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US braces for ‘hardest, saddest’ week

US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has warned that the coronavirus outbreak means it “is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives”.

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Jerusalem’s Palm Sunday march scaled back

Jerusalem’s traditional Palm Sunday procession has been cancelled due to restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

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US Dems may hold virtual convention: Biden

Joe Biden says the Democratic party’s nominating convention may need to take place online amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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US Dems may hold virtual convention: Biden

Joe Biden says the Democratic party’s nominating convention may need to take place online amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Rwanda grave ‘with 30,000 bodies’ found

A valley dam thought to contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered in Rwanda almost 26 years after the country’s genocide.

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Singapore reports record new virus cases

Singapore says it will quarantine nearly 20,000 migrant workers in their dormitories for two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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Ardern takes aim at Aust visa changes

Jacinda Ardern has expressed her annoyance with the Australian government’s new immigration arrangements that could see tens of thousands of Kiwis sent home.

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Queen to address UK on COVID-19 crisis

The Queen will make a televised speech to the British public about the COVID-19 crisis which has killed 4313 people in the UK.

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Trump says he may take anti-malaria drug

Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 but says he might take an anti-malaria drug despite heath authorities saying its efficacy has not been proven.

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Ardern brings in NZ lockdown bonk ban

New Zealand has issued a new lockdown guidance that separates families and lovers who don’t live together as the number of COVID-19 cases reaches 1039.

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China sees rise in new coronavirus cases

Chinese citizens returning home as well as local transmissions have led to an increase in the number of new cases of coronavirus cases being recorded.

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Aust cruise passenger in Miami hospital

An Australian has been rushed to a Florida hospital from the coronavirus struck Coral Princess cruise ship which is docked in Miami.

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Trump attacks sacked US intel official

US President Donald Trump has defended his firing of the inspector general of the US intelligence community, calling him “a total disgrace”.

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French daily virus death toll slows to 441

French health ministry director Jerome Salomon says 15,438 people have come out of hospital after regaining their health following a coronavirus infection.

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Trump says toughest virus weeks ahead

The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the US exceeds 300,000, with the death toll climbing past 8100; more than 3500 of those deaths are in New York.

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Italy’s daily death toll falls under 700

Italy’s daily increase of new coronavirus-related deaths has fallen under 700 for the first time in more than a week.

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Forest near Chernobyl power plant on fire

Radioactive radiation still present from the 1986 nuclear accident is making it more difficult to fight a forest fire near Chernobyl, emergency officials say.

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Gas blast kills two in Russian unit block

Two people have died after a multi-storey residential building collapsed in a gas explosion near the capital Moscow.

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05 Apr 2020

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UK govt won’t release Assange amid virus

Julian Assange won’t be realised temporarily or have his US extradition hearing expedited under UK government plans to stave off coronavirus in prisons.

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05 Apr 2020