Kosovo PM sacks interior minister over coronavirus
Kosovo’s prime minister sacked his interior minister amid disagreements over whether the country should declare a state of emergency to halt the spread of coronavirus, a move that may bring down the government less than two months after it was formed.
Spaniards in lockdown bang pots in protest against former king
Spaniards in lockdown came out on balconies on Wednesday to bang pots and pans demanding that former King Juan Carlos donate millions he reportedly received from Saudi Arabia to the Spanish health system currently struggling to combat the coronavirus.
Erdogan sees opportunities if Turkey contains coronavirus
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday the coronavirus was hitting Turkey just as it was recovering from a 2018 lira crisis but that there would be big opportunities if it could bring the outbreak under control in the coming weeks.
Pope says Italy tax dodgers bear partial blame for virus health care crisis
Pope Francis has put a further spotlight on the Italian health services’ struggle to cope with the coronavirus outbreak, by backing a prominent journalist’s complaint that tax dodgers were partly to blame.
Indonesia’s death toll jumps as coronavirus surges across SE Asia
Indonesia’s coronavirus death toll jumped on Wednesday from five to 19 and Malaysia warned of “a tsunami” of cases if people did not follow new movement restrictions as infections surged across Southeast Asia.
Factbox: Public figures who have tested positive for coronavirus
Following are some of the public figures who have tested positive for coronavirus around the world:
Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock, says Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, saying all Kremlin staff involved in his events schedule were undergoing mandatory testing for the virus.
Madrid prosecutors probe case of 17 coronavirus deaths in single nursing home
Madrid prosecutors have opened an investigation into a complaint by a patients’ rights association over a string of coronavirus-related deaths at a nursing home, a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office said on Wednesday.
Japan uses just a fraction of its coronavirus testing capacity
Japan is only using a sixth of its capacity to test for the coronavirus even as it is increasing its ability to do so, government data shows, adding to concern that it is not doing enough to contain its outbreak.
Mideast states must share more information on coronavirus cases: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that Middle East states needed urgently to offer more information about coronavirus cases to help bolster the fight against the disease across the region.
