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Saudi Arabia has outlawed domestic violence and sexual harassment in sweeping reforms recently that ended decades of gender segregation in restaurants and a ban on women driving.

Whitsett, who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30, said she started taking Hydroxychloroquine tablets from the very next day as it was prescribed by her doctor.

Boris Johnson was shifted to the ICU just a day after he was admitted for what were said to be routine tests.

Johnson announced on March 27 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the most high-profile world leader infected with the disease that has spread rapidly across the globe.

As of 5 pm on April 5, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus 5,373 have died, the health ministry said in a tweet.

The village had been building up to this moment for a decade. For months, hotels and restaurants had staffed up to cope with the onslaught of visitors. Local craftsmen worked overtime to sculpt the stage props.

The factory was told that the parts were needed for things like medical and defense equipment.

Psychologists have said it is human tendency to castigate those who they think brought ill to their community with thousands of individuals experiencing both physical illness and the less-visible stigma due to the fear associated with Covid-19.

Oil prices have dropped by about two-thirds this year as the pandemic crushes demand and as major producers Russia and Saudi Arabia boost output in a war over market share.

Princess Cruises spokeswoman Negin Kamali said in an email that the Coral Princess ship was docking in Miami. The ship with 1,020 passengers and 878 crew members had been in limbo for days awaiting permission to dock.

Of the new cases, 69 are local infections. Six are imported with a travel history to Europe, North and South America and ASEAN, said the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

Nearly 6,000 medical masks sent to Alabama had dry rot and a 2010 expiration date. More than 150 ventilators sent to Los Angeles were broken and had to be repaired.

Trump on Friday signed an order directing his administration to stop the export to other countries of N-95 face masks and other personal protective equipment needed in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Nishant Joshi, 31, has been using social media channels over the past few weeks to speak out against the shortage of PPE for the National Health Service (NHS) workers across Britain

“The fact that the literary community is still in full swing, even from their homes, and behind their screens, is moving and encouraging,” said Mexican author Valeria Luiselli.

The quick-dial emergency "17" number reserved for matters of a criminal nature, has been abused more than usual with thousands of calls since a period of home confinement for French residents started on March 17.