Tag "coronavirus"
Back to homepage
Coronavirus deaths rise to six in Seattle area as US pushes for more testing
KIRKLAND, Wash: Six people in the Seattle area have died of illness caused by the new coronavirus, health officials said yesterday, as authorities across the US scrambled to prepare for more infections with an emphasis on increasing testing capacity. Dr.
Read More
Coronavirus spreading fast outside China, airports to increase screenings
GENEVA/BEIJING: The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travellers. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost eight times as
Read More
COVID-19: Hangzhou launched QR code to scan health condition
KUALA LUMPUR: China’s Hangzhou recently launched a health QR code system as a regional ‘traffic permit’, ensuring systematic population flow during the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to the Hangzhou Municipal Government in a statement, the health QR code is the
Read More
Jokowi announces Indonesia’s first two confirmed COVID-19 cases
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that two Indonesians have tested positive for COVID-19, the first two confirmed cases of the disease in the country. Jokowi said that the two people, a 64-year-old and her 31-year-old daughter, had been in
Read More
COVID-19: New cases had been confirmed in Hubei
BEIJING: China’s central Hubei province, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported less than 200 cases of new infections for the first time since January. Hubei had 196 new confirmed cases yesterday, the National Health Commission said today, sharply
Read More
Hisham: Four new cases COVID-19 detected in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 detected in the country, which bring the total of 29 cases. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a Malaysian man aged 52 who had traveled to Shanghai,
Read More
COVID-19: Two new cases recorded in M’sia
PUCHONG: Malaysia detected two new cases of coronavirus, which brings up the total number of patients to 25, according to a statement by the Health Ministry. A woman from Japan, 41, who works in Malaysia, had visited Japan between Jan
Read More
COVID-19: Tokyo Disneyland closed till mid-March
TOKYO: Tokyo Disneyland will be closed starting from tomorrow till March 15 due to concerns about coronavirus infections spreading in Japan, its operator said today, leaving all of Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) theme parks in Asia temporarily shut. Both Tokyo
Read More
COVID-19: Death toll in mainland China rise to 2,788
BEIJING: The death toll of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has risen by 44 to 2,788, and the number of confirmed cases has increased by 327 to 78,824, Sputnik news agency reported the state health committee as
Read More
COVID-19: Global shares heads to its worst week since 2008 global financial crisis
TOKYO: Global share prices headed for the worst week since the darkest days of the world financial crisis in 2008 as investors braced for the coronavirus to become a pandemic and rapidly spread around the world. Hope that the epidemic
Read More