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In Italy, where the number of coronavirus-related deaths surpassed those in China, 2,900 health care providers have been infected, or 10% of the country's total.

Amid the virus-related shutdown, Netanyahu has managed to postpone his own pending criminal trial and authorize unprecedented electronic surveillance of Israeli citizens.

Justin Trudeau said his government was preparing to roll out a new package of financial supports to ease the burden on Canadians and their businesses.

The health ministry said the new numbers of 84 new coronavirus cases are well below the February 29 peak of 909, taking the country's total infections to 8,320.

What the family didn’t know at the time: The home was already dealing with the initial signs of what would soon become the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

According to reports, as many as 1,000 had fled from four jails in 'acts of insubordination' ahead of the suspension of the day-release program.

They warned manufacturers and others will struggle despite official efforts to reopen factories and other businesses in many areas while preventing a new spike in infections.

The British government is hoping for 60 per cent of its population to contract the disease and develop immunity against it.

Donald Trump and industry officials have assured that the supply chain is intact and there's plenty of food as coronavirus cases continue to soar in the US.

More than 2,500 Americans have contracted the disease and at least 52 have died.

The elderly man from Briton showed symptoms of coronavirus after getting off the Silver Explorer ship in the far southern port of Caleta Tortel in Chile.

The polls, which are now scheduled for May 20 are the third such elections in Syria since start of its nine-year war in March 2011 that has killed at least 384,000 people.

The companies already had announced the move to pause cruises, including Carnival's Princess line which on Thursday announced a 60-day suspension.

The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae was found in a globule of amber in Myanmar, offering researchers a startlingly clear view of its features.

The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Home Office, or interior ministry, in a case brought by Christie Elan-Cane, who identifies as 'non-gendered' and said current passport rules do not constitute a human rights breach.

Macron said France, which also shares a long border with Italy, did not yet need containment measures as drastic as those taken in Italy or China, where the deadly novel coronavirus first erupted.