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Some 50 World Leaders Call for Post-Pandemic MINISTER SAYS SRI LANKA CHINA APPROVES PLAN TO REIN IN FACING ‘BIGGEST FOREX HONG KONG, DEFYING MAY CRISIS IN HISTORY’ WORLDWIDE OUTCRY 29 - 31, 2020 GOVT. TO REIMPOSE VOL: 4- ISSUE 197 END OF A . SELECTIVE LOCKDOWN 30 AFTER VIRUS CASES SPIKE REMARKABLE ERA BUSINESS PAGE 02 GLOCAL PAGE 03 HOT TOPICS PAGE 04 TRIBUTE PAGE 08 Registered in the Department of Posts of Sri Lanka under No: QD/144/News/2020 COVID-19 and curfew in Sri Lanka • Sixty one individuals were confirmed as COVID-19 pos- itive yesterday (28), taking Sri Lanka’s tally of the novel coronavirus infection to 1530. Of the 61, 18 are returnees from Kuwait, 17 from Dubai and 26 are navy personnel, all under quarantine at various centres. Seven hundred and seventy five individuals are receiving treatment, 751 have been deemed completely recovered and 10 have succumbed to the virus. • A nationwide curfew is to be re-imposed on Sunday (31), Thursday (June 4) and next Friday (June 5) to avoid unnecessary congregation of people following the sud- den spike in cases from quarantine centres. • Gaffoor Building in the heart of Colombo Fort is placed under quarantine after a sailor stationed there was found to have contracted the novel coronavirus. • The Ministry of Health issues a comprehensive set of guidelines focused on the ‘new normal’ with timelines on when most activities can resume. • The foreign ministry says the government is making arrangements to facilitate the return of Sri Lankans re- siding and working in Seychelles in compliance with the existing regulations and availability of quarantine facili- ties in the country. • 229 individuals have been arrested in the Western Province for not following mandatory health and safety guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health to control the spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus toll - MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP People enjoy a sunny day atop Europe's tallest sand dune remains higher than in most of the rest of the mainland. sites and holiday resorts will reopen from June 22. The called ‘Dune du Pilat’ after its reopening in La Teste-de- Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announcing details of the government credits its lockdown - which lasted from 357,311 deaths at Buch, near the Arcachon Bay yesterday (28), as France second phase in a gradual lifting of the strict coronavirus March 17 to May 11 - with saving tens of thousands of eased lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of lockdown, said people would no longer be confined to lives, but it came at the cost of what Philippe described the COVID-19 and lifted limitations on domestic travel in within 100 kilometres of their homes and that freedom as an "historic recession," with nearly a million additional 1900 GMT yesterday time for the summer holidays. It also announced plans will be the rule and restriction the exception. He said unemployment claims filed in April. The coronavirus has PARIS- The novel coronavirus has killed at least 357,311 for the long-awaited nationwide reopening of bars, museums and monuments, hard-hit by the two-month claimed 28,662 lives in the country to date, while 1,429 are people since the outbreak first emerged in China last De- restaurants and cafes from June 2, albeit with restrictions, lockdown, would be able to welcome visitors from June 2, being treated in intensive care, though this is more than a cember, according to a tally from official sources com- especially in Paris, where the risk of coronavirus infection though face masks will have to be worn, and that camping third fewer than at the epidemic peak piled by AFP at 1900 GMT yesterday (28). At least 5,747,100 cases of coronavirus have been reg- istered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 2,296,900 are now considered recovered. The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national Some 50 world leaders call for authorities and information from the World Health Or- ganization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections. Many countries are testing only symptomatic cases or post-pandemic cooperation the most serious ones. The United States is the worst-hit country with 101,002 UNITED NATIONS - World lead- Trudeau. Canada and Jamaica organ- "support for the most fragile coun- and Russia would participate in six deaths from 1,709,996 cases. At least 391,508 people ers yesterday (28) called for resilience ized the conference. tries," especially in Africa. working groups created at yester- have been declared recovered. and cooperation after the pandemic Sustainable development goals for Mauritania President Mohamed day’s session, for which meetings are After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Britain recedes, during a UN videoconfer- 2030 "are more crucial