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Coronavirus Pandemic Global Updates

Coronavirus Pandemic Global Updates
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Coronavirus Pandemic Global Updates. The Novel Coronavirus is wrecking havoc across the planet. Death toll in US and Europe is on a scary high. Meanwhile, the world is still scrambling to put forward a collective response against it.

According to details, in a locked-down New York, the UN Security Council met on the pandemic for the first time. In Brussels, EU finance ministers were wrangling over how to bail out hard-hit Italy and Spain. On the spiritual front, Pope Francis was preparing to celebrate Maundy Thursday with The Mass of the Lord’s Supper. He was to be unable to perform the tradition of washing the feet of the faithful in case of infection.

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Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Muslim worshippers to pray at home rather than in crowded mosques. This comes as the holy month of Ramadan begins later this month. Yemen was already in the grip of a humanitarian tragedy caused by its civil war before the virus. However on Thursday the Saudi-led coalition backing the government side began a unilateral coronavirus ceasefire.

Coronavirus Pandemic Global Updates.

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Meanwhile, the number of worldwide cases of the novel coronavirus since it spread from China earlier this year topped 1.5 million, according to an AFP tally. More than 88,981 people have died. Alongside the personal tragedies and the pressure on overburdened hospitals, there has been a stark economic toll, with the WTO warning of the “worst recession of our lifetimes.”

The worst-hit countries in Europe are Italy and Spain, where daily death tolls are now down from their peaks but still running high, despite strict lockdowns. In Italy, the country’s youngest COVID-19 patient, a two-month-old baby girl, is out from hospital, a bright moment of hope in a country with 17,669 dead.

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