Video PlayerClose A lorry is seen outside the ExCel exhibition centre in London, Britain, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua) A total of 115 people had died of COVID-19 in 24 hours, bringing the tally to 578. The number of confirmed cases registered an increase of 2,129 on Thursday from 9»»»

We may be fighting the deadly spread of a tiny foe, but this is not a wartime economy. In war, governments try to increase economic activity to produce weapons and are forced to tamp down inflation. Today governments deliberately want to lower economic activity to cut the risk of a virus transmissi»»»

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised the country's public after 405,000 people volunteered to help the National Health Service in its efforts to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak. The response, within 24 hours of the appeal being launched, far exceeds the target figure of 250,000, an»»»