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Japan to approve its first antigen coronavirus test kits on Wednesday

Japan to approve its first antigen coronavirus test kits on Wednesday

-- 2020-05-12 10:31:09

The Japanese Health Ministry is set to approve antigen coronavirus testing kits on Wednesday, a ministry official said on Tuesday, in a move to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle...

‘Rights bodies express concern over hate speech against Rohingyas in Malaysia’

‘Rights bodies express concern over hate speech against Rohingyas in Malaysia’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-11 19:56:51

As many as 84 local and international human rights organisations expressed their concerns over violence and hate speech against Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. They expressed concer...

To work or not to work? UK lockdown unwind mired by confusion

To work or not to work? UK lockdown unwind mired by confusion

Reuters 2020-05-11 15:29:37

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday (UK standard time) give details of how to get the economy back to work, after his attempt to plot a nuanced exit from the coronavirus lockdown promp...

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors

-- 2020-05-11 14:59:41

One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday. The incident took place during training...

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

Reuters 2020-05-11 14:19:37

Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, foll...

US Vice President Pence limits social contact

US Vice President Pence limits social contact

-- 2020-05-11 13:08:33

US Vice President Mike Pence has been distancing himself from others, but is not in self-quarantine, after his press secretary tested positive for the coronavirus, an administration official said Sund...

Ghana president says one person infected 533 with COVID-19 at fish factory

Ghana president says one person infected 533 with COVID-19 at fish factory

-- 2020-05-11 10:58:50

A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a...

Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan

Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan

-- 2020-05-11 10:40:34

China reported 17 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on May 10, rising from a day earlier and marking the highest daily increase since April 28, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the disease...

India issues guidelines for post-lockdown factory restarts after fatal gas leak

India issues guidelines for post-lockdown factory restarts after fatal gas leak

Reuters 2020-05-10 19:31:32

India has issued guidelines to ensure the safe restart of manufacturing facilities, after weeks’ long nationwide lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus. The guidelines c...

Malaysia extends curbs on movement, businesses to June 9

Malaysia extends curbs on movement, businesses to June 9

-- 2020-05-10 13:22:08

Malaysia’s government extended the time frame for movement and business curbs by another four weeks to June 9, amid a gradual reopening of economic activity stunted by the coronavirus pandemic....

China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3

China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3

Reuters 2020-05-10 11:48:07

China’s National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases on May 9, the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in the city of Wuhan where t...

South Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month

South Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month

-- 2020-05-10 10:53:37

South Korea reported 34 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had visited. Of the n...

Three key US coronavirus officials in self-quarantine

Three key US coronavirus officials in self-quarantine

REUTERS 2020-05-10 10:43:20

Three key US officials guiding the coronavirus response were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to spokesmen and medi...

In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

Reuters 2020-05-10 10:16:03

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a s...

UN urges to end hate speech, targeting journalists

UN urges to end hate speech, targeting journalists

FE Online Report 2020-05-09 18:59:38

The UN Secretary General General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed deep concern over the ‘unleashing of a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering’, and assaul...

Britain to quarantine travellers for 14 days

Britain to quarantine travellers for 14 days

-- 2020-05-09 18:25:38

The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic, an association rep...

US house assistants 'hardest hit' by Covid-19 without food or rent

US house assistants 'hardest hit' by Covid-19 without food or rent

-- 2020-05-09 17:44:18

Almost three-quarters of US domestic workers have lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus, with most unable to pay rent and worried about buying food, researchers found, calling for broader governm...

‘Iran-linked hackers targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead’

‘Iran-linked hackers targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead’

-- 2020-05-09 17:28:27

Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at US drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as...

China plans reformation of disease prevention system

China plans reformation of disease prevention system

-- 2020-05-09 17:04:46

China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus outbreak, a senior health official said on Saturday. China has been criticised domesticall...

US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists

US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists

-- 2020-05-09 16:41:23

The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, a shift that comes amid tension...

Kenya and Uganda hit by power blackout

Kenya and Uganda hit by power blackout

-- 2020-05-09 13:40:22

Kenya and Uganda were hit by a power blackout on Saturday after what distributor Kenya Power said was a system disturbance in the transmission grid. The neighbouring countries’ grids are interc...

Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases, one new death

Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases, one new death

-- 2020-05-09 12:03:38

Thailand reported four new coronavirus cases and one more death on Saturday, bringing the total to 3,004 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in January. A 68-year-old man from Bangkok died...

Global COVID-19 cases exceed four million

Global COVID-19 cases exceed four million

-- 2020-05-09 10:38:06

Confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases around the world stood at 4,012,837 on Saturday morning The virus has so far killed 276,216 people, reports UNB citing the Associated Press. Currently, 2,351,4...

Italy becomes 3rd country to record 30,000 COVID-19 deaths

Italy becomes 3rd country to record 30,000 COVID-19 deaths

-- 2020-05-08 23:06:18

Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day before. Italy’s total...

China open to probe of origins of coronavirus, says envoy

China open to probe of origins of coronavirus, says envoy

-- 2020-05-08 21:10:24

China is open to an independent investigation to determine the origins of the coronavirus now sweeping the world, Chinese ambassador to Berlin told a German magazine on Friday According to Reuters, t...

Kuwait imposes ‘total curfew’ until May 30

Kuwait imposes ‘total curfew’ until May 30

-- 2020-05-08 20:47:30

Kuwait will enact a ‘total curfew’ from 1300 GMT on Sunday through to May 30 to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus. According to Reuters, further details of the curfew will be an...

Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak: WHO

Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak: WHO

-- 2020-05-08 20:09:31

A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an "amplifying setting", the World Health Organiz...

The government is failing us: Laid-off Americans

The government is failing us: Laid-off Americans

Reuters 2020-05-08 16:47:54

For Claudia Alejandra, unemployment has become a full-time job. Since losing her position at the makeup counter at the Macy’s department store in Orlando, Florida, on March 28, Alejandra spends...

Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

REUTERS 2020-05-08 13:44:03

For Claudia Alejandra, unemployment has become a full-time job. Since losing her position at the makeup counter at the Macy’s department store in Orlando, Florida, on March 28, Alejandra spends...

Train runs over 14 migrant workers walking home in India

Train runs over 14 migrant workers walking home in India

AP 2020-05-08 11:56:20

A train in India crashed into a group of migrant workers walking along the railroad tracks on to their way back to their home state on Friday, killing at least 14, officials and local media said. The...