DEATHS, INFECTIONS
* More than 662,700 people have been infected by the novel
coronavirus across the world and 30,751 have died, according to
a Reuters tally.
EUROPE
* The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy
barrelled past 10,000 on Saturday, a figure that made an
extension of a national lockdown almost certain.
* Spain's death toll rose by 838 overnight to 6,528, the health
ministry said on Sunday, marking the highest daily rise in
fatalities. The total number of those infected rose to 78,797
from 72,248.
* Prime Minister Boris Johnson is warning Britons in a letter to
30 million households that things will get worse before they get
better, as he himself self-isolates in Downing Street to recover
from the coronavirus.
* Britain has reported 17,089 confirmed cases of the disease and
1,019 deaths and the peak of the epidemic in the country is
expected to come in a few weeks.
* Germany's health system could face strains similar to those in
Italy if the outbreak in the country worsens, the head of the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the federal agency responsible for
disease control, told a newspaper.
* RKI data on Sunday showed the number of confirmed cases in
Germany had risen to 52,547, with 389 deaths.
AMERICAS
* President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would issue a
travel warning for the hard-hit New York area to limit the
spread of the coronavirus, backing off from an earlier
suggestion that he might try to cut off the region entirely.
* The U.S. death count crossed 2,100, more than double the level
from two days ago. The United States has now recorded more than
122,000 cases of the respiratory virus, the most of any country
in the world.
* The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2
trillion aid package and Trump quickly signed it into
law.
* Mexico's deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell called on
Saturday on all residents in Mexico to stay at home for a month,
saying it was the only way to reduce the transmission rate.
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation's poor
for forgiveness as the economic and human toll from his 21-day
nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of
adequate planning ahead of the decision.
* The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese
organisers are in final stages of talks to set the opening date
for the Tokyo Games in July next year, Japanese media
said.
* Doctors, politicians and human rights commissioners are
calling on Indonesia's government to enact tighter movement
restrictions as the death toll from coronavirus rose in the
world's fourth most populous country.
* The growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China
risks fanning a second wave of infections at a time when
"domestic transmission has basically been stopped", a spokesman
for the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* The United Arab Emirates on Saturday extended to April 5 a
nightly curfew to sterilise public places to combat the spread
of coronavirus as neighbouring Qatar reported its first death
from the disease.
* Turkey halted all intercity trains and limited domestic
flights on Saturday. The number of cases jumped to 7,402, with
108 dead.
* Iran's death toll from the coronavirus has climbed to 2,640
and the number of infected people has reached 38,309, a health
ministry official tweeted on Sunday.
ECONOMIC FALLOUT
* Stocks across the globe fell on Friday after a historic
three-day run-up, as skittish investors kept indices on track
for their worst monthly and quarterly performances since 2008,
while the dollar fell by the most in any week since 2009.
* Qatar Airways will have to seek government support eventually,
Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker told Reuters on Sunday, warning
that the Middle East carrier could soon run out of the cash
needed to continue flying.
* Egypt's central bank said it has instructed banks to put
temporary limits on daily withdrawals and deposits amid concerns
over the spread of the coronavirus.
* South Africa may approach the International Monetary Fund and
World Bank for funding, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said in
the Sunday Times newspaper.
* Investors rushed into cash and out of bonds at a record pace
over the past week, BofA's weekly fund flow data showed on
Friday.