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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
UK prepares to extend virus lockdown, says peak has not passed
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LONDON: The British government warned on Monday (Apr 13) it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from his own
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
‘Social unrest’ warning as Modi looks to extend India’s lockdown
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NEW DELHI: Key industries are warning of social unrest unless India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes concessions when he announces any extension Tuesday (Apr 13) to a three-week pandemic-lockdown for the country’s 1.3 billion people. The lockdown ends at midnight Tuesday, but several state chief ministers have already said they plan to extend it for at
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
India to extend world’s largest COVID-19 lockdown for two weeks
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NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend the world’s biggest pandemic lockdown for two weeks, state ministers said after talks Saturday (Apr 11) on the growing fallout in the country. The three week lockdown is due to end Tuesday. But with the death toll rising, several chief ministers from India’s 29 states and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
France to extend lockdown as coronavirus death toll close to 11,000
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PARIS: France reported some positive coronavirus-linked data on Wednesday (Apr 8), with the increase of hospital death fatalities slowing again, but the presidential palace said nonetheless the national lockdown aimed at containing the disease would be extended. The lockdown, that took effect on Mar 17 and has already been extended once, will now go beyond Apr 15,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Hyflux applies to postpone scheme meetings, extend moratorium due to COVID-19 safe distancing rules
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SINGAPORE: Embattled Hyflux said on Wednesday (Apr 8) that it has applied to the Singapore High Court to postpone its scheme meetings scheduled this month, due to the heightened safe distancing measures put in place by local authorities to combat COVID-19. It is also seeking a three-month extension of its debt moratorium, which currently grants
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until Easter as new cases fall
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ROME: Italy’s government on Monday (Mar 30) said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines. “The evaluation was to extend all containment measures at least until Easter. The government will move
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
India says no plan to extend COVID-19 lockdown as poor struggle
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NEW DELHI: India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday (Mar 30), as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and prevent tens of thousands of out-of-work people fleeing to the countryside. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the country’s 1.3 billion people
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 19, 2020
Italy to extend lockdown measures over virus: Conte
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ROME: Lockdown measures taken in Italy over the coronavirus pandemic will be extended beyond their original deadlines, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday (Mar 19). Imposed nationally on Mar 12, the shutdown of most businesses and a ban on public gatherings in Italy, the European country worst hit by the pandemic, are due to expire
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