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Policemen help to start a van during the nationwide lockdown in Kolkata, India on April 13, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the countrywide Lockdown till May 3 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Str/Xinhua)
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Lockdown extended in India till May 3
A worker sprays disinfectant in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, Egypt, on April 13, 2020. Egypt reported on Monday 125 new COVID-19 infections and five deaths, bringing the death toll in the country to 164, while the number of the confirmed cases jumped to 2,190. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
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Egypt reports 125 new COVID-19 cases, 2,190 in total
A senior citizen wearing a face mask waits to receive his pension at a youth center on the outskirts of northern Cairo, Egypt, on April 8, 2020. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 110 new cases and nine deaths of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases in the country to 1,560, including 103 deaths.
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Egypt's COVID-19 cases climb to 1,560
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US Election: Sanders drops out, paves way for Biden
A woman walks a dog near the Washington Monument in Washington D.C., the United States, April 8, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 401,166 as of 12:20 local time on Wednesday (1620 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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COVID-19 cases in U.S. top 400,000: Johns Hopkins University
A staff member removes a barricade at an expressway toll station in northern Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 8, 2020.
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Wuhan reopens after 76-day lockdown
Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan, as well as other Party and state leaders, stand in silence during the national mourning for martyrs who died fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and compatriots who lost their lives in the outbreak, in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing, capital of China, at 10:00 a.m. on April 4, 2020.
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China mourns COVID-19 victims
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Global political parties call for partnership to fight COVID-19
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COVID-19: Kenya frees 4,800 prisoners
Yuan Weifang (front), an experienced ICU nurse from Shanghai Seventh People's Hospital, takes a nap on the bus back to hotel in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 1, 2020.
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China to mourn COVID-19 victims
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Feature: Kenyans adopt new lifestyles to curb spread of COVID-19
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a televised address to the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 30, 2020. Erdogan on Monday said a total of 39 locations across the country are put under quarantine due to the rising number of confirmed cases for COVID-19.
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Turkey: 39 locations under quarantine over COVID-19
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COVID-19: Zimbabwe fears more infections as thousands return from South Africa
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Russia to close border amid COVID-19 crisis
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EU to grant Tunisia €250m to fight against COVID-19
File photo taken on Dec. 13, 2019 shows British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain. British Prime Minister's Office said on Friday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had tested positive for coronavirus.
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British PM tests positive for coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link in Beijing, March 26, 2020.
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Xi calls for all-out global war against COVID-19
A Chinese team of health experts sent to provide assistance to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq pose for a group photo outside the new PCR laboratory in Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2020.
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China offers anti-virus assistance to 89 countries

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