Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
South Africa records second coronavirus death
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 93 to 1,280 people on Sunday (Mar 29) and the death toll doubled to two, the Health Ministry said, as the country entered the third day of a national lockdown and officials announced new measures to deal with the economic fallout. South African health officials
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Spain toughens restrictions as coronavirus death toll surges
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MADRID: Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday (Mar 29), as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Italy looks to extend lockdown as coronavirus cases near 100,000
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ROME: Italian authorities said on Sunday (Mar 29) they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of deaths in the country reached 10,779 and the number of infected neared 100,000. The civil protection service reported another 756 fatalities in the world’s worst-hit nation on Sunday, while the number of officially
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
France relocates patients from swamped hospitals
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PARIS: France used two high-speed TGV trains and a German military plane to move more than three dozen critically ill coronavirus patients on Sunday (Mar 29) to ease the pressure on overwhelmed hospitals in eastern France. The Grand Est region was the first in France to be hit by a wave of coronavirus infections that
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
US coronavirus deaths could reach 200,000, Fauci warns
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WASHINGTON: US deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government’s top infectious diseases expert warned on Sunday (Mar 29) as New York, New Orleans and other major cities warned they would soon run out of medical supplies. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, estimated in an
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Indonesia reports 12 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing total to 114
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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s government faced increasing calls to tighten restrictions on movement as deaths from COVID-19 rose by 12 to 114 cases on Sunday (Mar 29) in the world’s fourth most populous nation which has so far resisted blanket lockdowns. With 1,285 infections also confirmed in the nation of 260 million people, a hashtag translating as #LockdownOrDie trended
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
COVID-19: MOM to look into helping self-employed workers not eligible for new income relief scheme
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower will look into helping self-employed workers who are not automatically qualified for the recently announced new income relief scheme amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Sunday (Mar 29) said that she was aware that some self-employed workers who are not eligible for the scheme are worried and hope
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
MOM steps up efforts to disperse gatherings of migrant workers on Sunday
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Sunday (Mar 29) it will continue its efforts to ensure that migrant workers do not congregate in public areas, noting that workers have been “highly cooperative” so far. These ground efforts to disperse gatherings at areas popular with migrant workers such as City Plaza, Lucky Plaza and
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
In pictures: Safe distancing in Singapore
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SINGAPORE: Nowadays, X marks the spot where you cannot sit and Singaporeans are being told to mind the gap between one another, all in the name of safe distancing to curb the spread of COVID-19. On Mar 20, the Ministry of Health announced a slew of safe-distancing measures for public venues. For instance, operators of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
COVID-19 fears spark Thailand prison riot
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BANGKOK: Dozens of prisoners broke furniture and smashed windows during a riot in a Thai jail on Sunday sparked by fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility. During the violence some convicts escaped from the Buriram prison where 2,000 inmates are held, the justice ministry said. Seven have been arrested. Advertisement Advertisement Local media
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Spain’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528
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MADRID: Spain awoke to its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday (Mar 29), as the government met to approve a strengthening of measures and the coronavirus death toll rose by a record 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from 72,248 the day
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Malaysia arrests hundreds for flouting curbs on movement as COVID-19 deaths rise
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia this week arrested hundreds of people for violating restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus, a senior minister said on Sunday (Mar 29), amid a spike in the number of deaths linked to the outbreak. The death toll rose from 27 to 34 within a 24-hour period, the biggest daily rise
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
US COVID-19 deaths surge past 2,000
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WASHINGTON: Deaths from the new coronavirus in the United States surged past 2,000 on Saturday (Mar 28), doubling in just three days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths late Saturday was 2,010, about a quarter of them in New York City, the country’s hardest-hit region, Johns Hopkins reported. Advertisement Advertisement
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LONDON: The other night, New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, put her daughter to bed and sat on the couch to send a video message to her nation as it entered a coronavirus shutdown. “Thought I would jump online quickly and just check in with everyone really, as we all prepare to hunker down for