.
China scholars consulted by NBC News don’t disagree, but many also say that what counts most now is not how the outbreak started, but how it ends.
“China is now working very hard to position itself as the country that got out ahead on this virus, took extraordinary measures to contain it and that saved a lot of lives abroad … and that is now willing to share its capabilities and its knowledge and its finances to help others around the world deal with it,” Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution, said.
Trump’s message “has been that America is going to look out for its own interest, not for the interest of others,” former CIA Director John Brennan, an NBC News contributor and frequent Trump critic, said. “That’s why China and Russia are stepping in. They see the U.S. retreat in many respects from its traditional leadership role as presenting opportunities to them to demonstrate that they are an available alternative.”
Chinese leaders saw the 2008 financial crash as a historic shift in the global order, a telltale sign of decline in American power and influence. Now they see the U.S. response to the coronavirus in a similar light, and they have ramped up their propaganda in an attempt to seize the initiative, Ely Ratner of the Center for a New American Security think tank, said.
“Beijing is going for the knockout punch. There's no hiding what they're doing here,” said Ratner, who served as the deputy national security adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden.
“The Trump administration's incompetence at home and its lack of leadership abroad is creating a completely open field for them to run down,” he said.
Six years ago, the U.S. led an international effort to combat the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, deploying thousands of troops and medical teams, setting up treatment centers and mobile testing units. But this time, Trump’s “America First” outlook, and the scale of the crisis in the U.S., has created an international vacuum that Beijing is eager to fill, experts said.
To make its case, China has unleashed a stream of propaganda, touting its delivery of medical supplies from Serbia to Indonesia to Ethiopia, and dismissing the U.S. response as a failure. Beijing is even spreading brazen disinformation suggesting without evidence that the U.S. military somehow was behind the outbreak, despite all signs pointing to the epidemic starting in the city of Wuhan in China’s own Hubei province.
“Washington has the most to lose here because the U.S. has more moral credibility,” Blanchette said. “Beijing doesn’t have to win — it just needs the U.S. to lose.”
The Trump administration and its allies say China is trying to distract attention from its own failures in handling the outbreak, including silencing doctors and others who tried to alert the world to the gravity of the epidemic.
“Since the virus started in China in December, the Chinese Communist Party has retaliated against its citizens and journalists in China for making information public, launched disinformation campaigns around the world, and limited the international community’s access to valuable public health information,” a senior administration official said.
The official said China "started the pandemic" and yet provided a "paltry" $20 million into the WHO's coronavirus response fund, less than 3 percent of the $675 million the world body hopes to raise by April.
"That’s shocking and a disgrace," the official added.
Dan Blumenthal, of the American Enterprise Institute think tank, dismissed the idea that China could replace the U.S. as a credible international leader, and said he's convinced that once the crisis passes, Washington would resume its traditional role.
“Sending out masks and attacking the U.S. through a disinformation campaign is not taking the reins of global leadership,” Blumenthal, who served in the Pentagon under the George W. Bush administration, said.
China also will be hounded by questions over missteps in its initial response and the regime’s reported attempts to cover up the extent of the outbreak, he said.
But the world will not soon forget the image of a U.S. president asking for basic supplies from the leader of a country, South Korea, it once liberated in war, former U.S. officials and foreign affairs experts said.
It’s too early to predict how the coronavirus outbreak will shape the global order, but it is clear the U.S. at a minimum will suffer a black eye to its reputation, Michael Green of the Center Strategic and International Studies, said.
“We’re going to take a huge soft power and PR hit over the next two months, partly because we’re an open society,” said Green, who oversaw Asia issues on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush White House.
In the longer run, the U.S.-China competition could depend on which nation develops a successful vaccine or how quickly either country bounces back from the coming global recession. “Then it’s a question of how do we recover, and what does it take?” Green said.
China could prove more vulnerable to the recession caused by the outbreak, as its economic might is heavily tied to foreign markets, particularly in the U.S., Green said. “China cannot grow without the global economy,” he added.
When it comes to providing material assistance in the current crisis, China enjoys an advantage over the U.S. China is a leading manufacturer of surgical masks, N95 respirators needed by health workers and pharmaceutical ingredients used to make antibiotics — all crucial for the public health challenge produced by the pandemic.
