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UK PM Johnson, on the mend after COVID-19, faces lockdown conundrum 24 Apr 2020 - 12:07 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 25, 2020 A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic, in side 10 Downing Stre
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds 23 Apr 2020 - 02:42 pm
Artist Kong Ning, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, prepares for a portrait in a wearable art piece she made to mark Earth Day, during a Reuters interview outside her studio in Beijing, China April 22, 2020. REUTER
Italy launches antibody tests for virus immunity in hard-hit Lombardy 23 Apr 2020 - 02:26 pm
An empty Grand Canal is seen in Venice as Italy's lockdown measures continue to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Venice, Italy, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Canada provinces seek military help to combat pandemic 23 Apr 2020 - 01:47 pm
Mounted police officers ride down University Ave. through hospital row as Toronto first responders parade in front of the hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in a salute to healthcare workers on April 19, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. T/ A
World's largest aircraft brings medical assistance to Ukraine 23 Apr 2020 - 01:09 pm
A group of officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, walk in front of an Antonov-225 Mriya cargo plane after its arrival with medical cargo from China, at an airfield in Gostomel outside Kiev on April 23, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pande
Chinese citizen journalist resurfaces after going missing in Wuhan 23 Apr 2020 - 12:09 pm
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus arrive to board a train heading to Shanghai at Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on April 21, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
'Mission Dharavi': Virus battleground in India's biggest slum 23 Apr 2020 - 11:41 am
Buildings stand in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during a nationwide lockdown in India to slow the spread of COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
U.S. deaths top 47,000 after near-record increase on previous day - Reuters tally 23 Apr 2020 - 11:39 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 4, 2020 shows a view of an empty Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW in Atlanta, Georgia, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.  / AFP / NORTH AMERICA / Kevin C. Cox
Two New York cats become first US pets to test positive for COVID-19 23 Apr 2020 - 10:49 am
A cat, that is not eating or drinking, is looked over at the clinic at the San Diego Humane Society on April 21, 2020. AFP / ARIANA DREHSLER
South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for govts eyeing lockdown end 23 Apr 2020 - 10:45 am
People in need sit maintaining social distancing after collecting free food items outside the Badshahi mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Lahore on April 21, 2020. / AFP / AR
Unnerved by new virus cases in navy, Taiwan debates lockdowns 23 Apr 2020 - 10:39 am
A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past Ministry of National Defense recruitment posters, amid concerns about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
UK's poor testing could slow emergence from lockdown, Deutsche Bank says 23 Apr 2020 - 10:21 am
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Deutsche Bank is in London, Britain July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
WHO warns 'long way to go' in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000 23 Apr 2020 - 09:45 am
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Germany’s new virus cases increase for second time in five days 23 Apr 2020 - 09:35 am
:The skyline with its financial district is photographed during sunset in Frankfurt, Germany, April 22, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Air travel resumption will require social distancing, says EU 22 Apr 2020 - 04:21 pm
A traveller walks past a sign for Virgin Australia in the departures area at Adelaide Airport in Adelaide on April 21, 2020. AFP / Brenton Edwards
Viral content: Tokyo governor's distancing call is online hit 22 Apr 2020 - 03:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks at a news conference on Tokyo's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Trump to sign virus immigration order Wednesday 22 Apr 2020 - 03:25 pm
US President Donald Trump looks on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief 22 Apr 2020 - 02:49 pm
:Some of the nearly 1,800 digital billboards and screens across all five boroughs are displaying messages of public safety, gratitude, pride, and solidarity with essential workers as seen in Times Square April 19, 2020 in New York. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLAR