DUBAI: Public health remains a key theme among countries tackling the coronavirus pandemic, with some governments easing their weeks-long lockdown while others taking a more cautious approach by keeping safety measures still in place. China, once the hot spot for the virus contagion, reported only one case on Friday while at the White House – the seat of global power – reported its second positive case for the week. Saturday, May 9, 2020 (all times in GMT) 18:12 - France"s parliament on Saturday evening definitively adopted a bill extending the country"s health state of emergency until July 10. 17:41 - UAE Health Ministry records 624 new cases of coronavirus bringing total to 17,417, with an additional 11 new deaths. 17:35 - Egypt announced 11 new deaths from coronavirus and 488 new cases of the disease on Saturday. 17:20 - France says total coronavirus death toll for hospitals and nursing homes rises by 80 to 26,310, its lowest daily toll since early April. 17:17 - Turkey announced 1,546 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday bringing the total number of cases in the country to 137,115. 16:06 - Italy"s coronavirus death toll rises by 194 to 30,395 and total number of cases rises by 1,083 to 218,268. 15:43 - Coronavirus deaths in New York state increased by 226 on May 8 as opposed to 216 deaths a day earlier. 15:12 - The death toll from coronavirus in Britain has risen to 31,587, an increase of 346 in a 24-hour period, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said at the government"s daily news briefing. 11:28 – Saudi health authorities confirmed 1,704 new coronavirus cases, bringing total cases to 37,136. The death toll is now 239 following 10 more deaths. There were also 1,024 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 12,144. 11:28 – Bahrain recorded 151 new coronavirus cases. 11:23 – Qatar confirmed 1,130 new coronavirus patients. 10:50 – Turkey recorded 48 new coronavirus deaths, raising total to 3,689. 10:29 – Kuwait reported 156 new coronavirus recoveries, total recovered patients now stands at 2,622. 10:24 – Another 162 people tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco, bringing its total infection cases to 5,837. 09:54 – Iran confirms 1,529 new coronavirus infections, total now at 106,220. 09:24 – Slovakia recorded no new cases of coronavirus for the first time since March 10, government figures showed. 09:20 – Spain’s total number of coronavirus infected patients rises to 223,578 with 26,478 fatalities. 08:45 – The Philippines’ health ministry reported that coronavirus deaths have reached more than 700. 07:56 – Oman said that 112 people tested positive for coronavirus, raising total infected patients to 3,224. 07:50 – Russian authorities said they had recorded 10,817 new cases of the coronavirus in the last day, pushing the nationwide tally to 198,676. 07:11 – Singapore’s health ministry reported 753 new coronavirus cases. 06:58 – South Korea reported 18 fresh cases of the new coronavirus, including 12 in Seoul, as health workers scrambled to trace contacts following a slew of transmissions linked to clubgoers. 05:06 – Pakistan has begun lifting the weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as authorities reported another big jump of 1,637 cases which rose to 27,474 with 24 new fatalities. 05:03 – Thailand reported four new coronavirus cases and one more death on Saturday, bringing the total to 3,004 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in January. 04:38 – Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week. 04:29 – Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals, reports said Saturday, despite growing pressure on the government to relax virus lockdown measures. 03:39 – Australia’s most populous states held back from easing COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday even as some states allowed small gatherings and got ready to open restaurants in line with the federal government’s three-stage plan for reopening businesses. READ THE STORY 03:01 – China reported one new coronavirus case for Friday, unchanged from the day before, data from the national health authority showed on Saturday.