That competitive edge has prompted renewed calls in Washington to reduce America’s dependence on supply chains linked to China, particularly for strategic or critical goods such as medical equipment or sensitive technology. White House trade policy adviser Peter Navarro said earlier this month the administration plans to introduce a “buy American” executive order intended to decrease U.S. reliance on Chinese-produced medicine and supplies.
Another consequence of the jockeying by Beijing, and the response from Washington, is that the two global powers are not working together to solve the crisis. Instead, they have been sniping at one another.
Tensions were running high between Washington and Beijing even before the epidemic. But the two sides have engaged in a bitter war of words in recent days that has raised the specter of a new cold war.
Trump and his deputies repeatedly have referred to the “Wuhan virus” or the “China virus,” infuriating China. Critics say the Trump administration’s finger-pointing has been counterproductive, at a time when the world needs both countries to find common ground to combat the virus.
After national security adviser Robert O’Brien said China’s response to the epidemic may have cost the world two months time, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian fired off a tweet in English, suggesting the U.S. could be behind the outbreak, without citing evidence.
"When did patient zero begin in U.S.? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be U.S. army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” Zhao wrote.
“I keep thinking we’ve reached the nadir for U.S.- China relations and we keep finding there is a new trough just around the corner,” Blanchette said. “An existing low level of trust has exacerbated a public health disconnect between the two countries at the very center of this global pandemic.”
Lawmakers in Congress have expressed outrage at China’s disinformation efforts. Republican Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas and others have called on Twitter and other social media companies to purge their platforms of Chinese propaganda.
In recent days, both sides have pulled back. The Chinese ambassador to Washington gave a conciliatory interview this week to Axios, distancing himself from the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus started in America, drawing praise from the Department of State.
Trump, in turn, appeared to dial back his tone in the past few days, dropping his reference to the “China virus.”
Administration officials said Trump’s change stemmed from a decision at the White House to ease up on the rhetoric, which was in part driven by a recognition that the U.S. needed key medical supplies from China, including protective equipment and drugs.
But Trump said Tuesday that he started calling it the Chinese virus because Beijing was falsely saying it came from U.S. troops, and he’s stopped using that label now because it’s clear to the world where the virus came from. “Look, everyone knows it came out of China, but I decided we shouldn’t make any more of a big deal out of it,” Trump said during a town hall with Fox News.
The U.S. and China should find a way to work together, experts said.
“There are some issues that are simply transnational and to treat them otherwise is to display a level of ignorance that is profoundly damaging to everyone,” Lieberthal said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...s-china-asserts-itself-global-leader-n1169491
Latest updates from around Europe
Germany has seen a rise of 5,780 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 42,288, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.
The number of deaths has climbed by 55 to 253. Chancellor Angela Merkel has appealed for patience in fighting the outbreak, rejecting calls for a relaxation of restrictions that only came in in several states earlier this week.
In France, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the epidemic that started in the east is now in the Paris region. Hospitals could reach saturation point around the capital within 24 to 48 hours, according to the Hospital Federation of France.
Some 1.2 million residents in the area have left in the past week according to data analysed by mobile phone company Orange. On Thursday evening, officials said France had seen 1,696 deaths, including 365 in the past 24 hours.
Crimes in the deserted cities of Italy have plummeted by 64% in March, compared to the same period in 2019, but computer-based crime is rising, the interior ministry warns.
That chimes with a new report from EU police agency Europol, which says criminals are focusing on fake sanitary goods, phone scams and cybercrime.
Elsewhere:
After six hours of talks last night, EU leaders agreed to give eurozone finance ministers two weeks to agree a stronger response to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler assesses the EU's response here
Russia has now recorded 1,000 confirmed cases and three deaths. It has ordered all cafes and restaurants to close from Saturday and next week has been designated a "non-working week"
Switzerland has seen 194 deaths since the pandemic began with around 1,000 new cases in 24 hours, according to data collated from the country's cantons
In Spain, some 9,000 rapid diagnostic tests imported from China have proved defective.
