Japan's economy plunged into recession in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic squelched business activity, while leaders in the U.S. and Europe are weighing the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a vaccine could take years to develop, reports AP.
India, meanwhile, recorded its biggest single-day surge with 5,242 new cases and 157 deaths, taking the country's infection tally to more than 96,000, the most in Asia.
The country has now 3,029 fatalities due to COVID-19. China, which reported just seven new cases on Monday, maintained tighter social distancing rules in parts of the northeastern province of Jilin after a cluster of cases of unknown origin turned up in the area.
