Kenya halts movement in areas affected by the coronavirus
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday ordered a halt to all movement in parts of the country affected by the new coronavirus, including the capital Nairobi, a tightening of measures to stem the spread of the outbreak.
U.S. designates Russia-based ultranationalist group as terrorist organisation: U.S. official
The United States is designating a Russia-based ultranationalist group called the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organisation, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Monday.
Spain’s pace of coronavirus deaths slows, easing of lockdown pondered
Spain’s pace of new coronavirus deaths slowed for the fourth day on Monday as the government contemplated a gradual easing of a lockdown in place since mid-March in the nation with the second highest death toll from the global pandemic.
Tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo’s chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Accused of ‘piracy’, U.S. denies diverting masks bound for Germany
The United States had no knowledge of a shipment of face masks bound for Germany that officials in Berlin have accused it of diverting from an airport in Bangkok, a spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy in Thailand said.
Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of containing the disease appear so bleak should domestic transmission start to multiply.
Thailand extends ban on incoming passenger flights
Thailand has extended a ban on all passenger flights from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the country’s aviation agency said on Monday.
On an empty Via Dolorosa before Easter, praying for the world’s sick
Brown-robed Franciscans stride through a shuttered and deserted Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the global focus of the most important festival in the Christian calendar – but in a city bereft of Easter pilgrims.
China sees rise in asymptomatic coronavirus cases, to tighten controls at land borders
Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders.
Ivory Coast police clash with protesters over coronavirus test centre
Ivory Coast police on Monday clashed with protesters who had begun dismantling a half-built coronavirus testing centre, afraid that people using the facility would spread the epidemic through their district.
