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Addis Ababa, April 15, 2020 (FBC) - The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the world has reached two million. That's according to figures from Johns Hopkins…

Addis Ababa, April 15, 2020 (FBC) - US President Donald Trump has announced he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). He accused the UN agency of mismanaging and…

Addis Ababa, April 14, 2020 (FBC) -India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. The…

Addis Ababa, April 13, 2020 (FBC) - China has just released its latest coronavirus update. The National Health Commission says there were 108 new cases of the virus at the end of April…

Addis Ababa, April 11, 2020 (FBC) -The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins University…

Addis Ababa, April 10, 2020 (FBC) -EU finance ministers have agreed a €500bn rescue package for European countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The chairman of the Eurogroup,…

Addis Ababa, April 9, 2020 (FBC) - The economic fallout from the crisis could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people. This bleak warning comes from a UN study into…

Addis Ababa, April 8, 2020 (FBC) - Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and payment app Square, has said he will donate $1bn (£810m) towards efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.…

Addis Ababa, April 8, 2020 (FBC) - The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in…

Addis Ababa, April 7, 2020 (FBC) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Downing Street…