Coronavirus tracker: Chinese rockets fall from sky, curfew in Saudi Arabia and more

Coronavirus tracker: Chinese rockets fall from sky, curfew in Saudi Arabia and more

Covid-19 testing in China

The Brits are deploying drones to send medical supplies to remote areas. Afixed wing twin engined UAVwhich can carry a payload of 100 kilos, will be used to deliver medical supplies to a hospital in the Isle of Wight.

The hospital lies 8 kilometres off the south coast of England.

A mother who successfully fought the novel coronavirus was reunited with her newborn baby for the firsttime.

Isabel Gonzalez was admitted to the Massachusetts general hospital 2 weeks ago. She delivered the baby on the March 30.

Overa hundred shoppers lined up at a Chanel store in Seoul after rumours of price hike spread across city.

Some shoppers lined up as early as 5 ameven though the store had issued tickets online to keep order.

UK royals, including the queen,paid a tribute to nurses around the world on International Nurses day.

They interacted with healthcare workers from Australia, India, Africa and the Caribbean.

Parisians flocked to cosmetics stores and beauty parlours a day after exiting an 8-week lockdown.

Non-essential shops including factories andnon-essential businesses reopened for the first time in eight weeks.

275 health andsocial care professionals have died in the UKdue to the Wuhan virus.

The list includes 144 national health service and131 social care workers. British PMBoris Johnson called the toll stark anddeeply horrifying.

Saudi Arabia will enforce a countrywide 24-hour curfew during the five-day eid holiday.

The curfew will apply from May 23 to May 27 following the end of the fasting month of ramadan. Commercial and business enterprises will remain open till then.

US lead virus expert Anthony faFuci saidthe actual death toll in the UScould be higher then the official figure asthose who could not get access to the health care system may not have been included in the official toll.

Fauci also warned against relaxing lockdowns too soon, saying the consequences could be serious.

Germany, France, Austria andSwitzerland will relax border restrictions from this weekend. Currently only selected border crossings are open.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has opposed the restart of premier league football next month asthe situation isn't conducive for resumption of sports.

Pakistan’s military has sought an additional outlay of Rs 63.69 billion to cover a 20 per centincrease in the salaries of the personnel of the army, navy and air force amid cost-cutting and austerity measures by the civilian government.

A memorandum submitted to the finance division by the defence ministry on May 8 stated the increase in salaries during fiscal 2020-21 is needed because of various factors that have ''affected the fiscal space and livelihood of armed forces personnel.''

Japan's countryoffice has announced plans for a future society called ''society 5.0'', under whichpeople will be given access to avatars or remote-controlled robots with the aimto build a society without physical constraints.

Big chunks of Chinese rockets weighing 17.8 tonnesfell from the sky. It was the biggest chunk of space debris to make its way back since 1991.

Ashraf al-Helw, is a third generation lion tamer,has converted his living room into a circus sohe canentertain people by live streaming performances.