Coronavirus: American Airlines to look for $12bn in government help

Summary

1. American Airlines, one of the world’s richest carriers, says it will make an application for $12 bn (₤ 9.7 bn) in federal government aid
2. British Airways is suspending all flights from London’s Gatwick airport, the UK’s second busiest
3. There have actually been more than 800,000 cases worldwide, with 38,000 dead; 170,000 have actually recuperated
4. UK health officials states the nationwide remain at house advice is “making a distinction”
5. Spain records greatest variety of casualties in a single day – 849
6. The World Bank says “considerable financial pain seems inescapable” in the Asia Pacific region
7. New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo says the scale of coronavirus deaths is “shocking”