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Tokyo, Japan central government reach agreement over coronavirus shutdowns
TOKYO: Tokyo and Japan’s central government have resolved a high-profile feud over what businesses should shut down during a month-long emergency to fight the new coronavirus, the city’s governor said, clearing the way for an announcement on Friday. The rift
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India and Pakistan locked in border fighting amid coronavirus crisis
NEW DELHI- Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the coronavirus, exposing the weak state of the public health system ahead of an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19: Another foreign workers dorm classified as new cluster
SINGAPORE: Singapore which today kicked off a month’s circuit breaker in a move to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, has identified another new cluster connected to the foreign workers dormitory located at Kranji Road. Three confirmed cases have now been
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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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