The total number of coronavirus positive cases across the world has crossed 2 million with the highest number of cases recorded in the US.
Here are the top 10 global developments this Friday morning:
1. Total number of positive cases cross 2 million.
Total cases- 2,157,108
Death toll- 144,047
Recovered- 543,519
2. President Donald Trump laid out guidelines for a gradual reopening of the United States. He gave governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases.
3. The UK government decided to extend lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus for another three weeks, said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
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4. China reported 26 new cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, down from 46 cases a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission.
5. Mexican health officials reported 450 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 37 new deaths, bringing the country’s total to 6,297 cases and 486 deaths.
6. The IMF approved nearly $1.4 billion in emergency aid to Pakistan to help it weather the impact of the crisis.
7. Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan handed out meals to sick people in Los Angeles, in their first known public activity since moving to California at the start of the state’s coronavirus lockdown.
8. A US-based non-profit Sikh body said it provided free meals to more than a million people in over half a dozen countries across the world during the ongoing pandemic.
9. Boeing Co said it will resume commercial airplane production next week in Washington State after suspending operations last month due to the crisis.
10. Videoconferencing platform Zoom is rolling out measures meant to stem criticism over how it has handled security as users flock to the application during the coronavirus pandemic.