Asia Pacific
Australia announces nationwide shutdown
Australia is shutting down non-essential services as coronavirus cases rise rapidly in the country. Pubs, clubs, gyms, cinemas and places of worship ...Nearly one billion people confined to homes to curb virus
Almost one billion people were confined to their homes worldwide Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US ...Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and ...Anxious Chinese urge kin to leave virus-hit Europe
Under pressure from anxious parents, Chinese citizens living in virus-hit Europe are flocking back home, with some even flying on private jets ...Italy passes China’s virus deaths and braces for long lockdown
Italy on Thursday overtook China’s coronavirus death total and braced for an extended lockdown that could see the economy suffer its biggest ...World wages ‘war’ on virus as China offers ray of hope
World powers were on a war footing against the spiralling coronavirus pandemic on Thursday despite a sign of hope from China where ...Italian virus death toll nears China’s as outbreak spreads
The Chinese city where the coronavirus first took hold reported no new homegrown cases Thursday, while the death toll in Italy was ...Global virus infections top 200,000 as nations tighten clampdowns
The number of global coronavirus infections shot past 200,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough ...European Union shuts borders as virus deaths exceed Asia toll
The European Union sealed off its borders Wednesday to try to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the coronavirus pandemic, ...Kazakhstan declares state of emergency over coronavirus
Kazakhstan has now declared a state of emergency, barring almost all travel to and from the country. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has published ...














