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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, ...Taliban kill dozens of Afghan forces in two attacks
The Taliban have killed about two dozen Afghan police and pro-government fighters, officials said Monday, in two attacks that come as the ...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 ...Spain reports more than 810 deaths, cases rise to 85,195, surpass China’s
Spain has reported 812 new deaths related to coronavirus since Sunday. Authorities said nearly 6,400 more people have also been infected. Spain’s ...Asian markets mostly down as virus fears grow
Asian markets fell Monday following a steep drop on Wall Street as the jubilation from last week’s enormous US stimulus package faded ...Syria reports first death
Syria has reported its first official death from Covid-19, amid fears the country is at grave risk if the disease spreads. A ...Dutch coronavirus cases surpass 10,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands surged past the 10,000 mark, health authorities said, adding that deaths and hospitalisations ...