nt deployed a team of health workers to the Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg to test people for Covid-19. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)Germany and France, the EU's two largest economies, are bracing for a painful recession as the coronavirus pandemic slashes output to the lowest levels in decades, AFP reports. Governments in France and Germany have promised vast rescue packages to cushion the coronavirus blow for companies and employees, as have other European capitals. Update on Boris JohnsonUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was "responding to treatment", a spokesperson said Wednesday, as the 55-year-old leader spent a third day in intensive care battling the coronavirus. "The prime minister remains clinically stable and is responding to treatment," his official spokesman said.

Source: News 24 April 08, 2020 14:48 UTC