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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the military could be deployed to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak, after the number of cases in the country rose sharply. As stated by BBC.com (13/4). He told government ministers that "all the capabilities" of the Russian military "can and should be used". His comments came as Russia recorded its largest daily rise in confirmed cases, with 2,558 new infections. It brought the total to 18,328, with the vast majority of those in Moscow. President Putin said during a video meeting with top officials on Monday that  his side sees that the situation is changing almost daily and, unfortunately, it is not changing for the better. He added the number of sick people is increasing, including more and more cases specifically of the severe form of the disease. The next few weeks will be decisive in many respects//BBC

The British government warned Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives. As quoted by AFP.com (13/4)  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputizing for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from his own bout of COVID-19, said there were some "positive" signs of progress. But he warned at a daily media briefing that the government is  still not past the peak of this virus.The government must decide by Thursday whether to maintain three-week-old rules to keep schools and shops shut and order people to stay in their homes to try to stop coronavirus spreading//AFP

France extended its nationwide lockdown on Monday for another month in a bid to halt the coronavirus pandemic, as other hard-hit countries considered easing their measures with hopes rising that death rates may soon plateau. As quoted by AFP.com (14/4) more than half of humanity is now under confinement to contain the virus, which has killed more than 117,000 people and infected nearly 1.9 million since emerging in China late last year. Most of the dead are in Europe, but the United States has also been hard hit -- particularly New York state where more than 10,000 have died, close to half of all fatalities in the country. Governments around the world are under pressure to save their economies from total collapse as a result of the mass shutdown of businesses and confinement of people, but officials are also trying to avoid a deadly second wave of the disease//AFP

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Head of the Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling Doni Monardo stated the government has made assurance of food stocks sufficing until the subsequent three to four months. As quoted by Antara News Agency, Monardo informed the press after a virtual meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Monday that the agriculture minister has conveyed that food stocks will remain adequate for the next three to four months. Furthermore, he pointed to the prices of some food commodities still being under control. He remarked though the cost of basic necessities had earlier spiked, the prices of some of them have been under control now. At the meeting, President Jokowi has reiterated the criticality of taking requisite steps as a precautionary measure against a likely global food crisis as cited by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as an upshot of the COVID-19 pandemic//Ant