Britain is on the way to becoming one of the worst-hit countries in Europe in the coronavirus pandemic, according to data on Tuesday showing COVID-19 deaths topping 20,000 by April 17, including a rapidly rising toll in care homes
Spain's daily coronavirus death toll fell to 301 on Tuesday, well below three-fold record highs in early April, which should allow the government to set a framework for regions to begin phasing out one of the toughest lockdowns in Europe.
On Monday, Germany's economic minister urged the 16 federal states to slowly lift restrictions on coronavirus to avoid further spread of the outbreak, which could force them to reintroduce lockdown measures.
More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh, supplying global brands, reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb coronavirus spread, while calls in India grew to ease their lockdown, causing deep economic pain.
Even before the coronavirus lockdown in Moscow, Ibragim Artykov, a Tajikistani builder, had been down on his luck. He had four jobs over two months and his employers either underpaid him or disappeared in all of them without paying him for anything.
