Covid-19 death toll continues to surge in the hard-hit Europe, a temporary hospital was set inside IFEMA conference centre, amid the outbreak in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)Deaths from the global coronavirus epidemic accelerated again on Friday as the US, Spain and Britain grappled with their highest tolls yet and the world economy took a massive hit, AFP reports. Experts warn that the more than one million cases of Covid-19 confirmed globally are probably just a small proportion of total infections, as testing is not widely available. When I started showing symptoms, I said I wouldn't hold her or go near her," he said, describing facing death with an eight-week-old as the "worst moment in his life". The world economy has been pummelled by the virus and the associated lockdowns, with more than half the population of the planet under some kind of stay-at-home order.

Source: The Standard April 04, 2020 04:29 UTC