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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday its first-quarter operating profit likely managed to rise slightly from a slump a year earlier, as solid chip sales helped cushion the blow from the coronavirus pandemic on smartphones and TVs.

India, the world's main supplier of generic drugs, said on Tuesday it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine that U.S. President Donald Trump has touted as a potential weapon in the fight against the coronavirus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, leaving his foreign minister to lead the government's response to the accelerating outbreak.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not on a ventilator but has had some oxygen support and if his condition changes the government will make an official statement, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday.

Mainland China reported on Tuesday a drop in new coronavirus cases after closing its borders to virtually all foreigners to curb imported infections, while the central city of Wuhan, epicentre of the outbreak, saw no new deaths for the first time.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still in intensive care but his team are working together to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday.

Seth Meyers' A Closer Look segment on Monday night is a long one at 20 minutes, but it's worth it. The Late Night host traces the wasted time between Trump's February claim that the coronavirus pandemic would "disappear by April," and — well, actual April. 11,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and millions more are without income as their employers shut down. On top of this, the U.S. government is making it as difficult as possible to access support. For example, telling people to find a fax machine to apply for unemployment.

"This is not some accident of history. There's a reason you can get a package of alcohol wipes from Amazon in 48 hours but to apply from unemployment benefits from the government you have to download MS-DOS," Meyers says. Read more...

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The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000.

British foreign minister Dominic Raab is designated to take over leadership of the country if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, currently ill in hospital with persistent symptoms of the coronavirus, is unable to fulfil his role.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened and he has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise, Downing Street said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit at a London hospital on Monday after his symptoms of COVID-19 infection worsened.

There has been no change in Boris Johnson's condition, two sources close to him said on Tuesday, after the British prime minister was taken into intensive care following a deterioration in his coronavirus symptoms.

The coronavirus has infected over 300,000 people and caused over 8,000 deaths in the U.S. thus far, with many more cases expected. Despite this, President Donald Trump still hasn't issued a national stay-at-home order, instead leaving such matters to the individual states to decide. 

Unfortunately not every state official is taking the coronavirus threat seriously, with Georgia governor Brian Kemp making the "stupid and crazy" decision to reopen all the beaches.

"That would be like a teenager deciding not to go to a house party, and then his dad saying, 'No, you will go to that party, you will drink too much Jägermeister, and you will try to jump over the bonfire to impress the seniors,'" Late Show host Stephen Colbert pointed out on Monday. "'And if there is no vomit on your shoes when you come back there will be hell to pay, young man.'" Read more...

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India will allow some exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug seen as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened though his Downing Street office said he was still conscious.

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Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough at the Bronx Zoo appeared to be on the mend on Monday after doses of medication and tenderness.

Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to contain the coronavirus, while the government prepares a $990 billion stimulus package to soften the economic blow.

While most people in the Chinese city of Wuhan were hunkered down in their homes at the height of the country's coronavirus outbreak, Lin Wenhua was out on the empty streets in his car, driving toward the next person or task on his list.