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Coronavirus may spread through normal breathing: US scientists
AFP, Published on 03/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised to recommend the use of face masks for everyone.
US employment plunges in March amid coronavirus damage
AFP, Published on 03/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - As the US economy craters amid the damage inflicted by the coronavirus shutdowns, 701,000 jobs were jettisoned in March and the unemployment rate surged to 4.4 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday.
First post-outbreak US job figures grim
Bloomberg, Published on 03/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: US employment plummeted last month in the first decline since 2010, offering an initial look at the widespread devastation the coronavirus pandemic has already begun to wreak on the once-strong labour market.
Lockdown stalls Indian rice exports
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2020
» MUMBAI: Indian rice traders have stopped signing new export contracts amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, as labour shortages and logistics disruptions have hampered the delivery of even existing contracts, industry executives say.
THAI Smile to halt domestic flights from Tuesday
Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2020
» THAI Smile Airways will temporarily suspend all domestic flights from Tuesday until the end of the month, the airline said on Friday.
US, Spanish deaths surge as world virus toll tops 50,000
AFP, Published on 03/04/2020
» MADRID: The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths accelerated past 50,000 on Friday as the United States, Spain and Britain grappled with their highest tolls yet and the world economy took a massive hit.
4,000-bed field hospital opens in London
AFP, Published on 03/04/2020
» LONDON: Prince Charles opened a new 4,000-bed temporary hospital in a conference centre in east London on Friday, the first of several being built in Britain to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
HK butterfly population explosion linked to hottest year ever
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/04/2020
» Hong Kong's butterfly population hit its highest level in at least 14 years in 2019, the warmest year on record in the city, causing a local green group to suggest the increase in numbers could have been linked to climate change.
Pattaya considers lockdown as infections rise
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 03/04/2020
» PATTAYA: The resort city is considering a full lockdown to outsiders after the rise of new coronavirus infections in Chon Buri province, almost half of them in Pattaya or nearby areas.
Feverish woman spits on health workers on train
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/04/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A 53-year-old woman with a high fever spat on health officials who tried to offer her a face mask on a local train, sparking coronavirus fears and panic among passengers and local residents.