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China has not reported any new domestic COVID-19 infections for two consecutive days but officials have raised concerns about the number of imported cases (AFP PHOTO/ NOEL CELIS)
China cuts international flights, bars foreign residents
China will drastically cut its international flight routes and bar entry to returning foreigners based in the country to stem the spread of the...
A health worker wearing a face mask holds a placard during a protest in front of a government hospital in Manila (AFP/File / Ted ALJIBE)
Nine doctors die from coronavirus in Philippines
Nine doctors have died in the Philippines from the coronavirus, the country's top medical association said Thursday, as hospitals were overwhelmed...
China has banned foreigners from entering the country in a bid to halt a second wave of coronavirus infections (AFP Photo/Hector RETAMAL)
Asia virus latest: China bans foreigners, markets up on stimulus
Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: EPA
British PM Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.
US President Donald J. Trump (C) hands a pen to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (3-L) during a signing ceremony for the The CARES Act in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, USA on 27 March 2020. Photo: EPA
Trump signs $2 trillion recovery plan as US virus cases skyrocket
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by the novel coronavirus, on a day the...
More than 80 countries, mostly of low incomes, have asked the IMF for help, the fund's chief Kristalina Georgieva says (AFP/File / Brendan Smialowski)
IMF chief: 'Clear we have entered recession'
The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations, IMF chief...
Voice of Myanmar (VOM) editor-in-chief Nay Myo Lin is escorted from his home by police to court in Mandalay on March 31, 2020. Photo: Zaw Zaw/AFP
Myanmar journalist hit with terrorism charges over interview
A Myanmar journalist faces up to life in prison for publishing an interview with a rebel group operating in the country's restive Rakhine state a...
Men stand on a bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan on March 30 after travel restrictions into the city were eased following more than two months of lockdown (AFP Photo/File / Hector RETAMAL)
China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases: researchers
China's decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global COVID-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by...
Chinese tourists wearing protective suits, gloves and face masks, walk in the departures hall at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 25 March 2020. Photo: EPA
Asia virus latest: Thai curfew, oil slips after surge
The latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic:
Since the start of the virus crisis, Corona beer has been the punchline of some questionable jokes and memes (AFP/File / Rodrigo ARANGUA)
Corona beer producer halts brewing over coronavirus
The butt of “virus” jokes and falling sales over virus fears, the Mexican brewer of Corona beer said it was suspending production because of the...

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