[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 78 new cases of coronavirus were found yesterday. The death toll remains at 114.
Devastating economic figures poured in Friday as nations counted the cost of their efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as fresh spikes forced many countries including Britain to put the brakes on a return to normality.
Hopes that Australia may have escaped the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic were fast fading on Friday as a growing outbreak in its second-largest city has officials eyeing draconian measures to curtail the spread.
Dutch airline KLM said Friday it would shed up to 5,000 jobs due to a “crisis of unprecedented magnitude” caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Vietnam has recorded 45 new cases of COVID-19 -- its highest single daily tally since the pandemic began -- as an outbreak in the resort city of Danang erodes the country’s efforts to stay virus-free.
