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17/03/2020 06:06 GMT
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17/03/2020 07:06 GMT
17/03/2020 08:06 GMT
Coronavirus: UK and US announce economic stimulus packages
US and UK governments announce massive stimulus packages to bolster their economies
Coronavirus: US pushes direct payment plan as part of $1tn stimulus
Trump administration says it's planning a big and bold economic stimulus package
US election 2020: Biden crushes Sanders in hat-trick
Biden extends his lead winning in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
Joe Biden wins Florida, Illinois and Arizona Democratic primaries
Former US vice-President extends his lead in the Democrats presidential contest
Joe Biden crushes Bernie Sanders in hat-trick
Joe Biden extends his lead in the Democrats presidential contest
Biden sweeps three state primaries, bringing him closer to Democratic nomination
Joe Biden extends his lead over Bernie Sanders in the Democrats presidential contest
Covid-19: Big European Central Bank bailout
An $820bn package will buy government and company debt across the Eurozone
Quantas suspends international flights
The Australian airline is also standing down two thirds of its workforce
Two new countries in Africa have now registered cases
The virus has surfaced in Gambia and Zambia in addition to about 24 other nations
Italy's coronavirus death toll nears 3000
The number of deaths increased by 475 in just one day
No new Covid-19 cases in China
For the first time since the outbreak, the country has no new "homegrown" cases
European Central Bank in Covid-19 bailout
The European Central Bank has pledged $820bn to prevent a financial crash
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Doubts over Tokyo Olympics
The Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Olympic postponement may be 'inevitable'
Japan admits Olympic Games may be cancelled
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe now says the postponement of the Olympics "may become inevitable"
Japan PM: Olympics may be cancelled
Japan acknowledges for the first time that the Olympics might not happen
UK under lockdown
The British PM Boris Johnson announces strict new measures to stop coronavirus.
Coronavirus: UK brings in strict new measures
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says measures are needed to protect the health service
24/03/2020 07:06 GMT
India goes into lockdown
How do you keep 1.3 billion people inside? Especially when many are poor and vulnerable.
Coronavirus: a third of the world's population now under lockdown
There's panic buying as India's 1.3 billion people are told to stay at home
India becomes latest country to go into lockdown
But how do you keep 1.3 billion people - many of them on the breadline - at home?
US coronavirus cases surpass 60,000
Half of those infected are in New York state