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The Acting US Secretary of the Navy is defending his criticism of the former captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier that's seen an outbreak of COVID-19. Captain Brett Crozier was fired after a he wrote a letter to top U.S. Navy commanders
warning about the threat COVID-19 posed to the sailors on the aircraft carrier.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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The coronavirus death toll in the United States has risen above ten thousand amid some preliminary signs that the crisis in New York may have reached its peak.
President Trump declared there is "light at the end of the tunnel", but Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York says it's much too early to reach that conclusion.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The updated measures follow directives of the joint meeting of the Ministers responsible for Health and East African Affairs of the regional bloc issued on March 25 this year on the novel virus preparedness and response.
Daniel Kijo has more from Dar es Salaam.
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Honor Blackman, best-known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died at the age of 94.
The British actress, who became a household name in the 1960s, enjoyed a career spanning eight decades.
She died of natural causes, unrelated to coronavirus.
Our reporter Benji Hyer brings us the reaction.
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The US already has more cases of Coronavirus than anywhere else in the world - now its bracing itself for a week in which officials say the number of deaths will peak.
America has nearly twice as many cases as Spain and Italy, according to Reuters news agency - with roughly twice as many people a day dying.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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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.
