China and south korea report new spikes in coronavirus cases

Both China and South Korea report new spikes in coronavirus cases, with Seoul recording 34 new cases - its biggest single-day jump in about a month.

Barack Obama launches a scathing attack on US Barack Obama rubbishes President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an "absolute chaotic disaster".

Spain registers its lowest coronavirus death toll since mid-March, 143.

Globally, more than 279,000 have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while the number of confirmed infections has surpassed four million. More than 1.3 million people have recovered.

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New York to test nursing staff twice a week;

All nursing homes in New York state will be required to test their staff twice a week for the novel coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, in an attempt to curb and tame the spread of the virus in its most fertile breeding ground.

At his daily briefing, Cuomo announced new rules to protect nursing home patients, including mandating that hospitals cannot discharge a COVID-19 patient to a nursing home until the person has tested negative for the disease.

"That is a rule, not an 'I appreciate it if you did'," Cuomo said, adding that facilities would lose their license if they do not adhere to the rules.

Unemployment rates in USA will rise, Treasury's Munchin warns;

The staggering US unemployment rate reported by the government on Friday amid coronavirus lockdowns may get even worse, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has warned..

"The reported numbers are probably going to get worse before they get better," Mnuchin told the Fox News Sunday program.

The unemployment rate surged to 14.7 percent in April, the Department of Labor reported. That shattered the post-World War II record of 10.8 percent touched in November 1982.