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Localized lockdown to happen only if Code Red alert sublevel 2 is raised (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) is now studying the possibility of declaring a localized lockdown in certain areas in the country as it determines if there are clustering of cases. The department is also closely studying the new cases, especially those with no history of travel abroad, to determine if there is already a “community transmission” in certain […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from the collapse of a coronavirus quarantine hotel in east China rose to 26 on Wednesday, with three more people feared still trapped in the rubble, according to state media. Dozens of people were pulled alive from the wreckage of the six-storey Xinjian hotel in the coastal city of Quanzhou but 26 others were either found dead in the ruins or have since died of their injuries, the […]
by Jerome TAYLOR HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Cathay Pacific on Wednesday said profits plunged in 2019 as it reeled from political unrest in Hong Kong, while it warned financial losses lay ahead owing to the spread of the new coronavirus. The flagship carrier was battered throughout the second half of last year as violent pro-democracy protests raged for months in Hong Kong, sparked by widespread public anger at Beijing’s rule. The demonstrations, which saw […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Two immigration officers at Bangkok’s main airport have coronavirus and may have handled the passports of visitors to Thailand, a health official said Wednesday. The men, both working at Suvarnabhumi airport, fell ill on March 7 and 8 respectively and potentially came into contact with arriving passengers in the days before their diagnosis. One of the officers was among a team-leading health screening of Thai returnees from South Korea — which […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Some companies in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus outbreak emerged late last year, are to be allowed to return to work, provincial officials said Wednesday. Businesses involved in providing daily necessities can resume work and production immediately, as can those that are key to “global industrial chains” after getting approval, said the Hubei provincial government. Other companies are expected to resume production only after March 20. Similar rules […]
by Sean Chang and Amber Wang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to churn out face masks and help ward off the new coronavirus. Usually, the men would be making prison uniforms in the bright-lit sewing factory in the city of Taoyuan. But after the coronavirus spread to Taiwan they switched to making masks, putting together […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China reported an increase in imported coronavirus cases Wednesday, fuelling concerns that infections from overseas could undermine progress in halting the spread of the virus. There were 22 more deaths and 24 new cases nationwide, according to the National Health Commission. China has made massive progress in its battle against the virus, prompting President Xi Jinping to visit Wuhan, the central city at the heart of the global epidemic, on Tuesday […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea announced its first rise in new coronavirus cases for five days on Wednesday, following a run of declines that have raised hopes the outbreak is coming under control. The South was the first country to report significant coronavirus numbers outside China, where the disease first emerged and remains one of the world’s worst-affected countries despite being overtaken by both Italy and Iran in declared cases. A total of […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the 13 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) announced since Monday night are currently admitted in various hospitals in the country, and are being closely monitored. The 13 cases are among the 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases of the country. The DOH identified the hospitals where the various COVID-19 patients are located outside of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine. These are the Dr. Jose […]
by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy prepared Tuesday to let families skip mortgage and some tax payments to help deal with a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 631 people and forced the government to restrict movement for its 60 million citizens. Ministers said they would also ask the European Union to allow Rome to raise its deficit spending to 10 billion euros ($11.3 billion) to help businesses hurt by a precipitous drop in […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy reported five more deaths Tuesday from prison riots linked to the new coronavirus that have now officially claimed 12 lives over three days. The justice ministry has blamed all the deaths on drug overdoses that occurred after prisoners broke into medical storage rooms. The claim was impossible to immediately verify through independent sources. Jails have been ordered to stop visits and limit day releases as part of broad government response […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — Panama’s health minister on Tuesday confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus in the country, including one death, the first virus-linked death in Central America. “Of the eight patients we are reporting, one person is in intensive care, another unfortunately died,” Minister Rosario Turner said during a press conference in Panama City. According to the ministry, a 64-year-old man who was already suffering from diabetes complications associated with bacterial pneumonia […]
