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Global cases have reached 5,653,821 according to Johns Hopkins
University.
The worldwide death toll has hit 353,414.
Thursday, May 28
(Tokyo time)
1:27 p.m.
India reports 6,566 new cases, bringing the country total to
158,333 and
marking the seventh straight day of more than
6,000 infections. The total
includes 4,531 deaths, up 194
since Wednesday morning.
12:50 p.m.
A Philippine task force recommends that
President Rodrigo Duterte ease
one of the world's longest lockdowns,
of Manila, where residents have had
their movements and activities
restricted for 11 weeks.
11:30 a.m.
Tokyo Tower reopens its observation deck, which had
been closed since April
8. Elevators are limited to carrying four
passengers at a time, down from
32. Another option to getting up
to the deck is the 600 outside stairs,
give or take.
10:30 a.m.
South Korea confirms 79 new cases as of midnight,
marking the largest
one-day increase since April 5.
10:00 a.m.
The Bank of Korea cuts the base rate by 25 basis
points to 0.5%, the lowest since the current policy
system was adopted
in 1999. It was the central bank's second
easing this year.
9:30 a.m.
China reports two new confirmed cases in the mainland,
up from one a day
earlier. Both were imported.
8:14 a.m.
In April, a record 37,500 New Zealanders lost their jobs as
COVID-19 and
the country's reactions to the disease took a toll,
Statistics New
Zealand reports.
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