April 2020

• 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
  • The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reaches more than one million worldwide. (Sky News)
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Asia
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Oceania
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe
    • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain
    • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in France
      • France reports 1,355 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 5,387, the new figures include deaths in retirement homes for the first time. (Reuters)
    • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The Department of Health and Social Care reports 4,244 new cases and 569 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the United Kingdom's death toll to 2,921 and 33,718 confirmed cases. (The Guardian)
      • Scottish comedian and member of comedy double act Little and Large, Eddie Large, dies due to complications from COVID-19 at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. (BBC)
      • The National Health Service announces that two more Nightingale field hospitals will be built at Harrogate Convention Centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and the University of the West of England in Bristol. (BBC)
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in South America
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States

• American rapper 6ix9ine is released early from prison due to coronavirus concerns. (Complex)
• A court in Pakistan overturns the convictions of four men for the murder of Daniel Pearl. The men have been jailed for 18 years. (CNN)

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
  • Police and protesters clash in Ivory Coast, after the latter dismantled a half-built COVID-19 testing center over fears that people using the facility would spread the virus through their district. (Reuters)
• Right-wing terrorism in Russia, Russia–United States relations

• Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics
  • 2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2020 Wisconsin Republican primary, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Poland, 2020 Polish presidential election
    • Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin tenders resignation over disagreement with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party as to the upcoming presidential election. He stated at a press conference that the election scheduled for May 10, should be postponed, while the government pushes for the election amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gowin also resigns as Minister of Science and Higher Education. (Radio Poland)
    • Polish MPs, with 230–226 votes and two abstained, pass a bill under which the presidential election in May will be held by postal vote only. The bill now goes to the upper house, the Senate, for debate. (Radio Poland)

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