This comes on top of a previous stimulus package worth US$ 80.2 billion. The money will help businesses keep employees on their payroll. Temporary workers and the self-employed will also get financial help. Families will get shopping coupons and gift certificates. The local labour market has been badly affected by the drop in foreign demand for South Korean goods.

IS fighters use curfew and restrictions to target military assets. Operations are centred in the Kirkuk area. For Iraqi priest, jihadis carry out hit-and-run operations. The scope of violence is not comparable to the past. Although the situation is improving, focus remains on containing the outbreak.

At least 27 million workers lost their job as a result of the pandemic. The government has promised 5,000 baht to Thais, but not foreign migrants. Many survive thanks to charities.

The appeal trial took place amid the ongoing epidemic. Tĩnh’s wife was unable to be in the courtroom due to country-wide travel restrictions. Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, 44, defended Vietnam against industrial pollution and China's abuses in the South China Sea. His patriotism has been branded “propaganda against the state”.

Europeans want more transparency from Beijing, but remain cautious about the claim that the virus spread from a Chinese lab. For the Bild newspaper, the Chinese are trying to save face. Missouri and an Italian hotelier are suing China.

Police said people living near the cemetery feared that burying people who died from COVID-19 would spread the virus. Dr Simon Hercules was finally laid to rest by a friend the next day.