Putin dons hazmat suit as Moscow says coronavirus outbreak is worse than it looks
President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor of Moscow said the outbreak in the Russian capital was much worse than official figures showed.
Turkey investigates why school pupils were shown footage of ex-PM’s hanging
Turkey’s Education Ministry is investigating how animated footage of the execution of a former prime minister was shown to children as part of their home schooling during the coronavirus outbreak, Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Tuesday.
Moscow traffic police ordered to catch taxi driver flouting coronavirus quarantine
Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned, “be careful – there’s coronavirus inside.”
Skeletal Canadian parliament convenes to approve emergency cash
A handful of Canadian legislators convenes on Tuesday to give the government the power to inject billions of dollars in emergency cash to help individuals and businesses through the economic crunch caused by the new coronavirus outbreak.
Modi puts all of India under lockdown for 21 days to fight coronavirus
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the government would impose a nationwide lockdown from midnight for 21 days to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Britain in virtual lockdown, but critics say message is confused
Britain went into virtual lockdown on Tuesday to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but London underground trains were crammed and streets were far from deserted amid confusion over the government’s advice to workers.
UK lockdown measures are rules not advice: health minister
Lockdown measures set out by the British government on Monday are rules, not advice, and will be enforced, health minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.
Germany says six million coronavirus face masks missing in Kenya
German customs officials are trying to track down about 6 million face masks, ordered to protect health workers from the coronavirus, that they say went missing at an airport in Kenya.
U.S. could become next coronavirus epicenter, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that the United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, which finally forced reluctant organizers to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
EU says close to deal on face masks against virus, after a month of searching
The European Commission said on Tuesday it had received bids from undisclosed manufacturers that offered to sell to the EU face masks, goggles, overalls and other essential gear to protect medical staff in the fight against the coronavirus.
