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Streets around the Indian capital Delhi have been filled with people walking to reach their villages in neighbouring states. Most of them are daily-wage workers who are now out of work after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown of the country on 24 March to halt the spread of coronavirus. In the absence […]

Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on a CNN journalist who reminded the US president “of the way you downplayed this (coronavirus) crisis over the last couple of months.” When the journalist read Mr Trump previous comments he had made on the pandemic, the president said: “I don’t want panic in the country. I

The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus. In Moria in Lesbos, 18,000 people are staying in a facility built for 3,000 and cases of Covid-19 are already on their doorstep. The BBC’s population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty was sent footage by a group of young

As the number of coronavirus cases in Kenya rise, citizens have been advised to stay at home in isolation. The country begins a 19:00 to 05:00 curfew on Friday. Informal employment contributes 83% of all jobs in Kenya, with those workers particularly vulnerable, living from pay cheque to pay cheque. BBC Africa spoke to Esther,

Internet memes are being widely circulated as people around the world are staying indoors. Memes, a type of media that spreads and goes viral online, are often amusing but could they have broader cultural significance? Should an image of a woman shouting at a cat or a hefty sheep be archived in a museum? Arran

President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to get General Motors to make more ventilators and Boeing will make face shields for medical professionals. Doctors in the United States have been sharing the difficulty of obtaining gear to treat patients with Covid-19. Some say it adds to the pressure of caring for their patients

Millions of homeless people and migrant labourers have been left in the lurch after India announced a 21-day lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. With factories and construction sites closing down, many have expressed fears that they would starve to death. State governments have announced that they will

There have been stark warnings from doctors, aid workers and the United Nations that camps for the displaced in North Western Syria could be devastated by an outbreak of coronavirus. Almost one million people have fled their homes in the area since December when the Syrian regime launched an offensive to retake Idlib – the

Families across the world are having to spend more time at home to try to contain the spread of coronavirus. The BBC spoke to Professor Robert Kelly and his wife, Jung-a Kim to ask them about the lockdown in South Korea with children Marion and James. The family became a global hit in 2017 when

A stimulus package worth more than $1.8 trillion (£1.5tn) has been agreed by US Senate leaders and the White House to ease the impact of coronavirus. The pandemic has destabilised the gig economy, leaving tens of thousands of ride-share drivers in the United States in economic limbo. Julie Davis is a full-time ride-share driver in