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- 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.