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The Panama government decided to allow the ship to pass 'to provide humanitarian help' after four passengers had died and two more had tested positive for COVID-19.

Infections on Friday rose by a daily record 102, according to state media as the country reports more than 1,400 cases, with 47 deaths, excluding those from a cruise ship quarantined last month.

While no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported on Friday, the number of coronavirus infections in people returning from abroad has gone up to 649 with 54 new cases reported.

Andrew Cuomo also took an apparent swipe at US President Donald Trump's claim that New York was exaggerating its needs for resources to fight the outbreak.

Finance minister Rishi Sunak said Britain's government would pay those self-employed people who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus a taxable grant worth 80% of their average monthly profits over the last three years, up to 2,500 pounds ($3,00...

With 82,404 cases of infection, the United States has now surpassed virus hotspots China and Italy, according to a tracker run by Johns Hopkins University.

TikTok president Alex Zhu through his blogpost has said that the company has taken inspiration from those who have stepped in to help people in the midst of this prevailing situation.

Elmhurst, a 545-bed public hospital in Queens, has begun transferring patients not suffering from coronavirus to other hospitals as it moves toward becoming dedicated entirely to the outbreak.

The paper said 22 of the fatalities were in the Bergamo diocese, at the heart of the outbreak not far from the financial centre Milan.

The package to aid business, workers and health care systems amid growing rate of infection that has killed nearly 1,000 people and have sickened 55,000 people across US.

Restaurants, hotels, airlines, automakers and entertainment venues all have been hit hard as cities, states and entire countries have ordered the closure of non-essential businesses and directed residents to remain at home.

A consensus appears to be emerging on the need to close down public spaces to limit the spread but the WHO has given little guidance on these measures.

Health officials said there were no new coronavirus cases reported on Wednesday. The deadly virus has infected 102 people in Sri Lanka.

France and China on Tuesday supported the idea as the global toll from COVID-19 had surged close to 16,000 and over 1.7 billion people were confined to their homes.

On Saturday, Ahtisaari's 83-year-old wife Eeva also tested positive for the infection.

Donald Trump said his administration was working to dramatically expand access to hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, a related compound, following promising early studies.