Three security officials were injured when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself outside a local branch of Russia's main intelligence agency. The teen removed the bomb from the bag and detonated it. A probe has been launched to ascertain the motive...///

The World Health Organization warned Monday that wearing masks alone would not be enough to defeat the global coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 70,000 people.&nbsp;WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference that masks should only be used as part of a comprehensive package of interventions. He said there is no black or white answer, and no silver&nbsp;bullet&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;masks alone cannot stop the&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;

Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly in good spirits following his first night in the hospital for what his office described as a 'precautionary step' after contracting the new coronavirus.&nbsp;Johnson remains in charge of government despite being sent to St Thomas&rsquo; Hospital after Covid-19 symptoms of a cough and fever persisted.&nbsp;Johnson himself tweeted from hospital that he was in touch with his team and will continue to work together to fight the deadly virus.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The training of&nbsp;Gaganyaan's&nbsp;four prospective astronauts in Russia has been put on hold as the facility where the exercise is being undertaken has been temporarily shut in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, sources told PTI on Monday.&nbsp;The four test pilots of the Indian Air Force, who were chosen for India's first manned mission to space, have been undergoing training at the&nbsp;Yu.A. Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow since February.&nbsp;The suspension of training for nearly four weeks will&nbsp;not likely&nbsp;hurt the&nbsp;12-month programme&nbsp;as a&nbsp;buffer of three months&nbsp;had been kept&nbsp;to factor in exigencies.&nbsp;

While the global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be worse than one can imagine, IMF&nbsp;economists say, early signs of a recovery are appearing in China, including renewed pollution.
In a blog post, IMF&nbsp;chief economist&nbsp;Gita Gopinath&nbsp;wrote, China saw a modest recovery in a key manufacturing index in March, and satellite images show increasing concentrations of nitrogen dioxide last month, indicating a pickup in industrial activity and transportation.
She added, China's recovery is encouraging, suggesting that containment measures can succeed in controlling the pandemic and pave the way for a resumption of economic activity.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for an end to domestic violence, as fears grow that victims are unable to escape to safety because of the lockdowns imposed as the world battles the new coronavirus. In a message released late on Sunday, Guterres said there had been a "horrifying global surge" in domestic violence cases over the past two weeks, with the number of women seeking support services doubling in some countries.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus spreading across the country, reports said on Monday.&nbsp;Pressure had been mounting on the&nbsp;government&nbsp;to make the move as the pace of&nbsp;infections&nbsp;continues to accelerate &ndash; particularly in the capital Tokyo&nbsp;which&nbsp;has over 1,000 infections alone.&nbsp;Sounding alarm over the high rate of cases that couldn't be traced, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike indicated last week that she would&nbsp;favour&nbsp;a state-of-emergency declaration&nbsp;as a means to&nbsp;help her urge residents to adhere to stronger social-distancing measures.&nbsp;

Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan has cancelled the Baisakhi celebrations at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Punjab province from April 14, in which around 2,000 Sikhs from India were to participate. The number of the coronavirus cases in Pakistan on Monday reached 3,277 with the infections in the worst-hit Punjab province approaching 1,500. The deadly virus which is believed to have originated in China's Wuhan city has infected more than 1.2 million people globally.

Spain saw a fourth consecutive daily drop in the number of coronavirus-related deaths with 637 fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours.&nbsp;The health ministry said the Sunday&nbsp;toll, which the lowest in 13 days, brought the total number of deaths to 13,055.&nbsp;The number of new infections also slowed, rising 3.3 percent to 135,032, down from a rise of 4.8 percent the day before.&nbsp;&nbsp;

South Korea recorded fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases on Monday, marking the lowest number since late February. The development comes as the nation extended strict guidelines on social distancing. South Korea has recorded around 100 or fewer daily new cases for more than three weeks, but health authorities remain on high alert over cluster infections at churches and hospitals, as well as new cases coming from overseas.&nbsp;The 47 new cases, detected on Sunday and down from 81 new cases a day earlier, brought the nation's total infections to 10,284.

