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While the pandemic spread around the world and country after country imposed lockdowns, life went on normally on the luxury ship as none of its roughly 1,800 passengers and 900 crew were infected.

Out of the majority of the new cases, 1,369 are work permit holders or foreigners, including Indian nationals, living in foreign workers' dormitories, it said.

A joint statement said the agreement is being signed by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Blue and White (alliance) chairman Gantz.

Reacting to Trump's comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a media briefing here that "the virus is the common enemy for all mankind".

The plan comes as the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for cloud services and data centres.

According to Trump, 'sources say' is the most often used expression in the 'Washington Post', 'New York Times', and especially the CNN.

The magnitude 6.9 quake Saturday evening occurred in the Pacific Ocean west of the Ogasawara island chain.

The program will include direct payments to farmers, ranchers and producers who Trump said have experienced 'unprecedented losses during this pandemic.'

At least five of the 31 recent deaths at the home have been officially attributed to the corornavirus, with the others still being investigated.

Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress.

The air force said two navy vessels intercepted the boat amid concerns that the refugees might bring the coronavirus into the country.

While some chloroquine drugs were already approved by the FDA before the pandemic as antimalarial medications, Resochin was not approved.

In other comments, Trump named North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming as 'a lot different' to hard-hit states like New York.

The coronavirus and resulting containment efforts have already hammered China's retail sales and industrial production.

But the number of virus patients hospitalised dropped by 474 and the number in critical care declined by 209, the health ministry's number two official said.

After a hefty barrage of criticism from Trump last week, Tedros warned that 'if you don't want many more body-bags then you refrain from politicising' the pandemic.