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- The U.S. National Institute of Health says a study shows that an experimental antiviral drug may have helped patients recover from coronavirus. The country’s top infectious disease expert says remdesivir will become the standard of hospital care for Covid 19.
- Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said it is questionable whether it will be possible to say on May 6 that the state of emergency is over. He said it looks unlikely, noting infections continue to rise.
- Restaurants and cafes in Italy have staged a demonstration calling for government support. This comes as the country is expected to extend a ban on such businesses from opening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
- The governments of France and Spain have announced plans to reopen businesses and schools in phases as the rate of new coronavirus infections appears to be flattening.
- China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency says the National People’s Congress is to set on May 22. The event had been postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus.
- The Japanese government will award honors to 4,181 people in recognition of their extraordinary services to the country or public.
- Prime Minister Abe Shinzo told a meeting of senior officials from his governing Liberal Democratic Party on Monday that the pace of infection seems to be slowing. But he says he is not optimistic.
- Japan’s labor ministry says the ratio of job offers to applicants fell in March, extending the decline to a third month, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic became more severe.
- Prime Minister Jacinda Arden of New Zealand announced at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon that under alert level 3, the country would see 75 percent of the economy operating again.
- The number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections in Tokyo fell below 100 on Monday for the second straight day.
- European nations are moving to ease their lockdown measures against the coronavirus as the number of new infections appears to be flattening.
- Health authorities in Wuhan, China, say the number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus in the city has dropped to zero. The city in Hubei Province was the epicenter of outbreak in China.
- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an independent international review into the origin and spread of the coronavirus.
- Public health officials in New York have released the results of statewide testing. They suggest the virus may have spread far more widely than previously thought.
- As Muslims begin celebrating the holy month of Ramadan on Friday, many nations are restricting outings and gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- The head of the World Health Organization is showing a sobering message: the world needs to brace for an extended battle against the coronavirus.
- New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a new contact tracing program to prevent the further spread of coronavirus infections. It will seek to identify people who have had contact with someone who tested positive, and ask them to stay home for 14 days.
- Officials in a southwestern part of Japan have confirmed a cluster infection at an Italian cruise ship currently docked at a ship yard in Nagasaki Prefecture.
- Coronavirus crashed, stocks tumbled Tuesday as oil prices continued to slide due to the pandemic.
- The U.N. food agency is calling for global support and humanitarian aid as the number of people on the brink of starvation could nearly double by the year end because of the pandemic.
- In Japan, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures two weeks ago and extended the declaration to the entire country last week. Since then, the number of people venturing outside has dropped. However, the number of confirmed cases is rising across the country.
- In Germany, some shops are reopening as the number of new infections starts to level off. The country has reported 146,000 cases and over 4,600 deaths as of Monday.
- In Britain and France, stay-at-home orders will remain in place until May, while Austria has reopened some shops.
- Authorities in Bangkok have converted ambulances into mobile facilities to collect samples from people suspected of coronavirus infection. The converted ambulances are designed to prevent medical staff from being exposed to the virus.
- Some U.S. states are moving to ease restrictions on people’s activities after President Donald Trump unveiled his guidelines for a phased resumption of the economy. The State of Florida re-opened some beaches and parks for a limited time on Friday.
- Millions of people in the United States have no health insurance, and many avoid seeing a doctor because of the costs—even during a pandemic.
- The coronavirus has come to Africa later than other parts of the world. But the fatality rate in some countries has reached double digits.
- In the latest data on the Chinese economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s GDP growth turned into the negative in the first quarter of this year. That is the first negative quarterly growth since 1992, when the country began releasing such data.
- In Japan, the government is broadening its current state of emergency nationwide in an effort to control the spreading of the virus.
- In the United States, President Donald Trump has announced its plan for reopening the country. The virus has now killed more than 31,000 Americans and also ravaging the country’s economy.