Global virus deaths mount as US surpasses China’s official toll

More than 40,000 people have been killed in the coronavirus pandemic as the disease barrels across the globe, with the US bracing for its darkest hours after its death toll surpassed China’s on Tuesday.

While there are hopeful signs that the spread of infections is slowing in hardest-hit Italy and Spain, more than 800 died overnight in both countries. France joined it with a surge to 3,525 deaths, an official toll that includes only those who died in hospital and not those who died at home or in old people’s homes.The inundation of patients has sent health facilities around the world into overdrive.

While many companies and schools around the globe have shifted to teleworking and teaching over video platforms, huge swaths of the world’s workforce cannot perform their jobs online and are now lacking pay and face a deeply uncertain future. With more than 175,000 infections in the United States, three-quarters of Americans are now under some form of lockdown.

Last week G20 leaders said they were injecting $5 trillion into the global economy to head off a feared deep recession. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned governments not to use emergency measures as a pretext for power grabs.

Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Global coronavirus death toll tops 40,000: AFP tallyThe coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people worldwide with nearly three-quarters of the deaths in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 1620 GMT Tuesday using official figures.
Source: manilabulletin - 🏆 25. / 51 Read more »

Global lockdown tightens as coronavirus deaths mountWorld leaders – several of whom have been stricken or forced into isolation – are still grappling for ways to deal with a crisis that will have economic and social shockwaves unseen since World War II. coronavirus
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »

Moscow under lockdown as global virus cases top 700,000(UPDATED) Worried governments are imposing fresh confinement measures in the face of a spiraling COVID-19 death toll which saw another 800 people die in the last 24 hours in Spain alone
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »

Global lockdown tightens as coronavirus deaths mount
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

U.S. regulator approves limited use of malaria drugs for virusThe US Department of Health and Human Services details recent donations of medicine to a national stockpile – including chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, both being investigated as potential COVID19 treatments.
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »

U.S. could take equity shares in coronavirus-hit airlines – officialsThe massive financial rescue plan passed by the United States Congress designates $50 billion for the airline industry. coronavirus
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »