G20 Health Ministers to Meet Sunday over COVID-19

A police van is parked in the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AFP)
A police van is parked in the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AFP)
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G20 Health Ministers to Meet Sunday over COVID-19

A police van is parked in the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AFP)
A police van is parked in the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AFP)

Health ministers from the Group of 20 major economies will speak by video conference on April 19 to address the impact of the new coronavirus on the global health sector and society, the Saudi G20 secretariat said on Monday.

The meeting follows last month’s virtual meeting of G20 leaders, who tasked the health ministers with sharing national best practices and developing a set of urgent actions for the G20 to jointly combat the pandemic.

More than 1.8 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 115,242 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.



Three Die in Russian Attacks Across Ukraine, Officials Say

A view shows a hotel building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 3, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a hotel building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 3, 2024. (Reuters)
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Three Die in Russian Attacks Across Ukraine, Officials Say

A view shows a hotel building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 3, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a hotel building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 3, 2024. (Reuters)

An eight-year-old boy was among two people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region overnight, while a third person died in a missile attack on the central city of Dnipro, Ukrainian officials said.

The interior ministry said the strike on a hotel complex in Zaporizhzhia killed a 38-woman and her son, injuring her husband and teenage daughter, who was receiving intensive care.

The past day saw 313 attacks and instances of shelling on 11 settlements, damaging several buildings in Zaporizhzhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said, including a missile attack on the city of the same name, which is the region's administrative center.

The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 27 out of 35 drones during Russia's overnight attack which also used four missiles.

Mykolaiv's regional governor Vitaliy Kim said an overnight missile attack on the southern region did not result in any casualties.

Kyiv's regional governor Ruslan Kravchenko also reported no damage to critical infrastructure or casualties following air defense work in the region. He said debris caused fires in forest areas and minor damage to a high-rise.

Local authorities in the northern city of Chernihiv said the drone attack dealt minor injuries to two people.

Late on Monday Russian forces also launched missiles at the central city of Dnipro, killing one person and injuring six, while damaging homes in one district, Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said on Telegram.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports.

There was no immediate comment from Russia. Moscow denies targeting civilians in the war it started with a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor in 2022.