than ever," OuldGhazouani called for the "sys- scheduled for July, September and with 37,837 deaths from 269,127 cases, Italy with 33,142 ence in which the United States, Chi- said European Commission chief Ur- tematic and immediate cancellation December. deaths from 231,732 cases, France at 28,662 deaths and na and Russia did not participate. sula von der Leyen. "We have to work of debt." British Prime Minister Boris John- 186,238 cases and Spain with 27,119 deaths and 237,906 About 50 leaders took part in the and fight together." UN Secretary General Antonio Gu- son said he hoped the world would cases. event on development financing, Several leaders, such as German terres asked leaders to "go further" "build back better," adding "we must China - excluding Hong Kong and Macau - has to date with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Chancellor Angela Merkel and French than they already have on debt relief work together across borders" to declared 4,634 deaths and 82,995 cases. It has 78,288 Conte saying in a recorded message President Emmanuel Macron, said for vulnerable countries, in a spirit avoid a new pandemic and to help recovered cases. that the goal must be to "leave no one the crisis could be an opportunity to of "needs-based solidarity and trans- global recovery. Europe overall has 175,760 deaths from 2,095,811 cas- behind." grow a "more resilient" economy to parency." Costa Rican President Carlos Al- es, the United States and Canada have 107,940 deaths South African President Cyril aid the fight against global warming. Guterres applauded the meeting, varado Quesada said the world after from 1,798,464 infections, Latin America and the Car- Ramaphosa said "we need to be inno- Deploring a "deep questioning of playing down the absence of the three COVID-19 should be dominated by ibbean 45,457 deaths from 848,218 cases, Asia 15,118 vative, think outside the box," echo- multilateralism," Macron stressed missing world powers. He told re- "solidarity, not profit." deaths from 493,292 cases, the Middle East 9,160 deaths ing Canadian Prime Minister Justin "cooperation is essential" as well as porters that the United States, China -AFP from 375,524 cases, Africa 3,744 deaths from 127,281 cases, and Oceania 132 deaths from 8,517 cases. As a result of corrections by national authorities or late Claiming to protect ‘free speech’ publication of data, the figures updated over the past 24 World's officially oldest man dies in hours may not correspond exactly to the previous day's tallies. Trump signs executive order on social media UK aged 112 -AFP WASHINGTON - President Donald Oval Office, with William Barr, the at- LONDON - The world's oldest across the world. "He had many, Trump signed an executive order yes- torney general, standing nearby. man, according to the Guinness many friendships and read and terday (28) to empower federal regu- “They’ve had unchecked power to World Records, has died from can- talked politics, theology, ecology UK, US, Canada, Australia say lators to crack down on social media censure, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter cer in Britain at the age of 112, his and more, right up until his death. companies like Twitter and Facebook virtually any form of communication family confirmed yesterday (28). The family said they were grate- and potentially take away the legal pro- between private citizens or large public Bob Weighton, a former teach- ful that Weighton had remained China violating tections that shield them from liability audiences,” Trump said, saying there er and engineer from the central witty, kind, knowledgeable and a for what gets posted on their platforms. was “no precedent” for it. “We cannot English county Hampshire, died conversationalist "until the very international obligations Trump and his allies have often ac- allow that to happen, especially when "peacefully" in his sleep at home end." cused Twitter and Facebook of bias they go about doing what they’re doing.” yesterday morning, they said. Weighton was born in Yorkshire against conservative voices, and the Twitter, the president said, was mak- Weighton took up the title of the in northern England on March 29, over HK president had been urged for years to ing “editorial decisions.” oldest man in the world in Febru- 1908 and was one of seven chil- LONDON - China's plan to impose a new security law on take a harder line against the compa- “In these moments, Twitter ceases ary after the death of the previous dren. He is survived by his three Hong Kong puts it in direct violation of its international nies. He had resisted until this week, to be a neutral public platform — they holder, Chitetsu Watanabe of Ja- children, 10 grandchildren and 25 commitments, Britain, the United States, Canada and when Twitter fact-checked his own false become an editor with a viewpoint,” he pan.
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