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BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea reported four more cases of coronavirus infection in its first daily increase below five in about two months. The Koreas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Thursday the country’s totals were now 10,765 cases with 247 deaths. It said 9,059 people have recovered and been released from quarantine. |
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BANGKOK (AP) South Korea reported four more cases of coronavirus infection in its first daily increase below five in about two months. The Koreas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Thursday the country’s totals were now 10,765 cases with 247 deaths. It said 9,059 people have recovered and been released from quarantine. |
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South Korea has subsequently relaxed some of its social distancing guidelines. It expected to ease up on more restrictions in coming days if its caseload maintains a decline.
In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:
— MALDIVES HAS FIRST DEATH: Maldives has reported its first death from the new coronavirus with 280 infections. |
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 30, 2020) - NetCents Technology Inc. (CSE: NC) (FSE: 26N) (OTCQB: NTTCF) (" NetCents " or the " Company "), a disruptive cryptocurrency payments technologies company, is pleased to announce the addition of Wang Qin to its Advisory Board. Mr. |
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In April alone, the number was a mere 262,000, down 94.2% compared to March and 98.2% against April 2019. Vietnam suspended the granting of visas for 30 days from March 18, which was a major factor in the declining numbers. Visitors from Asia accounted for 72.7% of the total in the first four months, down 40. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are higher on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session as promising trial results of Gilead Sciences' potential coronavirus treatment remdesivir boosted investor sentiment. Gilead Sciences cited positive data emerging from the National Institute of.... |
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Stocks in Asia rose in Thursday afternoon trade following positive developments overnight on a potential new treatment for Covid-19. Stocks in Japan, which returned to trade following a Wednesday holiday, led gains regionally. The Nikkei 225 jumped 2.9% as shares of robot maker Fanuc soared about 8%. |
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Shares in the US and Asia have risen on hopes that an experimental drug could help treat symptoms of Covid-19. The top US infectious disease expert said that early results of a clinical trial on anti-viral treatment remdesivir were "quite good news". Investors are betting the drug could help.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Thursday, riding a wave of optimism about a possible treatment for the coronavirus that set off a rally on Wall Street powerful enough to override data showing the U.S. economy had logged its worst quarterly performance since 2009. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 2. |
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By James Pearson. HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits. |
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China has deployed a patrol vessel from its Coast Guard to the Scarborough Shoal, the latest salvo in its sustained pressure campaign against Philippine-claimed features in the disputed South China Sea, ship-tracking data shows. The China Coast Guard (CCG) ship 3302 was at Scarborough Shoal as of Wednesday, Radio Free Asia can confirm. |
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Market Study Report: The Report 2019-2025 Global and Chinese Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) Market Report explores the essential factors of the and Chinese Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) market considering such as industry situations, market demands, market players adopted business strategies and their growth scenario. |
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are mixed on Friday in holiday-thinned trading despite the positive cues overnight from Wall Street as the Federal Reserve unveiled a $2.3 trillion program to support the U.S.
amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Worries about the spread and the economic impact of the coronavirus weighed on sentiment. |
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MANILA, Philippines Without social aid, the economic slump from the coronavirus global pandemic would likely wipe out three decades of gains in fighting poverty, with nearly half of new poor people coming from East Asia and the Pacific, a new study showed. |
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PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia's coronavirus fatality rate is at 1.58 per cent, which is lower than the average of 4 per cent to 5 per cent in many other countries. Furthermore, about 40 per cent to 50 per cent of Covid-19 patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) have.... |
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By James Pearson. HANOI, April 10 (Reuters) - Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits. |
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Pete Chareonwongsak, chief executive officer of Air Asia Group's logistic arm, Teleport. — Image courtesy of newsroom.airasia.com.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — AirAsia’s newly-launched Save Our Shops (SOS) campaign that helps merchant market their products online, has received an overwhelming response.... |
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Motorists, wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, ride on a bridge in Hanoi March 17, 2020. — AFP pic. HANOI, April 10 — Vietnam is challenging China’s dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and South-east Asia.... |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mixed on Friday in holiday-thinned trading despite the positive cues overnight from Wall Street as the Federal Reserve unveiled a $2.3 trillion program to support the U.S. economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Worries about the spread and the economic impact of the coronavirus weighed on sentiment. |
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Pete Chareonwongsak, chief executive officer of Air Asia Group's logistic arm, Teleport. — Image courtesy of newsroom.airasia.com.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — AirAsia’s newly-launched Save Our Shops (SOS) campaign that helps merchant market their products online, has received an overwhelming response.... |
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Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals, issued an editorial on Tuesday apologizing for associating the novel coronavirus with Wuhan and China in its news coverage. It also appealed for people to stop the stigma around the disease because it fuels racism and discrimination against Asian.... |
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Nature, one of the world’s top scientific journals, issued an editorial on Tuesday apologizing for associating the novel coronavirus with Wuhan and China in its news coverage. It also appealed for people to stop the stigma around the disease because it fuels racism and discrimination against Asian.... |
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a USD60-million loan to increase Oman's renewable power generation capacity and reduce the country's dependence on gas and other fossil fuels for electricity generation. This is AIIB's first nonsovereign-backed financing in the country's renewable energy sector. |
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MHI Vestas has appointed Masato Yamada as the Regional Manager Asia Pacific, to oversee the company's growth across the Asia Pacific region. He was formerly the company's Chief Strategy Officer based in Aarhus, Denmark, and will now be based in MHI Vestas' Tokyo office.
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ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is making available another $50 million to Pakistan to support the government’s efforts to fight the outbreak of novel coronavirus in the country. This amount has been repurposed from the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) project. |
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