The United States became the first country to report more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day, marking a grim milestone as billions around the world celebrated the Easter holiday weekend under lockdown from home.

US deaths due to the coronavirus surpass 19,600, the highest reported number in the world, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak.

India appears set to extend the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown by two more weeks in a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus that has so far claimed 239 lives and affected nearly 7,447 people in the country.

The suspension of flights from Bangladesh to 16 countries has been extended till April 30.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is able to walk in hospital some 24 hours after leaving intensive care treatment for COVID-19, as Britain records nearly 1,000 daily deaths from the virus for the first time.

The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus has reached 100,000, while the tally of cases has passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally.

India yesterday said it ramped up coronavirus testing as documented cases there rose above 6,700 and topped 12,000 across South Asia.

One hundred Italian doctors have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy’s FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday.

Yemen reported its first case of the novel coronavirus yesterday as aid groups try to prepare for an outbreak in a country where war has shattered the health system and spread hunger and disease.

Americans must resist the impulse to ease social-separation measures at the first glimpse of progress now being seen in the coronavirus battle, state government and public health leaders warned on Thursday, as the US death toll surpassed 16,500.

Officials have recorded more than 1.6 million cases and more than 97,200 deaths in 193 countries, according to a Johns Hopkins

South Korean officials yesterday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.

Regional rights body ‘Fortify Rights’ has called for Malaysia to release detained refugees and prevent arbitrary detention of new arrivals to minimise health risks due to Covid-19.

Though all activities, except for the emergency ones, have remained suspended due to coronavirus pandemic, Singapore is committed to making sure all workers, including Bangladeshis, have their wages paid on regular basis and that they have access to healthcare.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left intensive care as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office says.

A British-Bangladeshi hospital consultant in London has died from the coronavirus infection weeks after pleading to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for more personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline staff, according to a report published in The Guardian.

Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia fear an imminent food crisis as the lockdown continues amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country.

A crystal clear view of the snow-clad peaks of the majestic Dhauladhar range of Himalayan mountain chain becomes visible after the air quality of Jalandhar, an industrial town of Punjab about 260 kilometres from the mountain range, has shown remarkable improvement as all the industries and all modes of transport are suspended during the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak across India.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in a stable and improving condition in intensive care, his culture minister says.