Health
Japan prime minister defends school closure plan despite critics
Japan’s prime minister on Friday defended his call for schools across the country to close over the new coronavirus, as the country ...WHO says virus at ‘decisive point’ as world battles spread
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the new coronavirus epidemic was at a “decisive point” as countries across the globe battled ...Saudi Arabia suspends entry for pilgrims over coronavirus
Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended visas for visits to Islam’s holiest sites for the “umrah” pilgrimage, an unprecedented move triggered by coronavirus ...‘Fear and panic’ as virus threatens Afghanistan, Pakistan
With porous borders, creaking hospitals and large illiterate populations, Afghanistan and Pakistan face a potentially devastating health crisis after the new coronavirus ...Hong Kong to give big cash handouts as economy reels from virus
Hong Kong’s government said Wednesday it will give a HK$10,000 ($1,280) handout to every permanent resident in a bid to jump-start an ...South Korea starts virus checks on 200,000-plus sect members
More than 200,000 members of a shadowy religious sect were being checked for coronavirus symptoms by South Korean authorities Wednesday, as US ...Iran virus deaths rise to 15, deputy minister among infected
Iran said Tuesday its coronavirus outbreak, the deadliest outside China, had claimed 15 lives and infected nearly 100 others — including the ...Tenerife hotel with 1,000 guests in lockdown after Italian tests positive for coronavirus
A tourist hotel in the Canary Islands was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the ...South Korea ‘very grave’, Moon says as coronavirus cases approach 1,000
The novel coronavirus outbreak in South Korea is “very grave”, President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited its epicentre and the ...Schools, shrines shut in Iraq’s Najaf over coronavirus
– Shrines have shuttered, streets are deserted and schools closed in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, where only pharmacies draw crowds after ...
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