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The first cases of Covid-19 came two weeks after the parades ended, and now the rise is making the city another US epicentre

India relies on truckers to move goods from the countryside and ports to its cities, but Covid-19 has made many drivers to flee to their villages

With no way to earn a living and public transport halted, India’s army of migrant workers has been left stranded, with just a phone call as help

‘This is not like communism because we know this will end. During communism we didn’t think it would ever end’

Women do more childcare to begin with, and so the closing of schools is more impactful — and more likely alarming — for women’

RBS Crew, a collective of graffiti artists, turn their spray cans into health messaging about the virus

Fear of visiting doctors in person has led many doctors and patients worried about the coronavirus to online appointments

‘Many of these items are irreplaceable,’ said English-accented detective inspector Paul Ridley

While much of the country is closed and movement restricted, a full lockdown has not been instituted

As EU leaders fail to meet a consensus, southern European countries point a finger at the north, and a ‘cowardly Europe’

The British prime minister is self-isolating

The Chinese president, once lauded by the US president for his handling of the epidemic, offers help as China’s new cases rapidly dwindle

Despite “extreme sympathy”, court says it must uphold the law The post High court refuses application to cross provinces for a funeral appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Treasury says the credit ratings downgrade “could not have come at a worse time”, as country enters a 21-day Covid-19 lockdown with little money saved up The post South Africa has been junked appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

It’s difficult to enforce a lockdown in informal settlements, and social distancing may be impossible. New ideas are needed The post How to tackle Covid-19 in informal settlements appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle The post The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic The post Surviving Covid-19 — and Modi appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The death comes after complaints of deplorable conditions at the quarantine center where she was housed The post South African woman takes her own life in Kenyan quarantine appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Bullets also fired indiscriminately at people in the inner city, homeless or not The post Covid-19 lockdown chaos for homeless people left in limbo appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

During Cyclone Idai, responses were hampered by a shortage of reliable information. This has worrying implications for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic The post Southern Africa’s dangerous information gap exacerbates natural disasters appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse The post South Africa’s lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

In one part of the rural Eastern Cape, some people say they are continuing with life as normal; others did not hear or watch the president’s lockdown announcement because they had no electricity The post The Covid-19 view from rural Eastern Cape: ‘The virus is still far from us’ appeared first on The Mail & […]

A dire lack of protective gear for health workers battling the Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most pressing threats in the fight to prevent deaths, the World Health Organisation has warned.

The United States has seen a record 18,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 345 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker.

British police faced criticism for using "over-the-top" methods to maintain a coronavirus lockdown.

Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship carrying dozens of people with flu-like symptoms, the cruise liner says.

France is extending by two weeks until at least April 15 its stay-at-home order for all people to curtail the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says.

Italy has recorded a shocking spike in coronavirus deaths with 969 new victims, the worst daily record for any country since the pandemic began.

The death toll in Spain soared over 4 800 after 769 people died in 24 hours.

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Iran has announced 144 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the official number of fatalities to 2 378 in one of the world's worst-hit countries.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.

Forced by the coronavirus pandemic to suspend reelection rallies, President Donald Trump has converted daily White House briefings on the crisis into mini campaign speeches, dominating the airwaves while his main rival sits quarantined in his basemen

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Spain has the world's second-highest coronavirus death toll after Italy with 5,690 fatalities.

Trump's signature triggers the distribution of millions of relief checks of up to $3,400 for an average American family of four.

Wuhan was placed under lockdown in January with residents forbidden to leave, roadblocks ring-fencing the city's outskirts and drastic restrictions on daily life.

With billions of people under lockdown in their homes and borders shut, police chiefs say criminals are finding it hard to make money out of "traditional" activities like burglary and drug smuggling.

Malaysia's Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories for more than a week due to a lockdown imposed by the government.

Many shelves in the megacities of New Delhi and Mumbai were stripped bare of staples like lentils and rice as the world's second most populous country lurched into a shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus.

'Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,' he said on Twitter.

Armed groups in Cameroon, the Philippines, Yemen and Syria have moved in recent days to reduce violence as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday issued an appeal for ceasefire.

French authorities said on Thursday that 365 people had been killed by COVID-19 over the previous 24 hours, taking the national total of those who have died in hospital to 1,696.

In a letter to state governors released by the White House, US President Donald Trump said that better testing now allows the mapping of virus threat on a local level.

Leaders from the G20 most industrialised nations held crisis talks by video link Thursday, pledging a 'united front' to fight the outbreak - along with an enormous financial injection to prop up the economy.

Details on an emergency government were not immediately clear, and any arrangement would likely be temporary, perhaps lasting long enough for Israel to pass through the worst of the pandemic.

South Korea reported 146 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number in a week, its disease control agency said on Saturday, with the country suffering a rise in imported cases from Europe and the United States during recent days. The post S.Korea reports 146 new coronavirus cases, highest in a week appeared first on […]

Doctors and nurses on the front lines of the US coronavirus crisis pleaded on Friday for more protective gear and equipment to treat waves of patients expected to overwhelm hospitals as the sum of known US infections climbed well past 100 000, with more than 1 600 dead. The post As US virus cases exceed […]

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. The post Australia tightens quarantine rules to combat coronavirus, warns of fines appeared first on SABC News - […]

China on Saturday reported no locally transmitted coronavirus infections for the previous day and a small reduction in new cases involving travellers from overseas, as new restrictions on the entry of foreigners kicked in. The post China reports no local virus transmissions as foreigners barred appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, […]

France will extend a national lockdown until April 15 after reporting its biggest daily death toll from coronavirus, its prime minister said on Friday, and officials warned that hospitals around Paris could be overwhelmed in 48-hours. The post France extends lockdown to April 15 as coronavirus wave swamps Paris appeared first on SABC News - […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating but will still lead the government’s response to the outbreak. The post British PM Johnson tests positive for coronavirus appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news […]

Authorities in South Korea pleaded with residents on Friday to stay indoors and avoid large gatherings as new coronavirus cases hovered close to 100 per day. The post S Korea pleads with residents to stay in isolation as coronavirus cases spread appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage […]

Anyone caught breaking Singapore’s social distancing rules can land themselves in prison from Friday after the city-state made it an offence for a person to intentionally stand close to another person as part of its coronavirus defense. The post Too close? Singapore’s new virus-fighting rules could lead to prison appeared first on SABC News - […]

Mainland China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus case in three days and 54 new imported cases, as Beijing ordered airlines to sharply cut international flights fearing travellers could reignite the coronavirus outbreak. The post Mainland China reports first local coronavirus transmission in three days appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had a “very good discussion” with US President Donald Trump over the coronavirus crisis and that the two were preparing a new initiative to combat the pandemic. The post France’s Macron says he and Trump preparing an initiative on coronavirus crisis: Twitter appeared first on SABC […]