Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh orders the extension of the curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.IST to the entirestate, as well as banning all public gatherings, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.(India Today)
India reports a record 115,736 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.(Al Jazeera)
Bangladesh reports a record 7,626 new confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 659,278.(Dhaka Tribune)
Iran reports a record 20,954 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,984,348.(Middle East Online)
Qatar announces a re-imposition of the strictlockdown beginning April 9, which will close restaurants, cafés, cinemas, hairdressers, museums, and libraries and ban most indoor activities, in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.(MedicalXpress)
Argentina reports 22,039 new cases of COVID-19, a record for the second consecutive day. The country also reports 199 deaths. These numbers bring the total number of cases to more than 2.4 million and the total number of deaths to 56,833.(Minuto Uno)
PresidentAlberto Fernández announces a three-week curfew from midnight to 6:00 p.m. beginning from April 9 to April 30 amidst a record number of COVID-19 cases.(Barron's)
Russia warns that havingUkraine joinNATO "would exacerbate the Donbass conflict" after Ukraine urged NATO to "speed up" its membership application.(Meduza)
Thegovernment formally repeals a 1913 law, which allows the government to censor or ban films, effectively outlawingfilm censorship in the country.(Variety)
