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The mayor of an Italian town famous for its bonfire celebrations on Good Friday was forced to apologise after locals turned up to pray with the priest in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown.

The researchers tested surface and air samples from an intensive care unit and a general COVID-19 ward at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan.

At least 266 people have been arrested for posting coronavirus-related information in 10 Asian countries, from Thailand to India and Mongolia.

Germany’s Gangelt emerged as a coronavirus hotspot after thousands thronged to the town in February for a carnival celebration.

China announced re-testing of the recovered coronavirus patients and intensified the screening of asymptomatic cases amid concerns over 'second wave' of infections in the country.

US deaths set new daily records on Tuesday and Wednesday with over 1,900 new deaths reported each day, according to a Reuters tally.

As of Thursday morning the virus had killed 476 people in Canada, according to figures provided by provincial authorities.

It is projected that the economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will decline from 2.4 per cent in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1 per cent in 2020

Around 51 patients categorised as having been cured of the illness in South Korea again tested positive.

Ramaphosa acted after a picture of Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at the lunch emerged on social media, angering South Africans confined to their homes during the 21-day lockdown.

Hydroxychloroquine has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment for Covid-19 and it is being tested on more than 1,500 coronavirus patients.

Lerun Hussain, 34, pleaded guilty to the theft at a London magistrates' court on Tuesday after the theft from King's College Hospital late on Sunday.

It found that though social media platforms have taken measures to contain the spread of misinformation pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, they have not responded to all disinformation identified by fact-checkers.

The reported death toll rose by 254 to 1,861, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.

Speaking at a State Department news conference, Pompeo did not mention China by name and avoided harsh rhetoric he has used recently.

The World Health Organisation has cautioned for years on the possible fallouts of the increase in air travel, saying it was making it harder to rein in epidemics, a WSJ report said.