France tallies record daily Covid infections as cases surge in Europe, World News,PARIS – France registered a record 52,010 new confirmed coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, following a record 45,422 on Saturday, the health ministry said in a statement on Sunday, as a second wave of cases
Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports 0 new cases for 1st time since early March, Asia News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong recorded zero new coronavirus cases on Monday (April 20) for the first time since early March, health authorities said, though they urged residents to maintain strict hygiene and social distanc
Brewers toast alcohol-free beer boom as more Japanese embrace ‘liver rest days’, Asia News,His social life severely curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, Tadasu Masuda found himself embracing the opportunity to take what in Japan are known as “liver rest days” and try out a range of alcohol-free be
Philippines tightens coronavirus curbs as cases top 7,000 for third day, Asia News,MANILA – The Philippines will expand tighter Covid-19 rules to include four provinces surrounding the capital Manila, and restrict travel to and from these areas for two weeks beginning on Monday (March 22), as the co
Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe Covid-19 wave hits, Asia News,MANILA – Ms Nick Yanez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in a satellite city of Manila, says she sometimes spends six to seven hours in her emergency vehicle caring for a Covid-19 patient before a bed can be found in a h
Duterte says Philippine government prevented as many as 3.5 million coronavirus cases, Asia News,MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (July 27) said his government's intervention policy after the country's first domestic transmissions of the coronavirus in March prevente
Father blames China's Covid-19 policy for 3-year-old son's death, China News,BEIJING – The father of a three-year-old boy who died on Tuesday (Oct 1) from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest China said strict Covid-19 policies \”indirectly killed\” his son by causing delays obtaining trea
New Covid cluster in Australia's Melbourne sparks mass testing, World News,SYDNEY – Health authorities in Australia’s Victoria state ramped up contact tracing and prepared for more mass testing of residents in Melbourne after a new Covid-19 cluster linked to a quarantine hotel grew to eight cas
I quit without a new job despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and I'm not alone, Lifestyle News,Quitting without a new job in the Singapore context flies in the face of logic to most financially conscious Singaporeans. Doing so would be all the more reckless now, given the coronavirus pandemic situat
Covid-hit Chinese city tells residents to stay home as holiday starts, China News,BEIJING – A city in southeast China hit by Covid-19 told residents on Saturday to stay home and closed various venues, as infections spread in the country's latest hotspot during a key holiday travel season. The g
China's Guangzhou city brings back mass testing to fight worst Covid outbreak, China News,BEIJING – Millions of residents of China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou will be required to have Covid-19 tests on Wednesday (Nov 9), authorities said, in an effort to control the city'
New Zealand drops its Covid-19 elimination plan as Delta persists, World News,WELLINGTON – New Zealand on Monday (Oct 4) abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus amid a persistent Delta outbreak, and will instead look to live with the virus and control its spread as vaccinations rise. The P
Myanmar orders Yangon stay at home from Monday, Asia News,YANGON – Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. The order in Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital, comes into effect on Monday and will fo
