Thailand will open "travel bubbles" with countries which have comparably low coronavirus infections, officials said Friday, as the kingdom tries to claw back money for its battered tourism sector.
The European Union has recommended that member states gradually lift restrictions on travel from outside the bloc from July 1, and draw up a list of countries for which restrictions can be removed.
Ecuador's death toll from COVID-19 has climbed to 3,768 as a total of 45,082 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Public Health Ministry said on Thursday.
A man armed with a knife attacked a school on Thursday in the town of Vrutky in northern Slovakia, which led to two deaths, including a deputy headmaster and the assaulter, and five others injured, local media reported.
Sri Lanka will hold parliamentary elections on August 5, more than three months late because of the coronavirus, the election commission said Wednesday after health authorities gave their approval.
Brazil's total confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 800,000 and the death toll surpassed 40,000 on Thursday, local media reported citing the health ministry's data.
