{"id":16392,"date":"2020-03-27T09:53:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/27\/coronavirus-live-news-update-us-infections-outnumber-china-uk-deaths-europe-global-cases-number-500000-latest-updates"},"modified":"2020-03-27T19:45:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T10:45:15","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-us-infections-outnumber-china-as-global-cases-pass-500000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=16392","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: French hospitals to reach capacity in 48 hours; US must improve relations, Xi says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa records first Covid-19 deaths; China closes borders; UK records biggest daily rise in deaths<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/mar\/27\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance\">Coronavirus latest \u2013 at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2020\/mar\/27\/uk-coronavirus-live-rough-sleepers-nhs-applause-covid-19-latest-news\">UK coronavirus \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2020\/mar\/26\/coronavirus-us-live-house-vote-2tn-stimulus-package-bill-senate-news-updates-trump\">US now has more cases than any other country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/27\/china-prepares-to-seal-itself-off-from-the-world-to-stem-imported-coronavirus-cases\">Xi Jinping calls on Trump to improve US-China relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-27T10:45:15.098Z\">10.45am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Armenia has reported its first death as a result of coronavirus. <\/p>\n<p>A 72-year-old woman diagnosed with the coronavirus died in Armenia on Thursday, the Health Ministry\u2019s spokeswoman said, reporting the country\u2019s first death related to the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-27T10:43:22.005Z\">10.43am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up hundreds of tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, the Press Association reports:<\/p>\n<p>The Qatar Airways charter flight took off with 305 people on board, said Deo Chandra Lal Karna, an official at Kathmandu\u2019s Tribhuvan International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration official Sagar Acharya said most of the passengers were German nationals or had some connection to the country.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/27\/coronavirus-live-news-update-us-infections-outnumber-china-uk-deaths-europe-global-cases-number-500000-latest-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa records first Covid-19 deaths; 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