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15-year-old Joseph Rollitt is recovering from the trauma caused by the constant bullying he faced for being only 5 feet tall.

The country has now seen its daily fatalities come down from a world record 793 on Saturday to 651 on Sunday and 601 on Monday.

As the number of deaths in the US from COVID-19 soared to 560, with almost 44,000 declared cases, the Big Apple found itself the bullseye.

As Britain joined other nations in imposing strict stay-at-home orders, the number of virus deaths worldwide surged past 16,500.

The child was in a critical state at Children's Health Ireland before he passed away.

The panicked woman stated that it was "a matter of time" before Joseph Hoar got infected by the novel coronavirus.

Weinstein is in prison in northern New York state after being sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault.

Meanwhile, the White House informed last week that first lady Melania Trump would also begin taking part in a public awareness campaign about the virus.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament that Japan was still committed to a "complete" Games.

Ardern said the South Pacific nation was fortunate its infection numbers remained relatively low, with 102 cases and no fatalities.

A distressed woman took her life after losing custody of her child and breaking up with her boyfriend.

Unsupervised children caused a house fire while playing with matches which ended up killing one and hospitalizing two.

President Donald Trump said meanwhile that the United States is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment.

Trudeau and US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the temporary shutdown of their countries' shared 8,900-km border -- the longest in the world.

The government has also promised to ramp up testing of the virus, from 5,000 to 10,000 per day "by next week".

This is the first time the German Chancellor took to the airwaves to address citizens directly outside of traditional New Year's greetings.

As the outbreak spreads and the death toll reached 104, up from 71 in a day, Boris Johnson said schools would be closed indefinitely later this week.

An inquest heard how a young A&E nurse was found drowned in her car after being reported missing.

After downplaying the severity of the outbreak for weeks, Trump on Tuesday called for bipartisan support for immediate cash payments to American families.

Rishi Sunak said the measures were equivalent to 15 percent of GDP and were available to "any business that needs access to cash."

Police are investigating the circumstances under which Fayth Graham suffered the self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Biden and Sanders say they will campaign exclusively online for now.

This is the first time Trump referred to coronavirus in his tweet as "Chinese virus."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said more stringent restrictions would follow in the coming days for those with serious health conditions.

The Priest claimed that wine from the blessed cup cannot carry disease.

Faced with an economic shutdown, the Fed announced a raft of drastic emergency measures to shore up confidence and keep the financial sector running.

A mountain lion attacked a Colorado resident and a deputy before being shot dead by a game warden.

A pitbull, allegedly used for dogfighting, attacked the young girl while she was walking alone to a family member's home.

President Donald Trump announced a ban on entry into the US of people coming from continental Europe to diminish the spread of the new coronavirus.