Portal:Current events/2020 April 16
April 16, 2020 (Thursday)
Health and environment
- 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases passes two million worldwide. (Foreign Policy)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Eswatini
- Eswatini reports the country's first death from COVID-19, as total cases rise to 17. (National Post)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria
- At least 18 people in Nigeria have been killed by police during the enforcement of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. (de Telegraaf)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Eswatini
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The government extends the country's lockdown for at least another three weeks. (BBC)
- The COVID-19 critical care NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham is opened inside the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, England. It can treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients. (BBC)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany
- The Robert Koch Institute reports 2,866 new confirmed cases and 315 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing Germany's death toll to 3,569 and 130,450 total cases. (Reuters)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom
Law and crime
- Police discover the bodies of 17 people inside a morgue built for four at a nursing home in New Jersey, United States, following an anonymous tip-off. (BBC)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India
- Tablighi Jamaat leader Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi is charged with manslaughter after a gathering the organization held in Delhi on March 3 was linked to 1,023 coronavirus cases across 17 Indian states. Police say he ignored two notices to end the religious event at a mosque in Delhi, though he denies any wrongdoing. (BBC)
- Saudi Arabia executes a 33-year-old Yemeni man convicted for an attack on a Spanish dance troupe last year, which resulted in two dancers injured. The attack was claimed by the affiliate of al-Qaeda in the region. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fires Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta amid disagreements over the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. He is replaced by Nelson Teich. (CNN)
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