March 27, Friday, 2020 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Mr. Raja Pradhan

  1. Leaders from the Group of 20 countries have agreed to inject more than 5 trillion dollars into the global economy to counteract the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
  2. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the international community to cooperate in the fight against the virus.
  3. A Japanese woman infected with the coronavirus has told NHK that she lost her sense of taste and smell from the early onset of symptoms.

March 26, Thursday, 2020 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Keiko Kitagawa and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations confirmed on Wednesday that their countries will work together to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
  2. Japan’s foreign minister has raised its travel alert for the entire world to level 2 on a four-level scale due to the global spread of the coronavirus.
  3. The United Nations has called for aid funds that would help countries and regions without proper health care fight the coronavirus.