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Thailand marks progress in treatment of coronavirus
ANKARA: Doctors at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand made progress yesterday in the treatment of people infected with the novel coronavirus, reported Anadolu Agency. They administered a combination of HIV and flu medications to those suffering from the coronavirus, which led to improvements
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Travel agency under fire for covering up Nur Sajat’s gender status for umrah
Albayt Travel (M) Sdn Bhd, under fire for its controversial travel arrangements for cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat and her family to perform the umrah, announced that they were trying to clarify the matter with the Malaysian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi
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Hong Kong to unveil depth of 2019 recession as protests, trade war bite
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is due to unveil the depth of its first recession in a decade later today, as violent anti-government protests and trade tariffs between Washington and Beijing took more steam out of the economy in the final
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Malaysian secretariat begins operations in Wuhan
KUALA LUMPUR: A task force from the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing has begun operating a secretariat in Wuhan city to assist Malaysians in the evacuation process following the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Datuk
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India’s guarded stimulus unlikely to revive Indian growth
NEW DELHI: India’s new federal budget is unlikely to drag Asia’s third- biggest economy out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as the government has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists
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China virus toll rises as Chinese markets set to reopen after holiday
BEIJING: The death toll from the new coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 today, Chinese state television reported citing official figures, as investors braced for volatility when Chinese markets reopen after the Lunar New Year break.
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Malaysian shuttlers in Thailand taking precautions, China masters postponed
KUALA LUMPUR: The national women’s badminton team, currently undergoing training in Bangkok, Thailand, is taking all necessary precautions in the wake of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. Thai authorities two days ago confirmed its first local human-to-human transmission of the virus,
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Japanese Institute Succeeds in Isolating Wuhan Coronavirus
Tokyo: Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases two days ago said that it has succeeded in cultivating and isolating the new coronavirus, first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, from a person in Japan who has been confirmed to
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Sabah working with China to facilitate sending back of Chinese nationals
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said state government will work closely with the Chinese government to facilitate the process of sending home citizens of the republic who are in the state. In a way, he said it
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China reports 46 new coronavirus deaths, total at 259
The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 yesterday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country’s National Health Commission. There were 2,102 new confirmed infections in China during
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