Bloomberg Spain reported 619 deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday as the total number of people who have died in the country approaches 17,000. Fewer new cases of the disease were reported than the day before. There were 4,167 new infections in the 24 hours through Sunday, pushing the total above 166,000, according to Health Ministry data. The death toll ...

Bloomberg Japan’s Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura urged residents to further limit contact with other people and warned it could take up to three months to contain the spread of coronavirus unless social distancing was followed more strictly, according to Nikkei. Japanese residents need to reduce contact with other people by 80% to contain the spread of the virus, Nikkei cited ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s government suffered another public relations blow and came under pressure to recall parliament after the country’s death count from the new coronavirus approached 10,000. In her first public appearance for several weeks, Home Secretary Priti Patel led the daily government briefing and was asked to apologise for previous comments by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who had said ...