Bangladesh says coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp: official
The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the southern Bangladesh camps that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned the infection could devastate the crowded settlement.
Ultra-nationalist party stages anti-government protest in Sofia
Some two thousand supporters of a fringe ultra-nationalist and pro-Russian party marched through central Sofia on Thursday accusing the government of imposing confusing restrictions aimed at combating the coronavirus.
Indonesia’s chronic testing lag undermines fight against COVID-19
More than a month after Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised to ramp up coronavirus testing, medical workers are complaining of persistent delays in the process.
Trump envoy accuses Germany of undermining NATO’s nuclear deterrent
The U.S. ambassador in Berlin has accused Germany of undermining NATO’s nuclear deterrent, taking aim at Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners after some of their leaders called for nuclear disarmament.
Armenia extends coronavirus state of emergency until June 13
Armenia on Thursday extended a state of emergency because of the coronavirus outbreak until June 13, the government said, after the number of new daily infections began rising at the end of April.
Two dead in eastern Turkey in armed attack on aid distributors
Two people were killed and another was wounded in an armed attack on a municipality vehicle in the eastern Turkish province of Van, the governor’s office said on Thursday.
Walk-through sanitising booth sprays South African commuters
Commuters squinted as they streamed into a bus station in the South African township of Soweto on a bright Thursday, but not because of the glare – they were being sprayed with a solution meant to fight the coronavirus.
Antibody test approval is an ‘important breakthrough’: UK PM’s spokesman
Britain’s approval of a COVID-19 antibody test is an “important breakthrough” and might lead to Britons being able to use health certificates if antibodies are present, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
UK COVID-19 death toll rises by 428 to 33,614
The COVID-19 death toll in the United Kingdom rose by 428 to 33,614, health officials said on Thursday.
Serbia pins hopes of post-coronavirus tourism revival on Chinese
Serbia is pinning its hopes of a tourism revival on Chinese visitors as it emerges from its coronavirus lockdown.
