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IRELAND

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• A further 41 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland, brining the total deaths to 406 people.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has confirmed that she received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 yesterday but that she is now free of the virus.
• Gardaí said they were forced to use new powers given to them to tackle the coronavirus crisis on seven different occasions over the Easter weekend.
• Gardaí interviewed an Irish citizen in Roscommon over a €15 million international Covid-19 face mask scam. 
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin have signed off on the agreed policy framework document that could form the basis for a programme for government.
• A man in his 30s has died following a suspected stabbing in Ennis, Co Clare.
• A 29-year-old man has been arrested by police on suspicion of murdering another man in Fermanagh. 

WORLD

Women wearing protective face masks walk on a stretch of the Great Wall of China. Andy Wong / PA Images Andy Wong / PA Images / PA Images

#VACCINES: More than 117 million children are at risk of missing out on measles vaccines globally due to the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have warned.

#CHERNOBYL: Ukrainian officials say ay they have extinguished forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

#WHITE HOUSE: Former US President Barack Obama has described Joe Biden as a ‘close friend’, as he formally endorsed his former vice president for the White House. 

PARTING SHOT

At a raucous White House coronavirus briefing last night, Donald Trump showed ‘propaganda’ video of people praising him as he attacked reporters for questioning him over his handling of the crisis.