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Trudeau to provide another briefing to Canada as COVID-19 threat escalates

The ads are being launched as several provinces have begun warning of fines and even jail time for people who ignore orders to keep at least two-metres distance...

US Surgeon General Warns Coronavirus Outbreak 'Going To Get Bad' This Week

The interview continued with Guthrie noting how Adams previously thought that national action would require "more than 15 days", and whether Trump is "worried t...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe says postponing Olympics may be unavoidable

The foreign ministry also said the decision came after the USA raised travel caution to Japan and four countries to level three, urging Americans not to make no...

NYC Coronavirus Cases Surpass 10K, Cuomo Call Density Level 'Destructive'

There is not social distancing playing basketball. He chastised those who were still congregating in parks and other places and not practicing social distanci...

Trump Orders National Guard to Help in 3 Hard-Hit States

Pete Gaynor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that medical supplies, including personal protective equipment, will be arriving in the affected sta...

Australian states to consider draconian measures to enforce social distancing

According to the Prime Minister, hairdressers and beauticians will still be open. "This is a time for national leadership, consistent messages, clear directio...

Pakistani PM Khan urges United States to lift sanctions on Iran

Rouhani blamed the sweeping United States sanctions for exacerbating unemployment and " creating problems with the supply of medicine and equipment " required f...

Coronavirus crisis: New Zealand to enter COVID-19 lockdown

However after Wednesday, all schools in New Zealand will be closed completely. PM Jacinda Ardern holds up a card showing a new alert system for Covid-1. Whe...

Parliament to reconvene on Tuesday to pass COVID-19 measures

They'll also be looking at federal standards for testing, surveillance and data provision, Hajdu said. Once again, on Sunday, the Prime Minister is urging Ca...

Italy tightens lockdown as coronavirus toll crosses China's

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 651 to 5 476, officials said on Sunday, an increase of 13.5 per cent but down on Saturd...

Croatia hit by deadly natural disaster while in coronavirus lockdown

The focus of the quake was estimated at a depth of about 10 kilometers. While social media photos and videos from Zagreb suggest extensive damage to buildings...

China: No new cases in Hubei for 5th straight day

The nine people all died in Hubei. Two months after China took the dramatic steps to lock down some 56 million people in Wuhan and the surrounding province ...

Ottawa Recalls Parliament to Vote on Emergency Coronavirus Measures

On March 13, Parliament made a decision to follow its own advice about social distancing and shut down the House to allow government officials to focus their ef...

Spain exceeds a thousand deaths from coronavirus

Spain's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared to 1,720 on Sunday from 1,326 the day before, according to multiple media outlets citing the latest hea...

Italy reports record 627 COVID-19 deaths

Healthcare workers from Oklahoma City to Minneapolis sought donations of protective equipment. A field hospital in the area is now to relieve overworked clini...

Coronavirus pandemic | Government revises inclusion criteria for testing COVID-19, extends net

A total of 415 individuals have been confirmed positive among the suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases. The COVID-19 tests in private labs can b...

Pope calls for world prayer to stop coronavirus, will deliver special blessing

Wednesday in the country. The formal blessing - usually given only immediately after a new pope's election and on Christmas and Easter - carries with it a ple...

Mexico closing border to 'nonessential travel,' trade to continue as normal

He called the decision a response to extraordinary times, but also in line with how Canada treats asylum seekers who show up at official border offices - they...

Pence, His Spouse Test Negative for Coronavirus

While there, Wajngarten posed for a photo with Trump and Pence. "Testing is more and more available each day", Mike Pence said. President Trump said that "Y...

Coronavirus: US restricting non-essential travel with Mexico, Canada

As the border deadline approached, traffic was already snarled on some crossings early on Friday owing to stepped-up screening measures by the Canada Border S...

Colombia inmates riot over virus fears; at least 23 dead

The riot was triggered by an attempted mass breakout from La Modelo prison as the capital Bogota was on a weekend lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. "T...

Sun to start, but snow tonight

Showers are very possible through the morning Monday but should come to an end early in the afternoon. The latest data shows that the potential for accumulation...

Harvey Weinstein ‘tests positive for coronavirus’

In a statement, the state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) confirmed to WKBW that two inmates at the facility tested positive for...

Dr. Fauci: U.S. 'Not Necessarily' on Same Track as Italy

The United States President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he was "upset" with China over the lack of cooperation and early information that could have help...

At least 23 killed in Colombia prison riot

Riots swept across a number of prisons in Bogota , in some of which inmates started fires, activating the alarms for possible prisoner escapes. Prison author...

New Zealand announces move to enter lockdown over next 48 hours

Schools are to be closed for all except children of essential service workers. "Now is the time to put our plans into action". This as 36 new cases of COVID...

Olympics Organizers Are Deciding Whether to Postpone Tokyo 2020 Summer Games

On Saturday, the president of the Dutch cycling federation (KNWU) joined the chorus of those calling for the postponement of the Games , and on Sunday more fed...

Trump renews calls for agencies to ‘move fast’ on potential coronavirus treatments

But it really does go to one of the fundamental concerns, Americans are looking for a sense of confidence in their leaders at this moment as many of them are gl...

Cinemas and theaters to close tonight amid battle for coronavirus

Ofqual is working urgently with the sector to explore options and we will work with them to provide more details shortly. Theatres, leisure centres and gyms ...

Amid coronavirus, Boris Johnson calls for keeping distance on UK Mother's Day

He advised people to stay away from their parents on Sunday, which is Mother's Day in Britain. Those people this applies to should expect to receive a le...