UK has 8,000 ventilators and another 8,000 on the way, junior minister says
Britain currently has about 8,000 ventilators with another 8,000 on order to come into the health system in a week or so, junior health minister...
No more coffee and cakes: London cafe owner rushes to help health service
The owner of a popular north London cafe is among more than 400,000 people who signed up to help Britain’s National Health Service cope with...
G20 leaders to convene remotely as coronavirus cases near half a million
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies will speak by video link on Thursday about combating the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impacts, as...
Indian police use violence against coronavirus lockdown offenders
Baton-wielding police in India have been filmed beating people breaking the coronavirus lockdown rules and making some offenders do physical punishments. Joe Davies reports...
Indonesia races against time to build hospitals
Indonesia is urgently building new hospitals as the country’s public health system is at risk of being overwhelmed amid the coronavirus outbreak. Gloria Tso reports....
India’s coronavirus cases tick up despite immense lockdown
Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services to 1.3 billion people locked...
Oil prices fall as demand shrinks but limited by stimulus
Oil prices fell on Thursday following three days of gains, with the prospect of rapidly dwindling demand due to coronavirus travel bans and lockdowns offsetting...
UK’s Daily Mirror, Mail predict coronavirus financial hit
The publishers of Britain’s Daily Mail and Daily Mirror newspapers both flagged expected financial hits from the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, saying advertising and other...
UK health minister says 560,000 volunteers sign up to help NHS
Britain’s health Minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday that 560,000 people had volunteered to help the National Health Service during the coronavirus crisis, more than...
Spain extends state of emergency until April 12 as coronavirus crisis worsens
Spain awoke to the prospect of more lockdown on Thursday after parliament approved an extension to its state of emergency in the early hours of...