Portal:Current events/2020 March 29
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;Business and economy
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China resumes domestic flights to the Hubei province. Wuhan is expected to resume flights on April 8. [https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/chinas-coronavirus-hit-hubei-province-begins-domestic-flights/1912878/ (Financial Express)]
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
- Nepal Airlines will allow rescue flights to take stranded tourists back to their countries, but only if embassies requested it. [https://www.nepalitimes.com/latest/nepal-airlines-to-fly-stranded-australian-tourists-to-sydney/ (Nepali Times)]
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, transportation in Dubai
- The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority announces that the Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro will be suspended until April 5 as sterilization continues in Dubai. [https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/coronavirus-dubais-rta-extends-8pm-to-6am-public-transport-suspension-until-april-5-1.70694418 (Gulf News)]
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- The 2020 North American International Auto Show, originally scheduled from June 9–20 in Detroit, has been cancelled due to the designation of the TCF Center as a temporary hospital. [https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/03/28/2020-naias-cancelled-as-tcf-center-becomes-temporary-hospital/ (Click On Detroit)]
;Disasters and accidents
- An IAI Westwind jet, chartered by the Philippine government for a medical evacuation flight to Haneda Airport in Japan, crashes upon takeoff at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. All eight people onboard are killed. [https://www.rt.com/news/484420-manila-medical-plane-crash/ (RT)]
;Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand's Ministry of Health reports its first death from COVID-19, a woman in her 70s. [https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/covid-19-coronavirus-new-zealand-has-its-first-death/ (Newstalk ZB)]
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
- Thirty-nine health workers from Cuba arrive in Andorra, as the country's confirmed cases and death toll per capita becomes one of the highest in the world. [https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2020/03/29/cuba_acomiada_metges_infermeres_que_treballaran_uci_andorra_159132_1125.html (Diari d'Andorra)]
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extends the stay-at-home order for non-essential workers to April 15. [https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-extends-order-stay-home-for-two-weeks-2020-3 (Business Insider)]
;International relations
- North Korea–South Korea relations, Japan–North Korea relations, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches. Both South Korea and Japan condemn the launching. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-fires-more-missiles-than-ever-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21F0Y2 (Reuters)]
;Politics and elections
- 2020 Malian parliamentary election
- After having been postponed several times, parliamentary elections are being held in war-torn Mali. The election is overshadowed by the recent kidnapping of the leading opposition politician Soumaïla Cissé and the first reported COVID-19 death in the country. [https://www.dw.com/en/mali-election-underway-despite-coronavirus-fears/a-52949703 (DW)]
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