Australia tightens quarantine rules to combat coronavirus, warns of fines
Australian troops will begin on Saturday taking citizens returning from overseas to compulsory quarantine places to prevent spread of the coronavirus, as Victoria officials closed beaches on a warm autumn day amid public resistance, warning of fines.
Turkey replaces transport minister: Official Gazette
Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan has been removed from his post by President Tayyip Erdogan, according to a decree published on the Official Gazette early on Saturday.
Amid pandemic, Ecuador removes 100 corpses from homes in its biggest city
Ecuadorean authorities have removed 100 corpses from homes in the city of Guayaquil in three days, the interior minister said on Friday, following residents’ complaints that they have no way to dispose of relatives’ remains amid the coronavirus pandemi…
Security summit Shangri-La Dialogue canceled due to coronavirus
Asia security summit Shangri-La Dialogue has been canceled, organizers IISS said, the latest event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic.
Macron says France is there for Italy, Europe must not be ‘selfish’
French President Emmanuel Macron sought on Saturday to win over Italians, saying in an interview with Italy’s leading newspapers that France was there to help and Italians should be wary of talk about aid from China or Russia to fight the coronavirus.
Panama reports 112 new cases and five more deaths from coronavirus
Panama health officials on Friday reported five more deaths from coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 14 deaths.
South Africa struggles with lockdown as it records first coronavirus death
Bustling streets and long queues at supermarkets highlighted South Africa’s struggle to adapt to a new lockdown on Friday, as the country recorded its first coronavirus death.
Brazil government ad rejects coronavirus lockdowns, saying #BrazilCannotStop
Brazil’s federal government launched an advertising campaign against social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the latest flashpoint in a battle between President Jair Bolsonaro and state governors trying to stop the virus’ spread.
Exclusive: Ex-Venezuelan general charged with drug trafficking surrenders to DEA – sources
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents flew to Colombia on Friday to take into custody Cliver Alcala, a retired Venezuelan general indicted for drug trafficking along with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, two DEA sources familiar with the operation to…
‘Stay home,’ Irish PM tells nation in coronavirus battle
Ireland’s prime minister ordered citizens to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread of coronavirus, telling them they can only leave to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise or to make family visits that are essential.
