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The number of COVID-19 patients being treated in intensive care in Belgium has decreased for the first time, with trends indicating the epidemic is being taken under control.
In a week, Belgium has more than doubled its testing capacity from 4000 to 10,000 per day.
But the country has been urged to stick with lockdown measures that may be extended from April 19th to the beginning of May.
Lucy Hough reports from Brussels.
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Charities are warning that cases of domestic abuse are soaring amid the coronavirus lockdown in the UK.
Calls to a national helpline have risen by 25% since the restrictions were imposed.
Holly Hudson has more.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "still very much in charge," UK government ministers claim, despite spending the night in hospital with coronavirus.
Mr Johnson was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with "persistent symptoms," including a temperature.
He tested positive for the virus on 27th March.
With more, our reporter Benji Hyer.
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Uganda's COVID-19 cases have risen to 52 after 4 more cases were confirmed.
The Ministry of Health in Uganda says the new cases were in quarantine at the time of test and did not show any signs and symptoms of the coronavirus.
Michael Baleke reports from Kampala
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Another passenger from the Ruby Princess cruise ship has died of the coronavirus, bringing the total death toll from the ship to 12, almost a third of the entire deaths from COVID-19 in Australia.
As Arthur Stevens reports, the news comes as the ship is now berthed at Port Kembla in Australia's Illawarra region south of Sydney.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia are 'very, very' close to a deal on oil production cuts, according to the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. Oil prices hit 18-year lows in March after a deal between oil-exporting countries expired. Lucy Taylor reports from Moscow.
Japan once again saw record high numbers of coronavirus cases over the weekend, prompting more calls for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency. Grace Lee brings us the latest from Tokyo.
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Zanzibar-based political parties have asked the government there to put the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia under a three-week quarantine in efforts to quell the spread of the coronavirus.
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The United States of America has announced a US Dollars 1 million health assistance package for Tanzania in response to COVID-19.
Isaac Lukando has more from Dar es Salaam.
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Americans are being advised to wear facemarks whenever they go out, in a U-turn by the US Government.
At the White House, President Trump says he won't be wearing one.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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