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Workers load deceased person into truck trailer outside Brooklyn Hospital Center during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

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A man wearing a gas mask and a woman wearing an air filtering mask embrace at their window

French Suspected of Having Coronavirus Can't Get Tested for Three Weeks

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Last update: 04:19 GMT 01.04.2020
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US
US Coronavirus Death Toll May Total From 100,000 to 2.2 Million People - White House
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll in the United States may range from 100,000 people in the good and up to 2.2 million people in the worst-case scenario, according to expert materials released on Tuesday by the White House.
Last update: 03:21 GMT 01.04.2020
03:21 GMT 01.04.2020
Europe
Austria Agrees to Accept French Patients With COVID-19 for Treatment
France remains one of the countries worst affected by the new coronavirus disease in Europe, with over 52,800 infections registered and at least 3,532 fatalities, according to the latest updates.
Last update: 23:18 GMT 31.03.2020
23:18 GMT 31.03.2020
Europe
Italy's Lamborghini Will Produce Surgical Masks to Help Fight COVID-19 Outbreak
Italy remains the European country hardest hit by the new coronavirus disease, with nearly 105,800 people infected and over 12,400 deaths, according to the live-map by Johns Hopkins University.
Last update: 23:27 GMT 31.03.2020
23:27 GMT 31.03.2020
World
Trump Says Russia, Saudi Arabia in Talks Over Oil Prices, US to Join at Right Time
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said that Russia and Saudi Arabia are in consultations about the oil prices slump and the United States may join them at an appropriate time.
Last update: 22:59 GMT 31.03.2020
22:59 GMT 31.03.2020
Military & Intelligence
US Marine Corps Halts 2,500-Troop Deployment to Australia Amid COVID-19 Travel Ban
Concerns over the COVID-19 novel coronavirus infiltrating the ranks of US troops have resulted in a delay to the deployment of some 2,500 Marines to Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 2020.
Last update: 22:49 GMT 31.03.2020
22:49 GMT 31.03.2020
India
Covid19 Lockdown: Police File Case Against Islamic Scholars for Flouting Govt Orders in Delhi
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 16 March, an Islamic organisation had organised a religious gathering in the national capital with participants from Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and Kyrgyzstan. But around 1,400 people continued to stay at the venue even after New Delhi ordered a 21-day lockdown, risking their health in the process.
Last update: 02:33 GMT 01.04.2020
02:33 GMT 01.04.2020
World
British Citizen Enters Guinness Book of Records as World's Oldest Living Man
Despite being 112 years and 1 day old, as of 30 March, the Brit still couldn't beat the record set by Kane Tanaka - a Japanese supercentenarian who is the oldest living person on Earth. Her age is 117 years old.
Last update: 22:45 GMT 31.03.2020
22:45 GMT 31.03.2020
Society
Bits from Book About Epstein: СIA, Michael Jackson, Heavyweight Politician, Surrogacy Proposition
The 66-year-old had rubbed shoulders with many powerful men, including US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. In July he was arrested on charges of running a sex trafficking network of minors. However, he didn’t live to see the trial. On 10 August Epstein hanged himself in his cell.