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Sungai Buloh hospital to be developed into infectious disease hospital
PUTRAJAYA: In light of the current COVID-19 infections in the country, the Sungai Buloh Hospital will be developed into an infectious disease hospital, dedicated to treating infected diseases patients. Sungai Buloh Hospital Infectious Disease consultant Dr Suresh Kumar Chidambaram said,
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COVID-19: Biden, Sanders consider changing campaign plans
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders said yesterday they were consulting with public health experts about coronavirus risks in planning their next campaign moves, as election officials in upcoming primary states urged people to consider voting early. Neither
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COVID-19: Passengers from infected zones need to provide health certificates
BANGKOK: The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said, passengers from COVID-19 Disease Infected Zones comprising China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Iran and Italy, need to present health certificates to establish that they are free from the virus. In
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COVID-19: World stocks savaged, Italy on lockdown
All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear yesterday how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Major European stock markets dived more than seven percent,
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COVID-19: Body temperature screenings in Komtar starts today
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state government has started conducting body temperature screenings of staff, visitors and VIPs who enter the Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (Komtar) building here in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The screening process will
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COVID-19: Shanghai Disneyland reopens but main theme park still closed
SHANGHAI: Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disneyland said, today it will resume a limited number of operations at its resort as part of the first step of a phased reopening, although the main theme park will remain shut amid worries about
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Oil price plunge, coronavirus fears unleash market chaos
TOKYO: Financial markets have been thrown into turmoil following Saudi Arabia’s response, to the collapse of OPEC+ talks and concerns about the global spread of the coronavirus. Following are comments from analysts: John Lekas, CEO, Leader Capital, Vancouver, WA: “We
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Ten die at collapsed China quarantine hotel; virus spread slows
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities said yesterday. More than 70 people
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Saudi Arabia locks down Qatif region, suspends schools over coronavirus
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown yesterday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people in the kingdom who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and suspended all schools and universities nationwide. The interior ministry
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COVID-19: Six new positive cases reported
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said six new cases of COVID-19 were reported as of noon yesterday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country to 99. He said all the cases were
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