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US official denies claim that Americans buying up France's masks

Agence France-Presse
Apr 03 03:33 AM

A senior US official on Thursday rejected allegations from French politicians that Americans have been snapping up Chinese masks previously ordered by France amid the coronavirus crisis, calling the stories "completely false."   Read more »

Pinay domestic helper namatay dahil sa COVID-19 sa Italy

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 02:22 AM | Updated Apr 03 02:40 AM

Pumanaw ang isang 73-taong-gulang na kasambahay sa Milan, Italy nitong Lunes dahil sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Body count mounts, medical supplies dwindle in coronavirus-hit New York

Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani, Reuters
Apr 03 02:20 AM

NEW YORK - The coronavirus pandemic's mounting death toll began to overwhelm New York City morgues on Thursday as hospitals struggled to treat thousands of infected patients with a dwindling supply of ventilators and protective equipment.   Read more »

Under pressure, UK government promises 100,000 daily coronavirus tests

Reuters
Apr 03 02:17 AM

LONDON - Britain's health minister on Thursday promised a tenfold increase in the number of daily tests for coronavirus by the end of the month after the government faced criticism for failing to roll out mass checks for health workers and the public.   Read more »

Troops gather 150 bodies of coronavirus victims in Ecuador port city

Agence France-Presse
Apr 03 02:16 AM

Troops and police in Ecuador have collected at least 150 bodies from streets and homes in the port city of Guayaquil, the government said, warning that as many as 3,500 people could die of the coronavirus in the city and surrounding province in the coming months.   Read more »

More than 120 Filipino seafarers from virus-hit Spain return home

ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 01:02 AM

More than 120 Filipinos seafarers from ships docked in virus-stricken Spain returned home Thursday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.   Read more »

Coronavirus drives 6.65 million to file for US jobless benefits

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Apr 02 11:01 PM

Another 6.65 million US workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the most ever recorded, as the coronavirus forces businesses to shut down nationwide, the Labor Department reported Thursday.   Read more »

Thai premier imposes indefinite curfew to curb coronavirus spread

Kyodo News
Apr 02 10:02 PM

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday imposed an indefinite curfew across the country to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.   Read more »

PH post translates Spanish labor regulations for Pinoys affected by coronavirus pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 09:21 PM

MANILA - The Filipino community in Spain remains concerned with the coronavirus pandemic and its possible effects on their employment.   Read more »

Indonesia coronavirus death toll now highest in Asia outside China

Maikel Jefriando and Bernadette Christina Munthe, Reuters
Apr 02 08:56 PM

Indonesia's coronavirus death toll rose to 170 on Thursday as the world's fourth most populous nation passed South Korea as the country with the highest number of recorded fatalities in Asia after China. Read more »

Thailand hit by African Horse Sickness, killing over 100 horses

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 08:52 PM

The government has quarantined sick horses to limit the spread of the disease. Read more »

No entry for non-residents

Andy Wong, AP
Apr 02 08:46 PM

Residents wearing protective face masks collect their goods from delivery workers near the barbed wire installed outside residential apartment buildings to prevent outsiders from entering amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing, Thursday. Read more »

Doctors warn of scarcity of malaria drug amid COVID-19 treatment trials

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Apr 02 08:13 PM

Limited global stocks of 2 anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors cautioned on Thursday. Read more »

Indonesia virus death toll now highest in Asia outside China

Maikel Jefriando and Bernadette Christina Munthe, Reuters
Apr 02 07:10 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia's coronavirus death toll rose to 170 on Thursday as the world's fourth most populous nation passed South Korea as the country with the highest number of recorded fatalities in Asia after China. Read more »

Spain virus death toll tops 10,000: gov't

Agence France-Presse
Apr 02 07:06 PM

The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said. Read more »

Spain sheds nearly 900,000 jobs since coronavirus lockdown

Reuters
Apr 02 04:48 PM

MADRID - Spain has shed close to 900,000 jobs, more than half of them temporary, since it went into lockdown in mid-March to fight the coronavirus outbreak, social security data showed on Thursday. Read more »

Bear bile in virus treatment irks Chinese activists

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Apr 02 03:31 PM

BEIJING, China - China has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine efforts to stop the illegal animal trade which is blamed for the emergence of the new disease sweeping the globe. Read more »

Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims

Reuters
Apr 02 03:23 PM

A rising death toll in the coronavirus crisis is forcing a change in Jewish and Muslim burial and mourning traditions in the Holy Land.   Read more »

Australia begins pre-clinical testing for coronavirus vaccine

Reuters
Apr 02 03:07 PM

Australia's national science agency said on Thursday it has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for COVID-19, as it joins a global race to halt the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

Australia gives free childcare as coronavirus case curve flattens

Byron Kaye, Reuters
Apr 02 02:31 PM | Updated Apr 02 04:47 PM

SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday announced free childcare for six months as part of a bid to keep businesses operating through the coronavirus pandemic, as data on new infections supported early signs of "flattening the curve."   Read more »

Frontliner abroad: Filipina nurse battles on in COVID-19 epicenter

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 01:39 PM

Divina Guerrero's family in the Philippines dissuade her from going to work, fearing for her safety whenever she heads to a small hospital in Bergamo, a city within the Italian region that was hit hardest by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Israel's health minister diagnosed with coronavirus

Reuters
Apr 02 01:02 PM

TEL AVIV - Israel's health minister and his wife were diagnosed with coronavirus and are in isolation following guidelines, the health ministry said on Thursday. Read more »

PH envoy to Lebanon dies of COVID-19 complications

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 11:40 AM | Updated Apr 02 01:57 PM

The Philippines' ambassador to Lebanon passed away Thursday due to complications from COVID-19, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.   Read more »

Global virus cases near 1 million as US records youngest death

Dmitry Zaks, Hazel Ward, and Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Apr 02 10:09 AM

A six-week-old baby died of COVID-19 and global agencies warned of food shortages as coronavirus infections around the world neared one million Wednesday.   Read more »

Evacuating COVID-19 patients in France

Thomas Samson, AFP
Apr 02 09:28 AM

A medical staff watches from a platform of the Gare d'Austerlitz train station on Wednesday in Paris through the window of a medicalized TGV high speed trains before its departure to evacuate patients infected with the COVID-19 from Paris' region hospitals to other hospitals in the western France Brittany region where the outbreak has been limited so far.  Read more »