Canadian government&nbsp;has said that is will not be paying for Prince Harry&nbsp;and&nbsp;Meghan Markle&rsquo;s&nbsp;security when they step down as full-time royals in March. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Mounties have provided security for the Royal Family since the unprecedented relocation in November.&nbsp;As members of the Royal family, Harry and Meghan are entitled to 24/7, taxpayer-funded protection whether on official duties or on vacation. However,&nbsp;Canadian Taxpayers Federation handed a petition with 80,000 signatures to the Prime Minister&rsquo;s office insisting that Canadian taxpayer money should not be used for Harry and Meghan. The couple are due to officially leave the British Monarchy on March 31.
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Canadian government has said that is will not be paying for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security when they step down as full-time royals in March. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Mounties have provided security for the Royal Family since the unprecedented relocation in November. As members of the Royal family, Harry and Meghan are entitled to 24/7, taxpayer-funded protection whether on official duties or on vacation. However, Canadian Taxpayers Federation handed a petition with 80,000 signatures to the Prime Minister’s office insisting that Canadian taxpayer money should not be used for Harry and Meghan. The couple are due to officially leave the British Monarchy on March 31.

Turkey which is appearing as the new hub for coronavirus&nbsp;cases as completely stopped International travel as it halted all foreign flights. Domestic travel is also restricted and the citizens need to take prior permission if they need to travel for essential services. The late-night address by Turkish President&nbsp;Recep Tayyip Erdogan&nbsp;came on Friday as the numbers of infected patients went past 5000 with almost 100 deaths reported in the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As Spain goes in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, no more than 2 people are allowed to attend funerals according to the law. In a heartbreaking sight, an 80-year-old woman who died of cancer was buried in the presence of just 2 family members as Spain introduced stringent social distancing norms. The death toll in Spain has gone past 5000 as more than 65000 people are infected by the deadly virus.&nbsp;

Praying in a desolately empty St Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient. According to him, the pandemic has&nbsp;instead&nbsp;left "all of us fragile and disoriented". Francis led a special prayer service on the steps of St Peter's Basilica, usually reserved for two times of the year &mdash; on Christmas and at Easter.&nbsp;Francis also kissed a wooden crucifix that was carried in religious processions in Rome during an early 16th-century plague. The Vatican has confirmed four cases of Covid-19 so far.

China has said the domestic passenger flights will resume operations in the coronavirus epicentre Hubei province from Sunday as part of a plan to ease lockdown in the region. This after it reported zero Covid-19 cases for several days, though the city reported three new fatalities. Domestic operations in the province will resume on Sunday, except at&nbsp;Wuhan's&nbsp;international airport. Flight operations from Wuhan will start on April 8. Local bus and train services have already resumed in Wuhan and Hubei province.
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IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations. In an online press briefing,&nbsp;Georgieva said that&nbsp;it is clear that we&nbsp;have entered a recession&nbsp;that will be worse than in 2009 following the global financial crisis.&nbsp;She said over 80 countries, mostly of low incomes,&nbsp;have already have&nbsp;requested emergency aid from the International Monetary Fund.&nbsp;

Italy recorded a shocking spike in coronavirus deaths on Friday with 969 new victims, the worst daily record for any country since the pandemic began. The infection rate however, continued its downward trend, with the civil protection agency reporting nearly 86,500 confirmed cases in Italy -- a 7.4% increase, down from around 8.0% in previous days.

The United States now has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, according to&nbsp;Johns Hopkins University. There have been 100,717 cases including 1,544 deaths as of Friday morning. The biggest cluster by far is in New York, home to almost half the cases, overwhelming the hospital system. The United States has around 15,000 more confirmed cases than the second country on the list, Italy, and 20,000 more than China, where the disease was first identified.

Iran's health workers are fighting a new battle after a rumour spread that toxic methanol protects against coronavirus. According to news agency AP, more than 300 are dead and 1,000 sick after ingesting methanol across the Islamic Republic. Other reports suggest the toll could be much higher. Iran is one the worst affected in the region by the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic with&nbsp;the total number of fatalities at 2,378 amid 32,332 confirmed cases.

US President Donald Trump on Friday invoked wartime Defense Production Act to force auto giant General Motors to manufacture ventilators. The move comes amid a supply shortage of the life-saving medical equipment in view of the mounting coronavirus cases. According to Trump, price negotiations with the car company was taking time. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use any and all authority available under the Defense Production Act to require GM to accept, perform, and prioritise federal contracts for ventilators.

