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Added on the 03/04/2020 16:33:59 - Copyright : BANG Showbiz
The United States commits to donating 80 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine abroad by the end of the month, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients says during a news briefing. "We will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available," Zients says. SOUNDBITE
In Switzerland, authorities in the Swiss canton of Geneva close bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses in an effort to curb the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases. Residents have been told that they should leave their homes only when strictly necessary. Hospitals have warned that surging emergency cases may force them to decide to admit one Covid-19 patient over another if his or her chances of survival are better. IMAGES
25 German army soldiers were called in to help health authorities test employees at a large slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, where more than 700 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected. IMAGES
A total of 20,796 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 531 new deaths were reported for the previous 24 hours, as the number of people in hospital and intensive care continued to decline. VIDEOGRAPHIC
More than 20,000 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 547 new deaths, even as tentative signs grew that the epidemic was steadying. VIDEOGRAPHIC