- People around the world have been forced to improvise as supplies run short, with bodies packed in cardboard coffins in Ecuador and a mosque converted into a makeshift mask factory in Iran
- Undertakers in New York are so overworked that a city official raised the possibility of carrying out temporary burials in a public park
- Governments around the world are scrambling to put together rescue packages to stem the economic damage from effectively shutting down global commerce, as fears loom of a devastating recession
- With the ink barely dry on a $2-trillion economic rescue package passed by Congress, US President Donald Trump said he favoured another massive spending programme, again roughly $2 trillion, but this time targeting infrastructure projects
- Nearly 60 per cent of 217 people — many from Australia, Europe and the United States — on board a cruise ship off the coast of Uruguay have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the ship’s operator said on Tuesday.
- Saudi Arabia’s Health Minister on Tuesday warned of a huge spike in coronavirus cases of up to 2,00,000 within weeks, state media reported. The warning comes a day after the kingdom extended the duration of daily curfews in multiple cities, including the capital Riyadh, to 24 hours in a bid to limit the spread of the deadly virus
- The N95 respirator masks, which is claimed to prevent people from inhaling at least 95 percent of very small airborne particles, should be preserved for health-care workers involved in inserting breathing tubes for patients with COVID-19, according to a study
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Wednesday, 08 April 2020 | Agencies
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Wednesday, 08 April 2020 | Agencies
