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Hong Kong reports zero new coronavirus cases for 1st time since early March 20 Apr 2020 - 12:15 pm
This aerial photo shows people gathering at a beach in Hong Kong on April 19, 2020. Starting on March 29 the city's government banned public gatherings of more than four people in an effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP / Dale DE L
Singapore’s daily virus infections top 1,000 for first time 20 Apr 2020 - 11:16 am
View of Star Cruise's Superstar Gemini, which is currently being accessed for use as temporary accommodation for migrant workers, berthed at Marina Bay Cruise Center, Singapore, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
No visitors at Australian zoo, but animals train for when lockdown ends 20 Apr 2020 - 11:15 am
Marine mammals unit supervisor Danielle Fox practices a show routine with a sea lion named Pepper in front of an empty seating area, the result of a zoo closure to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Taronga Zoo Sydney in Sydney, Aus
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased 20 Apr 2020 - 10:32 am
Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), travel in the Arabian Sea attempting to reach to their home state Maharashtra from the western state of Gu
Wuhan virus lab denies any link to first coronavirus outbreak 20 Apr 2020 - 10:14 am
TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Coronavirus threatens to trigger new round of global food crisis - China official 20 Apr 2020 - 09:57 am
Farmers harvest vegetables at a farm in a village in Haian, Jiangsu province, China April 19, 2020. Picture taken April 19, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
India's Maharashtra state allows some economic activity as national coronavirus cases top 15,000 19 Apr 2020 - 12:42 pm
A taxi driver reads a newspaper while waiting for customers under a bridge during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in MUMBAI on April 17, 2020. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Wuhan Classified as COVID-19 Low-Risk Area 19 Apr 2020 - 12:22 pm
:People eat outdoor next to a restaurant in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year. / AFP
Pakistan starts repatriating UAE-based nationals stranded by coronavirus 19 Apr 2020 - 11:59 am
A health worker takes samples from foreign workers to check for the novel coronavirus at a testing centre in the Al Quaz area of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 18, 2020. AFP / KARIM SAHIB
S.Korea relaxes some social distancing rules as new virus cases fall 19 Apr 2020 - 11:30 am
Seoul, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 15: Election officials count ballots at a polling station during the 21st General Election amid the coronavirus outbreak in seoul, South Korea on April 15, 2020. ( Jong Hyun Kim - Anadolu Agency )
Taiwan virus cases spike, mostly navy sailors on Palau trip 19 Apr 2020 - 11:29 am
:Devotees, one of them wearing a face mask, walk through the fire crackers to celebrate Mazu's birthday in front of Chaotian Temple in Beigang, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Yunlin, Taiwan on April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
India says no decision yet on easing or lifting flight restrictions 19 Apr 2020 - 10:15 am
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Nine killed in Indonesia mining accident 19 Apr 2020 - 10:11 am
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Virus takes cheer out of Zimbabwe independence celebration 18 Apr 2020 - 03:22 pm
An aerial view shows a police water cannon that is used to spray Hydroperoxide compound to disinfect a vending market in Nkulumane township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on April 16, 2020. / AFP / ZINYANGE AUNTONY
China virus epicentre Wuhan raises death toll 50% 17 Apr 2020 - 04:15 pm
:TOPSHOT - A medical worker prepares to check the temperature of an AFP photojournalist before a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Philippine economic chief resigns amid coronavirus crisis 17 Apr 2020 - 03:41 pm
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Pakistan gets $1.4B IMF aid as virus cases top 7,000 17 Apr 2020 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vehicles run past the Centaurus mall in Islamabad, Pakistan November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
India to extend nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus - state minister 17 Apr 2020 - 12:34 pm
Policemen pose for photos wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)standing next to a poster depicting the COVID-19 coronavirus during an event in Amritsar on April 16, 2020. / AFP / Narinder NANU

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File photo for representational purposes only. Three schools in France evacuated over bomb alerts later found false
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Rescuers work near a partially collapsed building that is still under construction in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi) All construction workers accounted for after deadly building collapse in Nairobi
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This aerial photograph shows the remains of a pirogue involved in an accident at sea in Lompoul on November 9, 2026. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP) Senegal migrant boat wreck death toll reaches 42
File photo for representational purposes only. Last Ebola patient in Kenya discharged

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