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Indonesia orders citizens to wear masks as infections rise
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has ordered its citizens to wear cloth face masks when going outside as the numbers of coronavirus infections rise to 2,273 on Sunday, Health Ministry official Achmad Yur...
Apr 05, 2020
Malaysia reports 179 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Sunday reported 179 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 3,662 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the highest number o...
Apr 05, 2020
UK will have to take further action if people flout lockdown rules: Hancock
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will have to further restrict rules allowing outdoor exercise if people flout lockdown rules designed to combat the coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday...
Apr 05, 2020
Philippines reports 8 additional coronavirus deaths, 152 new cases
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry reported on Sunday 8 additional coronavirus deaths and 152 newly confirmed cases. The positive cases in the Philippines totalled 3,246, as of 0800 GMT...
Apr 05, 2020
British health minister denies clash with finance chief over lockdown strategy
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday denied there was any disagreement with Finance Minister Rishi Sunak about when lockdown restrictions to fight the coronavirus could b...
Apr 05, 2020
Death at home: the unseen toll of Italy’s coronavirus crisis
By Emilio Parodi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) - It took Silvia Bertuletti 11 days of frantic phone calls to persuade a doctor to visit her 78-year-old father Alessandro, who was gripped by fever ...
Apr 05, 2020
China’s Luckin Coffee says business will continue amid financial fraud probe
BEIJING (Reuters) - Luckin Coffee Inc said on Sunday it will maintain normal operations at its stores and apologised to the public, days after it announced an internal investigation had shown its chie...
Apr 05, 2020
Tokyo sees more than 130 new coronavirus cases, highest jump in one day: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 130 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in Tokyo, Japan's NHK public broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing officials from the metropolitan government. It...
Apr 05, 2020
Saudi Aramco appoints Mark Weinberger to board of directors
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco has appointed Mark Weinberger to its board of directors as an independent board member, replacing Andrew Gould, the company said in a statement on Sunday. Weinberger was...
Apr 05, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani says low-risk economic activities to resume from April 11
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Sunday "low-risk" economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worst-affected by the new coronavirus. "Under the supervision ...
Apr 05, 2020