Italy, which has witnessed thousands of deaths due to Coronavirus epidemic, a 101-year-old man has been released from hospital after recovering from the&nbsp;Covid-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gloria Lisi, the deputy mayor of the Italian city of Rimini, said&nbsp;the man, who has been named only as 'Mr&nbsp;P', was admitted to&nbsp;hospital&nbsp;last week after testing positive and left the hospital on Thursday.&nbsp;Lisi said his "truly extraordinary" recovery gave "hope for the future."&nbsp;Mr. P was born in 1919, during the Spanish flu pandemic, which is&nbsp;estimated to have killed between 30 million and 50 million people worldwide.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The President of the International Federation of the Red Cross has lamented the lack of human contact that the Covid-19 virus is enforcing on him and his workers.&nbsp;In an emotional video call from Milan on Friday during a UN briefing, Francesco Rocca said that the inability to hug each other and provide physical comfort during this time of social distancing was proving particularly tough.&nbsp;On Thursday, The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appealed for 850 million US dollars to assist the world's most vulnerable people in fight against Covid-19. (SOT)&nbsp;

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock became the second high-ranking UK government member to confirm his Covid-19 diagnosis on Friday. The development comes soon after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus. Hancock, like Johnson, says he has mild symptoms of the disease and has been working from home for the past few days.&nbsp;Similar to Johnson&rsquo;s own video message, Hancock also posted a video with an optimistic message about carrying with his job with "gusto".

The death toll in Spain soared over 4,800 Friday after 769 people died in 24 hours, in what was a record one-day figure for fatalities, the AFP quoted the government as saying. Health ministry figures showed the number of deaths reaching 4,858, while cases jumped to 64,059, although the rate of new infections appeared to be slowing, registering a 14 percent increase compared with 18 per cent a day earlier.

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive&nbsp;for the deadly coronavirus.&nbsp;Johnson was tested for the virus on Thursday after experiencing &lsquo;mild symptoms&rsquo;&nbsp;and the result of the test was positive. As he continues to&nbsp;lead&nbsp;his&nbsp;government&rsquo;s response to coronavirus, Johnson is&nbsp;self-isolating in Downing Street.&nbsp;Johnson was last seen on Thursday night, as he clapped outside No 10 as part of a nationwide gesture to thank NHS staff.&nbsp;There are more than 11,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, and 578 people have died.&nbsp;

Iran on Friday announced 144 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the official number of fatalities to 2,378 in one of the world's worst-hit countries. This brings the overall confirmed cases to at least 32,332, according to the health ministry. It also noted that 11,133 of those hospitalised so far have recovered.

China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the globe, President Xi Jinping&nbsp;has said in a call with his US counterpart on Friday. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi told President Donald Trump that China "wishes to continue sharing all information and experience with the US," according to state broadcaster CCTV. Friday's call also took place as the US overtook China as the country with the most coronavirus cases. CCTV said that Xi also told Trump that&nbsp;Sino-US relations were at a "critical juncture" and that cooperation was mutually beneficial and "the only right choice."

China reported more than 50 imported cases of the coronavirus on Friday, hours after announcing a ban on foreigners entering the country. The National Health Commission said, of the 55 new infections, one was local infection and 54 were imported cases from overseas.&nbsp;This comes as bad news for China, where the&nbsp;tally of infections has dwindled dramatically in recent weeks, with only a handful of domestic patients each day.&nbsp;In a bid to prevent imported cases,&nbsp;Beijing on Thursday announced dramatic measures to curb arrivals into the country, by reducing the number of international flights, limiting the capacity on board to 75% , and imposing a ban on foreigners entering China.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment has surged to a record high as the economy goes into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim jobless benefits for the week ended 21 March, according to Department of Labor data. That is nearly five times more than the previous record of 695,000 set in 1982. The shift comes as officials in states across the country close restaurants, bars, cinemas, hotels and gyms in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with more than 83,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has overtaken China which has about 81,782 cases and Italy with 80,589. However with about 1,200 Covid-19-related casualties, the US death toll lags behind China. President Donald Trump, however, cast doubt on the numbers, saying 'you don't know what the numbers are in China.'
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The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK has risen by 115 in a single day to 578, on Thursday. It is the biggest daily rise in deaths across the country since the outbreak began. 11,658 out of 1,04,866 people who have been tested for the virus were confirmed as positive cases.&nbsp;
Thanking people working in science, health and the emergency and public services, the Queen, in a message on Instagram&nbsp;said, said the UK was "enormously thankful" for the commitment of these people.&nbsp;Chancellor&nbsp;Rishi Sunak&nbsp;has unveiled a new set of financial measures aimed at helping British workers cope with the impact of the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.
"You have not been forgotten, we will not let you behind, we all stand together", Sunak&nbsp;said.

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