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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Coronavirus cases in Africa have risen above 1100, with the virus spreading more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe, but still.... |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Coronavirus cases in Africa have risen above 1100, with the virus spreading more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe, but still.... |
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By Gwynne Dyer. Most of the countries in Asia, Europe and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This is the ‘suppression’ strategy, and it should keep the death rate from going exponential for a while. The unanswered question is: what do we do next? There is no exit strategy. |
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The virus has spread more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe but has a foothold in 41 African nations and two territories. So far it has claimed 37 lives across the continent of 1.3 billion people. The shipment is a much-needed boost to African healthcare systems that were already stretched.... |
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FROM Italy to India to the United States, governments rolled out tougher measures to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic as global cases surged past 300,000 on Sunday and Asia braced for a possible second wave of infections. Nearly one billion people are already confined to their homes.... |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 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 gathering.
The country has so far reported nine deaths and 1,183 infections. |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was flown into the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, as coronavirus cases in Africa rose above 1,100. The virus has spread more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe but has a foothold in 41 African nations and two territories. |
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Indonesia has turned its Athletes Village built for the 2018 Asian Games into an emergency hospital with a capacity to hold more than 4000 patients, as coronavirus cases and deaths in the country rose.
Four out of 10 towers in the Athlete's Village, located in the country's capital city, have been.... |
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Singapore. Oil prices rebounded in Asian trade Wednesday from heavy losses, as major economies indicated they were ready to launch more stimulus measures to tackle the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 0.5 percent at $27 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent rose 0. |
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The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 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 gathering.
The country has so far reported nine deaths and 1,183 infections. |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Coronavirus cases in Africa have risen above 1100, with the virus spreading more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe, but still.... |
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VLADIMIR POPOV and JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM. It is now clear that most East Asian government responses to novel coronavirus or Covid-19 outbreaks have been effective. In Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan, the number infected have remained relatively low despite their proximity and vulnerability,.... |
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From Australia's Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities across Asia ramped up efforts this weekend to stem the coronavirus amid fears of a second wave of infections in places where outbreaks had appeared under control. Tighter travel restrictions were imposed in several countries while.... |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Coronavirus cases in Africa have risen above 1100, with the virus spreading more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe, but still.... |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was flown into the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, as coronavirus cases in Africa rose above 1,100. The virus has spread more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe but has a foothold in 41 African nations and two territories. |
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Rome, Italy, Mar 19 – From Italy to India to the United States, governments rolled out tougher measures to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic as global cases surged past 300,000 on Sunday and Asia braced for a possible second wave of infections. |
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Declared coronavirus cases topped 150,000 in Europe, including more than 53,000 in Italy, according to an AFP tally Sunday. With at least 152,117 cases, including 7,802 deaths, Europe is the continent worst hit by the pandemic, ahead of Asia which has 96,669 declared cases, including 3,479 deaths. |
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A team of new MSF intensive care medics will staff the facility in Irna. — West Asia News Agency handout via Reuters. PARIS, March 22 — Medical charity MSF is setting up a 50-bed emergency centre to treat severe Covid-19 cases in Iran, the French organisation said today. |
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The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. |
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From Australia's Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities across Asia ramped up efforts this weekend to stem the coronavirus amid fears of a second wave of infections in places where outbreaks had appeared under control. Tighter travel restrictions were imposed in several countries while.... |
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KUALA LAMPUR: Worshippers who attended a mass religious event in Malaysia that is now linked to 840 coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia are cooperating with authorities, an organiser said, after the government said thousands of them were still being traced. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Worshippers who attended a mass religious event in Malaysia that is now linked to 840 coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia are cooperating with authorities, an organiser said, after the government said thousands of them were still being traced. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Worshippers who attended a mass religious event in Malaysia that is now linked to 840 coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia are cooperating with authorities, an organizer said, after the government said thousands of them were still being traced. |
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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Malaysian Armed Forces have been deployed and are already out on the streets assisting the police in enforcing the Restricted Movement Order (RMO) , pictures in a defence portal showed. Defence news portal Air Times News Network put up photos of.... |
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