Loading...

Search results for: World

Philippines extends coronavirus lockdown to end-April

Philippines extends coronavirus lockdown to end-April

Reuters 2020-04-07 09:51:45

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday approved the extension of lockdown and home quarantine measures covering more than half of the population, a crisis panel official said, in an effort to...

New Zealand demotes minister for lockdown breach

New Zealand demotes minister for lockdown breach

Reuters 2020-04-07 09:32:47

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday she had rejected her health minister’s offer to resign for breaching nationwide lockdown rules as doing so would jeopardise plans to slo...

Boris Johnson in ICU over coronavirus

Boris Johnson in ICU over coronavirus

-- 2020-04-07 07:01:53

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care unit (ICU) on Monday night after his coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign...

Wuhan to resume operation of almost 100 trains

Wuhan to resume operation of almost 100 trains

-- 2020-04-06 22:07:42

The central Chinese city of Wuhan, once the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, will resume operation of nearly 100 passenger trains starting April 08, according to the local railway operator...

Australia paves way for temporary-visa-holder students to continue studies

Australia paves way for temporary-visa-holder students to continue studies

-- 2020-04-06 21:36:53

The Australian government has made a number of changes to temporary-visa-holder arrangements in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic to make it easier for Bangladeshi and other international stude...

Modi, lawmakers agree 30pc salary cut amid virus outbreak

Modi, lawmakers agree 30pc salary cut amid virus outbreak

-- 2020-04-06 17:41:24

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top government figures will take a 30 per cent salary cut this year, a government minister said on Monday, as the country tackles the coronavirus outbreak...

India COVID-19 death toll rises to 109

India COVID-19 death toll rises to 109

-- 2020-04-06 15:55:27

India's federal health ministry on Monday morning said the death toll due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in India rose to 109 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 4,067. "As on 9...

Pakistan's COVID-19 deaths climb to 45

Pakistan's COVID-19 deaths climb to 45

-- 2020-04-06 15:43:36

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 3,059 including 45 deaths in Pakistan, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry. The statistics pres...

UK's plan B if 'Team Johnson' is incapacitated? Answer is unclear

UK's plan B if 'Team Johnson' is incapacitated? Answer is unclear

REUTERS 2020-04-06 13:55:10

Britain’s constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons’ minds: what happens if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in hospital after persistent sympto...

Italy records lowest daily coronavirus deaths in nearly three weeks

Italy records lowest daily coronavirus deaths in nearly three weeks

-- 2020-04-06 12:00:55

Italy registered 525 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the lowest one-day total since March 19, health officials said Sunday. The country registered its one-day high of 969 fatalities on Mar...

'We're not hungry, we need masks' says Australian doctor

'We're not hungry, we need masks' says Australian doctor

-- 2020-04-06 11:47:35

Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks, some people even bring them pizzas, but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks to rep...

France’s death toll slows but coronavirus still hits hard

France’s death toll slows but coronavirus still hits hard

-- 2020-04-06 11:35:14

France’s daily death toll from the novel coronavirus fell in the past 24 hours and admissions into intensive care also slowed, the health ministry said on Sunday, thanking citizens for largely r...

China reports increase in new coronavirus cases

China reports increase in new coronavirus cases

Reuters 2020-04-06 10:30:00

Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak desp...

Japan’s PM to declare state of emergency as soon as Tuesday

Japan’s PM to declare state of emergency as soon as Tuesday

-- 2020-04-06 10:23:48

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus spreading across the country, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, as the cumulativ...

Johnson hospitalised for tests after persistent coronavirus symptoms

Johnson hospitalised for tests after persistent coronavirus symptoms

REUTERS 2020-04-06 09:23:33

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday in what Downing Street said was a "precautionary step" because he was showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 da...

Exercise out of the home 'could be banned' if people ignore rules: UK govt

Exercise out of the home 'could be banned' if people ignore rules: UK govt

-- 2020-04-05 21:47:19

Exercise outside the home could be banned if people ignore coronavirus social distancing rules, the health secretary of the UK has warned. Matt Hancock said that the government would "take action" if...

Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers

Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers

-- 2020-04-05 20:33:11

Singapore reported 120 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, by far its highest daily rise, and quarantined nearly 20,000 migrant workers in their dormitories. Among the newly-infected 120 cases, 116 were...

Ecuador stores coronavirus victims in big fridges as morgues, hospitals already filled up

Ecuador stores coronavirus victims in big fridges as morgues, hospitals already filled up

-- 2020-04-05 17:41:51

Ecuador's government has begun storing the bodies of victims of the coronavirus in giant refrigerated containers as hundreds of deaths in the city of Guayaquil, the centre of the country's outbreak, h...

Spain sees continued fall in coronavirus cases, deaths

Spain sees continued fall in coronavirus cases, deaths

-- 2020-04-05 16:58:46

The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall on Sunday in Spain and the number of deaths in a 24 hour period fell for the third consecutive day, according to the Spanish Ministry for Health, Con...

Brazil lawmakers pass 'war budget' as virus cases top 10,000

Brazil lawmakers pass 'war budget' as virus cases top 10,000

-- 2020-04-05 13:47:57

Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a “war budget” to separate coronavirus-related spending from the government’s main budget and shield th...

Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases

Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases

REUTERS 2020-04-05 12:15:23

Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting th...

The religious retreat that sparked India's major coronavirus manhunt

The religious retreat that sparked India's major coronavirus manhunt

REUTERS 2020-04-05 11:49:15

It was late on Sunday night when officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh received the alert. Federal authorities said they needed to track down more than 1,000 people linked to a larg...

Global COVID-19 cases top 1.2 million

Global COVID-19 cases top 1.2 million

-- 2020-04-05 11:39:27

The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide has topped 1.2 million, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday evening. A total of 1,201,591 people have been diagnose...

Iran warns of virus surge after many ignore 'stay home' rules

Iran warns of virus surge after many ignore 'stay home' rules

Reuters 2020-04-05 10:28:46

A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home, crowding streets and causing traffic jams across t...

Britain secures 300 new ventilators from China

Britain secures 300 new ventilators from China

Reuters 2020-04-05 10:16:16

Britain took delivery of 300 ventilators from China on Saturday (UK standard time) and more will start being produced soon by a consortium of aerospace, engineering, and Formula One teams, Cabinet Off...

In Italy, support groups fear lockdown is silencing domestic abuse victims

In Italy, support groups fear lockdown is silencing domestic abuse victims

Reuters 2020-04-05 08:57:34

Italy has seen a sharp fall in official reports of domestic violence as it approaches a month under coronavirus lockdown, raising concern among some support groups that forced confinement is leaving v...

New York virus deaths surge past 3,500

New York virus deaths surge past 3,500

-- 2020-04-05 08:37:10

New York state has recorded 630 more coronavirus deaths, another daily record that takes its toll to 3,565. Most deaths have been in New York City. The state now has almost as many cases - over 113,0...

Spain to extend state of emergency until April 26

Spain to extend state of emergency until April 26

-- 2020-04-04 20:22:40

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 more days until April 26 as the daily pace of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed again on Saturday...

US unemployment systems tested by surge of applicants

US unemployment systems tested by surge of applicants

AP 2020-04-04 18:55:32

Americans are seeking unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels due to the coronavirus, but many are finding more frustration than relief. State websites and phone lines across the country have...

Britain's Labour Party gets new leader

Britain's Labour Party gets new leader

-- 2020-04-04 17:11:34

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party named Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions who opposed the country’s exit from the European Union, as its leader on Saturday. Star...