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The Taiwanese government will use digital tracking to monitor people under quarantine
03 Apr 2020,·53 mins
Number of daily deaths in the US hits a new record
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has gone above 5,000 in the United States
02 Apr 2020,·23 mins
President Trump says that the US is in for a very "horrific" two weeks
02 Apr 2020,·53 mins
US death toll from Covid-19 exceeds 5,000 as hospitals struggle to cope with new patients
We go to Italy where 66 doctors have already died during the outbreak
01 Apr 2020,·23 mins
But are there enough masks available for everyone who wants to wear one?
01 Apr 2020,·53 mins
US President urges people to follow guidelines calling it 'a matter of life and death'
Takeshi Kasai said countries must take advantage of the current lull there to prepare
31 Mar 2020,·23 mins
The World Bank estimates 24m fewer East Asians will escape poverty this year
31 Mar 2020,·53 mins
The bank says major disruption to economies across Asia and Pacific 'seems unavoidable'
President Trump extends social distancing measures in the US as concern grows
30 Mar 2020,·23 mins
838 people were confirmed dead on Sunday - the country's worst day yet.
30 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Trump extends distancing measures after previously saying outbreak would end by Easter
President Donald Trump has predicted the nation will get back to work "pretty quickly"
27 Mar 2020,·49 mins
President Trump has predicted the US will get back to work "pretty quickly"
27 Mar 2020,·53 mins
President Trump has predicted the nation will get back to work "pretty quickly"
The number of global deaths is more than 21,270
26 Mar 2020,·49 mins
We look at how the threat of coronavirus is affecting refugees
26 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Half of those infected are in New York state
But how do you keep 1.3 billion people - many of them on the breadline - at home?
25 Mar 2020,·53 mins
There's panic buying as India's 1.3 billion people are told to stay at home
How do you keep 1.3 billion people inside? Especially when many are poor and vulnerable.
24 Mar 2020,·49 mins
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says measures are needed to protect the health service
24 Mar 2020,·53 mins
The British PM Boris Johnson announces strict new measures to stop coronavirus.
Japan acknowledges for the first time that the Olympics might not happen
23 Mar 2020,·49 mins
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe now says the postponement of the Olympics "may become inevitable"
23 Mar 2020,·53 mins
The Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Olympic postponement may be 'inevitable'
20 Mar 2020,·23 mins
