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Thailand at risk of fuel crunch with imported gas too pricey
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/06/2022
» The government is curbing imports of liquefied natural gas due to surging prices, potentially putting the country at risk of fuel shortages.
Omicron penetrates China’s political, financial and tech hubs
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/01/2022
» Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centres of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country’s response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.
Locking guests inside Disneyland shows China's extreme Covid tactics
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/11/2021
» While thousands of visitors to Shanghai Disneyland on Sunday were queuing for roller coasters and watching fireworks above the fairytale castle, staff quietly sealed the amusement park. People in Hazmat suits streamed in through the gates, preparing to test everyone for Covid-19 before they could leave for the day.
Chip shortage set to worsen as Covid rampages through Malaysia
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/08/2021
» The number of Covid-19 infections is surging in Malaysia, threatening to aggravate shortages of semiconductors and other components that have hammered automakers for months.
China mahjong dens were superspreader sites, spurring crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/08/2021
» A favourite pastime of elderly Asians has been implicated as a major driver of China’s current outbreak of delta virus cases, sparking the shutdown of tens of thousands of mahjong dens across the nation.
Vaccines in development hit 70, deaths top 114,000: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/04/2020
» Seventy coronavirus vaccines are in development globally, with three already being tested in human trials, the World Health Organization said. The northeastern Chinese city of Harbin tightened rules to curb the spread of the virus.
Indonesia may lock down 30 million people to curb virus
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/03/2020
» JAKARTA: Indonesia may soon quarantine almost 30 million people in its capital and surrounding areas to curb the spread of the coronavirus that’s killed more than 100 people in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.
US may become hub of outbreak: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2020
» The euro zone economy is sinking as countries toughen containment efforts, implementing strict stay-at-home policies even as China prepared to lift its lockdown in Wuhan, the city at the center of the original outbreak.
Cases double in a week; Olympics delay considered: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/03/2020
» The global number of coronavirus cases doubled in a week to more than 300,000. More countries tightened international and domestic travel.
Philippines is first country to shut financial markets over virus
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2020
» MANILA: The Philippine stock exchange chief said he plans to reopen the $188 billion market on Thursday, signaling a quick resumption of trading after the country became the first to shut financial markets in response to the widening coronavirus pandemic.