Keeping you up to date on the latest novel coronavirus (Covid-19) news from around the world. On Wednesday, Yemen recorded five new cases of Covid-19 in its second city Aden, the committee monitoring the outbreak said on Twitter. "There was an announcement of five cases of coronavirus today - of those infections there were two deaths," Health Minister Nasser Baoum told Yemen TV. "Therefore, there is no doubt under these worldwide circumstances that we have to announce they were cases of coronavirus until proven otherwise." - AFPCoronavirus cases in Russia surge past 100 000Coronavirus cases in Russia surged past 100 000 on Thursday, the government said, with an increase of 7 099 confirmed infections in the last 24 hours.

Source: News 24 April 30, 2020 09:11 UTC