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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
Australia begins pre-clinical testing for coronavirus vaccine 02 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
People walk by an area of the city following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Pakistan seals northern region with no COVID-19 case 01 Apr 2020 - 06:16 pm
Pakistani youth play cricket on a field during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Farooq NAEEM
UK records over 500 daily coronavirus deaths for first time 01 Apr 2020 - 04:34 pm
Paramedics and military personnel are seen outside the Excel Centre, London while it is being prepared to become the NHS Nightingale Hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nic
Ex-Olympique Marseille president Pape Diouf dies of coronavirus 01 Apr 2020 - 01:30 pm
This file photo taken on February 04, 2014 in Marseille shows former president of Marseille football club
Indonesia set to open emergency coronavirus hospital on uninhabited island 01 Apr 2020 - 01:07 pm
An aerial view of the works in progress of an emergency hospital at a Galang Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Batam Antara Foto/Bobby via REUTERS
Iran tests over 65 million people for coronavirus 01 Apr 2020 - 01:01 pm
Iran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower is lit up with flags and messages of hope in solidarity with all the countries affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tehran on March 31, 2020. / AFP /
Over 100 countries ask South Korea for coronavirus testing help: Official 01 Apr 2020 - 01:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective gear prepares to take samples from a visitor at a 'drive-thru' testing center for the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTER
Dutch coronavirus measures have lowered infection rate: health official 01 Apr 2020 - 12:24 pm
Dutch policemen carry out contols in order to check if people follow the measures put in place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on March 31, 2020, amid the outbreak of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP / Koen Van Weel
Coronavirus the worst global crisis since WW II, says UN chief 01 Apr 2020 - 12:23 pm
In this file photo taken on February 24, 2020 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks on at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's main annual session in Geneva. / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
Moscow unveils coronavirus tracking app as national lockdown widens 01 Apr 2020 - 12:05 pm
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 31: A woman wearing a medical mask during a snowfall at Red square after preventive measures against the coronavirus (Covid-19) are taken in Moscow, Russia on March 31, 2020. ( Sefa Karacan - Anadolu Agency )
Pandemic pranks off the table on April Fools' Day 01 Apr 2020 - 11:57 am
An adult helps to put a face mask on a child's face for protection due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Taipei, Taiwan, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Ann Wang
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