Germany has seen a rise of 5,780 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 42,288, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.
The number of deaths has climbed by 55 to 253. Chancellor Angela Merkel has appealed for patience in fighting the outbreak, rejecting calls for a relaxation of restrictions that only came in in several states earlier this week.
In France, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the epidemic that started in the east is now in the Paris region. Hospitals could reach saturation point around the capital within 24 to 48 hours, according to the Hospital Federation of France.
Some 1.2 million residents in the area have left in the past week according to data analysed by mobile phone company Orange. On Thursday evening, officials said France had seen 1,696 deaths, including 365 in the past 24 hours.
Crimes in the deserted cities of Italy have plummeted by 64% in March, compared to the same period in 2019, but computer-based crime is rising, the interior ministry warns.
That chimes with a new report from EU police agency Europol, which says criminals are focusing on fake sanitary goods, phone scams and cybercrime.
Elsewhere:
After six hours of talks last night, EU leaders agreed to give eurozone finance ministers two weeks to agree a stronger response to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler assesses the EU's response here
Russia has now recorded 1,000 confirmed cases and three deaths. It has ordered all cafes and restaurants to close from Saturday and next week has been designated a "non-working week"
Switzerland has seen 194 deaths since the pandemic began with around 1,000 new cases in 24 hours, according to data collated from the country's cantons
In Spain, some 9,000 rapid diagnostic tests imported from China have proved defective.
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In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Standing over the still body of an intubated 5-year-old boy wearing nothing but a plastic diaper, an Iranian health care worker in a hazmat suit and mask begged the public for just one thing: Stop drinking industrial alcohol over fears about the new coronavirus.
The boy, now blind after his parents gave him toxic methanol in the mistaken belief it protects against the virus, is just one of hundreds of victims of an epidemic inside the pandemic now gripping Iran.
Iranian media report nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened so far by ingesting methanol across the Islamic Republic, where drinking alcohol is banned and where those who do rely on bootleggers. An Iranian doctor helping the country’s Health Ministry told The Associated Press on Friday the problem was even greater, giving a death toll of around 480 with 2,850 people sickened.
The poisonings come as fake remedies spread across social media in Iran, where people remain deeply suspicious of the government after it downplayed the crisis for days before it overwhelmed the country.
“Other countries have only one problem, which is the new coronavirus pandemic. But we are fighting on two fronts here,” said Dr. Hossein Hassanian, an adviser to Iran’s Health Ministry who gave the higher figures to the AP. “We have to both cure the people with alcohol poisoning and also fight the coronavirus.”
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.
The pandemic has swept across the world, overwhelming hospitals, crippling economies and forcing governments to restrict the movements of billions of people. Particularly hard hit has been Iran, home to 80 million people.
As of now, there is no known cure for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Scientists and doctors continue to study the virus and search for effective medicines and a vaccine.
But in messages forwarded and forwarded again, Iranian social media accounts in Farsi falsely suggested a British school teacher and others cured themselves of the coronavirus with whiskey and honey, based on a tabloid story from early February. Mixed with messages about the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, some wrongly believed drinking high-proof alcohol would kill the virus in their bodies.
The Islamic Republic has reported over 29,000 confirmed cases and more than 2,200 deaths from the virus, the highest toll of any country in the Middle East. International experts also fear Iran may be under-reporting its cases, as officials for days played down the virus ahead of a parliamentary election.
That fear of the virus, coupled with poor education and internet rumors, saw dozens sickened by drinking bootleg alcohol containing methanol in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province and its southern city of Shiraz. Videos aired by Iranian media showed patients with IVs stuck in their arms, laying on beds otherwise needed for the fight against the coronavirus, including the intubated 5-year-old boy. Iranian media also reported cases in the cities of Karaj and Yazd.
In Iran, the government mandates that manufacturers of toxic methanol add an artificial color to their products so the public can tell it apart from ethanol, the kind of alcohol that can be used in cleaning wounds. Ethanol is also the kind of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, though its production is illegal in Iran.
Some bootleggers in Iran use methanol, adding a splash of bleach to mask the added color before selling it as drinkable. Sometimes it is mixed with consumable alcohol to stretch supply, other times it comes as methanol, falsely advertised as drinkable, Hovda said. Methanol also can contaminate traditionally fermented alcohol.
Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. It causes delayed organ and brain damage. Symptoms include chest pain, nausea, hyperventilation, blindness and even coma.
Hassanian said his figures included reports from coroner’s offices around Iran also counting those who died outside of hospitals from the poisonings.
“Unfortunately in some provinces, including Khuzestan and Fars, deaths from drinking methanol has exceeded the number of deaths from the new coronavirus,” he said.
Dr. Knut Erik Hovda, a clinical toxicologist in Oslo, said to expect more methanol poisoning victims.
“The virus is spreading and people are just dying off, and I think they are even less aware of the fact that there are other dangers around,” Hovda said. “When they keep drinking this, there’s going to be more people poisoned.”
Even before the outbreak, methanol poisoning had taken a toll in Iran. One academic study found methanol poisoning sickened 768 people in Iran between September and October 2018 alone, killing 76.
Other Muslim nations that ban their citizens from drinking also see such methanol poisoning, although Iran appears to be the only one in the pandemic so far to turn toward it as a fake cure. In Buddhist Cambodia, police said they seized 4,200 liters (1,100 gallons) of methanol from a man who unwittingly planned to make toxic hand sanitizer because of the virus outbreak.
Muslim drinkers in Iran can be punished with cash fines and 80 lashes. However, minority Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians can drink alcoholic beverages in private.
While police occasionally announce alcohol busts, the trade in nontoxic alcohol also continues. Locally made Iranian arak from fermented raisins, known as Aragh sagi, sells for $10 for a 1.5-liter bottle. Imported vodka sells for $40 a bottle.
“Every year during Nowruz, or the Persian New Year holidays that begin March 21, my customers double,” said Rafik, an Iranian-Armenian who makes vodka in the basement of his Tehran home. He spoke on the condition that only his first name be used for fear of arrest. “This year, because of corona, it jumped up by four- or five-fold.”
Farhad, a self-described heavy drinker who lives in central Tehran, said alcohol remains easy to find for those looking for it.
“Even you can find it offered when you are walking down the street, “ he said.
Since 1979, Iran’s 40 alcohol factories have seen their production changed to pharmaceutical needs and sanitizers. Others had been left idle, like the abandoned Shams alcohol factory east of Tehran.
But now, in a time when even some mosques in Iran hand out high-proof alcohol as a sanitizer, officials plan to start work again at Shams to produce 22,000 liters of 99% alcohol a day.
The boy, now blind after his parents gave him toxic methanol in the mistaken belief it protects against the virus, is just one of hundreds of victims of an epidemic inside the pandemic now gripping Iran.
Iranian media report nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened so far by ingesting methanol across the Islamic Republic, where drinking alcohol is banned and where those who do rely on bootleggers. An Iranian doctor helping the country’s Health Ministry told The Associated Press on Friday the problem was even greater, giving a death toll of around 480 with 2,850 people sickened.
The poisonings come as fake remedies spread across social media in Iran, where people remain deeply suspicious of the government after it downplayed the crisis for days before it overwhelmed the country.
“Other countries have only one problem, which is the new coronavirus pandemic. But we are fighting on two fronts here,” said Dr. Hossein Hassanian, an adviser to Iran’s Health Ministry who gave the higher figures to the AP. “We have to both cure the people with alcohol poisoning and also fight the coronavirus.”
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.
The pandemic has swept across the world, overwhelming hospitals, crippling economies and forcing governments to restrict the movements of billions of people. Particularly hard hit has been Iran, home to 80 million people.
As of now, there is no known cure for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Scientists and doctors continue to study the virus and search for effective medicines and a vaccine.
But in messages forwarded and forwarded again, Iranian social media accounts in Farsi falsely suggested a British school teacher and others cured themselves of the coronavirus with whiskey and honey, based on a tabloid story from early February. Mixed with messages about the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, some wrongly believed drinking high-proof alcohol would kill the virus in their bodies.
