ROME: Pope Francis appealed to the people of the world on Sunday (April 5) to have courage in the face of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that has claimed more than 65,000 lives across the globe in just three months.
US President Donald Trump has already warned Americans to brace for a"very horrendous" number of deaths in the coming days, as the number of confirmed cases there surged past 300,000 -- the highest in the world.
Despite Trump's bleak warning for the United States, there were glimmers of hope in hard-hit Italy, ground zero for COVID-19 in Europe, and in Spain. But he stressed that the world's largest economy -- where over 8,500 people have died from the virus -- cannot remain shut down forever. "I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge," she will say, according to extracts released Saturday.
Poor economies, such as Iraq, are struggling, with charities and volunteers rallying to provide food to the needy. Spain, which is under a near-total lockdown, saw a third successive daily fall in coronavirus-related deaths with 647 fatalities, taking its total to over 12,400.
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