Tag: Covid-19
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Asia Today: S. Korean students return to class; 32 new cases
South Korean students began returning to classes Wednesday as the country counted 32 new coronavirus cases. It was the first time in nine days that the ... -
Asia Today: Hong Kong increasing coronavirus testing
Hong Kong’s leader says the city is ramping up testing for the coronavirus, especially for workers at the busy international airport and caregivers at homes for ... -
Asia Today: India cases surge, Beijing petition offices shut
NEW DELHI — India recorded its biggest single-day surge in coronavirus cases on Monday, attributed largely to migrant workers returning home after losing their jobs in ... -
Asia Today: India cases pass China; Nepal reports first death
India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed China’s, with the Health Ministry on Saturday reporting a spike to 85,940 infections and 2,752 deaths. China has reported 82,941 ... -
Asia Today: Japan easing emergency, Wuhan starts new testing
Experts on Japan’s coronavirus task force on Thursday approved a government plan to lift a state of emergency in most areas ahead of schedule except for ... -
Asia Today: New Zealand has no new cases for 2nd day
New Zealand reported zero new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, the second day in a row without any new cases and the fourth day since ... -
Asia Today: Singapore partly reopens despite rise in cases
Singaporeans were able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery Tuesday as the government loosened restrictions three weeks before ... -
Asia Today: Indian cases spike, Shanghai Disney park reopens
India reported its biggest daily increase in cases Monday as it prepares to gradually resume train service while easing its virus lockdown. India’s train network was ... -
Asia Today: Seoul shuts down more than 2,100 nightclubs
SEOUL — South Korea’s capital has shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs, hostess bars and discos after dozens of coronavirus infections were linked to club goers ... -
Border restrictions lifted for ‘blue cards’ living in Zhuhai
From 6:00 am Monday, May 11 all non-resident workers (TNR or ‘blue card’ holders) who live in Zhuhai can enter Macau without having to go through ... -
Asia Today: South Korea advises clubs to close, may delay schools
SEOUL — South Korea on Friday advised nightclubs and similar entertainment venues to close for a month and may delay the reopening of schools after linking ... -
Asia Today: Cruise ship in Philippine waters to return crew
A cruise ship being investigated in Australia for sparking coronavirus infections has sailed into Philippine waters to bring Filipino crewmen home. The Philippine coast guard said ... -
Asia Today: India’s cases spike with Chennai market cluster
NEW DELHI — Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India’s southern city of Chennai, where a large cluster has been ... -
Asia Today: South Korea has low daily increase as sports resume
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Tuesday reported its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases since Feb. 18, as the country restarts professional sports and ... -
US couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter
The first thing Daniel Hsu noticed about the room was that there were no sharp edges. The walls were covered with beige rubber, the table wrapped ... -
Asia Today: Vietnam schools reopen, New Zealand hits zero
Students across Vietnam started returning to their classrooms Monday that had been closed to curb the coronavirus. “I am so excited to go back to school, ... -
Asia Today: Australian capital free of known virus cases
The Australian Capital Territory has become the first of the country’s eight states and mainland territories to declare itself free of all known cases of the ... -
Asia Today: Indian businesses urge easing of virus lockdown
NEW DELHI — With Chinese industries ramping up production, competing Indian businesses are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to loosen India’s 5-week-old coronavirus lockdown when ... -
Asia Today: Surf’s up, coffee’s ready as New Zealand reopens
Surfers greeted a spectacular sunrise in Christchurch, construction workers purchased their favorite espresso coffees and some lawmakers returned to Parliament in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, on ... -
Asia Today: Officials say no more hospitalized Wuhan patients
Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged Sunday, the Hubei province health ... -
Asia Today: Abe urges Japanese to social distance more
BANGKOK – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said people haven’t practiced social distancing as much as they should under the state of emergency he declared two ... -
Asia Today: India, Singapore see record numbers of new cases
BANGKOK (AP) — India and Singapore announced their biggest single-day spikes in new coronavirus cases on Monday, as the crisis intensifies in parts of Asia. India’s ... -
Three more Covid-19 patients discharged after recovery
Three more patients have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection and been transferred to recovery quarantine, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced. In the ... -
Breaking: High schools to resume May in two-phased approach
High schools will resume in May in a two-phased approach, Lo Pak Sang, director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) has just announced at ... -
ExCo passed 10 billion patacas Covid-19 relief fund
The Executive Council has completed the discussion on the draft of the amendment of the 2020 budget, according to an announcement published by the ExCo Friday ... -
Asia Today: Japan expands emergency; China denies allegation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expanded a state of emergency to all of Japan from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the virus continues to ... -
‘Call me Boris’: Nurse’s father glad UK leader got good care
The father of a Portuguese nurse who helped care for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he was in intensive care with COVID-19 says his son ... -
Asia Today: China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for six key days
Beijing — In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan ... -
The Latest: Spain allows some people to go back to work
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing ... -
Editorial | Small to micro support
Secretary Lei Wai Nong announced yesterday the details of the new Covid-19 relief fund which amounts to 13.6 billion patacas overall, on top of the previously ... -
Macau sees its 45th patient of Covid-19
After 24 hours of absence of new infection in the second wave of Covid-19 in the city, Macau has its 45th patient of the disease confirmed ... -
10 billion relief fund details announced: New round of MOP5,000 e-vouchers
An extra round of e-vouchers and salary subsidy for eligible employees, among other financial subsidies, will be issued later this year, Lei Wai Nong, Secretary for ... -
44th Covid-19 case registered in Macau: Gov
A new imported case of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus has been detected in Macau late Saturday bringing to 44 the number of confirmed cases, ... -
Ho Iat Seng leads a silence tribute to mourn Covid-19 victims
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, led Saturday Government officials to stand in a three-minute silence, in tribute to the victims in China of the novel coronavirus ... -
Government has no plan to close bars and pubs
The local government has no plan to close bars, a measure which has been implemented by the Hong Kong SAR, according to Lo Iok Long, medical ...
