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Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID which he said had threatened his life.

The declaration by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Sunday, which included emergency rule in southern regions, threatens to renew conflict with the government.

PM Morrison said his proposed inquiry into how the coronavirus developed and spread would not be targeted at China but was needed given how Covid-19 had killed over 200,000 people

New York has been the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US and currently has 295,106 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows last week when he used his daily live national press briefing to ask whether light could become a medical treatment.

The Republican president said he was discussing the issue with governors, particularly DeSantis, whose state is a major destination for Latin American flights.

Peru approved a decree last week that allows President Martin Vizcarra to grant humanitarian pardons to prisoners in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country's jails.

South Korea remains very skeptical about reports related to Kim's deteriorating health, insisting information of this nature is top secret and would not even be shared with North Korean allies such as China.

Now scientists on two coasts, acting quickly on their hunches in an effort to save men’s lives, are testing the hypothesis. The two clinical trials will each dose men with the sex hormones for limited durations.

In Spain, kids are allowed to go out and play for the first time in six weeks. In US, different states are taking different approaches to coronavirus lockdown.

The states opting for reopenings this week are concentrated in the South, the Midwest and mountain West, where the Covid-19 outbreak has been less severe.

The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 on Saturday and brought Spain's total toll to 23,190.

The renewed focus on testing comes as the crisis appears to be subsiding in New York, with hospitalizations for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, falling to their lowest in three weeks.

Cuomo pointed to researchers at Northeastern University who estimated that more than 10,000 New Yorkers may have contracted the disease by the time the state had its first confirmed case on March 1.

Hita Gupta brightens up people's lives by sending them handwritten notes and gift packs containing puzzle and colouring books and a packet colour pencils.

The total number of US cases was approaching 8,50,000, with most states yet to report on Thursday.