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The virus has infected some 23,077 people in India so far, killing 718 of them, according to the latest figures.

The Indian aviation industry is in crisis mode as the country's extended lockdown measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus has left all passenger planes grounded till at least May 3.

A Royal Air Force base in England is testing a coronavirus contact-tracing app on behalf on the National Health Service.

Many organizations are aiming to increase the amount of green space in urban environments.

The coronavirus has spread to 185 countries and territories — infecting more than 2.7 million people and killing over 190,000 globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.

British retail sales fell by the most on record in March, official figures showed on Friday.

The number of new coronavirus cases in U.S., Spain and Italy may have peaked, but it's still "extremely high" compared that in South Korea and China, said Cedric Chehab, head of country risk and global strategy at Fitch Solutions.

Nestle reported a 4.3% rise in organic sales growth for the first quarter, the food giant said on Friday.

French drugmaker Sanofi confirmed its 2020 outlook on Friday after posting stronger first-quarter results.

Russia has sought to distance itself from a dispute brewing between the U.S. and China over the origin of the coronavirus, saying it can't support a U.S. investigation into the source of the virus.

Italy's booksellers, stationers and artisan businesses have started to re-open after a bruising period of lockdown in the country.

Dubai, the glittering commercial hub of the Gulf, is facing the risk of a debt crisis reminiscent of the 2009 crash that wiped out thousands of jobs and nearly half the value of the emirate's stock market.

Demand for consumer loans is picking up in China, especially among the less affluent, highlighting a group that some say could use more support during the coronavirus-induced economic downturn.

"The pressure emerging economies have felt due to falling commodity prices, in particular oil, that reduces the room to maneuver a little," central bank governor, Alejandro Diaz de Leon said, referring to the government's debt and fiscal policy.

While America's retail industry is looking to China for clues about how shoppers are rebounding from the coronavirus pandemic, there are shortcomings to using the region as a blueprint.

An additional 4.4 million Americans filed for jobless claims last week, bringing the total to 26 million over the past five weeks. And, despite the shift to remote work and the surge in demand for certain online services, tech is not immune to the pullback. Jobs openings nationwide across the industry dropped more than 20 percent between mid-March and mid-April, according to analysts at Glassdoor.

"I think the report was incorrect, let me just put it that way," Trump said when asked at a White House press briefing if he knew of Kim Jong Un's condition.

An economy that had been near full employment just two months ago is now in its most dire straits since the Great Depression.

The administration is now also calling on states to resume elective surgeries, which were largely suspended as health systems sought to boost capacity for an expected surge of Covid-19 patients, Pence announced.

The guidelines, which were first shared in mid-March and had already been extended once, were set to expire at the end of April.