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Jails typically hold people for relatively short periods as they await trial and have more flexibility to reduce populations than state or federal prisons, whose inmates have been convicted and sentenced.

The US President ordered emergency medical stations for hotspots as hospitals scrambled to find ventilators.

A senior Trump administration official confirmed Trump sent the letter and said it was "consistent with his efforts to engage global leaders during the ongoing pandemic."

Services are being streamed on Instagram, prayers posted by video link and timeless texts shared on cellphones to bring spiritual support to the hundreds of thousands of believers denied a place of worship.

Sales increases also are being witnessed in Colorado and Washington, according to cannabis data company Headset. Dispensaries, meanwhile, have been quick to accommodate virus-wary customers, boosting delivery and pickup options.

The investigating team said some hostile forces gave Li the "anti-establishment" labels of "hero" and "awakener" for the purpose of attacking the ruling Communist Party and government.

The coronavirus crisis, which has killed almost 9,000 people worldwide and threatened economic misery for millions more, has been accompanied by what the World Health Organization (WHO) has called an "infodemic" of misinformation.

US President Donald Trump also has pointed to young people, saying "we don't want them gathering. And I see they do gather, including on beaches and including in restaurants."

Officials said some 10,000 Muslims gathered in an open field in Raipur town to pray 'healing verses' from the Koran to rid the country of the deadly virus.

Responding to a claim that China is paying the import duties paid by US firms, Donald Trump said Beijing is paying 'billions' in tariffs and there is no need to suspend them.

The country has recorded one death since the outbreak began, with 42 recovered patients and 169 people who are undergoing treatment for the virus in hospitals.

Al-Mawli 'was previously active in al-Qaeda in Iraq and is known for torturing innocent Yazidi religious minorities,' US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

American citizens and legal permanent residents in the UK or Ireland can come home, Mike Pence said. They will be "funneled through specific airports and processed," he added.

Trump's remark came after he was asked why he was not undergoing tests given that he had last weekend met a Brazilian official who was found positive for the virus later.

The US launched a series of airstrikes on militia bases across Iraq's south, killing five Iraqi security forces and a civilian.

Tokyo fell as much as 10 percent at one point, while Sydney and Seoul shed eight percent. Hong Kong plunged more than six percent, as did Singapore, Wellington and Taipei.