Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Thailand reports its largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases
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BANGKOK: Thailand reported 188 new coronavirus infections on Sunday (Mar 22), its largest daily increase, taking the total to 599 cases, a senior health official said. The majority of the new infections are connected to a previous cluster of cases from a boxing stadium, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a Public Health Ministry spokesman, told a news conference
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Indonesia confirms 64 new coronavirus cases, 10 new deaths
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JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 64 new coronavirus cases and 10 new deaths, a health ministry official told reporters on Sunday (Mar 22), bringing the total number to 514 and 48 respectively. Nine coronavirus patients have recovered, health ministry spokesman, Achmad Yurianto said, bringing the total number of recoveries to 29. Advertisement Advertisement The Jakarta Post on Sunday
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Japan confirms 14 COVID-19 cases at medical centre: Report
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TOKYO: Japan’s Oita prefecture confirmed two new coronavirus infections at a medical centre on Sunday (Mar 22), bringing the total at the facility to 14 and making it a suspected cluster, Kyodo newswire said. Two female nurses who work at the Oita Medical Center, one in her 20s and another in her 50s, were confirmed
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Indonesia turns athletes village to emergency hospital as COVID-19 cases rise
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JAKARTA: Indonesia has turned its “Athlete’s Village” built for the 2018 Asian Games into an emergency hospital with a capacity to hold more than 4,000 patients, authorities said on Sunday (Mar 22), as coronavirus cases and deaths in the country rose. Four out of 10 towers in the Athlete’s Village, located in the country’s capital
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
India goes under 14-hour lockdown to curb coronavirus spread
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MUMBAI: Hundreds of millions of Indians stayed indoors on Sunday (Mar 22), heeding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to self-isolate as authorities battled to contain the fast-spreading epidemic. At least 324 people have so far contracted the disease and four deaths were reported in India due to coronavirus, according to official data on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Malaysian doctor who had COVID-19 dies
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Sunday (Mar 22) reported another death, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the country to nine. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient was a doctor with a travel history to Turkey. Advertisement Advertisement The case was suspected to be related to the history of travel abroad and not from frontliners or
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
COVID-19: Australian states to consider ‘draconian measures’ to enforce social distancing
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday (Mar 22) that states and territories will consider “draconian measures” to enforce social distancing to combat the coronavirus. The potential measures, which he said would be discussed later on Sunday, came after thousands of people flocked to Australia’s beaches in recent days amid an unusually warm
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Indonesia stands at the crossroads of a waste crisis and plastics problem
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JAKARTA: Indonesia is one of the biggest contributors to plastic pollution in the ocean. It became a dumping ground for the world’s plastic waste after China’s ban on trash imports. And now, a new crisis is brewing in the country. Its landfills are running out of space, even with only 60 to 70 per cent
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Thousands flock to see Olympic flame in Japan despite COVID-19 fears
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SENDAI: Tens of thousands of people flocked to a cauldron with the Olympic flame in northeastern Japan over the weekend despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony on Friday as doubts grew over whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go ahead on schedule as the deadly virus
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Commentary: Three smarter ways to use screen time while kids are at home
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Commentary Commentary There are ways to use tech to help kids learn, explore their interests and get creative, says an observer. A child using an app to learn. 22 Mar 2020 01:04PM Bookmark COLUMBUS, Ohio: As families everywhere adjust to social distancing measures like closed schools and child care centers, workplaces and more, parents are
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, all but one imported
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BEIJING: China on Sunday (Mar 22) reported 46 new cases of coronavirus, the fourth straight day with an increase, with all but one of those cases imported from overseas, according to the country’s National Health Commission. While China has drastically reduced the number of reported domestically transmitted cases – the one reported on Sunday was
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Gaza authorities confirm first two COVID-19 cases
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GAZA CITY: Authorities in Gaza confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus on Sunday (Mar 22), identifying the individuals as Palestinians who had travelled to Pakistan and were held in quarantine on their return. Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement that “two citizens tested positive (for COVID-19), after they returned from Pakistan” on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
They have the skills and qualifications. So why can’t these disabled people find good jobs?
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SINGAPORE: Former construction company owner Chen Chee Min suffered a stroke in October 2010 which left him paralysed on his left side. The 59-year-old has had difficulty finding a job following his rehabilitation and learning to walk again. Despite taking the initiative to get retrained, and seeking help from disability organisations, he has only been gainfully
Commentary: How to avoid a fight when you’re worried about COVID-19 but your other half isn’t
Commentary Commentary In the face of a frightening coronavirus pandemic, my partner and I are responding quite differently, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark. A couple wearing masks to prevent contracting the coronavirus hugs each other at a Han River park in Namyangju, South Korea March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 22 Mar 2020 04:08PM Bookmark