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China reports 27 new virus deaths, fall in new cases

China on Sunday (Mar 8) reported 27 new deaths from the coronavirus, taking the nationwide...

Diamond Princess passenger dies, bringing ship's loss of life toll to seven

A man who had been aboard the Gemstone Princess cruise ship and was contaminated with...

COVID-19: Hong Kong asks residents to defer non-urgent travel

The Hong Kong government has warned the city's residents to consider deferring all non-essential travel...

'It's humiliating': China's COVID-19 controls raise hackles

An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a open public toilet without...

South Korea confirms 174 new COVID-19 situations, total to 6,767

South Korea on Saturday (Mar 7) reported 174 additional coronavirus circumstances from late Friday, taking...

Pakistan's 'biggest feminist' under fire after sexist tirade

He phone calls himself "Pakistan's biggest feminist", but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a good...

China studies 28 COVID-19 deaths, rise in new attacks originating from abroad

China on Saturday (Mar 7) reported 28 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, bringing the...

14 new cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia, new cluster identified

Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Malaysia on Wednesday (Mar 4), bringing the...

Experts and politicians call for Indonesian government to intensify efforts to identify COVID-19

The Indonesian government has been urged to step up efforts to detect and handle COVID-19,...

Autogate, e-gate systems at all Malaysia entry points temporarily suspended to manage COVID-19

Malaysia on Wednesday (Mar 4) suspended the application of all autogate and e-gate systems at...

COVID-19 spreads to new part of Japan as IOC confirms commitment to Tokyo Olympics

Japan's western prefecture of Shiga reported its first coronavirus infection as the International Olympic Committee...

Japanese coronavirus infections reach 1,000, including cruise ship cases

The quantity of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan reached the 1,000 tag on Wednesday (Mar...

Coronavirus lingers in rooms and toilets, but disinfectants kill it: Singapore study

New research from Singapore published on Wednesday (Mar 4) showed that patients with the novel...

Tax trouble: Indonesia's high class car 'owners' cry foul

No one was extra surprised to discover that Dimas Prayitno owned a good Rolls-Royce compared...

New normal on coronavirus-hit China: High-tech monitoring and fever checks

Constant temperature checks, a "very little mask, no support" ethos, and high-tech people young and...

Malaysia parliament meeting postponed to May 18: Speaker

Malaysia’s next parliament sitting possesses been pushed back by two months to May 18, carrying...