TOKYO (Reuters) – Some 300,000 coronavirus masks sent to pregnant women in Japan as part of a government handout have been found to be faulty, media reports said, the latest in a string of complaints about how the government has dealt with the pandemic. The efforts of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to distribute protective […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand on Tuesday (April 28) reported seven more coronavirus cases and two new deaths, bringing the total number of infections since the outbreak began in January to 2,938 cases and 54 fatalities. The numbers extended a trend in fewer new cases, which had been over 100 per day earlier in past weeks. […]
HONG KONG – The city’s leader on Tuesday (April 28) announced that most of the civil servants will return to their offices to work from next week and government services are to resume normal operating hours, as the coronavirus pandemic appear to be under control. There will be exceptions though, as some places such as […]
GERIK (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Deputy Health Minister Noor Azmi Ghazali and Perak executive council member Razman Zakaria have pleaded guilty to breaching the movement control order (MCO). The duo was jointly charged with 13 others at the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday (April 28), after they were all pictured having a meal at […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Earlier this month, the Indonesian government issued a series of three sovereign US dollar-denominated bonds totaling US$4.3 billion ($6.1 billion). The three bonds are the RI1030, worth US$1.65 billion with a tenor of 10.5 years, the 30.5-year RI1030 worth US$1.65 billion, and the 50-year RI0470 worth U$1 billion. […]
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil traders are hiring expensive U.S. vessels, normally only used for domestic shipments, to store gasoline or ship fuel overseas, five shipping sources said, in a sign of the energy industry’s desperation for places to park petroleum amid a 30% drop in worldwide demand. Billions of people worldwide are living under […]
Wuhan, the former epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, said it discharged its final 12 patients on Sunday, declaring all hospitals in the city free of Covid-19 after nearly four months of intense control measures to contain the virus. This is the latest step on the path of recovery after the city lifted a two-month lockdown […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s distinction as a shopper’s paradise used to draw tens of thousands of tourists to the China-ruled city every month, but a year of political unrest and the coronavirus crisis are driving some hotels to the brink of financial ruin. Hotel occupancy rates in the recession-hit economy have plummeted since […]
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia on Monday allowed residents to dine at restaurants for the first time in a month, as more U.S. states began easing restrictions where the coronavirus outbreak has taken a relatively light toll. Keen to revive their battered economies despite the warnings of health experts, a handful of states from Montana to […]
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia started letting residents dine at restaurants and watch movies at theaters on Monday as more U.S. states from Minnesota to Mississippi took steps to ease coronavirus restrictions even though health experts warned it may be too early. Keen to revive their battered economies, Colorado, Montana and Tennessee were also set to […]