In an exclusive interview with the "CBS Evening News," Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said governors will have the option of bringing in the National Guard to help enforce stay-at-home orders. Esper spoke to CBS News as more than 500 members of the military have tested positive for COVID-19, including at least 70 sailors on…

RTÉ has learned that 242 asylum seekers, deemed vulnerable to Covid-19 and who require "cocooning", are being moved to new accommodation in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Yesterday it was announced that 650 additional beds had been secured in response to the crisis. Most of those identified in the first group to be relocated are moving…

The first plane of critical medical supplies from the world’s largest producer, China, is to depart from Shanghai today (Australian Western Standard Time). Minderoo Foundation has arranged the charter of the Airbus A330, operated by China Eastern, that will touch down in Perth after a 10-hour flight. Aiming to resolve Australia’s extreme shortage of PPE…

QUEENSLAND has recorded 40 new cases of the novel coronavirus overnight, taking the state’s total to 781 - an increase of just five per cent.It comes as a top Queensland police officer has admitted there is a great deal of confusion regulating social distancing in the community, preventing cops from fining people. But that hasn’t…

An insightful documentary shown on RTÉ Two on Sunday night highlighted the plight of the pangolin, a shy, scaly animal found in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the unfortunate title of the world's most trafficked mammal. A 2016 report by animal charity, WildAid, estimated that one million pangolins were taken from the wild in…

Blues v Crusaders (Getty Images) New Zealand's top rugby players will share homemade videos on how they are coping during Covid-19 lockdown and keeping fit in a new show airing on Wednesday called "Isolation Nation".With the Super Rugby season in limbo, pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sport is desperate to provide fresh content for subscribers and worked…

The national health department is looking for anyone who was onboard two MSC Orchestra Cruise Liners that travelled earlier this year, after two passengers tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.Speaking during an update briefing to the media on Tuesday, at the port of Durban, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize said they had received reports of…

Just three months after capping what was the best year for Indian startups, having raised a record $14.5 billion in 2019, they are beginning to struggle to raise new capital as prominent investors urge them to “prepare for the worst”, cut spending and warn that it could be challenging to secure additional money for the…

Prisoners' advocates are ramping up calls to release lower-risk offenders after the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed COVID-19 cases in two penitentiaries — and are warning that maintaining crowded conditions behind bars during a global pandemic could have disastrous consequences.Prisoner advocates want early release for some offenders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)Prisoners'…

Gauteng has recorded its first coronavirus casualty.The province revealed that a 79-year-old male patient, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died on Monday.The deceased was earlier admitted to a private hospital in Mogale City, west of Johannesburg, on Saturday.The man is the first Covid-19 casualty in the province, while the number of deaths in the…