Here are the latest updates:Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported.The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors, it said.Demonstration footage of the tunnel, published by RIA, showed masked people passing through it being sprayed with disinfectant from the ceiling and from the...…Here are the latest updates:Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported.The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors, it said.Demonstration footage of the tunnel, published by RIA, showed masked people passing through it being sprayed with disinfectant from the ceiling and from the...WW…

Here are the latest updates:This is Elizabeth Melimopoulos, here is a quick summary of the latest developments until 21:00 GMT:US House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow remote proxy voting, Republican aides said.The lawsuit, to be filed in federal court in Washington, will seek to block the new system set up by the Democratic-majority House to allow remote proxy voting during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit will argue that the rule changes are unconstitutional, the Republican aides said.Alphabet Inc’s Google has said...…Here are the latest updates:This is Elizabeth Melimopoulos, here is a quick summary of the latest developments until 21:00 GMT:US House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow remote proxy voting, Republican aides said.The lawsuit, to be filed in federal court in Washington, will seek to block the new system set up by the Democratic-majority House to allow remote proxy voting during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit will argue that the rule changes are unconstitutional, the Republican aides said.Alphabet Inc’s Google has said...WW…

Here are all the latest updates:The regional authority of Madrid is appealing to Spain’s Supreme Court over the Spanish government’s refusal to ease its lockdown.The Madrid regional government said in a statement on Wednesday it believes that technical assessments over what areas can loosen restrictions adopted to stem the new coronavirus outbreak are not being applied in the same way in different parts of the country.The Madrid region has officially recorded almost 67,000 of the country’s 232,000 COVID-19 cases, making it the hardest-hit area.The administration of Brazilian President Jair...…Here are all the latest updates:The regional authority of Madrid is appealing to Spain’s Supreme Court over the Spanish government’s refusal to ease its lockdown.The Madrid regional government said in a statement on Wednesday it believes that technical assessments over what areas can loosen restrictions adopted to stem the new coronavirus outbreak are not being applied in the same way in different parts of the country.The Madrid region has officially recorded almost 67,000 of the country’s 232,000 COVID-19 cases, making it the hardest-hit area.The administration of Brazilian President Jair...WW…

Here are the latest updates.Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday it was in talks with the UK government to roll out its coronavirus antibody test kits in the country after Public Health England (PHE) found them reliable, Reuters news agency reported.PHE, which conducted an independent evaluation of Roche’s antibody test last week, said it found Roche’s assay has a specificity of 100 percent.“This is a very positive development because such a highly specific anti-body test is a very reliable marker of past infection,” UK’s coronavirus testing programme coordinator John Newton...…Here are the latest updates.Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday it was in talks with the UK government to roll out its coronavirus antibody test kits in the country after Public Health England (PHE) found them reliable, Reuters news agency reported.PHE, which conducted an independent evaluation of Roche’s antibody test last week, said it found Roche’s assay has a specificity of 100 percent.“This is a very positive development because such a highly specific anti-body test is a very reliable marker of past infection,” UK’s coronavirus testing programme coordinator John Newton...WW…

Here are all the latest updates:Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.Tuesday’s death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.The Trump administration said it was indefinitely extending a policy of strict border enforcement because of the COVID-19 outbreak.An order signed by Dr Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it should remain because of public health conditions in the US,...…Here are all the latest updates:Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.Tuesday’s death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.The Trump administration said it was indefinitely extending a policy of strict border enforcement because of the COVID-19 outbreak.An order signed by Dr Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it should remain because of public health conditions in the US,...WW…

Here are all the latest updates:El Salvador’s Supreme Court said on Monday it has ordered the immediate suspension of the state of emergency declared due to the coronavirus pandemic by President Nayib Bukele, who has faced criticism of showing authoritarian tendencies and exceeding his powers.Bukele ordered the state of emergency on Saturday, when previous orders were set to expire, without congressional approval.The renewal would have kept the emergency declaration in force for the next 30 days, extending strict lockdown measures such as school suspensions and a ban on movement in certain...…Here are all the latest updates:El Salvador’s Supreme Court said on Monday it has ordered the immediate suspension of the state of emergency declared due to the coronavirus pandemic by President Nayib Bukele, who has faced criticism of showing authoritarian tendencies and exceeding his powers.Bukele ordered the state of emergency on Saturday, when previous orders were set to expire, without congressional approval.The renewal would have kept the emergency declaration in force for the next 30 days, extending strict lockdown measures such as school suspensions and a ban on movement in certain...WW…

Here are the latest updates:Saudi Arabia extended the suspension of praying in the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the presidency of the Two Holy Mosques said on Twitter citing its President General Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais.The streets of Accra buzzed with life on Monday, a day after Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the end of a three-week lockdown on movement around the capital and the city of Kumasi.While some Ghanaians were relieved to get back to work, others were left fretting after...…Here are the latest updates:Saudi Arabia extended the suspension of praying in the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the presidency of the Two Holy Mosques said on Twitter citing its President General Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais.The streets of Accra buzzed with life on Monday, a day after Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the end of a three-week lockdown on movement around the capital and the city of Kumasi.While some Ghanaians were relieved to get back to work, others were left fretting after...WW…

Amid criticism over Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, the US president played a campaign style video put together by White House staffers defending his actions.The criticism comes after recent reports suggested that the White House was warned of the potential deadly cost of the virus’s spread before taking action and putting in place mitigation efforts.Trump had previously denied seeing a January 30 memo by a senior US official warning of mass casualties and economic devastation from the new coronavirus, months before the pandemic began inflicting thousands of deaths in the...…Amid criticism over Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, the US president played a campaign style video put together by White House staffers defending his actions.The criticism comes after recent reports suggested that the White House was warned of the potential deadly cost of the virus’s spread before taking action and putting in place mitigation efforts.Trump had previously denied seeing a January 30 memo by a senior US official warning of mass casualties and economic devastation from the new coronavirus, months before the pandemic began inflicting thousands of deaths in the...WW…

In the UK, the number of those who have died from the disease the virus causes, COVID-19, increased by 54, bringing the toll in the country to 335 among 6,650 cases. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered residents across the country to . In the US, the number of cases surged past 35,000, with a death toll of 495, according to John Hopkins University data.More than 15,400 people have died from COVID-19 globally. An estimated 100,000 of the 362,000 people who have been diagnosed with the disease across the world have recovered, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins...…In the UK, the number of those who have died from the disease the virus causes, COVID-19, increased by 54, bringing the toll in the country to 335 among 6,650 cases. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered residents across the country to . In the US, the number of cases surged past 35,000, with a death toll of 495, according to John Hopkins University data.More than 15,400 people have died from COVID-19 globally. An estimated 100,000 of the 362,000 people who have been diagnosed with the disease across the world have recovered, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins...WW…

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 189 to 1,016, a rise of 23 percent, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday.The total number of cases in Italy, the European country hardest hit by the virus, rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, an increase of 21.7 percent. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a  as Italy tightened its strict quarantine and the United States imposed a ban on flights to Europe.More than 4,600 people have died and over 126,000 have been infected globally, according...…The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 189 to 1,016, a rise of 23 percent, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday.The total number of cases in Italy, the European country hardest hit by the virus, rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, an increase of 21.7 percent. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a  as Italy tightened its strict quarantine and the United States imposed a ban on flights to Europe.More than 4,600 people have died and over 126,000 have been infected globally, according...WW…