The Islamic Republic has reported over 29,000 confirmed cases and more than 2,200 deaths from the virus, the highest toll of any country in the Middle East. International experts also fear Iran may be under-reporting its cases, as officials for days played down the virus ahead of a parliamentary election.
That fear of the virus, coupled with poor education and internet rumors, saw dozens sickened by drinking bootleg alcohol containing methanol in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province and its southern city of Shiraz. Videos aired by Iranian media showed patients with IVs stuck in their arms, laying on beds otherwise needed for the fight against the coronavirus, including the intubated 5-year-old boy. Iranian media also reported cases in the cities of Karaj and Yazd.
In Iran, the government mandates that manufacturers of toxic methanol add an artificial color to their products so the public can tell it apart from ethanol, the kind of alcohol that can be used in cleaning wounds. Ethanol is also the kind of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, though its production is illegal in Iran.
Some bootleggers in Iran use methanol, adding a splash of bleach to mask the added color before selling it as drinkable. Sometimes it is mixed with consumable alcohol to stretch supply, other times it comes as methanol, falsely advertised as drinkable, Hovda said. Methanol also can contaminate traditionally fermented alcohol.
Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. It causes delayed organ and brain damage. Symptoms include chest pain, nausea, hyperventilation, blindness and even coma.
Hassanian said his figures included reports from coroner’s offices around Iran also counting those who died outside of hospitals from the poisonings.
“Unfortunately in some provinces, including Khuzestan and Fars, deaths from drinking methanol has exceeded the number of deaths from the new coronavirus,” he said.
Dr. Knut Erik Hovda, a clinical toxicologist in Oslo, said to expect more methanol poisoning victims.
“The virus is spreading and people are just dying off, and I think they are even less aware of the fact that there are other dangers around,” Hovda said. “When they keep drinking this, there’s going to be more people poisoned.”
Even before the outbreak, methanol poisoning had taken a toll in Iran. One academic study found methanol poisoning sickened 768 people in Iran between September and October 2018 alone, killing 76.
Other Muslim nations that ban their citizens from drinking also see such methanol poisoning, although Iran appears to be the only one in the pandemic so far to turn toward it as a fake cure. In Buddhist Cambodia, police said they seized 4,200 liters (1,100 gallons) of methanol from a man who unwittingly planned to make toxic hand sanitizer because of the virus outbreak.
Muslim drinkers in Iran can be punished with cash fines and 80 lashes. However, minority Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians can drink alcoholic beverages in private.
While police occasionally announce alcohol busts, the trade in nontoxic alcohol also continues. Locally made Iranian arak from fermented raisins, known as Aragh sagi, sells for $10 for a 1.5-liter bottle. Imported vodka sells for $40 a bottle.
“Every year during Nowruz, or the Persian New Year holidays that begin March 21, my customers double,” said Rafik, an Iranian-Armenian who makes vodka in the basement of his Tehran home. He spoke on the condition that only his first name be used for fear of arrest. “This year, because of corona, it jumped up by four- or five-fold.”
Farhad, a self-described heavy drinker who lives in central Tehran, said alcohol remains easy to find for those looking for it.
“Even you can find it offered when you are walking down the street, “ he said.
Since 1979, Iran’s 40 alcohol factories have seen their production changed to pharmaceutical needs and sanitizers. Others had been left idle, like the abandoned Shams alcohol factory east of Tehran.
But now, in a time when even some mosques in Iran hand out high-proof alcohol as a sanitizer, officials plan to start work again at Shams to produce 22,000 liters of 99% alcohol a day.
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The mother of France’s youngest coronavirus victim has spoken of the “unbearable” loss of her 16-year-old daughter, as the country reported its highest daily toll from the pandemic.
French authorities said on Thursday that 365 people had been killed by COVID-19 over the previous 24 hours, taking the national total of those who have died in hospital to 1,696.
The figure does not include those who died from the virus at home or at retirement homes, top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters.
The teenage girl named Julie A died in Paris, becoming the youngest French victim of the disease that more often afflicts the elderly or people with underlying health conditions.
“It’s unbearable,” the girl’s mother Sabine told AFP by phone from her home in the Parisian suburbs. “We were meant to have an ordinary life.”
A week ago, Julie developed a mild cough but on Saturday she began to feel short of breath, her mother said.
