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.
Philippines reports 26 new coronavirus deaths, 233 more infections
The Philippines reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, taking the total to 247.
Malaysia reports 184 new coronavirus cases, death toll rises by 3
Malaysian health authorities reported 184 additional confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, raising the cumulative tally to 4,530, the highest number for any country in Southeast Asia.
China reports rise in coronavirus cases, most from abroad
China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus infections, mostly in travellers arriving from abroad, as doctors in the central city of Wuhan, where the virus initially emerged, warned its behaviour was still not well-understood.
Indonesia reports 330 new coronavirus cases, 21 deaths
Indonesia confirmed 330 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking its tally to 3,842, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said.
