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The global international agency said that the pandemic has caused a 22 per cent fall in international tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2020.

Despite the risks, some governments in hard-hit Europe have said are signs of progress that justify cautious steps towards normality.

China’s total number of Covid-19 cases now stands at 82,887, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,633, the national health authority said.

Taiwan, which is not a member of the United Nations, has been excluded from the WHO, which is a UN agency, due to objections from China.

Large-scale parades that had been envisaged to commemorate the victory over the Nazis have been downsized as the world grapples with coronavirus crisis.

Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Among those who were willing to be vaccinated against the virus, 89% would do so if it was made in the United States, and 11% said they would take it if it were developed in another country.

South African High Commissioner to India Sibusiso Ndebele said 'the warm and cordial relationship' between India and South Africa needs to delivery on its 'economic potential'.

Princess Basmah bint Saud, a 56-year-old royal family member long seen as a proponent of women's rights and a constitutional monarchy, mysteriously disappeared from public life in March last year.

In Thailand and India, where virus numbers are relatively low, people greet each other at a distance, with palms joined together as in prayer.

Indian-American Ashok Michael Pinto currently serves as Counselor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the United States Department of the Treasury.

A group of Democratic Senators on Monday said there has been a surge in hate crime against Asian-Americans amid coronavirus pandemic and urged the Trump Administration to take concrete steps to arrest the spike.

The government is obliged to review the lockdown by May 7 and Johnson has said he would like to set out a roadmap and a menu of options for easing restrictions.

Dozens of Afghans had crossed into Iran illegally from western Herat province when the incident happened on Friday, local media said.

Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late February, said Dr. Anne Schuchat.

With lockdowns easing and people thawing out their on-hold lives, it is suspected the enormity of so much loss will now start to sink in.