She underwent scans in hospital and several tests for COVID-19, the disease first detected in China late last year that has now killed more than 23,000 worldwide.
Her condition deteriorated and her death was announced on Thursday, with health officials emphasising that severe cases are very rare in young people.
“From the start, we were told that the virus doesn’t affect young people. We believed it, like everyone else,” Sabine said. Her daughter had no known underlying health problems.
Train evacuation
France has been in lockdown since March 17 in a bid to slow the spread of the epidemic and officials have repeatedly warned it will take time for the measures to bear fruit.
Salomon said 29,155 people had tested positive for the virus so far nationwide—adding that the real number of cases was likely far higher as testing was reserved for high-risk patients.
He said 3,375 patients were currently in intensive care out of nearly 14,000 people hospitalised after becoming infected.
Data showed 42,000 people had been registered by their GP as having the coronavirus over the last week alone, Salomon added—again revealing that testing in France has only revealed a minority of cases.
People in the country are only allowed to step outside for pressing matters, such as shopping.
“It is very difficult to estimate when the peak will come... people who are ill now were infected before the confinement began,” explained Salomon.
“Now there is less contact, people are going out less and get infected less. So we hope there will be fewer people getting sick next week,” he said.
Macron and Trump speak about pandemic
French President Emmanuel Macron said he had held a “very good discussion” with his US counterpart Donald Trump about the pandemic.
“In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are preparing with other countries a new strong initiative in the coming days,” he tweeted early Friday, without elaborating.
The first train evacuation saw 20 coronavirus patients moved from the country’s hard-hit east to help relieve overstretched hospitals.
The specially adapted high-speed train, whose carriages were transformed into intensive care units, took the group to the western Atlantic coast where they will be treated.
Another evacuation is planned for Friday, this time by air.
https://www.france24.com/en/2020032...france-s-youngest-coronavirus-victim?ref=tw_i
French authorities said on Thursday that 365 people had been killed by COVID-19 over the previous 24 hours, taking the national total of those who have died in hospital to 1,696.
The figure does not include those who died from the virus at home or at retirement homes, top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters.
The teenage girl named Julie A died in Paris, becoming the youngest French victim of the disease that more often afflicts the elderly or people with underlying health conditions.
“It’s unbearable,” the girl’s mother Sabine told AFP by phone from her home in the Parisian suburbs. “We were meant to have an ordinary life.”
A week ago, Julie developed a mild cough but on Saturday she began to feel short of breath, her mother said.
She underwent scans in hospital and several tests for COVID-19, the disease first detected in China late last year that has now killed more than 23,000 worldwide.
Her condition deteriorated and her death was announced on Thursday, with health officials emphasising that severe cases are very rare in young people.
“From the start, we were told that the virus doesn’t affect young people. We believed it, like everyone else,” Sabine said. Her daughter had no known underlying health problems.
Train evacuation
France has been in lockdown since March 17 in a bid to slow the spread of the epidemic and officials have repeatedly warned it will take time for the measures to bear fruit.
Salomon said 29,155 people had tested positive for the virus so far nationwide—adding that the real number of cases was likely far higher as testing was reserved for high-risk patients.
He said 3,375 patients were currently in intensive care out of nearly 14,000 people hospitalised after becoming infected.
Data showed 42,000 people had been registered by their GP as having the coronavirus over the last week alone, Salomon added—again revealing that testing in France has only revealed a minority of cases.
People in the country are only allowed to step outside for pressing matters, such as shopping.
“It is very difficult to estimate when the peak will come... people who are ill now were infected before the confinement began,” explained Salomon.
“Now there is less contact, people are going out less and get infected less. So we hope there will be fewer people getting sick next week,” he said.
Macron and Trump speak about pandemic
French President Emmanuel Macron said he had held a “very good discussion” with his US counterpart Donald Trump about the pandemic.
“In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are preparing with other countries a new strong initiative in the coming days,” he tweeted early Friday, without elaborating.
The first train evacuation saw 20 coronavirus patients moved from the country’s hard-hit east to help relieve overstretched hospitals.
