Israel deploys cyber-monitoring against coronavirus, tells people not to leave home
The Israeli government began deploying cellphone-monitoring technology against the coronavirus on Tuesday, and issued directives urging people not to leave home.
Berlin planning new hospital for up to 1,000 coronavirus patients report
The Berlin city government has agreed to build a new hospital for up to 1,000 coronavirus patients with the help of the military and other partners, German daily Tagesspiegel on Tuesday cited the capital’s health minister as saying.
Europe to shut borders as lengthy virus crisis looms
European Union leaders meeting via videoconference on Tuesday are likely to seal off Europe’s external borders and stress a “whatever it takes” approach to easing the economic fallout as the continent braces for a long coronavirus crisis.
France under lockdown as coronavirus crisis deepens
France went under lockdown on Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron toughened measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus and his government promised financial help worth tens of billion of euros to ensure companies stayed afloat.
EU offers an Ode to Spring to soothe coronavirus nerves
The European Commission closed its daily briefing in Brussels on Tuesday with a poem, to bring some cheer amid the coronavirus gloom.
‘Preparing for war’: Africans scramble for groceries
Alarmed consumers thronged markets across Africa on Tuesday, many in masks and gloves, to stock up as the coronavirus spread on the world’s poorest continent.
Bags packed, Malaysians stream into Singapore ahead of coronavirus travel ban
Thousands of Malaysian commuters, many with suitcases stuffed with clothes, crossed into neighbouring Singapore on Tuesday evening, prepared for at least two weeks away from home, hours before their country starts to seal its borders.
Armenia declares one-month state of emergency for coronavirus
Armenia on Monday declared a state of emergency until April 14 to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, and postponed a referendum on changes to the Constitutional Court until after the emergency.
Israel to award companies grants for coronavirus research
The government will grant Israeli companies an initial amount of 50 million shekels ($13 million) for research and development of products and technologies to help fight Covid-19.
Indonesia confirms 38 more coronavirus cases, total rises to 172
Indonesia has confirmed 38 new coronavirus cases in the past two days, bringing the total number of infections to 172, with 5 recorded deaths, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Tuesday.
