India’s disaster management authority requests coronavirus lockdown be extended to May 31
India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday requested that a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus be extended to May 31.
Egypt tightens coronavirus restrictions for Eid holiday
Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid holiday, as it seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Sunday.
China’s Wuhan nearly doubles number of COVID-19 tests per day
The city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus outbreak originated in China, conducted 222,675 nucleic acid tests on May 16, the local health authority said on Sunday, nearly doubling from a day earlier.
Fourteen million Britons ready to get on their bikes
Britain could experience a transport revolution sparked by the coronavirus pandemic with up to 14 million people ready to swap cars for bikes, British Cycling believes.
Demolition of Albanian national theatre sparks angry protests
Albanian authorities began demolishing the national theatre building early on Sunday after dragging away two dozen actors and activists protecting the site, drawing a large crowd chanting “shame” and “dictatorship”.
In Mexico, one of world’s biggest food markets stirs unease about infections
Every day, thousands of Mexicans crowd a massive food market that is a linchpin of the capital’s food supply, though it sits at the heart of a major hotspot for the virus.
Madagascar records its first COVID-19 death: official
Madagascar has registered its first coronavirus death, of a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, the national COVID-19 taskforce said on Sunday.
Israel’s Netanyahu presents new unity government to parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his new unity government to parliament on Sunday, ending more than a year of political deadlock but still facing a trial starting in a week for alleged corruption.
Suicide bombing in Somalia kills governor, three others in Puntland: police
The governor of Mudug, a region in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland, was killed with three of his bodyguards in a suicide car bombing on Sunday that was claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab, police said.
Vietnam reports two new COVID-19 cases, total at 320
Vietnam on Sunday reported two new coronavirus cases, both imported, taking the country’s tally to 320 with no deaths, the health ministry said.
