Japan has recorded 10,000 infections and nearly 200 people have died with the disease. Michael Bristow reports. Two Japanese medical associations said the extra burden caused by virus infections and hospitals were now refusing to treat some patients, even though suffering from serious conditions such as strokes and heart attacks. One patient in an ambulance with a fever was turned away by 80 medical facilities before finding a hospital in Tokyo that would accept him. Japan initially appeared to have the outbreak under control and resisted bringing in tough restrictions for fear they would damage the economy. But on Thursday, the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to cover the entire country.

The Nigerian President's Chief of Staff Abba Kyari, has died after contracting the coronavirus. Mr. Kyari was in his seventies. He tested positive for COVID-19 in March and been receiving treatment. Nigeria has nearly 500 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. 17 people have died. Ishaq Khalid reports from Abuja. The lead chief of staff to the Nigerian President Mr. Abba Kyari was arguably the most powerful presidential aide in Nigeria. He was instrumental in running their face of the country. In a short press statement in the early hours of Saturday, the Nigerian presidency says it regrets to announce the death of Mr. Kyari. The statement says he died on Friday. It's not clear whether he had underlying health conditions. President Muhammadu Buhari had tested negative to coronavirus despite his closeness to his chief of staff.

Leading clerics and government ministers in Pakistan are meeting to discuss whether Friday prayers should be allowed to take place during the coronavirus outbreak, what rules will be enforced during Ramadan, which is due to begin next week. At the moment, in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, congregational prayers in groups of more than five people are banned. But these have been taking place in many mosques, regardless.

There's been a rise in the number of new infections in Germany for the fourth consecutive day. In the past 24 hours, more than 3600 new cases were reported. The number of deaths as a result of coronavirus has risen, too. On Friday, the German Health Minister said the outbreak was under control. The BBC's Damien McGuinness reports from Berlin. I think what's going to be difficult now because the situation looks relatively positive in Germany and I'm saying relatively because you have a growing death toll and every single death is death too many. Because the figures in general starting to look more positive, infection rates are going down. It's going to be even harder to persuade people to stay inside and stick to those social isolation measures and those social contact measures. Damien McGuinness reporting from Berlin.

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