China eases quarantine in Wuhan; Police fire tear gas at commuters in Kenya; Japan announces giant economic package. Follow the latest updatesCoronavirus latest: at a glanceWuhan eases quarantineLockdowns linked to rise in domestic violenceSee all our coronavirus coverage 4.36pm GMT The Covid-19 death toll in Lombardy, Italy, has risen by 542 since Friday, Reuters reports.The agency says it learned the figure, which brings the total in the region worst hit by Italy´s coronavirus outbreak to 5,944, from a source `familiar with the data`. Official figures are not due to be published until later. 4.06pm GMT More than 11 million people tuned in to watch Pope Francis deliver a blessing in an empty Saint Peter´s Square, Lorenzo Tondo reports television bosses as saying.The pope´s blessing, Urbi et Orbi - to the city and the world - is usually reserved for Christmas Day and Easter Sunday, when many thousands of people gather to hear it.For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities. It has taken over our lives. Related: Pope`s blessing in empty St Peter`s Square watched by 11m on TV 4.00pm GMT Panama´s maritime authority has shared images of a boat-to-boat rescue operation from a cruise liner with a Covid-19 outbreak on board near the entrance to the Panama canal.A small number of symptomless passengers are being moved from the Zaandam to its sister ship, the Rotterdam, after dozens of people reported flu-like symptoms and four people died. Ya inició la transferencia de pasajeros asintomáticos, del Crucero Zaandam hacia el Crucero Rotterdam, a través de los botes de desembarco de pasajeros. #UnidosLoHacemos #TrabajandoPorPanamá pic.twitter.com/NbKT8JQROQ Related: `Very scary`: pleas for safe harbour from stranded cruise ship near Panama 3.49pm GMT China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to Pakistan to help fight the spread of the coronavirus in one of the world´s most populous cou ...
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