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Wuhan official urges vigilance as China plans to mourn coronavirus 'martyrs'
The country where the virus emerged late last year will observe three minutes of silence nationwide on Saturday to mourn the thousands of "martyrs" who died in the fight against the pandemic
Singapore PM to announce new coronavirus measures on Friday
News of the address sparked a flurry of social media excitement over an apparently leaked document saying that schools in the city-state would close.
Pakistan, Bangladesh try to stop Friday prayers to avert coronavirus spike
Health experts have warned of an epidemic in South Asia, home to a fifth of the world's population, that could easily overwhelm its weak public health systems
Google releases location data to show if coronavirus lockdowns working in 131 countries
Google's analysis of location data from billions of users' phones is the largest public dataset available to help health authorities assess if people are abiding with shelter-in-place and similar orders issued across the world.
Americans urged to wear masks outside as coronavirus pandemic worsens
Global cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths
The religious retreat that sparked India's major coronavirus manhunt
The search is part of a nationwide manhunt for thousands of people linked to an outbreak of coronavirus at the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat group in a cramped corner of New Delhi,
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Our finest hour
Over the coming weeks, much will be at stake collectively, and for some of us also individually. Today, uncertainty about what the post-pandemic world will look like is rife, but we do know it will be built upon the words and deeds we choose now
Capitalism's triple crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is exposing still more flaws in our economic structures, not least the increasing precarity of work, owing to the rise of the gig economy and a decades-long deterioration of workers’ bargaining power
Stuck at home and jobless, Americans confront growing costs of coronavirus
More gloomy news came on Thursday when the Labor Department reported a whopping 6.6mln people filed for jobless claims in the past week
