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Written by Gabriel HerveyJuly 24, 2021
Covid Delta Variant Fears Batter European Travel Simply As The Summer Time Appeared Secure
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It’s all very properly knowing that a selected segment usually browses summer seaside holidays in May and Christmas ski getaways from September, but chances are that won’t apply this year. You want to grasp who is looking to make a purchase now, what you’ll be able to sell them, and tips on how to retain
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown over, but lingering fears slow recovery
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WUHAN, China: Hairstylist “Ah Ping” is back in business now that Wuhan’s coronavirus lockdown has been lifted, but his salon has no customers, only empty chairs and lingering fears over a contagion that continues to haunt the city. Wuhan is waking from its coronavirus nightmare, loosening tight restrictions on movement and business as the global pandemic’s
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Major Indian cities make mask-wearing compulsory amid virus fears
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NEW DELHI: Hundreds of millions of people in India, including in its two largest cities, were ordered on Wednesday (Apr 8) to wear face masks or coverings amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Residents in the capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai, which have a combined population of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
Jump in Jakarta funerals raises fears of unreported COVID-19 deaths
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JAKARTA: The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia’s capital city said suggested that deaths from COVID-19 may be higher than officially reported. Nearly 4,400 burials occurred in March, 40 per cent higher than any month since at least January 2018, according to a Reuters review of statistics
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Indonesia frees 18,000 inmates from bursting jails over COVID-19 fears
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MAJENE, Indonesia: Indonesia has released about 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through its notoriously overcrowded prison system, authorities said Thursday (Apr 2). The mass release comes days after the Southeast Asian nation said it would free more than 30,000 inmates to take pressure off prisons and jails beset by
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Several Malaysian states call off Ramadan bazaars amid COVID-19 fears
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SINGAPORE: Several Malaysian states, including Kedah, Selangor, Terengganu and Melaka, have announced that Ramadan bazaars will be cancelled this year. Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has also urged bazaar organisers to cancel the events. Advertisement Advertisement This comes just as Putrajaya said it is mulling over standard operating procedures (SOPs), such as safe distancing and crowd control,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
China delays college entrance exam as fears grow over risk of coronavirus second wave
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China will delay its national college entrance exam by a month as it grapples with a coronavirus pandemic as travellers returning from abroad are fuelling new cases and boosting concern over the threat of a second wave of infections. The two-day “gaokao” annual test will be pushed back to Jul 7 and 8, China Central
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Gulf’s massive migrant workforce fears virus limbo
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DOHA: Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement. “We’ve been in lockdown for the last eight to 10 days, we don’t know when it will end,” said a 27-year-old Pakistani engineer in
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
‘Just one case’: Fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world’s refugee camps
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REUTERS: In the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, filmmaker Mohammed Arafat has been making public safety videos to warn about the dangers of coronavirus. The 25-year-old is worried that the disease will devastate the vast, crowded camps that house more than one million Rohingya, members of a mostly Muslim minority who fled a brutal
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
‘Corona criminals’ prey on Europe’s virus fears
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THE HAGUE: From trafficking dodgy surgical masks to peddling counterfeit medicines and running internet scams, criminals are finding ways to profit from the coronavirus crisis, European police warn. With billions of people under lockdown in their homes and borders shut, police chiefs say criminals are finding it hard to make money out of “traditional” activities like
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Fears of domestic violence rise as millions in Europe confined over virus
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BERLIN: With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. From Berlin to Paris, Madrid, Rome and Bratislava, associations that help victims of domestic violence have sounded the alarm after Europe overtook China to become the epicentre of the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Italy coronavirus deaths pass 7,500 amid fears of spread to south
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ROME: More than 680 people have died from coronavirus in Italy in the last 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said on Wednesday (Mar 25), as concerns grew that the disease was spreading more towards the south of the country. The death toll increased by 683 on Wednesday. That was lower than a spike of
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
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