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Last medical assistance team leaves Hubei as epidemic subsides

The last medical assistance team started leaving Hubei Province Wednesday...

460,000 Chinese companies shut down in Q1 amid COVID-19 outbreak  

A total of 460,000 businesses in China succumbed to the...

Japan urges citizens to maintain distancing as reports predict 400,000 deaths

Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as...

China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for six key days

In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined...

Wearing masks and gloves, South Koreans vote in national elections

South Koreans began going to the polls on Wednesday to...

Global Covid-19 cases approach 2 million

The global death toll from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached...

Indian migrants running away from quarantine

Thousands of Indians who fled cities to return to their...

China approves three coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials

China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials,...

India extends lockdown, ignites protest by migrant workers

India extended a lockdown on its 1.3 billion people until...

North Korea test fires multiple short-range anti-ship missiles

North Korea launched multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the...

Philippines ramps up coronavirus testing to find thousands of unknown infections

The Philippines introduced a more aggressive testing programme for the...

India extends lockdown to May 3 as virus cases cross 10,000

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended a nationwide...

Eight killed in Rakhine shelling

Eight people were killed by shelling in Myanmar’s Rakhine state...

Chinese PM to attend ASEAN-China, Japan, ROK special meeting on COVID-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will on Tuesday in Beijing attend...

Shanghai, Wuhan embrace reopened and sanitised markets for fresh food

Wet markets in many provinces and regions across China have...

India arranges online training for Saarc health professionals to combat COVID-19

India has invited healthcare professionals from Saarc countries to join...

ADB triples COVID-19 response package to $20b

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday tripled the size...

South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to US Tuesday

South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to...

'Rice ATM' feeds Vietnam's poor amid virus lockdown

A Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City has invented...

Former Israeli chief rabbi dies after contracting coronavirus

A former Israeli chief rabbi has died after contracting the...

China's new coronavirus cases rise to near six-week high

China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases...

Wuhan trying desperately to cure elderly coronavirus patients

China's Wuhan will strengthen medical treatment for severely ill and...

Saudi King approves extension of curfew until further notice

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved an extension of the kingdom’s...