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Lim: Dr M will announce stimulus package as planned, on a later date
PUCHONG: Interim Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would be announcing the economic stimulus package, but on a later date. In a statement today, DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng said that he had met the premier this morning to
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COVID-19: South Korea records 21 new cases
SEOUL: South Korea reported today, a cluster of new coronavirus infections at a single clinic, in the southeastern city of Chilgok, that could mark the latest case of mass infection in the country, reported Yonhap news agency. 21 additional cases
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COVID-19: UAE issues a travel ban to Iran,Thailand
ABU DHABI: The UAE Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ministry issued a statement, detailing a travel ban to Iran and Thailand, following recent concerns on the coronavirus outbreaks in the aforementioned countries, reported Emirates News Agency (WAM). The statement read
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COVID-19: Global economy affected due to coronavirus rise outside China
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered their biggest one-day percentage losses in two years after a surge in coronavirus cases outside China, fanning worries about the global economic impact of a potential pandemic, yesterday.
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COVID-19: Two more patients recover, no new cases reported
PUCHONG: The Health Ministry informed that two more coronavirus patients had been fully cured and discharged today. No new cases had been reported as of now. Both patients, hailing from China. were treated at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL). One was
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COVID-19: Three new positive cases in S’pore, total 89
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday confirmed and verified three more cases of COVID-19 infection in the republic. One of the new cases is a 32-year-old male Singaporean who was among the group evacuated from Wuhan on Feb 9. In a
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New COVID-19 cases fall in China, but WHO concerned by global spread
BEIJING: China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus yesterday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries. Chinese
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China reports fall in coronavirus cases, but infections rising elsewhere
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China reported a decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus today, while its central bank predicted a limited short-term economic impact and said the country was confident in winning the fight against the
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COVID-19: Death toll in mainland China reaches 2,236, over 75,000 infected
BEIJING: The number of people, who have been infected with a new coronavirus across mainland China has reached 75,465, with 2,236 patients having died, Sputnik news agency quoted the National Health Commission as saying today. “The National Health Commission received
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COVID-19: Hong Kong police officer infected, 59 others quarantined
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer has been confirmed infected by the coronavirus, the first officer to test positive in the Asian financial hub as dozens of other officers were quarantined over concerns of contagion, said the authorities today.
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