Disputed election After having been postponed several times, parliamentary elections are being held in war-torn Mali. The election is overshadowed by the recent kidnapping of the leading opposition politician Soumaïla Cissé and the first reported COVID-19 death in the country.
North Korea–South Korea relations North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches. Both South Korea and Japan condemn the launching.
COVID-19 pandemic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extends the stay-at-home order for non-essential workers to April 15.
Thirty-nine health workers from Cuba arrive in Andorra, as the country's confirmed cases and death toll per capita becomes one of the highest in the world.
IAI Westwind An IAI Westwind jet, chartered by the Philippine government for a medical evacuation flight to Haneda Airport in Japan, crashes upon takeoff at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. All eight people onboard are killed.
COVID-19 pandemic The 2020 North American International Auto Show, originally scheduled from June 9–20 in Detroit, has been cancelled due to the designation of the TCF Center as a temporary hospital.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority announces that the Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro will be suspended until April 5 as sterilization continues in Dubai.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation Nepal Airlines will allow rescue flights to take stranded tourists back to their countries, but only if embassies requested it.
China resumes domestic flights to the Hubei province. Wuhan is expected to resume flights on April 8.