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Britain is facing a “mega recession” after official figures showed that the economy contracted by the fastest rate on record in March
 

United States’ Central Intelligence Agency i.e. the CIA believes that China tried to prevent the World Health Organization from declaring Covid-19 a global health emergency early in the outbreak. Watch this video to know more.

In a statement, Twitter said it was one of the first companies to go to a WFH model in the face of COVID-19, but [doesn’t] anticipate being one of the first to return to offices.”
 

Burj Khalifa was light up with over 1.2 million lights as it turned into world's tallest 'donation box'. People around the world including Indians donated to provide meals to the needy during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As part of the ’10 million meals’ campaign, 1.2 million lights were illuminated

The US reported the most number of COVID-19 deaths at 81,805 among 13,58,901 cases

The United Kingdom has been the worst affected country in Europe registering more than 40,000 deaths so far even as PM Boris Johnson set out a gradual plan to get Britain back to work
 

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are planning to release a warning about the Chinese hacking, say reports
 

COVID-19 has greatly affected people and businesses across the world. Malaysia’s lockdown has been extended till June 9 and leather goods retailers in malls have taken a hit.
 

'While false or misleading content (on COVID-19) can take many different forms, we will take action based on three broad categories,' Twitter said

The "clock" ticks on the assumption that 60% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States could have been prevented had the Trump administration implemented mandatory social distancing and school closures just a week earlier than it did, on March 9 instead of March 16, Jarecki explained in a post on Medium