Sri Lanka extends crackdown on anti-government protesters

In Sri Lanka, a crackdown on anti-government protesters has widened, a state of emergency has been extended until mid-August and two protest organisers have been detained.

Four cases of coronavirus have have led to a lockdown in China's central city of Wuhan, the place where Covid was first recorded before the global outbreak.

Meanwhile a United Nations report says the Covid-19 pandemic has made the fight against HIV and AIDS more difficult.