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Quang Hai is one of three Asian football stars who has been selected to take part in the campaign, along with Alireza Faghani of Iran and Wang Shanshan of China. With the #BreakTheChain campaign attracting millions of interactions with people globally, it is hoped that the push will serve to.... |
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South Korea has said it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day.
The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's largest epidemic outside China with around 100 or fewer new daily cases. |
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The latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: - Thai curfew to begin - Thailand will begin enforcing a six-hour curfew from Friday night in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, and has warned anyone who breaches the order faces a two-year jail term. |
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Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia reported its first two coronavirus cases on March 2, and has tallied 1,986 confirmed cases and 181 deaths as of April 3, making it the country with the most coronavirus deaths and the highest fatality rate in Southeast Asia. Indonesia's death rate stood at 9.1 percent compared to 5. |
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This is a brief overview over community concerns that have come out from Risk Communication and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) activities in Indonesia and Nepal. Key topics to address are fears and stigma against people who return from China, information on response measures and.... |
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South Korea has said it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day. The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's largest epidemic outside China with around 100 or fewer new daily cases. |
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Nyika, 24, just last month became the first Kiwi boxer to seal Olympic qualification since 2004, forced to travel across Asia, Europe and the Middle East due to the impacts of coronavirus.
The Hamilton native's travel schedule took its toll on the Commonwealth Games' 2018 heavyweight gold medallist.... |
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Washington has in recent days announced an upsurge in infection rates among military personnel deplo-yed at various overseas US missions. The US Navy’s Indo-Pacific Command, which covers vast areas of Asia including the hotly contested South China Sea, has been particularly hard hit, according to reports. |
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Vietnam’s economic growth rate is expected to slow sharply to 4.8 percent this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, said a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 3. The report showed the country would suffer an ongoing drop in demand from its principal trade and investment partners. |
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As of Friday, coronavirus cases in Pakistan the world’s fifth most populous country climbed to 2,450 and 35 people have died. The densely populated country of more than 210 million currently has the second highest number of cases in South Asia after India. |
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South Korea has said it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day. The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's largest epidemic outside China with around 100 or fewer new daily cases. |
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By Hyonhee Shin. SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day. The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's.... |
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ISLAMABAD: The economic growth in Pakistan will fall to 2.6% this year as economic stabilisation constrains domestic demand, cotton output stagnates and coronavirus outbreak takes its toll, according to a new report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). |
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By Hyonhee Shin. SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day. The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's.... |
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BANGKOK - Millions of jobs could be lost in South-east Asia as economies grind to a halt amid efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, wreaking havoc particularly in countries with weak social protection systems. A report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the.... |
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SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea said on Saturday (April 4) it will have to extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday as concerns about imported coronavirus cases and new outbreaks in small clusters persist. The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's.... |
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KUWAIT CITY A total of 18 sporting programs will feature in the 3rd Asian Youth Games (AYG) in Shantou, China in November 2021, the Olympic Council of Asia revealed on Thursday. The 18 sports include Olympic Games staples such as athletics, aquatics, gymnastics and football. |
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Areema Nasreen, a 36-year-old British Muslim nurse, died on Friday after falling ill from coronavirus. She is the latest in a string of deaths in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) from the virus. Six out of the eight casualties in the NHS so far are Muslims with backgrounds in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. |
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New York, April 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Asia-Pacific Dairy Products Market, By Product Type , By Distribution Channel (Modern Department Stores, Traditional Department Stores and Others , By Country, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025" - https://www. |
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Prosperous expatriates can choose whether to stay or go, and if they are citizens of rich countries, their governments may help to fly them home. But for many the sudden absence of work leaves little choice. It is not just hard to survive in expensive cities without a paycheck. |
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The week in charts The battle intensifies. Pandemic trade-offs • Differing national approaches • Deepening economic gloom • Home self-improvement.
WhatsApp As covid-19 continues to rage worldwide, both Europe and America have now overtaken Asia as the worst-affected continents. |
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The US-based television network recommended travelers to try the largest island of Vietnam, which is also dubbed as “Pearl Island.” The island is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Southeast Asia and the world's longest overseas cable car, it said. Earlier, CNN Travel has published a list of the best things to do in the island. |
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A report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) says regional governments should - and still have ample policy space - to both save jobs as well as support minimum living standards for households. In the policy paper on the Asia Pacific region issued.... |
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The Manila-based bank said a shorter containment period could pare the losses to $2 trillion. The crisis has sent equity markets spinning as traders fret over the long-term impact on the world economy, though governments and central banks have stepped in to ease the pain, pledging more than $5 trillion in stimulus and easing monetary policy. |
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 April 2020) — Regional economic growth in developing Asia will decline sharply in 2020 due to the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, before recovering in 2021, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual flagship economic publication. |
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