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India PM plans staggered exit from vast coronavirus lockdown 02 Apr 2020 - 04:12 pm
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stands guard inside the empty premises of the historic Taj Mahal during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Agra, India, April 2, 2020. Reuters/S
Central Bank of Kuwait announces stimulus package to limit COVID-19 economic effect 02 Apr 2020 - 03:22 pm
File photo: An aerial view shows Kuwait City after the country entered virtual lockdown, following the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kuwait City, Kuwait March 16, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee/File Photo
Indonesia virus death toll rises to highest in Asia outside China 02 Apr 2020 - 01:48 pm
A customer wearing protective face mask makes his transaction through a plastic barrier as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
UK man jailed for six months for ambulance theft 02 Apr 2020 - 01:26 pm
Medical staff prepare a ambulance at NHS Nightingale hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
Spain virus death toll tops 10,000: govt 02 Apr 2020 - 01:12 pm
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Oman reports 21 new cases of COVID-19, totals 231 02 Apr 2020 - 01:04 pm
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Coronavirus death toll moves up to 31 in Pakistan 02 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
Residents wearing facemasks walk through a disinfecting tunnel at a vegetable and fruit market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Taiwan plans to donate 10 million face masks 02 Apr 2020 - 12:35 pm
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Indian farmers feed strawberries to cattle as lockdown hits transport 02 Apr 2020 - 12:16 pm
Anil Salunkhe, a farmer, feeds strawberries to his cow during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Darewadi village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. Reuters/R
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in virus fight 02 Apr 2020 - 11:36 am
In this photo taken on March 25, 2020, AgVa Healthcare employee Vaibhav Gupta demonstrates using a ventilator at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. AFP / Prakash Singh
Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in Pearl killing, acquits three 02 Apr 2020 - 11:30 am
Khawja Naveed, defence lawyer of Omar Sheikh, who was convicted to death sentence over the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl, speaks to media representatives after a court verdict in Karachi on April 2, 2020. AFP / Asif Hassan
Two masks, no lockdown: Japan PM's latest coronavirus move riles social media 02 Apr 2020 - 10:48 am
File photo: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a protective face mask, gestures next to Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso during an upper house parliamentary session, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tokyo, Japan Apr
New York state's virus deaths jump to more than 1,900 02 Apr 2020 - 10:44 am
A closed playground is seen in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park as New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered on Wednesday the closure of all playgrounds, swing sets, basketball courts and similar spaces in New York City as part of the effort to slow the spr
Russian plane with supplies for virus fight lands in US 02 Apr 2020 - 10:12 am
A Russian military transport plane carrying medical equipment, masks and supplies is seen shortly after landing at JFK International Airport during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2020. REUTERS
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies 02 Apr 2020 - 09:51 am
NEW YORK, USA - APRIL 1: Empire State Building lights up like an ambulance to honour emergency healthcare workers responding to the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City, United States on April 1, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Age
WHO expects Malaysia's coronavirus cases to peak in mid-April 02 Apr 2020 - 09:37 am
Workers wearing protective suits pray before a disinfection operation, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Chinese county back under lockdown after coronavirus cases re-emerge 02 Apr 2020 - 09:27 am
Delivery men wwearing a wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus wait for mobile orders along a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on April 1, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
US Navy evacuates virus-struck aircraft carrier Roosevelt 02 Apr 2020 - 09:09 am
In this file US Navy handout photo obtained March 31, 2020 shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), on Marc