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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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WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 61. Six new countries/territories/areas (African Region [2], European Region [1], Region of the Americas [1], South East Asia Region [1] and Western Pacific Region [1]) have reported cases of COVID-19. WHO has updated the case definitions. |
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MANILA The Philippine Navy (PN) on Saturday expressed its condolences to the family and loved ones of Dr. Aileen Baviera, a leading Chinese studies expert and a former dean of the University of the Philippines Asian Center, who passed away due to severe pneumonia caused by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). |
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Singapore COVID-19: Eight Singaporeans evacuated from Iran on flight arranged by Malaysia.
Iranian women wear protective masks to prevent contracting a coronavirus, as they walk at Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran Feb 20, 2020. WANA (Photo: West Asia News Agency/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS)
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In Kazakhstan, where 52 cases have been confirmed, authorities said on Saturday they were closing all parks in Almaty, the country's biggest city, which was this week was put on lockdown along with capital city Nur-Sultan. Over the last two days, police and National Guard servicemen have also locked.... |
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FILE PHOTO: Founder and Chairman of Chinese internet giant Alibaba Jack Ma gives a speech at Paris' high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech, in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man, has pledged 1. |
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SYDNEY--The Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates for a second time this month and said it will deploy unconventional policy measures as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to drag the country into its first recessio...
TOKYO--Japan reported a higher-than-expected trade surplus in February.... |
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The coronavirus literally traveled over them from Asia to California while they were on the high seas catching tuna. They were as safe as anyone from the virus doing one of the most dangerous jobs, and now? Fishermen are returning home to California to find a state all but shuttered and nowhere to sell their catch. |
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Corporate Asia Pacific’s rewards platform heads to Vietnam The Saigon Times Sunday, Mar 22, 2020,08:50 (GMT+7) Asia Pacific’s rewards platform heads to VietnamThe Saigon Times HCMC – ShopBack, Asia Pacific’s leading rewards and discovery platform, will begin providing its services in Vietnam from.... |
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China shares virus knowledge, response with Sri Lanka and 18 other nations in video conference Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 09:05 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 22, Colombo: Chinese health officials and experts and their counterparts from 19 countries in Euro-Asia and South Asia including.... |
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With nine months left to meet the HIV-related 2020 targets, we are not on track to end AIDS by 2030. In Asia-Pacific region, despite unprecedented progress initially in scaling-up HIV programmes for prevention, treatment, care and support (in different countries and key populations), we are still lagging way behind. |
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A Sri Lankan worker sprays disinfectant at a bus terminal in Colombo. (AP pic) COLOMBO: One prisoner died and three others were injured when fighting broke out on Saturday in a Sri Lankan jail over rumours of coronavirus, as governments across South Asia tightened restrictions on movement to try to stem infections. |
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Angola yesterday confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa. The continent has been slower to feel the impact than Asia or Europe, and most of its reported cases have been foreigners or people who have returned from abroad. |
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Asia North Korea says Trump wrote to Kim, offered coronavirus cooperation.
FILE PHOTO: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha. |
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Growing scepticism over invasive cosmetic procedures is diverting consumers towards radio frequency beauty treatments that deliver quick results through non-surgical equipment. Soaring demand for radio frequency beauty equipment is growing on account of higher acceptance of emerging technologies.... |
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Observer Report Islamabad. On Sunday, March 20, top Chinese medical experts held a four-hour video conference on prevention and control of COVID-19 with 18 countries in the European-Central Asia and South Asia Region. Professor Gao Fu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director.... |
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TA Associates sold to another investment firm, Baring Private Equity Asia, that wanted to back the company’s expansion in the Far East, leading to the opening of its 100th store in Seoul, South Korea. The retailer now employs around 800 people and has about 200 stores worldwide. |
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