The specially adapted high-speed train, whose carriages were transformed into intensive care units, took the group to the western Atlantic coast where they will be treated.
Another evacuation is planned for Friday, this time by air.
https://www.france24.com/en/2020032...france-s-youngest-coronavirus-victim?ref=tw_i
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Don't Smoke.
While Everyone is at equal risk of getting virus, smokers are more likely to show more symptoms.
One reason is Smokers have less reserves of Anti-Oxidants in their body. Another reason is damage to the lungs caused by smoking.
Participate in an online gaming competition. Cards, Chess, Pool ; Interact with people at Non-Covid activities online. This should help.
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In Spain, the death toll has risen sharply in the last 24 hours. There were 769 new fatalities, up from 655 the previous day, taking the total toll to 4,858
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Britain's PM Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, as has Health Secretary Matt Hancock
The number of deaths in the UK has risen by 181 in a day, taking the total to 759
The death toll in Spain rises sharply as 769 people die in 24 hours
President Trump says there is "much respect" after calling President Xi of China
There had been tension after Mr Trump's use of the phrase "Chinese virus"
The US now has more than 85,000 cases - overtaking China
More people with Covid-19 have died in China, however
Australia is to quarantine all returning citizens in hotels
The number of deaths in the UK has risen by 181 in a day, taking the total to 759
The death toll in Spain rises sharply as 769 people die in 24 hours
President Trump says there is "much respect" after calling President Xi of China
There had been tension after Mr Trump's use of the phrase "Chinese virus"
The US now has more than 85,000 cases - overtaking China
More people with Covid-19 have died in China, however
Australia is to quarantine all returning citizens in hotels
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Italy has yet to hit coronavirus peak, lockdown set to be extended
Coronavirus infections in Italy have yet to reach their peak, the head of the country's national health institute said on Friday, as officials warned that lockdown restrictions would have to be extended beyond April 3.
Coronavirus infections in Italy have yet to reach their peak, the head of the country's national health institute said on Friday, as officials warned that lockdown restrictions would have to be extended beyond April 3.
Only positive today, no new cases or deaths in Italy today.
UK on the other hand is a bloodbath with 181 deaths in past 24 hours.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
UK on the other hand is a bloodbath with 181 deaths in past 24 hours.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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Italy now gives numbers later. Their data will be updated later.
Let us pray everyone is safe.
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Italy actually had 919 deaths today. That's a record.
Italy has reported its highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in one day, with 919 deaths announced on Friday.
It has also surpassed China in the number of confirmed cases, with 86,498 cases compared to China's 81,897, according to Italy's Civil Protection Agency.
Italy has the highest death toll of any country, with 9,134 deaths.
It has also surpassed China in the number of confirmed cases, with 86,498 cases compared to China's 81,897, according to Italy's Civil Protection Agency.
Italy has the highest death toll of any country, with 9,134 deaths.
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In last 24 hrs 969 deaths in Italy! RIP.. this is insane!
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There are now more than 10,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a tally based on data by Johns Hopkins University.
Brazil is the region’s worst-affected country, with 2,915 confirmed cases and 77 deaths as of Thursday, according to the country’s health ministry. States and cities across the country have imposed strict measures to limit people’s movements in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. But there has been a call for demonstrations on Saturday in favour of the loosening of the restrictions in Brazil. It's worth noting that people are being urged to join a motorcade and not a march to avoid being close to others.
The governments in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru have announced plans to try to limit the impact of the crisis on their economies.
Venezuela reported its first death on Thursday - a 47-year-old man with pre-existing lung disease, according to the government. There are fears the country’s health system, already in a precarious state amid years of economic and political turmoil, could collapse if the number of cases rises.
Brazil is the region’s worst-affected country, with 2,915 confirmed cases and 77 deaths as of Thursday, according to the country’s health ministry. States and cities across the country have imposed strict measures to limit people’s movements in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. But there has been a call for demonstrations on Saturday in favour of the loosening of the restrictions in Brazil. It's worth noting that people are being urged to join a motorcade and not a march to avoid being close to others.
The governments in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru have announced plans to try to limit the impact of the crisis on their economies.
