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Added on the 11/04/2020 15:36:53 - Copyright : BANG Showbiz
The 'Material Girl' hitmaker took to Instagram to announce some heartbreaking news: she revealed that in just 24 hours, three people she had known had tragically died during the current coronavirus pandemic.
More than three million cases of coronavirus have been officially registered across the world, with nearly 80 percent in Europe and the United States, according to a tally by AFP at 2050 GMT Monday using official figures. ANIMATED VIDEO
"We are projecting global growth in 2020 to fall to minus three percent," the International Monetary Fund's chief economist Gita Gopinath says, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes the global economy into a deep recession. SOUNDBITE
At the start of his appearance at the UK's Covid-19 inquiry, Prime Minister and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is "deeply sorry... to all of those who lost loved ones, family members, through the pandemic." SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Austria's Far-right Freedom Party gather to protest against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations. Next week, the country will impose a partial lockdown which constitute the toughest restrictions introduced in Europe in recent weeks as Covid-19 cases surge continent-wide. IMAGES