The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »India, population 1.3 billion, orders ‘complete’ coronavirus lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a “complete” lockdown for India’s 1.3 billion people on Tuesday, warning that “many families will be destroyed forever” if the country didn’t get to grips with its coronavirus outbreak in the next three weeks.
Read More »Leaders threaten and confront locals violating lockdown
Italian officials are scolding citizens who are violating coronavirus lockdown regulations, in an effort to contain the virus that has killed over 2,000 people in Italy. CNN’s Delia Gallagher reports.
Read More »Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach agreed Tuesday to postpone the Olympics until 2021.
Read More »64 bodies found in shipping container
The bodies of 64 male migrants were discovered Tuesday in a sealed shipping container at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Read More »Coronavirus: India to enter ‘total lockdown’ after spike in cases
The world’s second most populous country announces major restrictions amid the coronavirus crisis.
Read More »Coronavirus: NY governor says infection rate worse than feared
Andrew Cuomo pleads for medical supplies as the state has 25,000 confirmed virus cases.
Read More »Spain’s coronavirus death toll jumps 514 in 24 hours
Spain is the worst hit European nation after Italy with 40,000 cases – 5,400 of them health workers.
Read More »Coronavirus: Wuhan to ease lockdown as world battles pandemic
The lockdown in the Chinese city where the outbreak began will be partially lifted next month.
Read More »Coronavirus: Spanish army finds care home residents ‘dead and abandoned’
An inquiry is launched after soldiers discover elderly coronavirus victims “dead in their beds”.
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