13th April, 2020: Update of the global Coronavirus pandemic
The death rate in Italy and France - two of the countries worst-affected by the coronavirus - appears to be slowing, as the number of people confirmed to have the disease across the world rose beyond 1.8 million.
Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported the lowest number of coronavirus deaths since March 19, with 431 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, compared with 619 the previous day.
France reported 315 deaths in hospital over the last day, compared with 345 the day before. President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation for a third time later on Monday but is expected to stress the need for the lockdown to continue.
Globally, more than 114,000 people have died from the new coronavirus, while nearly 422,000 have recovered, according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
06:40 GMT - S Korea to ship 600,000 testing kits to US: Reuters
South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump, a Seoul official told Reuters news agency.
Trump made the request for testing kits in a telephone call on March 25 with President Moon Jae-in, as the United States was grappling with fast-growing outbreaks in many states.
A US Federal Emergency Management Agency cargo plane carrying the equipment is scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm (13:30 GMT) on Tuesday, the official said on condition of anonymity due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue.
06:30 GMT - Germany's cases rise by 2,537 with 126 new deaths
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Germany has risen by 2,537 to 123,016, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
That was lower than a 2,821 increase reported on Sunday, and marked the third decline after four days of increases.
The reported death toll has risen by 126 to 2,799.
05:15 GMT - Malaysia trade ministry website crashes as businesses apply to operate
The website of Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Ministry was inaccessible on Monday as businesses rushed to apply for permission to operate during the third phase of the country's lockdown.
Companies were told they had to apply online and that applications would be open from 9am (01:00 GMT).
Malaysia has said more industries can operate in the next two weeks of the shutdown providing they adhere to distancing and health control guidelines.
#coronavirus, #covid19virus, #lockdown, #virusupdate, #aucklandrepair, #iPadProrepair, #samsungrepair
#queenstreetrepair, #northshorerepair, #takapunarepair, #computerrepair, #iphoneunlock, #drmobileslimited, #0800429429
