Top 10 world news today: Spain's death toll rises, Singapore extends lockdown, and more!

Greece has ordered the shutting down of a hotel in Peloponnese where according to reports at least 150 people have tested forcoronavirus.

The virus has killed over 171,255 people worldwide since it was first reported in Wuhan on December 31 last year.

Officials say the numbers tend to go up slightly on Tuesdays following a slight delay in receiving data from the regions on deaths that have occurred over the weekend.

Under the nationwide lockdown, motor traffic congestion has dropped by 30-75%, along with air pollution.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday announced the extension of the lockdown till June 1.

"We have been warning from day one that this is a devil that everyone should fight," Tedros told a virtual briefing in Geneva.

A scene that has repeatedly been on view several times in recent weeks in Europe is an assailant destroying 5G towers, claiming link to coronavirus.

According to the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper, the vehicle bearing a UN license plate was attacked in Rakhine State en route to Yangon late Monday afternoon.

According to their doctors, their abnormal skin colour is caused by hormonal imbalances after their livers were damaged by the virus.

Whether from a bat or a pangolin, the deadly virus originated from the animal world, adding to the list of 'zoonoses' -- the name given to diseases transmitted from animals to humans.