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The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. ​The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dJXY1Y

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are currently rumored to be hunkering down at a compound in Malibu, the exclusive beach community outside Los Angeles long favored by A-listers and movie moguls. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dKam2g

Japan lags behind many countries in its efforts to reduce tobacco usage, and the ban — just in Tokyo — only applies to traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes too are banned. The ban was part of Tokyo’s preparations for the 2020 Olympics, and covers establishments with hired employees, meaning many of the family owned-and-operated bars and restaurants that the city is famous for are exempt. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Juz5JU

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Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. The public could get its first close look at the Trump administration's own projections Tuesday at the daily briefing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33ZJ2bS

Businesses are being closed, non-food shops shut and people required to stay at home as officials look to track down possible carriers of the disease after reporting 131 confirmed cases and two deaths so far. Enforcing the restrictions in sprawling Lagos will be a mammoth challenge as millions live crammed into slums and rely on daily earnings to survive. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bEOuU1

With the rapid rise of hospitalizations and a health system nearly at capacity, New York doctor Shamit Patel is preparing for the worst over the next few days, all while hoping he won't have to start choosing which coronavirus patients to treat. Just 10 days ago, only half of the 46-year-old internist's patients at Beth Israel -- one of the Mount Sinai hospitals in Manhattan -- were suffering from Covid-19. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wFHebO

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday any easing of containment measures would be done incrementally to ensure Italy does not give up gains it has made against the extraordinary disease. "It cannot last very long," he said. "We can study ways (of lifting restrictions). But it will have to be done gradually." Health Minister Roberto Speranza later announced that "all containment measures would be extended at least until Easter" on April 12. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39vX1qS

A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic -- but residents on Palau say life right now is far from idyllic. The microstate of 18,000 people is among a dwindling number of places on Earth that still report zero cases of COVID-19 as figures mount daily elsewhere. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39rDZ53

Trump, speaking at his daily briefing, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity was destined for Italy, which has the world's highest pandemic death toll. Trump "reiterated the commitment of the United States to working with Italy and all of our European Allies and partners to stop the spread of the virus and get medical care to all of those in need," the White House said in a statement from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JwXbn7

US President Donald Trump's remarks came a day after he extended the "social distancing" guidelines until April 30, expecting the peak death rate from Covid-19 to hit the country in two weeks. "Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days," Trump said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dFK3Kv

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Members voted to keep troops in Sudan's restive Darfur region until the end of May and maintain the UN political mission in Somalia until June 30. They extended the mandate of the UN panel of experts for North Korea until April 30, 2021 and they stressed the importance of supporting the UN's far-flung peacekeeping operations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UsuoGS

In a grim new milestones marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017, including at least 540 on Monday, and the reported cases climbed to more than 163,000. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UtMN5T

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family on Tuesday, as they start a new life in the US. The couple have already relocated to California, according to reports, after announcing in January that they intended to quit royal life and "work to become financially independent". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Jro63U

Alberto Tito Alejandro, a resident of the western US state of Washington, was arrested following a high-speed chase that left officers dumbfounded after they found the man's pit bull behind the wheel. The pursuit ended after police deployed spike strips and arrested Alejandro, who was booked on multiple felonies. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39x4ndH

Amid signs that social distancing measures are helping decelerate the death rate from coronavirus infection, the United States has extended its lockdown guidelines to April 30 after President Donald Trump on Sunday accepted expert projections that 100,000-200,000 people could die of coronavirus infection notwithstanding with such a shutdown. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QV6lyb

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North Korea said Monday that "reckless remarks" by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear that Washington has no intention of resuming nuclear talks and Pyongyang warned that it is now compelled to pay back "the pains the US has imposed on our people." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UQkspq

China, which has sent medical teams and supplies to Pakistan where coronavirus cases are increasing steadily, said on Monday that it was building a makeshift hospital there to treat COVID-19 patients. The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,664 while the death toll stood at 18, health officials said on Monday, underlining that local transmission of the deadly COVID-19 is increasing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QVtO26

With only a population of 47 million to China's 1.4 billion, Spain's tally of infections reached 85,195 on Monday, a rise of 8% from the previous day. Spain also saw 812 new deaths in the last day, raising its overall fatalities from the virus to 7,300. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QWyViz

