16-year-old girl included in France's highest 1-day death toll
Coronavirus cases surpassed 530,000 worldwide, with more than 24,000 deaths.
• The United States now leads the world with more than 85,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, overtaking China and Italy. There have been more than 1,200 deaths in the U.S.
• The U.S. Senate has passed a record $2 trillion stimulus package 96-0. The House is expected to vote on it Friday.
• Unemployment claims in United States skyrocketed to a record 3.283 million.
• Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that "we may well be in a recession."
• The Indianapolis 500 has been moved from Memorial Day Weekend to August 23.
• In Rome, Pope Francis tested negative for the virus after an employee in his residence was reportedly hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Ralph Lauren to make face masks and medical gowns
The group’s charity arm, the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation, said in a statement that it will start making 250,000 masks and 25,000 isolation medical gowns in the US and that it will also be donating $10m towards helping the global battle against the spread of Covid-19. Read more.
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Singapore's sex industry shuts due to coronavirus
Singapore closed entertainment venues until the end of April, and although the announcement made no mention of the government-sanctioned brothels, pimps and sex workers said they were passed the message that they too would need to close shop. Read more
South Africa reports first COVID-19 deaths as infections pass 1,000
Cases of coronavirus in South Africa passed 1,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, while also reporting its first 2 deaths. Read more.
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UK tells people not to move as housing market freezes
The UK government has urged people to avoid moving house during the coronavirus outbreak, as the pandemic brings the country's property market to a near standstill. Read more
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In China's Hubei, uncertainty, pessimism and hope as life resumes
Chinese authorities have recently announced measures to try and get consumers spending and visiting tourist attractions again, such as by handing out millions of yuan worth of discount vouchers. The government of Hubei has also pledged to help tide over small businesses with policies such as value added tax exemptions. Read more.
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South Korea reports 91 new coronavirus cases, total 9,332
The country has reported similar daily numbers for the past two weeks, down from a high of over 900 in late February. Steady stream of new cases
G20 leaders to inject $5 trillion into global economy in fight against coronavirus
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged on Thursday to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses from the coronavirus and "do whatever it takes to overcome the pandemic." Read more.
R. Kelly seeks release from jail over coronavirus concerns
From AP: R&B singer R. Kelly cited the novel coronavirus in asking a federal judge Thursday to free him from a federal jail in Chicago as he awaits trial on child pornography and other charges, a court filing by his lawyers saying scant precautions to stem the spread of the virus behind bars put Kelly's life at risk. Sanitizer and even soap is hard to come by in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, with most of its 700 inmates held in small, two-man cells that make the kind of social distancing called for to thwart the transmission of COVID-19 impossible, the filing in U.S. District Court in Chicago says. Read more.
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