World News Updates: Chile to Issue Coronavirus ‘Immunity Cards’ to Those Who Recover

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Sunday that France’s lockdown had slowed coronavirus infections and deaths but that the health crisis was “not over” — and that life was unlikely to return to normal “for a long time” after restrictions are officially lifted on May 11. At least 40 staff members in Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul have tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, Afghan officials said on Sunday, forcing President Ashraf Ghani to isolate himself and attend events via video conference. In early March, more than two weeks after the first positive case was recorded in Afghanistan, thousands of guests packed into the palace as Mr. Ghani took the oath of office for his second term — even though his administration was already discouraging gatherings to slow the spread of the virus. The lockdown, which began on March 30, was supposed to end at midnight on Sunday.In a televised address from the statehouse in the country’s capital, Harare, Mr. Mnangagwa said that the extension was needed to choke the spread of the virus and “prepare for worse times which are lurking ahead.” Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during the holy month of Ramadan if their countries have imposed distancing measures, the state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. Attorney General William P. Barr conflated the arrests of the 14 Hong Kong democracy advocates — the biggest roundup since antigovernment protests began last year — with what he called“industrial espionage” by China’s ruling Communist Party against the United States. “I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong,” Mr. Barr said in a statement.“These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those we share in Western liberal democracies. Mr. Barr’s remarks echoed an earlier statement by Mike Pompeo , the secretary of state,who said Beijing had violated the agreements instituted in 1997 when the former British colony was returned to Chinese control with the promise that city would continue to “enjoy a high degree of autonomy.” The pandemic has “intensified” the misery of the Rohingya, who are confined in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh, Mr. Robertson said, adding that the Malaysian government “can both protect against the spread of the virus and ensure that those risking their lives at sea are rescued and given a chance to seek asylum.” Reporting was contributed by Raphael Minder, Jeffrey Gettleman, Liz Alderman, Constant Meheut, Suhasini Raj, Mujib Mashal, Fahim Abed, Fatima Faizi, Donald G. McNeil Jr., Steve Eder, Megan Twohey, Apoorva Mandavilli, John Bartlett, Mihir Zaveri, Karen Zraick, Aurelien Breeden, Motoko Rich, Kai Schultz, Martin Selsoe Sorensen, Benjamin Mueller, Iliana Magra, Abdi Latif Dahir, Henrik Pryser Libell,Derrick Bryson Taylor, Mariel Padilla, Rebecca Chao, Russell Goldman, Anna Holland, Yonette Joseph, Austin Ramzy, Jeffrey Moyo and Monika Pronczuk.