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Belarus sees 958 new cases over last 24 hours, Azerbaijan reports 101, Moldova 192 and Uzbekistan 30.
More coronavirus cases and deaths were reported Friday in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Belarus recorded 958 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 27,730. |
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VGP - Le Thi Thu Hang, Director of the Press - Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), on May 15 granted licenses to foreign press agencies to establish representative offices in Viet Nam.
They are Asia Today and Aju Business Daily from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Rossiya Segodnya news agency from Russia. |
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In fact, Captain Tom still has an extensive list of places he wants to visit in the world, covering everywhere from Asia to America and including a return to India where he served as an engineer during World War II. He said: 'I would like to go back to India again and Barbados I think, and maybe the Continent. |
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KUNMING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 8.97 million stems of flowers were transacted Friday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flower trading market, down 10.8 percent from Thursday. The data were provided by the Kunming International.... |
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Saudi Arabia is continuing its efforts to reduce the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the Kingdom by increasing financing and commercial activities. The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) announced it has started operating a new shipping line for container transportation between the.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — 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 confirmed case and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan. |
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MANILA • Global economic losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic could be between US$5.8 trillion and US$8.8 trillion (S$12.5 trillion) this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday, more than double its earlier estimates as containment measures paralyse economies. The ADB's forecast, equal to 6. |
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JAKARTA • Indonesia's imports last month shrank at the fastest pace in nearly five years, underlining weak domestic demand and export markets that were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, trade data showed yesterday. South-east Asia's largest economy booked a US$344. |
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(Bloomberg) -- India’s burgeoning coronavirus cases surpassed the tally of the country where the outbreak began, making it Asia’s latest hotspot, while China’s central bank Governor Yi Gang pledged support to revive the $14 trillion economy. Air Canada became the latest to slash jobs as Covid-19 paralyzed travel, local media reported. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — 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 confirmed case and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan. |
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The mopeds are back in Hanoi, cars once more clog Karachi's streets and gridlock has returned to Beijing's ring roads -- as lockdowns caused by the coronavirus ease, the temporary respite from traffic has also been broken. Asia's megacities are notoriously traffic-choked, inflicting dizzying pollution and enervating daily delays on their residents. |
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Early this month, it started gradually easing the restrictions to resume economic activity by allowing neighborhood shops to reopen and manufacturing and farming to resume. It also has resumed a limited train service across the country to help stranded migrant workers, students and tourists. |
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While masks are everyday accessories in parts of Asia, for those not accustomed to wearing them the experience can be unnerving, even daunting. Here are some tips for the uninitiated: Which mask?
Unless you are a frontline health worker you do not need a high-spec respirator like the N95 or FFP2, experts say. |
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BANGKOK – 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 confirmed case and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan. |
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BANGKOK – 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 confirmed case and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan. |
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— CHINA TO CUT SHORT ASSEMBLY: A Chinese official confirmed that the annual legislative session will be curtailed to protect public health during the coronavirus pandemic. Zhang Yesui, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, did not indicate how much it would be shortened. |
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There is growing concern about a rare, flu-like virus that has caused at least two deaths and has spread from China to other countries in Asia. Errol Barnett reports.
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— CHINA TO CUT SHORT ASSEMBLY: A Chinese official confirmed that the annual legislative session will be curtailed to protect public health during the coronavirus pandemic. Zhang Yesui, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, did not indicate how much it would be shortened. |
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In the last 24 hours, India confirmed 3,970 new cases and 103 fatalities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is due to announce this weekend a decision whether to extend the 54-day-old lockdown. Early this month, it started gradually easing the restrictions to resume economic activity by.... |
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The synthetic drugs market in East and Southeast Asia continues to expand and diversify, and the price of methamphetamine “yaba” tablets has dropped to the lowest level in a decade as the supply has surged. A report released yesterday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime titled “Synthetic Drugs in.... |
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Early this month, it started gradually easing the restrictions to resume economic activity by allowing neighborhood shops to reopen and manufacturing and farming to resume. It also has resumed a limited train service across the country to help stranded migrant workers, students and tourists. |
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BANGKOK – 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 confirmed case and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan. |
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The worst hit Indian states are Maharashtra with 29,100 cases, Tamil Nadu with 10,108, Gujarat with 9,931 and New Delhi with 8,895. In the last 24 hours, India confirmed 3,970 new cases and 103 fatalities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is due to announce this weekend a decision whether to extend the 54-day-old lockdown. |
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Singapore is offering generous salaries for people to perform nasal swabs at places like quarantined migrant dormitories as the city-state ramps up its testing regime to bring down one of the highest COVID-19 caseloads in Asia. The job advert posted by e2i, an employment initiative under the.... |
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NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India's burgeoning coronavirus cases have overtaken China's tally, making it the latest nation with the dubious distinction of having more infections than the country where the virus was first detected. India saw 3,787 new infections on Friday (May 15), bringing its total to 85,784, surpassing China's 84,038 cases. |
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