United Kingdom's RAF cargo plane departs from Turkey's Istanbul Airport with 84 tons of PPE medical equipment
Members of medical staff wearing protective equipment work during testing, amid the coronavirus outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 20, 2020. The global coronavirus cases surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
The number of people in hospital declined for a seventh day in a row while the total of patients in intensive care units fell for a 13th consecutive time, to 5,433 - the lowest level since March 30.Turkey's deaths rise to 2,259 Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 534, up from 454 the day before and the largest daily tally since Friday, the Civil Protection Agency said.The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on February 21 was 24,648, the agency said, the second highest in the world after that of the United States.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin also agreed to continue close cooperation between Turkey and Russia, said Turkey's Directorate of Communications.Over 350 Turkish nationals who were evacuated from Iraq were placed under a 14-day quarantine to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. "The Cabinet also approved export of chloroquine to the USA, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UK, Italy, Qatar, and Kazakhstan as Pakistan has additional stock of the drug," Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan told reporters after the meeting.
Turkey can manufacture domestically produced ventilators and the country has ample amount of parts and equipment.The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,187, the country's public health agency said on Tuesday, rising from 1,142 people on Monday. Singapore has extended by four weeks until June 1 a partial lockdown to curb the spread of infections in the city-state, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
The health ministry said most of the cases were migrant workers living in dormitories, a group that accounts for more than three quarters of the city-state's total infections. He dismissed as “insulting" a report by Harvard University researchers that said Indonesia must have elected not to report its cases.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed concerns that Japanese people haven’t followed social distancing measures as much as they’re supposed to under a state of emergency he declared two weeks ago to fight the spread of the virus.“Please avoid making out-of-town trips,” Abe said Tuesday. He said hospitals are overburdened already and infections must be slowed.
Thailand's 19 new cases make up its lowest daily increase since it reported seven cases on March 14, preceding a surge in new cases, that prompted the prime minister to enforce an emergency decree and order a partial lockdown.Nearly 75%, or 2,108 sufferers, have recovered. Germany's confirmed cases rose by 1,785 to 148,850, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed, marking a slight increase in the number of new infections after two days of declines.
The United States has by far the world's largest number of confirmed cases, with more than 774,000 infections, up 20,000 on Monday, with several states yet to report. Hong Kong to extend restrictions by 14 days The resolution also highlights the "crucial leading role" played by the World Health Organization, which has faced criticism from Washington and others about its handling of the pandemic.
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