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Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases

Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases

-- 2020-03-24 18:40:14

Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 107 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase to date in the Southeast Asian country, bringing the total number of cases to 686, Health Ministry official Achmad...

Cruise ship responsible for jump in Australia virus cases

Cruise ship responsible for jump in Australia virus cases

Reuters 2020-03-24 13:06:00

Australia reported a jump in coronavirus cases on Tuesday that was almost entirely due to passengers who disembarked a cruise ship in Sydney several days ago, prompting widespread criticism of the off...

China's Hubei province to remove travel bans starting March 25

China's Hubei province to remove travel bans starting March 25

Reuters 2020-03-24 11:25:54

The Health Commission for China’s Hubei province said on Tuesday it will remove all travel restrictions in and out of the province on March 25, with the exception of the city of Wuhan, the provi...

China’s new coronavirus infections double due to imported cases

China’s new coronavirus infections double due to imported cases

-- 2020-03-24 09:51:33

Mainland China saw a doubling in new coronavirus cases driven by a jump in infected travelers returning home from overseas, raising the risk of transmissions in Chinese cities and provinces that had s...

Myanmar reports first cases of coronavirus

Myanmar reports first cases of coronavirus

-- 2020-03-24 09:38:42

Myanmar reported its first confirmed cases of coronavirus in two men who had recently travelled to the United States and the United Kingdom. The Southeast Asian nation had been the most populous coun...

Man fined $33,000 in Taiwan for breaching quarantine

Man fined $33,000 in Taiwan for breaching quarantine

-- 2020-03-23 16:13:30

One man in Taiwan had a particularly expensive night out after authorities fined him $33,000 (£28,480) for violating his quarantine to go clubbing, reports BBC. The man was supposed to be self-...

New Delhi under lockdown

New Delhi under lockdown

Reuters 2020-03-23 12:30:54

New Delhi will be under lockdown until March 31, the Indian capital’s government announced on Sunday, seeking to keep citizens indoors to prevent the spread of coronavirus and giving police powe...

Philippines reports eight new coronavirus deaths

Philippines reports eight new coronavirus deaths

Reuters 2020-03-23 12:10:13

The Philippines’ health ministry on Monday confirmed eight new deaths because of the coronavirus outbreak and 16 more infections. This brings country’s total deaths to 33 and confirmed ca...

Syria confirms first coronavirus case as fears grow it could spread

Syria confirms first coronavirus case as fears grow it could spread

-- 2020-03-23 11:14:05

War-ravaged Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already reached a country with a wrecked health system and...

Thailand reports 122 new coronavirus cases, raising total to 721

Thailand reports 122 new coronavirus cases, raising total to 721

Reuters 2020-03-23 11:00:02

Thailand has 122 new coronavirus cases, raising the total to 721, a health ministry spokesman said on Monday at a news conference. The new cases include 20 patients linked to previous cases, 10 new i...

Saudi Arabia imposes curfew to curb coronavirus spread

Saudi Arabia imposes curfew to curb coronavirus spread

-- 2020-03-23 09:57:55

Saudi Arabia will impose a nationwide curfew starting on Monday after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger and transit f...

Army patrols Malaysian streets as coronavirus cases spike

Army patrols Malaysian streets as coronavirus cases spike

Reuters 2020-03-22 14:58:50

Malaysia deployed the army on Sunday to enforce a two-week curb on travel in a country that has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia, most of them linked to a mass religious gathe...

India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread

India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread

REUTERS 2020-03-22 10:28:01

India launched a 14-hour long curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease. Prime minister...

Pakistan suspends international flights for two weeks

Pakistan suspends international flights for two weeks

Reuters 2020-03-21 18:33:48

Pakistan on Saturday suspended all international flight operations for two weeks in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the civil aviation authority said. "The Government of Pakistan has decid...

Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India

Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India

-- 2020-03-21 16:41:00

Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 fresh cases were reported in various parts of the country, the Health Ministry said, reports thehindubusinessline.com.  However,...

South Korea reports 147 new coronavirus cases

South Korea reports 147 new coronavirus cases

-- 2020-03-21 10:37:43

South Korea reported 147 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, holding to its downward trend in daily infections from a peak in February, but concerns about new outbreaks around small clusters and p...

Malaysia to deploy army to help enforce coronavirus curbs

Malaysia to deploy army to help enforce coronavirus curbs

-- 2020-03-20 17:12:30

Malaysia will deploy the army from Sunday to help enforce travel and movement curbs aimed at reining in the spread of a coronavirus, the government said, as it grapples with the highest number of infe...

Sri Lanka impose curfew over coronavirus

Sri Lanka impose curfew over coronavirus

-- 2020-03-20 15:49:27

Sri Lanka has re-imposed an island-wide police curfew, effective from 6:00pm local time on Friday to 6:00am on Monday, as the South Asian country steps up efforts to check the spread of the coronaviru...

India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

REUTERS 2020-03-20 10:01:54

India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling re...

One dies every 10 minutes from coronavirus  in Iran

One dies every 10 minutes from coronavirus in Iran

-- 2020-03-19 18:46:44

The new coronavirus kills one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday, as the death toll in the Middle East worst-affected country climbed to 1,284. "Based...

Asian countries face second phase of imported cases of coronavirus

Asian countries face second phase of imported cases of coronavirus

-- 2020-03-19 18:11:07

South Korea, China and Singapore are among the Asian countries facing a second coronavirus wave, spurred by people importing it from outside, reports BBC. China, where the virus first emerged, confir...

New Zealand closes border to all foreigners

New Zealand closes border to all foreigners

-- 2020-03-19 16:16:29

New Zealand closed its borders to all foreigners from midnight on Thursday, as it stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country, reports Reuters.  Prime Minister Jac...

Muslim event in Indonesia stopped amid coronavirus fears

Muslim event in Indonesia stopped amid coronavirus fears

Reuters 2020-03-19 12:43:06

A rally of Muslim pilgrims that is drawing thousands of people to Indonesia has been stopped amid fears that it could help spread the new coronavirus, an official said. For days, authorities had been...

How Korea trounced US in race to test people for coronavirus

How Korea trounced US in race to test people for coronavirus

REUTERS 2020-03-19 12:31:54

In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul’s busy...

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 169

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 169

-- 2020-03-19 12:08:00

The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India Thursday rose to 169, India's federal health ministry said. "Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across India is 169," a statement i...

Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, no China transmissions

Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, no China transmissions

-- 2020-03-19 11:29:09

Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases, data released on Thursday showed, as new local transmissions in China fell to zero, putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infect...

Malaysia starts two-week isolation to rein in coronavirus

Malaysia starts two-week isolation to rein in coronavirus

-- 2020-03-18 12:40:53

Malaysia went into a two-week partial lockdown on Wednesday after coronavirus infections in the country spiked to the highest in Southeast Asia, with some buyers rushing to supermarkets to stock up on...

Coronavirus: S Arabia closes mosques

Coronavirus: S Arabia closes mosques

-- 2020-03-18 11:56:53

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that mosques would no longer be open for the customary five daily prayers or Friday congregations, an exceptional move to limit the spread of the coronavirus which has inf...

Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners amid coronavirus

Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners amid coronavirus

-- 2020-03-17 17:01:44

Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, The death toll in Iran from the corona...

Pakistan confirms first death from coronavirus

Pakistan confirms first death from coronavirus

-- 2020-03-17 16:45:03

Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services has confirmed first death of a coronavirus infected person on Tuesday. The country said on a web portal that the under-treatment patient died in a heal...