Coronavirus

An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 15 March 2023. Photo: EPA
News
26 April 2023
UN launches major push for child vaccination amid Covid
Passengers wearing protective masks disembark from a car at a terminal of the Metro Rail Transit in Quezon City, Philippines, 10 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
13 March 2020
Philippine president orders virus lockdown of...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans Thursday for a sweeping lockdown of...
The Dow suffered its worst session since 1987 on March 12, plunging 10 percent as emergency measures by central banks failed to douse mounting recession fears (AFP Photo / Bryan R. Smith)
Business
13 March 2020
Asian stocks nosedive, extending global rout on...
Asian markets opened in freefall on Friday, extending a global rout that saw bourses...
Station Road, Kalaburagi, India. Photo: Wikipedia
News
13 March 2020
76-year-old Indian man dies due to co-morbidity,...
The central government on Thursday said that the death of a 76-year-old man from...
This aerial photo taken on March 10, 2020 shows an almost empty street in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Photo: AFP
Business
12 March 2020
Impact of corona virus epidemic on Chinese economy
China’s reaffirmation that it can meet its economic and social development targets in...
Tourists wear protective masks as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, at the India gate in New Delhi, India, 04 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
12 March 2020
COVID-19: Indian Embassy in US issues advisory on...
The Indian Embassy in the US has issued an advisory on travel to India amid coronavirus...
US President Donald J. Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis, in Washington, DC, USA, 11 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
12 March 2020
Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe...
President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would ban all travel from...
A picture released by Xinhua News Agency shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visiting patients who are being treated, by video calls at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, 10 March 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/XINHUA
News
11 March 2020
China's Xi says Wuhan has 'turned the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Wuhan has turned the tide against the...
People distribute free protective face masks in Karachi, Pakistan, 10 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
11 March 2020
Pakistan confirms 19 coronavirus cases
The number of people infected with coronavirus in Pakistan rose to 19 on Tuesday.
Photo: Min Chan Myae
News
11 March 2020
Over 1,500 migrant workers contact Myanmar...
Over 1,500 Myanmar migrant workers in China made contacts to the embassy in Beijing,...
A deserted street is pictured in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on March 2, 2020. Photo: AFP
Business
10 March 2020
Economies and societies fear spread of novel...
The viral outbreak in China has led to one of the worst economic setbacks to the Chinese...
Tourists take pictures at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo: EPA
Business
10 March 2020
Visitors vanish from Asia's most visited...
As dawn breaks the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom - but...
Passengers wearing protective face masks disembark a Vietnam Airlines airplane arriving from Taiwan, at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam 03 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
10 March 2020
Vietnam vows to punish hiders of coronavirus...
Vietnamese authorities vowed Monday to punish anyone concealing sickness after 13 people...

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