[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 141 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. One additional death was also recorded.
Spain’s government declared a state of emergency and a new partial lockdown for the virus-hit Madrid area on Friday after seeing its previous measures struck down in court, with the wrangling emblematic of the difficulties faced by governments around Europe.
Public anger has deepened in Israel over a bitterly unpopular second coronavirus lockdown after reported violations by high-profile figures, including a hairdresser visiting the prime minister’s wife.
The Pentagon’s top general, quarantined after being exposed to Covid-19, assured that the military remains at the ready to defend the United States and allies.
[block type="summary”]The British government on Friday said it would pay up to two-thirds of staff monthly wages to firms forced to close over the winter months, as infection rates skyrocket.
