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Around 14 million South Korean households will qualify for financial assistance under the government’s newly announced disaster support fund. On Monday, the country’s President Moon Jae-in announced that the government would provide funding to households in the bottom 70% of incomes. According to Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, there are 14 million households in that income bracket. The level of support depends on the number of people in the household, with one person households qualifying for 400,000 won ($327), while households with four or more people will receive 1 million won ($817) in support. South Korea’s cases: The East Asian country has…

President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday for the first time that deaths in the United States from coronavirus could reach 100,000 or more, adding that if the death toll stays at or below 100,000, “we all together have done a very good job.” Trump’s assertion came after he was asked about comments the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, made earlier Sunday that based on models, 100,000 Americans or more could die from the virus. On Sunday, Trump said during an evening news conference at the White House that he’d decided to extend the nationwide social distancing guidelines — which include suggested limits on large…

More than 230 members of New York’s Fire Department have confirmed positive coronavirus tests as of Friday, according to the department. The members include firefighters, emergency medical responders, and civilians, the department said. The department experienced the busiest four days in the history of EMS at the end of last week – “each day has broken a record,” the department said in an email.

Motorists entering Florida will be directed to weigh stations by law enforcement officers who will allow travelers to either return to the interstate or to pull aside for further screening, according to a release from the Florida Department of Transportation. The measure is part of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order to limit community spread by requiring travelers on I-10 and I-95 coming from Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to isolate for a period of 14 days. Travelers entering Florida will be required to complete a form, including each traveler’s contact information and trip details, the release said. “Failure to…

Bahrain tested a total of 31895 until now. There are 224 active cases. These include 223 stable cases and 1 critical case. 272 people have been discharged. Only 4 death has been reported until now. Read more about the fourth death – Click Here Read more about the third death – Click Here Read more about the second death – Click Here

There are about 701,525 COVID-19 cases reported worldwide. 33,174 people have been dead and 141,916 people have recovered. The US still holds the record for the most COVID-19 cases reported in a country with 141,916 confirmed cases. 2,612 people have got recovered and 2,328 deaths have reported in the US. Italy comes the second with 97,689 confirmed cases. Italy holds the record for the most deaths from COVID-19 with 10,779 deaths and 13,030 people have been recovered. China still seems to have the situation controlled under their hands.

UAE confirmed 102 new coronaviruses (Covid-19) cases on Sunday, along with three new recoveries. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, 102 new cases were confirmed, taking the total cases in the country to 570. The three new recoveries take the total tally of recoveries to 58. The statement said that the newly recovered nationals included one person from the Philippines and two people from India. Another person died from the virus, taking the toll to three in UAE, until March 29. The new cases are nationals of the following countries: – One from New…

Italy recorded 756 new deaths related to coronavirus in the past 24 hours — a slight decline, bringing the total number of fatalities to 10,779, the Civil Protection Agency said on Sunday. The number of new cases also pointed to a downward trend with 3,815 confirmed active cases. The total number of active cases is 7,880. In all, the total number of cases including those who have recovered is 97,689.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during his daily press conference at least 8,503 people are in the hospital for coronavirus. At least 965 people have died from coronavirus across New York, he said. That number is up from 728 previously reported. He also said at least 282 people are in intensive care across New York and about 165 people have been intubated. There are 59,313 confirmed Covid-19 cases across New York, Cuomo said. At least 172,360 people have been tested.

A 108-year-old woman and survivor of the 1918 Spanish flu is thought to have become the oldest victim of coronavirus in the UK. Hilda Churchill died in a Salford care home on Saturday, hours after testing positive for Covid-19 and just eight days before her 109th birthday. She is the oldest victim of the virus to be named in the UK. She was born in 1911, the year before the Titanic sank and three years before the start of the first world war. It was also seven years before the Spanish flu pandemic, which infected 500 million worldwide, and killed her sister. The coronavirus…