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What happend on April 6th 2020

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UK PM admitted to hospital over virus symptoms

Monday 6th of April 2020, 0:26
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Boris Johnson is undergoing "routine tests", 10 days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Trump voices hope for ‘levelling-off’ in US hotspots

Monday 6th of April 2020, 4:28
related countries: United States United States

The president voices hope that cases are "levelling off" in US hotspots, but warns of more deaths.
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Coronavirus: Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers

Monday 6th of April 2020, 5:40
related countries: Singapore Singapore

The workers will be paid - but some have complained of overcrowded and dirty conditions.
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Cyclone Harold : Superstorm hits Vanuatu after killing 27 in Solomons

Monday 6th of April 2020, 7:44
related countries: Vanuatu Vanuatu

Vanuatu is already in a state of emergency because of the virus - and is awaiting election results.
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Hydroxychloroquine: Can India help Trump with unproven 'corona drug'?

Monday 6th of April 2020, 9:52
related countries: India India, United States United States
related places: Trump

India may 'reconsider' a ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine after a call from the US President.
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Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19

Monday 6th of April 2020, 11:39
related countries: United States United States

The Bronx Zoo in New York says this case of human-to-animal transmission appears to be unique.
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Coronavirus: South African bride and groom arrested over lockdown wedding

Monday 6th of April 2020, 14:04
related countries: South Africa South Africa

Police vans, not wedding cars, greet newlyweds who ignored South Africa's ban on public gatherings.
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Jan Kuciak: Soldier jailed for 23 years for journalist's murder

Monday 6th of April 2020, 14:44
related countries: Slovakia Slovakia

Investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancée were shot dead in Slovakia in 2018.
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Coronavirus: Nigerian actress Funke Akindele fined over Lagos party amid lockdown

Monday 6th of April 2020, 15:03
related countries: Nigeria Nigeria
related places: Lagos

Funke Akindele recently appeared in a public health video to raise awareness about coronavirus.
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James Bond actress Honor Blackman dies aged 94

Monday 6th of April 2020, 15:58
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The British actress famously played Pussy Galore opposite Sean Connery's James Bond.
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Russian white supremacists are terrorists says Trump

Monday 6th of April 2020, 17:01
related countries: Russia Russia

It is the first time the government has labelled a white supremacist group a terror organisation.
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Coronavirus: Spanish deaths fall for fourth consecutive day

Monday 6th of April 2020, 17:52
related countries: Spain Spain

Many hope the slowing death rate means lockdown measures, imposed weeks ago, are having an impact.
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Jacinda Ardern: 'Tooth Fairy and Easter bunny are essential workers'

Monday 6th of April 2020, 18:28
related countries: New Zealand New Zealand

The New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern reassures children as her country battles coronavirus.
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Drones in Africa: How they could become lifesavers

Monday 6th of April 2020, 23:24
related countries: Rwanda Rwanda

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame says drones will become important for his nation, but can they really deliver?
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Rwanda genocide: Treating the trauma 26 years on

Monday 6th of April 2020, 23:37
related countries: Rwanda Rwanda

Photojournalist Chrystal Ding documented the treatment of survivors of the genocide in Rwanda.
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