Albania’s coronavirus cases drop but fears grow for ‘time-bomb’ town
Albania urged citizens on Monday to do better at social distancing after a localized rise in infections led the government to call one city a coronavirus time-bomb.
Egypt reports 149 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily toll
Egypt on Monday reported 149 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily toll since confirming the first infection in February.
Fifteen elderly die from coronavirus at single care home in northern Portugal
A total of 15 elderly people died from coronavirus at a care home in the Portuguese city of Aveiro, the worst case in a single home since the outbreak hit the southern European nation, the city’s mayor Ribau Esteves said on Monday,
Israelis put on coronavirus lockdown for Passover holiday celebration
Israelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the “seder”, the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery, confined to their homes under a national coronavirus lockdown.
U.S. enters ‘peak death week’ for coronavirus, British PM in intensive care
The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the “peak death week” of the coronavirus, while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the most prominent person with COVID-19, was taken to intensive care.
UK’s Raab says government will continue as PM moved to intensive care
The British government will continue to make sure Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans for defeating the coronavirus outbreak are carried out while he receives treatment in intensive care, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday.
Denmark to ease restrictions next week after coronavirus lockdown
Denmark plans to reopen day care centres and schools on April 15 as a first step to gradually relax a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the country’s prime minister said on Monday.
UK Prime Minister Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into the intensive care unit in hospital after his COVID-19 worsened, his office said on Monday.
‘We are at war’: Kenya halts movement to areas worst hit by coronavirus
President Uhuru Kenyatta barred movement into and out of Kenya’s four regions most affected by the new coronavirus on Monday, including the capital Nairobi.
Saudi capital, cities get 24-hour curfew, Kuwait isolates two districts over coronavirus
Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other big cities under a 24-hour curfew on Monday, locking down much of the population as the largest Gulf Arab country expanded efforts to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
