French police will not shy away from enforcing a coronavirus lockdown in the high-rise Paris suburbs where unrest has erupted the past four nights, the interior minister said, as a motorcyclist whose run-in with officers sparked riots appealed for calm.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have expressed great concern about the impact of stay-at-home orders on the country's economy and the personal liberty of Americans. A handful of mostly southern U.S. states will begin loosening economic restrictions this week in the midst of a still virulent pandemic.
Relieved Spanish parents welcomed on Wednesday a decision allowing children out on short walks for the first time in more than a month as the government contemplated a broader easing of one of the world's strictest coronavirus lockdowns by late May.
Health officials say two people died with the coronavirus in California weeks before the first reported U.S. death from COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive carbon dioxide emissions down six per cent this year, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, in what would be the biggest yearly drop since the Second World War.
The British government faced a call Wednesday for an inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus crisis after failing to fully explain partial death data, limited testing or the lack of equipment for hospitals. One analysis of government data on deaths suggested the COVID-19 toll could be much higher than the official tally.
Canada's chief public health officer says provinces and territories may take different approaches as the COVID-19 epidemic unfolds and governments look toward reopening — but Dr. Theresa Tam said steps taken by Canadians across the country to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus have prevented an explosion of cases. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.
Next week, New Zealand will emerge from one of the most stringent lockdown's in the western world. Rather than just flattening the COVID-19 infection curve, the country is poised to eradicate it altogether.
