Latest on COVID-19 around the world

Russia registered 71 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 438.

Vietnam announced on Monday afternoon that two more people had tested positive for the COVID-19, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 118.

Australia's total number of confirmed cases soared from 1,098 on Sunday morning to 1,479 Monday morning and then to 1,709 Monday afternoon.

Israel confirmed a huge daily increase of 167 new cases as 5,268 tests took place in one day for an overall total at 1,238.

UK government opened the first part of a 330-billion-pound loan guarantee scheme for businesses on Monday that's aimed at helping small and medium-sized firms borrow up to 5 million pounds to deal with coronavirus stoppages.

Uzbekistan will lock down its capital city Tashkent from Tuesday as 46 confirmed cases were registered in the city of more than 2.5 million. The government has already shut down public transit in the capital and ordered most businesses to switch to remote working.

Iran's death toll climbed to 1,812 with 127 new deaths; total confirmed cases rose to 23,049 of which 1,411 are new.

Greece recorded a rise of 94 infections which brought the total to 624, with fatalities increasing to 15. It suspended flights from Britain and Turkey, as a lockdown took effect in the country.

Germany reported a total of 22,672 COVID-19 cases as of Monday, with the death toll rising to 86. The government has agreed to an economic rescue package worth hundreds of billions of dollars, according to AFP.