A total of 63,927 coronavirus cases have been assessed in Italy since the pandemic broke out in its northern regions on February 21, the Civil Protection Department managing the COVID-19 emergency has said, adding that 601 fatalities were also registered on Monday, with the death toll reaching 6,077. ....

As cases of COVID-19 passed the 400 mark on Monday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said a countrywide lockdown would be implemented on Thursday. ....

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his government will allot 192 million Canadian dollars ($132 million) on the development and production of vaccines and treatments against COVID-19. ....

The Nigerian government has issued a warning over the use of anti-malaria drug chloroquine to treat COVID-19 disease after three people in the country took an overdose of the drug and were hospitalized as it caused poisoning. ....

US President Donald Trump confirmed that he has sent a personal letter to Kim Jong-un, offering assistance to North Korea in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. ....

The loss of the sense of smell, especially among the youth, could be a possible new symptom of Covid-19, according to French scientists who said they have been observing the phenomenon in recent days, and a section of British doctors are also of the same opinion, reports said on Sunday. ....

With the emergence of four new coronavirus cases in the capital Islamabad on Monday, the overall number of infections in Pakistan has increased to 803, while the death toll stood at six. ....

US Senator Rand Paul, Republican from the state of Kentucky, confirmed on Sunday that he tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the first member of the upper chamber of Congress to be infected by the virus. ....

UK's number of fatalities from coronavirus have risen by almost 50 to reach 281. ....

Italy has recorded 793 new deaths from coronavirus, a one-day record that saw the country's toll rise to 4,825, 38.3 per cent of the world's total. ....