Lombardy still continues to suffer despite de-escalation
coronavirus
24 May 2020
/ 20:09
The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology produces argument against the Chinese sabotage theory and says that the lab was working with three strains of bat coronaviruses but none of them match with the COVID-19 strain.
- UK's chief adviser Dominic Cummings, who received calls to resign after breaking lockdown to see his parents, is still under fire after witnesses reported seeing him taking a second trip. Despite this, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Dominic Cummings "acted responsibly, legally and with integrity" when he travelled from London to Durham during lockdown!
- New York state's daily death toll recorded below 100 for the first time since late March.
- As regions in Italy continue easing lockdown and start reopening swimming pools, sports centers, museums and cinemas, official data show that a third of new COVID-19 cases in the country are still in the Lombardy region.
- Spain will reopen to international tourists from July, announced the prime minister Pedro Sánchez. He also said the country's top two football divisions will be allowed to resume behind closed doors from 8 June.
- Churches in France have reopened for Sunday mass for the first in two months. Worshipers must follow social distancing measures.
- French health minister Olivier Véran has ordered a review of the use of hydroxychloroquine after a study published by The Lancet proved it increases the chance of dying from the infection in COVID-19 patients.
- Two Premier League players have been found positive in the latest round of COVID-19 tests.
- Muslims across the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan while respecting social distancing measures. Prayers are going virtual in Saudi Arabia, where mosques are broadcasting the call to Eid prayers.
- Argentina extends lockdown restrictions for another two weeks in the capital Buenos Aires as the number of infections increase in the country.
- New Zealand confirmed zero new cases in the last 24 hours.
- Russia reported its highest daily death toll, 153 deaths in the last 24 hours.
- New York state's daily death toll recorded below 100 for the first time since late March.
- As regions in Italy continue easing lockdown and start reopening swimming pools, sports centers, museums and cinemas, official data show that a third of new COVID-19 cases in the country are still in the Lombardy region.
- Spain will reopen to international tourists from July, announced the prime minister Pedro Sánchez. He also said the country's top two football divisions will be allowed to resume behind closed doors from 8 June.
- Churches in France have reopened for Sunday mass for the first in two months. Worshipers must follow social distancing measures.
- French health minister Olivier Véran has ordered a review of the use of hydroxychloroquine after a study published by The Lancet proved it increases the chance of dying from the infection in COVID-19 patients.
- Two Premier League players have been found positive in the latest round of COVID-19 tests.
- Muslims across the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan while respecting social distancing measures. Prayers are going virtual in Saudi Arabia, where mosques are broadcasting the call to Eid prayers.
- Argentina extends lockdown restrictions for another two weeks in the capital Buenos Aires as the number of infections increase in the country.
- New Zealand confirmed zero new cases in the last 24 hours.
- Russia reported its highest daily death toll, 153 deaths in the last 24 hours.
