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Coronavirus live: latest Covid-19 news - 17 April
NEW: Thu 16 April update of coronavirus trajectories
Daily deaths:
• US & UK may be peaking, though recent days show it’s still too early to say
• Successes in dark blue: Australia, Norway, Austria locked down early => gentle slopes
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The global coronavirus situation as of 03:00 CEST on 17 April 2020
2,176,164 cases had been detected with 145,304 deaths and 546,437 people had recovered.
You can keep up to date on all the figures from John Hopkins Map.
You can keep up to date on all the figures from John Hopkins Map.
China urges World Bank to suspend debt payments for poorest countries
China on Thursday urged the World Bank to allow its poorest borrowers to suspend debt payments while they deal with the coronavirus pandemic, saying the world's biggest multilateral development bank should "lead by example."
Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun said in a statement to the World Bank's Development Committee that all parties should take part in joint actions agreed by Group of 20 countries to address debt vulnerabilities amid the pandemic, including commercial, multilateral and official bilateral creditors.
Liu said debt service suspension by the World Bank Group's International Development Association arm would be "net present value-neutral" and would not hurt its credit rating.
If the World Bank Group "fails to participate in collective actions for suspending debt service payments, its role as a global leader in multilateral development will be seriously weakened, and the effectiveness of the initiative will be undermined," Liu said.
Netflix overtakes Disney as streaming services surge
A three-day surge in stock trading saw Netflix’s total market capitalisation reach $187.3 billion as the stock ended Wednesday at $426.75, up 3.2% for the day. The market’s broader decline was felt by Disney, who suffered a 2.5% fall in value.
Disney’s total market capitalisation dipped to $186.6 billion and less than that of Netflix’s for the first time.
The current situation worldwide
There have been 2,179,905 cases, 145,410 deaths and 546,743 people have recovered from the virus as of 2:00 CEST on Friday 17 April.
UK, United States, Spain, Germany, France, Turkey and more countries have announced stimulus packages in an effort to stave off economic and societal collapse.en.as.com/en/2020/04/16/…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro appoints Nelson Teich as health minister
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he had appointed oncologist Nelson Teich as the country's new health minister, shortly after firing his predecessor over disagreements on measures to fight coronavirus.
Bolsonaro, who has criticized social distancing measures for hurting the country's economy, said in a televized briefing that former minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta had never treated the question of employment as it should have been treated during the pandemic.
Hello and welcome to our global coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. As of 01:30 on Friday, 17 April there are 2,176,164 cases around the world. There have been 145,304 deaths and 546,437 people have recovered from the virus.
The UK has said they will remain in lockdown for at least three weeks. Poland say they will remain in lockdown until May 3 also and Spain's president says he might have to prolong lockdown measures until May 10 as there seems to be no respite from the spread of the disease.
