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From filmmaker to medicine courier: volunteers helped Wuhan’s virus fight
WUHAN, China: While most people in the Chinese city of Wuhan were hunkered down in their homes at the height of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, Lin Wenhua was out on the empty streets in his car, driving toward the next
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Japan set to announce coronavirus emergency, finalise near $1 trillion stimulus
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce a state of emergency on Tuesday for the capital Tokyo and six other prefectures to stem a worrying rise in coronavirus infections in major population centres. The government is also
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China reports increase in new coronavirus cases on April 5; one death
BEIJING: Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, all but one of them imported from abroad, up from the 30 reported a day earlier, as the number of asymptomatic cases also surged. The National Health Commission said in
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Japan PM Abe set to declare state of emergency as soon as Tuesday
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus spreading across the country, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, as the cumulative number of infections topped 1,000 in
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8 Malaysian attendees Of Tablighi Jamaat arrested In New Delhi
NEW DELHI: 8 Malaysian attendees of Tablighi Jamaat arrested in New Delhi’s IGI Airport. The main detail for the arrest to be confirmed. Republic TV reported as of Malaysian press time 3.30pm and the details of the news are still developing.
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Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases
BEIJING : Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak.
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Indian power grid operators scramble to prepare for Modi’s ‘lights off’ plan
CHENNAI/MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to switch off lights across India on Sunday to mark the coronavirus fight is generating a lot more work and some tough challenges for India’s power sector workers. On Friday, Modi appealed
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Wuhan official urges vigilance as China plans to mourn coronavirus ‘martyrs’
WUHAN, China: The top official in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in China, warned residents to strengthen self-protection measures and avoid going out as Beijing preaches vigilance to avoid a resurgence of infections. China, which appears to have
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Covid 19: Health officials attacked in Indore during contact tracing
Indore : In what could be a shocking news, the health workers and officials engaged in India’s fight against coronavirus were brutally attacked by a mob in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. The video of the incident has gone viral since then.
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China logs fewer coronavirus infections but limits some movement
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China, where the coronavirus outbreak first erupted in December, logged fewer new infections on Thursday, but measures restricting movement across the country have tightened in some places due to fear of imported cases. China had 35 new cases of
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