Beginning Saturday, Germany will start to relax some border controls introduced in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus with the aim of having free travel in Europe from mid-June, Interior Minster Horst Seehofer said Wednesday.
England tentatively began easing its coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, with some people who cannot do their jobs at home urged to return to work, as stark economic data showed the disastrous impact of the pandemic.
With only 21 deaths, Singapore has one of the lowest per capita death rates for COVID-19 in the world. But a large majority of the cases are centred in its guest-worker community.
Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russian-made medical ventilator, some of which have been sent to the United States though not used, after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such machines.
With Brazilian hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, the country's state and city governments are proceeding with mandatory lockdowns against the will of President Jair Bolsonaro.
