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Europe, US virus deaths surge as Trump reverses on New York lockdown

Coronavirus global death toll crosses 31,000

COVID-19 batters Italy as lockdown deadline nears

Spain announces record 838 virus deaths in 24 hours

Germany’s Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes

Trump’s NY quarantine suggestion would be ‘federal declaration of war’: NY

 Sri Lanka records first death due to coronavirus

 South Korea reports 105 new cases of coronavirus

 US records first infant death due to COVID-19

 In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare

 Tokyo confirms 68 new coronavirus cases, record daily rise

 Uruguay reports first coronavirus-linked death (147)

 Philippines reports 343 additional coronavirus cases, 3 new deaths (78 words)

 Coronavirus fear sparks Thai prison riot as cases reach 1,388

 Singapore reports 3rd coronavirus-linked death

 Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 1,526

 Saudi seizes 5 million illegally stored medical masks

 Saudi Arabia shuts entry and exit into Jeddah, brings forward curfew

 Bangladesh Army says troops will be on streets until govt recalls

 Greenland bans booze in capital over virus fears

 Australia asks people to isolate more even as coronavirus spread slows

 Malaysia arrests hundreds for flouting curbs on movement as virus deaths rise

 Moscow says coronavirus outbreak enters new phase as residents go out to brave risk

 Disneyland, Walt Disney World closed indefinitely

Mali votes despite virus, security fears

Pope backs UN chief’s call for cease-fires (170 words)

British-Iranian woman’s prison leave extended

Very idea of using disease as weapon is viewed with repugnance: UN chief (45th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention’s entry into force)

Indian students stranded in UK due to COVID-19 travel ban urge PM Modi for rescue flight

S Korea to enforce mandatory 2-week quarantine for all arrivals

China says imported virus cases raise risk of new infection wave

Other COVID-19 stories

 Prince William, Kate Middleton support mental health campaign amid coronavirus pandemic

 Serbia’s elderly venture out for dawn food run

 Couple run Dubai balcony marathon to beat coronavirus blues

 Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic

 French chefs cook up antidote to virus confinement

 Indian-origin S Africans join hands to provide relief assistance as country grapples with COVID-19

 Medical schools in US mull early graduation to meet growing demand for medicos in COVID-19 fight

Globe Trot

Quake shakes eastern Indonesia amid virus outbreak

72-year-old elephant, gifted to US by India, euthanized at Washington zoo