World

  • UK’s Johnson making “very good progress” in COVID-19 recovery
  • Death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 worldwide
  • Spain’s overnight coronavirus death toll at 510, lowest in 19 days
  • Italian Prime Minister extends national coronavirus lockdown(until at least May 3)
  • China Foreign Minister says China ready to help UAE in COVID-19 fight(China stands ready to provide as much assistance its capacity allows for the UAE’s fight against COVID-19, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister WangYi told his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a phone call on Friday)
  • New York City public schools to remain closed for rest of school year
  • Israel stops all flights due to COVID-19 quarantine

China

  • Officials: Most venues for 2022 Asian Games to be completed this year(Construction on 42 of the 58 venues and auxiliary facilities for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020, organizers said on Friday.)
  • The prospective vaccine in Phase II trial
  • Makeshift hospital built-in border city
  • Country’s first one-stop center for Parkinson’s disease opens in Shanghai
  • Shanghai encourages testing for returning Wuhan workers
  • Health authorities in Australia and New Zealand have expressed cautious optimism that they have slowed the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.
  • Shanghai unveils policies to bolster foreign investment, lift development (The two sets of policies released in Shanghai on Friday for attracting foreign investment have reiterated the municipal government’s resolve to further stimulate the economy amid renewed confidence on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 24 new policies took effect on Friday in a bid to further improve the city’s business environment and attract more foreign investors)
  • China sends medical expert team to Russia
  • Hubei’s severe, critical COVID-19 cases drop below 100
  • Government asks communities to ease entry of service sector workers
  • Hubei has sufficient grain supply, official says
  • New rules focus on detection of asymptomatic cases
  • China preparing for World Cup qualifiers in October, November
  • China warns against discrimination towards Hubei laborers
  • Panda cub dies from accidental suffocation