BRASILIA/SAO PAULO: Brazil declared a state of emergency on Friday (Mar 20), freeing up funds for the federal government to...
Day: March 20, 2020
BANGKOK: Confusion over Thailand's new coronavirus curbs left travellers scrambling on Friday (Mar 20) as Thai citizens queued at embassies...
GENEVA: Around 300 million children who depend on school meals are missing out due to closures triggered by the coronavirus pandemic,...
BANGKOK: A cafe in Thailand has started using a pulley system to serve coffee on wheels as COVID-19 infections force...
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK : Nearly 40 million Californians have been ordered to stay at home as part of efforts to...
SINGAPORE: Contingency plans have been put in place to boost the Singapore healthcare system’s capacity to care for COVID-19 patients if...
MADRID: The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,002 in Spain on Friday (Mar 20) after 235 people died in 24 hours,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported its third fatality related to COVID-19 on Friday (Mar 20).Case 152, a 58-year-old Malaysian man, had previously...
JAKARTA: Some mosques in Jakarta still held Friday prayers on Mar 20 despite an earlier appeal by the government to...
SINGAPORE: Messages circulating online that Singapore will be "locked down" this weekend over the COVID-19 outbreak are untrue, National Development...
KUALA LUMPUR: China on Thursday (Mar 19) sent its first batch of medical supplies to the Sungai Buloh Hospital in...
SINGAPORE: As more countries implement travel restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, more travellers find themselves having to cancel...
KUALA LUMPUR: The UN refugee agency and Rohingya community leaders in Malaysia are stepping up efforts to get refugees who attended...
ROME: Italy on Thursday (Mar 19) overtook China's coronavirus death total and braced for an extended lockdown that could see the...