Latest coronavirus updates around the globe

Russia reported 8,726 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, pushing the total number of infections to 449,834. Officials said 144 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official nationwide death toll to 5,528.

Hungary announced on Thursday that travel restrictions imposed due to the pandemic between Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovakia will be fully lifted starting Friday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin announced Friday the country will allocate 35 billion ringgit (about 78.96 billion U.S. dollars) to revive the national economy in the wake of the pandemic.

Thailand's public health ministry said Friday that the government would allocate one trillion baht (about 31.77 billion U.S. dollars) to ease the impact of the coronavirus. Of the total, 45 billion baht will be for improving its national health system.