Hyderabad: The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected 4,22,613 people and killed 18,891, is a 'cacophony of coughing' in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day are wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators.
Although more than 1,07,000 people recovered so far, China’s National Health Commission has reported 47 new COVID-19 cases, all of which it says were imported infections in recent arrivals from abroad.
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No new cases were reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the country’s outbreak. Wuhan will remain locked down until April 8, while the two-month lockdown of surrounding Hubei province ended at midnight Tuesday.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the state's first death linked to the coronavirus outbreak.
Reynolds said the number of cases of COVID-19 has grown by another 19 across Iowa, bringing the total in the state to 124 confirmed cases.
France’s Scientific Council has recommended that France’s home confinement, which began one week ago, should last at least six weeks in total.
The recommendation was voiced to French President Emmanuel Macron during a special expert meeting on Tuesday.
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