Day: March 25, 2020
Singapore stocks amid COVID-19 pandemic: Not realistic to expect stabilisation soon, say analysts
SINGAPORE: Singapore stocks, in tandem with the global sell-off, have been in free fall and given a rapidly-evolving COVID-19 pandemic, market analysts said it would be unrealistic to expect a stability in the market anytime soon. Year to date, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) has slumped about 28 per cent, with much of the
Trump calls for quick end to US coronavirus lockdown
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Mar 24) he wants to loosen the coronavirus lockdown in the United States and restart the economy within three weeks, calling social distancing measures too disruptive. “A lot of people agree with me. Our country — it’s not built to shut down,” he said on Fox News. “You can
At your doorstep: More Malaysian food businesses offer delivery amid movement control order
KUALA LUMPUR: With Malaysians staying home under the movement control order (MCO), many food businesses have started to offer home delivery. This service does not only offer convenience to people cooped up indoors for two weeks, but is also an attempt to sustain their operations, they told CNA. Advertisement Advertisement The MCO, enforced from Mar
On the 10th day of lockdown, Madrid shaken by deaths
MADRID: At the foot of the skyscrapers in Madrid’s business district, the streets are empty as the city silently marks day 10 of lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The only signs of life are those coming and going at a nearby hospital where another five people died overnight, raising the body count
France coronavirus death toll jumps 240 to 1,100
PARIS: The coronavirus has killed another 240 people in France, the top French health official said on Tuesday (Mar 24), bringing the death toll in the country from the pandemic to 1,100. Jerome Salomon told reporters that 22,300 people had tested positive for the virus in France, with a total of 10,176 hospitalised of whom 2,516
Iran rejects ‘foreign’ help as coronavirus death toll nears 2,000
TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official on Tuesday (Mar 24) ruled out “foreign” help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country’s death toll from the illness neared 2,000. “Due to Iran’s national mobilisation against the virus and the full use of the medical
India locked down for three weeks to contain COVID-19 outbreak: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: India’s 1.3 billion people will go under “total lockdown” from midnight on Tuesday (Mar 24) for three weeks to combat the spread COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. “From 12 midnight today, the entire country will be in lockdown, total lockdown,” Modi said in a national television address to the world’s second most-populous
Trump warns coronavirus shutdown could ‘destroy a country’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday (Mar 24) that he wants the coronavirus lockdown relaxed in the United States by mid-April, warning that keeping the measures in place could “destroy” the country. “A lot of people agree with me. Our country – it’s not built to shut down,” he said on Fox News. “You
New York governor sounds alarm over ‘astronomical’ coronavirus numbers
NEW YORK: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned on Tuesday (Mar 24) of “troubling and astronomical numbers” in the rate of coronavirus infections in New York, saying they were doubling every three days. Cuomo said the virus could now peak in one of the country’s most populous states in as few as two weeks, with
Malaysia reports 16th COVID-19 death
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded another COVID-19-related fatality on Tuesday (Mar 24), bringing the death toll in the country to 16. In a Facebook post, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 75-year-old Malaysian man with a history of chronic illness was the 1,334th COVID-19 confirmed case. Advertisement Advertisement Explore: Interactive map of all the confirmed cases reported around
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