Health
US nears China’s virus death toll as New York calls for help
A mounting death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has the US poised to overtake China’s total of 3,300 deaths. Hard-hit Italy and ...Nearly 12,300 Spanish health workers have coronavirus
Some 12,298 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Spain, deputy health emergency chief Maria Jose Sierra said at a news ...France sees worst daily death toll as army ferries critical virus patients
France recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll on Monday, exceeding 3,000 for the first time, and army helicopters transported critical patients ...Italy extends lockdown until ‘at least’ April 12
Italy on Monday extended an economically crippling lockdown until “at least” mid-April to stem coronavirus infections that have claimed a world-leading 11,591 ...Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount
Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus extended around the world on Monday as the death toll soared past ...Nigerians brace for lockdown as Africa tries to halt virus
More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday scrambled to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, ...Hungary’s Orban gets sweeping new powers in virus fight
Hungary’s parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban the sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight ...Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 812, number of new cases falls sharply
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy climbed by 812 to 11,591, the Civil Protection Agency said on Monday, ...Recession in Germany unavoidable due to coronavirus outbreak – economic advisors
The coronavirus outbreak has made a recession in Europe’s largest economy inevitable in the first half of this year, Germany’s council of ...Moscow under lockdown as global virus cases top 700,000
Russia’s capital became the latest world city to impose a coronavirus lockdown on Monday as declared cases globally topped 700,000 and the ...