Canada faces ‘critical week’ in coronavirus crisis, death toll jumps
Canada faces “a critical week” in fighting the coronavirus, a senior official said on Thursday, as the death toll jumped and the most populous province said residents should brace for a stark scenario.
Latin America adjusts to home schooling as coronavirus halts class
Vanesa Jaimes studied to become an administrative worker in Venezuela’s health care system, but these days she could be more accurately described as a teacher – to her four kids.
Gender divide: Peru limits men and women to alternate days out to stall virus
Amid a strict quarantine in Peru to slow the spread of a coronavirus pandemic, men and women will only be allowed to leave their homes on designed days divided up by gender, the country’s President Martin Vizcarra said on Thursday.
Spain’s coronavirus deaths rise above 10,000, yet there is ‘glimpse of hope’
Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus rose above 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 people died overnight, but health officials were encouraged by a slowdown in daily increases in infections and deaths.
U.S. officials redistribute protective gear seized from alleged hoarder
U.S. officials said on Thursday they would distribute a stockpile of personal protective equipment, including 192,000 N95 respirator masks, which they seized this week from an alleged hoarder.
Colombia quarantine brings evictions for Bogota’s poorest
Jose Ramirez – whose total belongings fit into a scratched black suitcase and a backpack – is resigned to spending the night in a scruffy park in the depressed center of Colombia’s capital, Bogota.
France’s coronavirus death toll jumps as nursing homes included
The coronavirus death count in France surged to nearly 5,400 people on Thursday after the health ministry began including nursing home fatalities in its data.
Chilean capital gets another visit from cougar amid coronavirus lockdown
Chilean authorities captured a second cougar in little more than a week late Wednesday after the cat was spotted strolling through an upscale suburb of Santiago amid the evening quiet imposed by a nationwide, nightime curfew due to the coronavirus pand…
Bolsonaro says coronavirus ‘not all it’s being made out to be’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continued to downplay the coronavirus epidemic on Thursday, saying it is “not all it’s being made out to be” and denying that any hospital in the country has reached its full capacity due to the outbreak.
Putin extends Russia’s coronavirus non-working period until April 30
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid non-working period across Russia, stepping up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus just a week after the Kremlin said there was no epidemic.
