Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 831
The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 831, the country’s public health ministry said on Friday, rising from 805 people on Friday.
Coronavirus spreads at major Kazakh oilfield’s worker camp
Twelve people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at one of the worker camps located next to the giant Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan, its operator Tengizchevroil said on Saturday.
India to extend nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus – state minister
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the chief minister of Delhi state said on Saturday, without disclosing how long the extension would be for.
WHO says looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge.
India decides to extend nationwide coronavirus lockdown – state chief minister
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the Delhi state’s chief minister said on Saturday, without saying how long the extension would be for.
Two dead, four missing after India power plant dike gives way
Two people died and four others are missing, feared dead, after a fly ash dike gave way at a coal-fired power plant in the Singrauli district in central India on Friday, a local official told Reuters, the third such incident in the district in a year.
UK doctors’ and nurses’ lives at risk from lack of protection kit-unions
Doctors and nurses treating patients with COVID-19 in Britain are putting their lives at risk because of a lack of protective kit for frontline staff, their unions have warned.
Spain’s overnight coronavirus death toll at 510, lowest in 19 days
The number of coronavirus deaths in Spain fell for a third consecutive day on Saturday, with 510 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours — the smallest overnight increase since March 23.
Coronavirus keeps relics of Jesus’s friend Lazarus behind closed doors
Eight days before Orthodox Easter each year, a casket containing remains of Jesus’s friend Lazarus is carried through the streets of the Cypriot town of Larnaca, believed by many Christians to be the saint’s second resting place.
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
More than 1.6 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 102,151 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of 0200 GMT.
