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All use the Zoom videoconferencing application to get together while staying apart during the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

The Trump administration has stockpiled millions of doses of Hydroxychloroquine, given the urgency of the situation.

The UN has called on countries to release vulnerable inmates, with Afghanistan last week announcing it would set free some 10,000 prisoners.

The continent has recorded 508,271 cases and 34,571 COVID-19 deaths, compared to global figures of 940,815 and 47,836 respectively.

Barring Italy, the virus has killed more people in Spain than anywhere else, triggering a lockdown that has brought economic activity to a virtual standstill.

When a waitress told him that the restaurant was closed, he smashed the plate and spat onto the floor before leaving.

Zhang Linqi at Tsinghua University in Beijing said a drug made with antibodies like the ones his team have found could be used more effectively than the current approaches, including what he called 'borderline' treatment such as plasma.

Both the countries have provided humanitarian assistance to each other in times of crisis in the past and will no doubt do so again in the future, US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said.

Trump initially downplayed the virus, comparing it to the seasonal flu and declaring it may go away on its own. The administration also has been criticised for not supplying needed protective medical gear for health care workers.

The US Geological Survey reported that the quake's epicenter was in a remote mountain region northeast of the state capital Boise.

The Swedish government has adopted the policy of building “herd immunity”, the path that Britain set out on before a group of scientists warned that such a policy could lead to up to half a million deaths by August.

Australia has introduced a host of stricter rules on social distancing, including on-spot fines for individuals and businesses and gathering restrictions to only two people outdoor or indoor.

The measures stated just three people can attend a burial or cremation adding that social distancing of one to two metres must be maintained as Spain registered 7,340 deaths due to Covid-19.

The chaos unfolding across India in recent days has spelled out that for the 74 million people -- one sixth of the urban population -- who live cheek by jowl in the country's slums, social distancing is going to be physically and economically impossible.

Ferguson said a third or even 40% of people do not get any symptoms. He said perhaps 2% to 3% of the United Kingdom's population had been infected.

Ardern's news conferences for more than 30 minutes a day, taking queries, streaming Facebook videos and posting pictures on Instagram, offer a contrast with some world leaders who have stumbled through confusing briefings about virus combat plans.