The ventilators that Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised to make won&rsquo;t&nbsp;be ready in time for the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;New York Governor Andrew Cuomo&nbsp;said that the&nbsp;problem with ventilator construction is the supply chain&nbsp;and Tesla&rsquo;s timeframe&nbsp;does not work as there is an immediate need for the ventilators.&nbsp;New York has become the&nbsp;epicentre&nbsp;of the fight against Covid-19, with more than 122,000 cases in the state and 4,159 deaths.&nbsp;New York City Hospitals recently shared an image on Twitter thanking Musk and Tesla for delivering 40 ventilators to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.

According to a study by researchers at the University in Hong Kong, the novel coronavirus can remain infectious on face masks for up to a week, and last on banknotes, stainless steel and plastic surfaces for more than four days. However, the virus can be killed by household disinfectants, bleach or frequent hand washing with soap and water, said the researchers in the study published in medical journal The Lancet. The researchers tested how long the virus could remain infectious at room temperature on a variety of surfaces. On printing and tissue paper it lasted less than three hours, while on treated wood and cloth, it had disappeared by the second day. On stainless steel and plastic it was present for between four and seven days.

Yemeni government officials claimed shelling by Houthi rebels on Sunday hit a prison for women in the country's south western province, killing at least six prisoners.&nbsp;The officials said the attack also wounded at least two dozen prisoners, including four children staying with their imprisoned mothers, at the central prison in&nbsp;government-held&nbsp;Taiz province.&nbsp;There has been no immediate comment from the Houthis.&nbsp;The shelling came amid a drastic escalation in fighting between the internationally&nbsp;recognised&nbsp;government's forces and the Houthi rebels in recent weeks.&nbsp;

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that at least 1.6 million people have been tested for the novel coronavirus in the United States. The number, he said, is far more than any country's been able to do. The president exuded optimism and said that the administration has started to see light at the end of the tunnel even as the US saw over 1300 deaths in last 24 hours and positive cases climed to 3.3 lakh.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital on Sunday for tests, his office said, 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus. Johnson announced he had mild symptoms of COVID-19 on March 27 and had been in self-isolation at his Downing Street residence. He had been scheduled to re-emerge on Friday after a week of recovery and working remotely, but said he would remain at home because he still had a high temperature

The number of coronavirus cases in the US climbed to at least 335,524, on Sunday with at least 9,562 dead, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Of those deaths, 1,344 were reported Saturday -- the most fatalities recorded in the US in a single day. The next two weeks will be crucial in the United States' fight against the coronavirus, warn health officials, who are urging Americans to continue practicing social-distancing measures.

Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 cases, a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak. The National Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday, that 25 of the latest cases involved people who had entered from abroad. Five new locally transmitted infections were also reported on Saturday, all in the coastal area of Guangdong. China now has a total of 81,669 cases, while the death toll has risen to 3,329.

Italy registered 525 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest daily rate within the last two weeks and down from the record high of 969 on 27 March.&nbsp;For the first time, the total number of people hospitalised across Italy fell by 61.&nbsp;This comes alongside a second day-to-day decrease in the number of intensive care unit beds in use.

Spain saw its third consecutive daily decline in the number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic as the nation recorded another 674 deaths on Sunday. Total deaths in Spain are at 12,418, the highest in the world after Italy. Deaths were sharply down from the record 950 on April 2. The number of infections were at 4.8%, indicating a slowdown in the spread from 8.2% on April 1. The number of people declared to have recovered has increased by 11%.

In a rare address to Britons on Sunday, the Queen will stress the value of self-discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. In what will only be her fifth special televised message to the country during her 68 years on the throne, the queen will also thank healthcare workers on the front line and recognise the pain already suffered by some families. Like many countries in Europe, Britain is in a state of virtual lockdown, with pubs, restaurants and nearly all shops closed, and social gatherings banned.

Carrie Symonds, fiancee of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said on Saturday she was recovering after a week of suffering from symptoms of COVID-19. Symonds tweeted: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus,&rdquo; though she had not been tested. Symonds, who is pregnant, is not currently staying with Johnson at the prime minister&rsquo;s Downing Street residence. Johnson tested positive for the virus on March 26 and remains quarantined in Downing Street.

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