Malaysia to share findings on COVID-19 cure with ASEAN and plus three partners
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will share its findings with experts and scientists from ASEAN and the Plus Three partners – China, Japan and South Korea – to jointly pursue efforts in search of a vaccine for COVID-19, said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. In a Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 conducted via video conference today, […]
ASEAN, Plus Three partners must join forces to battle economic impact of COVID-19: Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR: It is imperative for ASEAN to work closely with its Plus Three partners to ensure that Asia Pacific recovers from the economic impact of COVID-19 together, said Muhyiddin Yassin. In a Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 conducted via a video conference today, the Prime Minister said Malaysia has proposed that ASEAN […]
Trump in blame-game spree as COVID-19 death spiral soars
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: As the toll in the United States from the novel pneumonia super-bug exceeded 20,000 deaths and reached more than half a million confirmed cases by Easter Friday, President Donald Trump began hitting out at the World Health Organisation (WHO), faulting it for being too focused […]
COVID-19: Over 5400 cases, 94 deaths reported in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz TheAsiaN Representative Islamabad: The number of confirmed coronavirus positive cases across Pakistan surged to 5415 while the death toll is 94, according to official data released on Monday noon. The province-wise breakup of the total number of cases is: Sindh 1,452, Punjab 2,594, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 744, Balochistan 230, Islamabad Capital Territory […]
“Rice ATM” launched in Vietnam to help the needy amid coronavirus pandemic
HO CHI MINH CITY: A Vietnamese entrepreneur has invented an automatic rice dispenser, a “Rice ATM”, that offer the needy free rice 24 hours a day. Hoang Tuan Anh’s expectation is to curb the potential COVID-19 cross transmissions when rice from charitable organizations is distributed in person, Vietnam Times reports. The director of an electronic […]
Sunbathers ordered to wear facemasks in fight against coronavirus
Pardubice: Police officers in the Czech Republic have told nudists that they must abide by government regulations and wear facemasks even when they are sunbathing naked. Officers in the Pardubice Region in the eastern part of the Czech historical region of Bohemia said they were called to a lake around Bohdaneč Spa where large crowds […]
South Koreans go for video tours, drive-thru viewing, flower delivery to savor spring blossoms amid pandemic
SEOUL: Lee Ga-ram, 37, was forced to give up her decade-long annual ritual of having a picture taken of herself in the same spot at Seokchon Lake, one of Seoul’s most popular cherry blossom sites, as access to the park was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It is just five minutes away from my […]
Turkmenistan dismisses COVID-19, celebrates health with great fanfare
ASHGABAT: With more than three billion people across the world, half of the globe population, are in lockdown as their countries fervently combat coronavirus (COVID-19), Turkmenistan is celebrating life in public with great fanfare, especially that it had not reported any infection. As the world marked the World Health Day in eerily muted silence, the […]
Bahrain converts parking into 130-bed COVID-19 intensive care unit in seven days
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Bahrain has completed converting a parking lot into a large intensive care unit (ICU) accommodating beds equipped with respiratory and reanimation equipment in seven days. The third floor of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Hospital parking is now a field intensive care unit that contains 130 beds to treat cases infected […]
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