Write 20 hot news happened over the world since the lockdown till date
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.3 billion people ordered to lock down in India
The US could become the new epicenter of the pandemic
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games have been postponed
Australia and the UK have announced strict social distancing measures
Italian cases are slowing, with 602 new deaths and 4,789 new cases reported yesterday
Germany has more than 30,000 cases of COVID-19, with more than 120 deaths so far
The global death toll from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is more than 18,000, more than 400,000 people are infected
23:09 The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said the country's borders were now closed and imposed a state of emergency to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Internal passenger flights and river transport to and from the capital Kinshasa, where all 45 of the known COVID-19 cases have been found, were banned.
"Coronavirus does not need a passport, visa or voter's card to circulate in our house," President Felix Tshisekedi said in a speech to the nation. "We find ourselves at war with an invisible adversary."
23:03 Everyone leaving the New York City metro area should self-quarantine for 14 days, White House coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx said in a briefing.
Birx said that people traveling out of the New York might not be sick, but could have been exposed to the virus, adding that 56% of the cases in the US are coming out of the New York City metro area.
New York is now the epicenter of the outbreak in the US, with some 15,000 cases of COVID-19 and 157 deaths.
22:02 US stocks have reported their biggest gain since 1933, surging as Congress nears a deal to inject $2 trillion (€1.86 trillion) into the economy to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The S&P 500 jumped 9.8% (over 2,400 points) while the DOW jumped over 11% (over 2000 points).
Europe and Asia enjoyed similar jumps in anticipation of the US boost to the economy.
Germany's DAX rose just under 11% (9,700.57 points), and London's FTSE rose 9.05% (5,446.01 points).
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei index surged 7.13% after it was given extra lift by a Bank of Japan decision to embark on its own massive bond-buying scheme.
Market observers were quick to point out the international markets remain extremely volatile in the face of the pandemic, but investors are hopeful that the US Congress stimulus package will help businesses and households deal with the economic fallout.
Growing infections among Spain's medical staff
20:08 Spain’s armed forces have asked NATO for humanitarian assistance to fight the pandemic.
"This is a very hard week because we're in the first stages of overcoming the virus, a phase in which we are approaching the peak of the epidemic," Health Minister Salvador Illa told a televised news conference on Tuesday.
Spain’s death toll surged past 2,700 on Thursday with around 40,000 confirmed cases, giving it the third highest number of fatalities of any country in the world.
A lockdown implemented on March 14 is now expected to go on past Easter.
19:18 US President Donald Trump has announced he wants the US lockdown relaxed by my mid-April, saying that current measures will lead to an economic slowdown and ultimately "destroy" the US and trigger more fatalities than the virus itself.
"I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter," Trump said on Fox News Channel. "This cure is worse than the problem. Again, people, many people — in my opinion more people — are going to die if we allow this to continue. We have to go back to work …"
Public health experts including the WHO warned against loosening restrictions and called for stronger measures against public interactions. Lifting the measures too soon could result in a rise of coronavirus infections and hospitals being overwhelmed, they warned.
The US has a shortage of ventilators and protective gear for health care workers, and has also called on South Korea to assist in providing medical gear and equipment.
Trump said that the White House would assess whether more time is needed for the containment measures to stay in place but stressed he wanted Americans back into work to prevent economic turmoil. He said that tens of thousands of Americans die from the seasonal flu or in automobile accidents but that "we don’t turn the country off."
The US is now more than a week into a 15-day measure where all Americans are urged to practice social distancing and close non-essential businesses.
18:43 The European Commission President has warned against the rise of internet scams and cyber crimes. Criminals have taken advantage of panic and worry to sell fake medicines online.
“Our fear becomes the business opportunity of criminals,” Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter.
She said she is working closely with Europol, the EU’s united police force, to prosecute those responsible.