Authorities in Pakistan have imposed stricter measures under the garb of law, including fines and imprisonment for people failing to comply with the government's directives, without any reasonable excuse, to control the coronavirus spread. The Punjab province has reported maximum positive cases of the contagious infection in the country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yc41Mu

Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which is battling the most severe coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RbfF15

Fearing the respiratory illness could somehow spread from the corpses to nearby population centres, Iraqis have sent the bodies of covid-19 victims back to hospital morgues, where they are piling up. Iraq has confirmed more than 500 covid-19 cases and 42 deaths from the respiratory disease, but the real numbers are likely much higher. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ULfDh5

At least 100 new cases were reported from across the country that took the total tally of coronavirus positive cases in Pakistan to 1600, while the death toll stood at 17, health officials confirmed on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/341ibvR

Although Sophie Gregoire Trudeau received the all-clear from her physicians on Saturday, the prime minister said, and he himself has no symptoms, he had been "sharing a roof with someone who tested positive for covid-19." "I have to continue in isolation in order to be sure that we're following all the protocols and the recommendations by Health Canada," Trudeau said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QWeIt7

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 57,298 and 455 people have died of the disease here, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dD6IHl

In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea whose success in slowing the outbreak has become the envy of the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UukGnj

Whatever the cause of death, China’s bereaved families have not been able to hold funerals since February 1, even as the nation’s outbreak eases, including in Hubei where the virus erupted in December. Not only are funerals banned across China, in places like Jingzhou bereaved relatives who are stuck in their homes must wait even to retrieve the remains of their loved ones. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JoZIQq

Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UugNyJ

A Japanese airline is finally letting female flight attendants wear trousers and flat shoes instead of skirts and high heels following a nationwide campaign. Japan Airlines announced that they will come into force from April 1. “This will be the first time to introduce trousers and to provide additional options for footwear,” an airline spokesperson said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39yYJbb

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New York state's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed Sunday above 1,000, less than a month after the first known infection in the state. It took Spain 18 days to go from its first death to its 1,000th. Italy took 21 days. New York state took 16 days. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39t6Vt6

"I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom," Trump tweeted. "It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the US. However, the US will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!," he added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dDP85Z

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended "social distancing" guidelines until April 30. "Easter should be the peak number," Trump said of the Christian holiday which falls on April 12. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bxOEwn

Iran's president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of authorities' lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, saying the government has to weigh economic concerns as it takes measures to contain the pandemic. Syria meanwhile reported the first fatality from the virus in the war-torn country, which has five confirmed infections from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dNaI8i

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Spain reported a national daily record of 838 coronavirus deaths on Sunday in a fresh warning to the world that long-term lockdowns may be needed to halt the deadly march of a disease that has claimed more than 31,000 lives. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JjTUrs

China was widely accused of delaying its response to the disease when it first emerged in December but has since won praise from the World Health Organization for securing and sealing off affected areas. The ruling Communist Party in Beijing used draconian measures to fight the virus across the country, but the strictest were saved for Wuhan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UJ1CRh

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Britain's Prince William and wife Kate Middleton have backed a mental health campaign to help people through the anxiety and stress associated with the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 1,019 lives in the UK. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33Vh5Sw

Hassan Rouhani said the government had to consider the effect of mass quarantine efforts on Iran's beleaguered economy, which is under heavy U.S. sanctions. It's a dilemma playing out across the globe, as leaders struggle to strike a balance between containing the pandemic and preventing their economies from crashing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UqK5yb

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Sri Lanka has recorded its first death due to coronavirus, a 65-year-old diabetic man. The man, who was being treated for the deadly viral infection at Colombo's Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), died on Saturday, said Anil Jasinghe, Director General of the Health Services. The patient had a history of high blood pressure and blood sugar, he said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JpvsVD

The new domestically transmitted case was reported in Henan province on Saturday, the country's National Health Commission (NHC) said. The five new fatalities were all reported from the epicentre Hubei province, taking the death toll to 3,300, it said. With 44 new imported cases, their number has gone up to 693, the NHS said from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dvIdvw