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France confirms first virus death outside Asia
News Agencies, Published on 15/02/2020
» An elderly Chinese tourist has died in France, marking the first death outside Asia from the coronavirus, France’s health ministry said on Saturday. The virus has killed more than 1,500 people in China.
Jump in virus cases outside China alarming
News Agencies, Published on 22/02/2020
» Iran, Italy and South Korea all reported additional deaths and a sharp rise in coronavirus cases on Saturday, stoking further alarm about the jump in infections outside China.
Virus cases mount in more countries
News Agencies, Published on 29/02/2020
» Iran and South Korea reported hundreds more cases of coronavirus while unexplained infections in California, Oregon and Washington indicated the disease is spreading within the community on the west coast of the United States.
Quarantine 'recommended' but enforcement unclear
News Agencies, Published on 06/03/2020
» Authorities scrambled on Friday to ease worries about new self-quarantine measures for arrivals from six virus-hit countries and territories, a day after announcing compulsory isolation.
Saudi-Russian breakup could collapse oil prices
News Agencies, Published on 07/03/2020
» An alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia that has helped to prop up world oil prices for the past three years has collapsed, threatening to send the market into freefall.
Boris Johnson tests positive
News Agencies, Published on 27/03/2020
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating but will still lead the government’s response to the outbreak.
58 infected in Japanese care centre
News Agencies, Published on 28/03/2020
» TOKYO: A total of 58 people, including 26 people with disabilities, have been infected with the new coronavirus at a welfare facility in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, the local government said on Saturday.
Spain extends lockdown: world update
News Agencies, Published on 04/04/2020
» Spain said on Saturday that it would extend its lockdown by two weeks to April 25 after the number of coronavirus cases surpassed those in Italy, even as deaths declined slightly.
World observing Easter under lockdown
News Agencies, Published on 11/04/2020
» The United States became the first country to report more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day, marking a grim milestone as billions around the world celebrated the Easter weekend under lockdown from home.
Virus cases soar among Singapore migrant workers
News Agencies, Published on 18/04/2020
» SINGAPORE: New coronavirus cases in Singapore have soared by a single-day record of 942, almost all of them among the thousands of migrant labourers living in dormitories in the city-state.