China’s Wuhan says conducted 1,470,950 COVID-19 tests on Friday
The city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 1,470,950 nucleic acid tests for the virus on Friday, the local health authority said on Saturday, compared with 1,000,729 tests the previous day.
Vatican Museums, Holy See’s cash cow, to reopen from June 1
The Vatican Museums will reopen on June 1, the Vatican said on Saturday, ending a closure caused by the coronavirus lockdown that has drained the Holy See’s coffers.
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters). – * The number of deaths in the United States from the new coronavirus was heading towards the 100,000 mark.
PIA spokesman says blackbox recovered from Karachi plane crash site
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from site of a place crash in Karachi, an airline spokesman said on Saturday.
Malaysia says second virus cluster breaks out at migrant detention centers
A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention center for undocumented migrants, authorities said on Saturday.
South America a new COVID epicenter, Africa reaches 100,000 cases
South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Death toll from Pakistan airliner crash 97, 2 survivors
The death toll from Friday’s passenger aircraft crash in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has been confirmed at 97 with two survivors, while no fatalities were reported from the dense residential neighbourhood where the aircraft crash-landed, author…
China’s top disease control official accepts criticism of coronavirus response
China’s top disease control official said on Saturday that public criticism over the initial coronavirus outbreak was understandable, but defended Beijing’s response to the crisis.
Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at $13 billion in India, may rise in Bangladesh
A powerful cyclone that tore through India’s eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials said.
UK says PM’s adviser did not break lockdown rules with 400 km drive
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after he traveled 400 km (250 miles) while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms so that their son could be looked after by his family….
