Hi there and welcome to Al Jazeera’s persevering with protection of the coronavirus pandemic. I am Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur.
- Some 251,059 folks all over the world have now died from COVID-19, in response to information compiled by Johns Hopkins College. The variety of confirmed circumstances exceeds 3.5 million, whereas almost 1.2 million folks have recovered.
- China’s state broadcaster CCTV attacked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s feedback on the origins of the coronavirus as “insane and evasive”.
- The US might see as much as 3,000 deaths per day from the coronavirus by June 1, in response to paperwork obtained by The New York Instances newspaper.
- Italy was amongst nations in Europe and all over the world that started cautiously easing lockdowns imposed to curb the unfold of the coronavirus.
Listed here are the most recent updates:
Tuesday, Might 5
03:05 GMT – Germany studies 685 new circumstances, 139 extra deaths
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute says the variety of coronavirus circumstances within the nation has risen by 685, bringing the full to 163,860. An extra 139 deaths have been reported, bringing the full to six,831.
02:25 GMT – Fugitive in China offers himself up after failing to get well being code
Well being monitoring via cellphone apps is on the centre of China’s return to regular life after the coronavirus outbreak.
The app is colour-coded in response to every individual’s well being standing, and permits them to maneuver round, get work and even purchase meals.
But it surely appears it has additionally ensnared a person who had been on the run for greater than twenty years after a killing. The International Instances says he turned himself in as a result of he could not get the code.
A person from NW #China‘s #Gansu Province who had been at giant for 24 years for killing somebody lastly turned himself in #Zhejiang as he has no inexperienced well being code amid #COVID19 to permit him to discover a job, hire a home and purchase meals. pic.twitter.com/Q8Fgx0VvEI
— International Instances (@globaltimesnews) May 5, 2020
01:45 GMT – New Zealand studies no new circumstances for second day
New Zealand has recorded no new coronavirus circumstances for the second day in a row, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined a coronavirus cupboard assembly with Australia.
The 2 nations mentioned opening borders and Ardern mentioned it was unlikely New Zealand would have open borders with the remainder of the world for a “very long time” it was seeking to work one thing out with Australia.
Extra:
23:50 GMT – China studies one new case of coronavirus, no deaths
China’s Nationwide Well being Fee says the nation discovered only one case of coronavirus on Monday, in somebody who had returned from abroad. It additionally reported 15 asymptomatic circumstances of the illness.
There have been no new deaths.
Learn all of the updates from yesterday (Might 4) here.
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