Month: March 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Malaysia confirms 6 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 99
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Sunday noon (Mar 8) reported six new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of novel coronavirus cases in the country to 99, said Malaysia’s health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement READ: Malaysia confirms 10 new COVID-19 cases, all close contacts of a previous case All the cases have
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
‘Like an invisible criminal’: How police helped find missing link between COVID-19 church clusters in a day
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SINGAPORE: As the novel coronavirus spreads in Singapore, a kind of puzzle began to emerge. Not on the frontline where doctors and scientists rush to find a vaccine, but behind the scenes where police officers race to find the cause of a “crime”. On Feb 12, two employees of the Grace Assembly of God church
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Singapore must prepare mentally for spike in COVID-19 cases, update stockpile, supply chain strategy: Chan Chun Sing
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SINGAPORE: With a worldwide spike in the number of COVID-19 cases being detected, Singapore must be mentally prepared that we might also see a spike in cases, said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing. This spike could be “significantly different from the numbers we are seeing today, and we must never be complacent”,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Mayor in virus-hit South Korean city says COVID-19 outbreak may be slowing
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SEOUL: The mayor of the South Korean city hardest hit by that country’s coronavirus outbreak expressed cautious hope on Sunday (Mar 8) that the numbers of new cases may be dropping, after the rate of increase slowed to its lowest in 10 days. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Sunday 272 new coronavirus
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
South Korea reports 179 new COVID-19 cases as rate of increase slows
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SEOUL: South Korea reported an additional 179 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 272 new cases over the previous 24 hours, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Sunday (Mar 8). The new cases bring South Korea’s total to 7,313, the largest number of any country outside of China. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Malaysia’s palace denies ‘royal coup’ in appointing new PM
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s palace on Sunday (Mar 8) denied allegations of a “royal coup” in appointing the country’s prime minister after veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad resigned, saying the king used his discretionary powers prescribed in the constitution. The palace was responding to an editorial in the UK daily Guardian this week that said Malaysia’s king,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Malaysia, Thailand bar cruise ship over COVID-19 fears
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Thailand have barred a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people, including dozens of Italians, from docking due to fears about the new coronavirus, an official said Sunday (Mar 8). The Costa Fortuna was first turned away from the popular Thai holiday island of Phuket on Friday, despite there being no suspected
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
COVID-19: ‘Get us off this ship’ pleads passenger on virus-hit Hawaii cruise liner
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LOS ANGELES: It was supposed to be a relaxing cruise with plenty of time to read, take in the sights and sip martinis. But Carolyn Wright’s dream vacation to Hawaii on the Grand Princess quickly turned into a nightmare this week after the vessel became stranded off the coast of San Francisco following a COVID-19
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Lego’s colourful plastic bricks to go green
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BILLUND, Denmark: There may be a global revolt against plastic, but Danish toymaker Lego, famous for its multi-coloured plastic building bricks, remains a raging success, even if it, too, aims to go green. Once revolutionary, then a ubiquitous material, plastic is increasingly being shunned due to the lasting harm its chemical components do to the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
North Korea releases 3,600 quarantined over COVID-19: Reports
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SEOUL: North Korea has released more than 3,600 people quarantined over the COVID-19 coronavirus, reports said Sunday (Mar 8), as the disease spread to 95 countries with more than 100,000 cases worldwide. Pyongyang has imposed strict restrictions and closed its borders to try to prevent an outbreak – and insists it has not had a single
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy puts large parts of north on COVID-19 lockdown
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ROME: Millions of people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Twitter he had signed off on plans to strictly limit movement into and out
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Nearly 20 still trapped in collapsed COVID-19 quarantine hotel in China: State media
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BEIJING: Rescuers are searching for 19 people who remain trapped in rubble following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday, state media reported. A total of 48 people have been rescued out of the 67 initially trapped when the building first crumbled, state broadcaster CCTV said Sunday (Mar
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern faces election struggle, despite global praise
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won global acclaim for her response to the Christchurch mosque shootings – but 12 months on, her political future hangs in the balance and there are signs “Jacinda-mania” has peaked. The centre-left leader had been in office barely 18 months on Mar 15 last year when a self-avowed white supremacist opened
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Third coronavirus-related death in Australia after Sydney man dies
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SYDNEY: A man in his 80s died in a Sydney hospital after testing positive to COVID-19, becoming the third coronavirus-related casualty in Australia, state health authorities said on Sunday (Mar 8). The total number of coronavirus cases has topped 70 in Australia with state and federal health authorities fretting over the risk of more widespread
