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China to hold national mourning for coronavirus victims 03 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
Workers wearing protective suits as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus take the temperature of people arriving at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on April 3, 2020. / AFP / GREG BAKER
Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises 03 Apr 2020 - 12:07 pm
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - APRIL 02: A general view of empty Badshahi Mosque closed amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Lahore, Pakistan, April 02, 2020. ( Rana Irfan Ali - Anadolu Agency )
Singapore closing workplaces, schools in latest coronavirus measures 03 Apr 2020 - 11:45 am
Tape to mark off spaces for social distancing are seen on the floor of a restaurant in Marina Bay in Singapore on April 2, 2020, as the government slowly tightens restrictions to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Customers desert South Korea's animal cafes over virus fears 03 Apr 2020 - 11:27 am
In a photo taken on March 31, 2020 customers play with a cat at the Eden Meerkat Friends animal cafe in Seoul. Business has been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak, with South Koreans staying at home under social distancing guidelines, and tourism dis
'No idea' if PM Johnson will end isolation on Friday, health minister says 03 Apr 2020 - 11:06 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on a monitor for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) meeting in London, Britain March 28, 2020 Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
Potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse study 02 Apr 2020 - 06:03 pm
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Caged in pet owners stockpile supplies for coronavirus lockdowns 02 Apr 2020 - 05:40 pm
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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