Countries facing pressure to loosen coronavirus restrictions
Hard-hit Spain is allowing workers in some non-essential industries to return to factories and construction sites.
Hard-hit Spain is allowing workers in some non-essential industries to return to factories and construction sites.
The Royal Maundy is an ancient ceremony originating in the commandment Christ gave after washing the feet of his disciples the day before Good Friday.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has climbed to nearly 1.5 million worldwide, with almost 90,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The advance of the pandemic is taking place at different paces in different countries.
The annual list of gifts that the US president gave to foreign leaders reveals that he gave the Queen a silver poppy brooch.
The Games have been postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he planned to keep the state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures in place for a month.
The state of emergency will cover Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and four other hard-hit prefectures, and will be in effect for about a month, Shinzo Abe said.
There are concerns that Japan may have diminished the full impact of the virus prior to the Olympics being postponed.
The meeting comes amid criticism that the world’s wealthiest countries have not taken enough action to combat the virus or its economic impact.
A decision to postpone the Games until 2021 was taken on Tuesday.
The task force met for the first time on Thursday.
The Games will no longer take place in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Games were put back to 2021 on Tuesday.
The move came as US congress and the White House reached an agreement on a massive American aid programme.