Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 941,000 globally
By Ben Westcott, Helen Regan and Adam Renton, CNN
Updated 1112 GMT (1912 HKT) April 2, 2020
Spain deaths pass 10,000 after highest single-day increase so far
At least 10,003 people have now died after testing positive for coronavirus in Spain, according to Health Ministry data released Thursday.
The grim milestone was passed after 950 new deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours -- the highest single-day increase the country has seen.
However, the 10.5% rise is similar to Wednesday’s increase and smaller in percentage terms than any recorded in the past two weeks.
'Shambles, chaos, ridiculous': what the UK papers say about Covid-19 testing
Failure to get NHS staff checked dominates coverage – while banks told to ‘do your duty’ in return for 2008 bailout
The unfolding coronavirus testing fiasco dominates the major UK newspaper front pages after the daily death toll hit climbed to a new record and it emerged that only 2,000 NHS staff had been tested.
“Shambles” says the Mirror’s headline alongside pictures of the latest two health workers to die from the disease – including retired doctor Alfa Saadu, 68, who was volunteering at the Queen Victoria memorial hospital in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci ‘given security detail after receiving threats from far-right extremists’
Doctor has been reassuring presence to many during pandemic – but others say he is undermining president
He is the 79-year-old infectious disease expert who has become a calm and comforting presence to Americans during the coronavirus crisis.
Dr Anthony Fauci’s appearances alongside Donald Trump at White House press calls have reassured many that there are adults in the room dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Now, it seems, while he attempts to save lives, his own has been threatened.
The doctor wears Prada: How fashion designers and TV series support hospitals
There is a shortage of protective masks and gloves amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now, fashion companies are switching from haute couture to protective gowns. Even TV shows are donating their props to hospitals.
Fans of television medical series are said to be unable to distinguish the fictional world of their favorite shows from reality. But with the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 illnesses in the US, at least the props from the series are being put to use in real emergencies.
As in many countries, hospital staff in the US have complained about protective clothing supply shortages. But a clinic in Los Angeles has received a special donation: Props from the popular series Grey's Anatomy. Sufficient protective clothing for doctors and other medical personnel is incredibly important, a doctor emphasized to ABC7 News when the props arrived.
Pakistani court overturns Briton's death sentence for Daniel Pearl murder
A Pakistani court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a British national convicted in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Three other co-accused serving life sentences were also acquitted.
The Sindh High Court on Thursday announced its verdict on appeals by the four men convicted in the brutal abduction and murder of the US journalist in Pakistan.
The death sentence of the prime accused, British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, was commuted to seven years in prison while the other three convicts, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil— who were earlier handed life sentences — were set free by the court.
Iran denounces Trump's 'sneak attack' accusation
Statement comes after US President Trump said Iran or proxies are planning to target US troops or assets in Iraq.
Iran has no proxies but it has friends, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, a day after US President Donald Trump alleged Tehran or its "proxies" planned a sneak attack on US targets in Iraq.
"Don't be misled by usual warmongers, AGAIN, @realDonaldTrump: Iran has FRIENDS: No one can have MILLIONS of proxies. Unlike the US - which surreptitiously lies, cheats & assassinates - Iran only acts
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