Venezuela reported its first death on Thursday - a 47-year-old man with pre-existing lung disease, according to the government. There are fears the country’s health system, already in a precarious state amid years of economic and political turmoil, could collapse if the number of cases rises.
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Thousands of home-bound Ukrainians have been queuing for hours at Polish border crossings before they are shut to pedestrians due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Poland’s state news agency, quoting the Polish Border Guard, said more than 3,000 Ukrainian citizens, who do not have their own transport, were waiting at the crossing in Korczowa, in south-east Poland, on Friday afternoon.
On Thursday, 4,000 Ukrainians left Poland, according to the Polish Border Guard.
Many work in Poland in the service industry, which has been largely closed down because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
But it appears Ukraine’s decision to close its borders from midnight on Friday has contributed to the exodus.
Poland closed its own borders to foreign nationals on 15 March and returning Polish citizens have subsequently had to quarantine themselves at home for 14 days.
Poland’s state news agency, quoting the Polish Border Guard, said more than 3,000 Ukrainian citizens, who do not have their own transport, were waiting at the crossing in Korczowa, in south-east Poland, on Friday afternoon.
On Thursday, 4,000 Ukrainians left Poland, according to the Polish Border Guard.
Many work in Poland in the service industry, which has been largely closed down because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
But it appears Ukraine’s decision to close its borders from midnight on Friday has contributed to the exodus.
Poland closed its own borders to foreign nationals on 15 March and returning Polish citizens have subsequently had to quarantine themselves at home for 14 days.
France recorded 299 coronavirus related deaths in a day taking its total to 1,995. The government has extended the country’s lockdown which is now scheduled to end on 15 April at the earliest.
Spain has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other country except Italy. The death toll increased overnight by 769 to 4,858. Earlier on Friday, the country’s government approved measures to prevent employers from using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to fire staff.
Belgium has extended its lockdown until the end of the Easter holiday break. The country has lost 289 people from Covid-19.
And everyone in the Republic of Ireland has been told to stay in their homes for the next two weeks.
From midnight until Easter Sunday people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential jobs which cannot be done from home, food shopping, social care for family, for farming purposes or for exercise less than 2km (1.2 miles) from their home.
All public gatherings are banned and those over the age of 70 must "cocoon" in their homes.
Spain has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other country except Italy. The death toll increased overnight by 769 to 4,858. Earlier on Friday, the country’s government approved measures to prevent employers from using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to fire staff.
Belgium has extended its lockdown until the end of the Easter holiday break. The country has lost 289 people from Covid-19.
And everyone in the Republic of Ireland has been told to stay in their homes for the next two weeks.
From midnight until Easter Sunday people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential jobs which cannot be done from home, food shopping, social care for family, for farming purposes or for exercise less than 2km (1.2 miles) from their home.
All public gatherings are banned and those over the age of 70 must "cocoon" in their homes.
More Canadians have died from coronavirus than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), federal and provincial authorities said on Friday.
More than 4,600 people have now been diagnosed with coronavirus across the country, and 54 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Sars killed 44 Canadians in 2003, according to government data. Like coronavirus, Sars began in China in 2002 but spread around the world, infecting about 8,000 people.
It found a foothold in Canada, with Toronto its epicentre. Public health authorities quarantined more than 27,000 people in the city, hospitals stopped all non-essential services and the city's bustling Chinatown became a ghost town.
The disease also devastated the local economy, which prompted the Rolling Stones to put on a charity concert attended by about 500,000 people.
More than 4,600 people have now been diagnosed with coronavirus across the country, and 54 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Sars killed 44 Canadians in 2003, according to government data. Like coronavirus, Sars began in China in 2002 but spread around the world, infecting about 8,000 people.
It found a foothold in Canada, with Toronto its epicentre. Public health authorities quarantined more than 27,000 people in the city, hospitals stopped all non-essential services and the city's bustling Chinatown became a ghost town.
The disease also devastated the local economy, which prompted the Rolling Stones to put on a charity concert attended by about 500,000 people.
Irish prime minister says with effect from midnight everybody must stay at home in all circumstances except where work is essential, for health or social care, to shop for food, for brief physical exercise or essential family visits.
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