Singapore To Close Most Workplaces, Schools To Minimise COVID-19 Spread

SINGAPORE, Apr 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore will close most workplaces and schools, will move to full home-based learning, amid stricter measures to minimise the COVID-19 spread, said Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. “Despite our good contact tracing for nearly half of these cases, we do not know where or from…

China To Mourn COVID-19 Victims Today

BEIJING, Apr 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will hold a national mourning today, Saturday, for martyrs who died in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, and compatriots who died, according to the State Council. During the commemoration, national flags will fly at half-mast across the country and in all Chinese embassies…

Covid-19: World Bank approves initial US$1.9b in emergency funds, half for India

A poor Indian places his fingerprint on a biometric machine after purchasing food rations in Prayagraj, India WASHINGTON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank said it had approved an initial US$1.9 billion in emergency funds for coronavirus response operations in 25 developing countries, with more than half the aid earmarked to help…

Covid-19: Pres Xi says China ready to support Indonesia’s fight against coronavirus

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo BEIJING, April 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China stands ready to support and assist Indonesia in overcoming the current challenge of the COVID-19 epidemic. In a phone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, Xi…

Covid-19: China to mourn victims on April 4

Yuan Weifang (front), an experienced ICU nurse from Shanghai Seventh People’s Hospital, takes a nap on the bus back to hotel in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province BEIJING, April 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — China will hold a national mourning Saturday for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus…

Covid-19: Iran’s official death toll passes 3,000

Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East TEHRAN, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran’s official death toll from the coronavirus disease has passed 3,000. Health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpour reported 138 fatalities in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,036. The number of confirmed cases also rose by…

Covid-19 threatens Myanmar’s most vulnerable n displacement camps

Displaced communities in Myanmar are especially vulnerable to the virus  YANGON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) —An estimated 350,000 displaced people across Myanmar are “sitting in the path of a public health catastrophe”, says rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). Overcrowding, movement restrictions and poor sanitation have left these groups especially vulnerable to the…

Update Covid-19: Global cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000

WASHINGTON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world soared past one million and deaths topped 50,000 as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported the highest daily death toll so far of any country. Despite more than half the planet imposing…

Covid-19: Global tally of recoveries tops 200,000

WASHINGTON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global tally of people who made recoveries from deadly Coronavirus topped 200,000 on Thursday, four times the worldwide death toll. According to the running data of U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University, a total of 202,541 recoveries have been recorded across the globe, while more than 48,300 people…

Covid-19: Pakistan to resume some flights

A Pakistan International Airlines ISLAMABAD, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — While most airlines are grounding planes, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been given permission to run several routes. PIA will run a total of 17 international flights on April 4-11. They will mainly be going between Islamabad and London, Manchester, Birmingham…
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