A nurse is checking the temperature of a woman as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak outside the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Bangkok on Saturday (April 25). Thailand reported 53 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest in more than two weeks, after a cluster of infections emerged among migrant workers detained in the south of the country. - AFP
HONG KONG: Global coronavirus cases surpassed 2.8 million, with the US now accounting for more than a quarter of all fatalities after topping 50,000. Infections spiked among crew members on a passenger-less cruise ship docked in Japan, and for migrant workers in Thailand.
The US Food and Drug Administration warned patients about taking malaria medications touted by US President Donald Trump. The president now claims he was being sarcastic on Thursday when he suggested that injecting disinfectants might ward off the coronavirus. Disinfectant chatter soared on Twitter.
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