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Madrid Using Ice Rink As Makeshift Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Surge

The army squaddies tasked with disinfecting elderly care homes discovered bodies of COVID-19 victims as some people were found dead while others still alive but...

WA closes Rottnest Island for quarantine, cruise ships not allowed to disembark

The Magnifica is now anchored off Fremantle. "Almost a quarter are directly from the cruise ships", Mr Cook said. The Magnifica , carrying around 1,700 p...

Kentucky governor calls out young adults who held "coronavirus party"

At least one person in Kentucky is infected after taking part at a " coronavirus party" with a group of young adults, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday. The "...

Gunmen attack Sikh religious gathering in Kabul; 4 dead

Police said the attack on the temple in the Shorbazar area began at about 07:45 (03:15 GMT). The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the assault. It's so...

64 migrants found dead in cargo container in Mozambique

Daily temperature highs in Tete are now about 34C (93F). Direito said the driver told police he had been promised roughly $500 (€460) to transport the men. Th...

Georgia Coronavirus cases swell to 430 with 13 deaths

Additional cases have been identified in areas including Kansas City, St. Louis County, the city of St. Louis, Greene County, Boone County and Johnson County, M...

COVID-19 kills 186 more in France

He said he highly appreciates the fact that the Chinese government and people, with great courage and decisive measures, have effectively contained the diseas...

Italian priest dies of coronavirus after giving respirator to younger patient

According to global media reports , an Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know has died of the disease. No deta...

India's 1.3 billion people go into full lockdown from midnight (24)

India has detected 485 cases of the coronavirus , and nine people have died from the COVID-19 disease it causes, but alarm is growing across the region about ...

Quake off Russia’s far east islands prompts tsunami warning

A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii but has since been cancelled. It is not known at this time if a tsunami has been generated. The Pacific Tsunami Warni...

Nancy Pelosi sees coronavirus economic stimulus deal 'in the red zone'

Patrick Leahy told reporters on Tuesday evening. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered thousands of businesses, thrown millions out of work and led state gov...

#Covid-19: Ban on gatherings of more than four people, says Varadkar

All schools, universities and childcare facilities are to remain closed until April 19, while from midnight tonight, a number of other businesses that are consi...

Trump Warns Coronavirus Shutdown Could 'Destroy a Country'

People can carry the virus without showing symptoms. The president said he looked forward to "packed" churches on Easter, which is on April 12 - less than thr...

Saudi Reports First Coronavirus Death as Infections Spike

Bathed in amber light, Riyadh's main thoroughfares and public highways - typically packed with cars - were largely empty, though Saudis posted on social media...

Coronavirus: PM to address nation at 8pm today

PM Modi said while the Janata Curfew demonstrated the collective resolve of the citizens, experience of the past two days during lockdown in several parts of ...

State of national emergency declared

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Kiwis should not be alarmed to see COVID-19 cases jump further still. Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health. 'We...

Italian politicians 'lose their s**t' over virus lockdowns

Italy has been under a nationwide lockdown for two weeks, but virus cases have continued to surge, prompting calls for even tougher quarantine measures. "But wh...

U.K. Prime Minister Issues 'Stay-at-Home' Order to Limit Coronavirus Spread

The prime minister forbade leaving home for anything apart from shopping for basic necessities like food and medicines, medical needs, one form of exercise a ...

Diamond Princess had traces of coronavirus 17 days after ship emptied: CDC

The Grand Princess was quarantined off Japan . Researchers who studied the ship, which was docked in Japan on February 5 and placed under quarantine for mor...

WH Urges People Who Left NY Recently To Self-Quarantine

About 56 percent of all the cases in the USA are coming out of the NY metro area, she added. Big Apple residents were nearly ten times more likely to be infecte...

Cuomo: Coronavirus spreading like 'bullet train' in NY as cases top 25,000

Cuomo's math was off: if every sick person who he says needs a ventilator didn't receive one from the federal government , the true death toll would be even hi...

President Trump and FEMA chief contradict each other on Defense Production Act

Minutes later, FEMA administrator Pete Gaynor told CNN the administration will start wielding the powers in the Defense Production Act for 60,000 tests kits and...

Texas' lieutenant governor says USA should 'open for business'

Texas' lieutenant governor said Monday night that the us should get back to work in the face of global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the C...

All essential services will be available during lockdown: PM Modi

India has detected 485 cases of the coronavirus, and nine people have died from the COVID-19 disease it causes, but alarm is growing across the region about th...

Brit Hume blasts MSNBC reporter's 'bulls**t gotcha question' that Trump shot down

U.S. President Donald Trump tells a television reporter he is "terrible" during COVID-19 news conference. Veteran Fox News political analyst Brit Hume blast...

Powerful quake kills one in Croatia's capital Zagreb

The star marks the epicenter of a strong natural disaster that rattled Croatia on Sunday morning, local time. "The situation is contradictory, we invited pe...

Scott Morrison says EVERY Australian job is 'essential' as he orders closures

It said it was constantly reviewing its flights to see where there was more demand or requests for services and where possible would add flights or put on bigge...

Coronavirus: Greta Thunberg isolated on concerns she contracted the virus

In an Instagram post , she said: "The last two weeks I've stayed inside". The 17-year-old Thunberg said she's "basically recovered" and detailed in an Instagr...

Map: How many coronavirus cases does each Indian state have?

India has already banned global flights for a week from Sunday. The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nine on Monday after West Beng...

President Trump Sends National Guard to California, Washington, and NY

He added that the US Army Corps of Engineers would help build the temporary medical sites in NY and that the US Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy would be deploye...