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Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation. "We will meet again", she pointedly said in a direct reference to the most famous British song from the war years of the 1940s, when she was a teenager. "Better days will return." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3e2us86

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Japan will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus. More than 3,500 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Japan and 85 have died, not a huge outbreak compared with some hot spots, but the numbers keep rising with particular alarm over the spread in Tokyo, which has more than 1,000 cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XfawZs

The stringent measures taken by Sri Lanka to stem the spread of novel coronavirus will continue until the Sinhala and Tamil New Year on April 14 and a team of experts headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will monitor the COVID-19 crisis till it is brought under control, the President's Media Division has said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wWEvuH

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A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies largely waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2x5HBMQ

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. "For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes," Guterres said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yDxy1Z

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. "For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes," Guterres said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yDxy1Z

Americans are bracing for what the nation's top doctor warns would be "the hardest and saddest week" of their lives due to an expected wave of coronavirus deaths to come. "This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment," US surgeon general Jerome Adams said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dZD2V2

President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday that the United States was seeing a “leveling-off” of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nation's hot spots, but some of his top medical advisers took a more tempered view. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Xdt7oI

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A slight dip in new coronavirus deaths in New York over the last 24 hours may be a glimmer of hope that the spread is slowing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as overall fatalities in the state climbed to nearly 4,200. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yCrOFK

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Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was screened for the COVID-19 disease after developing a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement. All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2x98FuH

US governors on Sunday appealed to the White House for a national strategy against the fast-spreading coronavirus, as deaths surged and health authorities warned the coming week could resemble a "Pearl Harbor moment." from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RcxigE

Captain Brett Crozier's COVID-19 test result was reported Sunday by the New York Times, just hours after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the captain's firing. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xTxr1K

Soaring numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Ecuador's second city Guayaquil have led to a shortage of coffins, forcing locals to resort to using cardboard boxes, city authorities said Sunday. ​​Authorities in the Pacific port city said they had received a donation of 1,000 pressed cardboard caskets from local producers, and delivered them for use in two local cemeteries. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V7Ajjt

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India is considering a request by President Trump to relax the ban on export of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug which, as Trump has claimed in the past, can help treat Covid-19 patients. Mentioning his conversation with PM Modi on Saturday, Trump had said India was giving “serious consideration’’ to supply the drug to the US. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34fhor6