NEW YORK: Exactly 100 days after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in New York City, some workers began returning to jobs on Monday (Jun 8) at the start of reopening from a citywide shutdown to battle the epidemic that killed nearly 22,000 of its residents. People who had been […]
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday (Jun 8) that all COVID-19 measures in the country will be lifted from Tuesday, barring border closure restrictions, as the coronavirus had been eliminated from the country. The country would move to national alert level 1 from midnight on Monday, […]
SANTIAGO: Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday (Jun 7), adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included. Health Minister Jaime Manalich said 653 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 had to be counted, bringing the total number to 2,290. That […]
PARIS: France’s coronavirus death toll, the fifth-highest in the world, rose by 13 on Sunday (Jun 7) to 29,155, the government said. The number of people in hospital intensive care units fell by six to 1,053, a smaller decrease than the previous day but extending a steady drop in critical […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO) will enter a “recovery phase” beginning next Wednesday (Jun 10) until Aug 31, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said. The MCO, first imposed on Mar 18 to control the spread of COVID-19, was previously extended four times until Jun 9. In a televised address […]
PARIS: France’s coronavirus death toll, the fifth-highest in the world, rose more slowly on Saturday (Jun 6), while the number of people in intensive care continued to fall, government data showed. The number of deaths from the COVID-19 disease increased by 31, or 0.1 per cent, from the previous day […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to relax rules on outdoor dining and weddings, as well as speeding up government investment plans in a bid to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus, newspapers reported on Saturday (Jun 6). The Sunday Times said Johnson wanted to relax planning […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Some countries around the world already recommend or […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore should celebrate this year’s National Day Parade (NDP) even amid the difficulties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, “and indeed because more challenging times are ahead”, said Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen in Parliament on Friday (Jun 5). Responding to parliamentary questions about NDP celebrations amid the […]
LONDON: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (Jun 4) said a new vaccine against the coronavirus had to be available to everyone across the world, as an international conference got under way to raise funds for new life-saving treatments. The virtual meeting, hosted by Britain, aims to raise US$7.4 […]