Japanese Prime Minister urged large sports and cultural events to either suspend, postpone or reduce attendants for the next two weeks. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday in Tokyo, Shinzo Abe said in order...
A number of countries affected by the novel coronavirus have lately seen confirmed cases going up, prompting additional precautionary measures. South Korea had reported 144 new confirmed cases in 24 hours by 16:00...
Flooding caused by torrential rain paralysed large parts of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, as major streets were inundated with murky, brown flood water and power supplies cut in certain parts of the city. In...
Asian shares extended losses on Tuesday amid fears the coronavirus was rapidly mutating into a pandemic that could cripple global supply chains and wreak far greater economic damage than first thought. Japan's...
US President Donald Trump paid his respects to iconic Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday during his two-day visit to India. The Trumps laid a wreath at Gandhi's memorial after a...
South Korea reported 161 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected patients in the country to 763, health authorities said on Monday. Of the new cases, 115 were linked to a church in the...
South Korea stepped up disinfection of subway stations in Seoul on Friday, after a coronavirus patient was reported to have used the train and as dozens of new cases were confirmed in consecutive days.
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Medical workers have been working under great pressure in testing laboratories to run the nucleic acid test for the novel coronavirus as a large number of samples have been sent to the labs every day amid the...
South Korean officials on Friday designated two cities as "special care zones" while its military confined troops to their bases in a desperate effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. South Korea...
More than 100 Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for over two weeks landed on Thursday in the Asian financial hub, Hong Kong officials said. in the Asian financial hub...