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.
UK parliament’s usually rowdy ‘PMQs’ muted by coronavirus risk
It’s normally the rowdy highlight of the British parliamentary week, a time when lawmakers pack the chamber to put questions to the Prime Minister of the day.
Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says
Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.
UK’s Glastonbury Festival cancelled due to coronavirus
Britain’s Glastonbury Festival, the largest greenfield music festival in the world, has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said on Wednesday.
