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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said these decisions will place the most significant restriction on New Zealanders' movements in modern history, but it was needed to save lives and slow the virus.

The count, which began March 12, is crucial for determining how billions of dollars of federal funds are allocated and for deciding how many representatives each state gets in Congress.

A senior Trump administration official confirmed Trump sent the letter and said it was "consistent with his efforts to engage global leaders during the ongoing pandemic."

McDonald's is considering waiving rent and service fees for April and March, a move that followed Subway restaurants after it announced cut downs due to the virus.

Latin America's largest country, with a population of 210 million, has so far registered 621 cases of the coronavirus, with six deaths.

The 28-year-old man hailing from the north-eastern states of Manipur and Mizoram was admitted to the Poriya hospital with severe chest injuries after the racist assault.

Governor DeWine had asked a state court for permission to postpone the election, but a judge denied the request.

Mike Pompeo raised "strong objections" to Chinese efforts "to shift blame for COVID-19 to the United States" in a phone call with Yang Jiechi, a top foreign policy official in Beijing, the State Department said.

"To me, it's not just nominating a woman. It is making sure that we have a progressive woman and there are progressive women out there," said Bernie Sanders, in response.

More than 100,000 people were estimated to be living with HIV in the UK in 2018.

Coronavirus' true fatality rate isn't yet known, but it seems 10 times higher than the flu, which kills hundreds of thousands around the world each year, the United States' top infectious disease expert told lawmakers last week.

The Southeast Asian nation announced a spike of 190 new cases of the infection over the weekend, mostly linked to a global Islamic event attended by almost 20,000 people.

As the war enters its 10th year, the government of President Bashar al-Assad now controls more than 70 percent of Syrian territory, thanks to the military support of its allies Russia, Iran and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Chan Kin-man played a leading role in the 2014 "Umbrella" civil disobedience movement, aimed at achieving universal suffrage.

The bill will add federal funds to the Medicaid federal health program, and strengthen food benefits for poor Americans, including those children reliant on free school meals.

They are textbook examples of disastrous communication during disease outbreaks, according to some researchers into the psychology of pandemics and how leaders can most effectively communicate to keep the public safe during them.