… Global infections head towards 800,000.
… China’s Wuhan city records no new cases for a week.
… US deaths pass grim milestone, as hospital ship arrives in New York.
…In the UK, business leaders and lawyers have called on the Ministry of Justice to grant early release to prisoners convicted of non-violent offences and those who are medically vulnerable and at risk of catching Covid-19 in jail.
… World Bank warns of ‘unprecedented global shock’.
… Japanese government resists calls for state of emergency.
… Australia’s infection rate slows.
… Spain has recorded a record new single-day coronavirus death toll after 849 people died from the virus between Monday and Tuesday.
… Public Health Wales has urged the country’s 440,000 smokers to quit now to reduce the risks from Covid-19 and said it has seen a sharp rise in the number of people asking for help to stop.
… The number of coronavirus cases in Russia jumped to 2,337 on Tuesday, an increase of 500, as the country recorded its biggest daily rise for the seventh day in a row.
… Dubai enforced the UAE’s first full lockdown.
… Indonesia records 114 new cases, 14 new deaths.
… Italy has extended its lockdown until Easter.
> Dipto Paul