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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
ASEAN leaders meet online to tackle COVID-19
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HANOI: Vietnam will urge Southeast Asian leaders to set up an emergency fund to tackle the coronavirus at a summit held online on Tuesday (Apr 14), as the pandemic ravages the region’s tourism and export-reliant economies. Hanoi is chairing an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting on COVID-19, with the country touting its success
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
COVID-19: Taxi, private-car hire drivers allowed to make home deliveries to meet increased demand
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SINGAPORE: Taxi and private-hire car drivers will now be allowed to make grocery and food deliveries to meet the increased demand amid the COVID-19 outbreak, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Sunday (Mar 29). In a Facebook post, Mr Khaw noted that demand for home deliveries has grown, and will continue increasing in the coming weeks as the Government calls on more people to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
‘Printing money’: Booming mask producers in China meet global demand
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BEIJING: As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market – face masks for export. At the height of China’s outbreak in early February, Guan Xunze’s company created a new mask factory in just eleven
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
Australian federal, state leaders meet to discuss coronavirus pandemic
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SYDNEY: Australian federal and state leaders will meet on Friday (Mar 27), the country’s prime minister said, amid growing expectations the largest states could enforce a wide-ranging lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Further fiscal support measures are also expected to be discussed in the meeting of the prime minister, state premiers and chief ministers,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Industry races to meet demand for ventilators
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PARIS: Manufacturers are on a mission to produce desperately needed medical ventilators for the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means converting assembly lines now making auto parts. Along with a shortage of masks and gloves, the spread of COVID-19 to almost every corner of the globe has highlighted a great need for specialised machines that help
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
COVID-19: Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand in Italy
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ZURICH: On Mar 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for an all-out effort to meet a desperate need for ventilators. Now, his Bologna-based company, Siare Engineering International Group srl, has 25 army technicians working with its production supervisors to manage the expanded
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
COVID-19: Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand
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ZURICH: On Mar 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for an all-out effort to meet a desperate need for ventilators. Now, his Bologna-based company, Siare Engineering International Group srl, has 25 army technicians working with its production supervisors to manage the expanded
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Australia’s ‘war cabinet’ set to meet as COVID-19 cases surpass 250
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SYDNEY: Australia’s new national cabinet is set to meet Sunday (Mar 15) as the country’s cases of coronavirus topped 250 and the government faced questions about the possible closure of schools and tighter border controls. The government has already advised against non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people from Monday, though this does not include schools,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Cancellation or postponement of Olympics over coronavirus ‘not mentioned’ at IOC meet: Bach
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LAUSANNE: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach insisted that the nightmare scenario of either cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics was not discussed at a key meeting on Wednesday (Mar 4) despite the global spread of the deadly coronavirus. “Neither the word cancellation nor postponement was mentioned today during the Executive Board meeting,” Bach told
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