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Dimo’s Pizza, a pizza restaurant in Chicago, Illinois is using its pizza oven to toss face shields for front-line medical workers who are fighting against Covid-19.
China’s economy shrank by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on April 17, 2020. The contraction is the first in the world’s second-largest economy since the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, as well as since official quarterly gross domest…
A wet market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan struggling to rebuild business despite the lifting of a months-long lockdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. But there are lingering fears about the deadly coronavirus that causes the disease. And amid reports that Covid-19 originated from one of Wuhan’s wet markets,…
Several African nations have lodged complaints with the Chinese government after officials in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou ordered all foreigners from Africa to be quarantined for 14 days, amid fears of a second wave of Covid-19. The order came after five Nigerians living in the city tested positive for th…
Hong Kong karate athlete Tsang Yee-ting has been discharged after spending 29 days in hospital being treated for an infection with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Tsang said she had mild symptoms including muscle soreness, diarrhoea and a loss of her sense of taste and smell.
While much of the developed world waited weeks before taking action, countries across Africa rapidly shut borders, banned mass gatherings and imposed lockdowns at the first sight of the coronavirus pandemic. But the social distancing measures are having a wrenching impact on millions across the continent who live ha…
A Vietnamese entrepreneur has invented an automated rice dispenser to provide free rice to people in need during an ongoing nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party in South Korea won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on April 15, 2020, in what was widely seen as a referendum on the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The ruling party won 163 seats in the 300-member National Assembly, while the …
A medical worker at a hospital in Wuhan returned family members the belongings of patients who succumbed to Covid-19, and more trending videos from China this week.
Yao Bin and Peng Jing, a couple living in Wuhan, are finally able to resume preparations for their wedding after the city in central China lifted lockdown restrictions to fight Covid-19. The pair were also kept apart for over two months by the restrictions meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus at the original …
US President Donald Trump announced on April 14, 2020, that he will suspend Washington’s funding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) pending a review of the UN agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States is the largest contributor to the 194-member WHO. Trump’s move during an unprecedented gl…
Though the full lockdown in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has ended, many streets still have tall barriers set up to help stop the spread of the coronavirus which causes Covid-19. Business owners say that as they try to resume operations, the physical barriers are keeping customers away from their shops. Saying …
About 34 million people in the Indonesian capital have been ordered to observe tougher social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Jakarta’s partial lockdown was expanded on April 15, 2020, to include areas near the capital city. The new rules came a day after the country reported 60 new Covid-19 d…
Wuhan’s dancing aunties and uncles are back in action, in another sign that the city in central China is returning to normal after its 76-day coronavirus lockdown was lifted on April 8, 2020. Like most residents, the square dancers had to stay indoors for nearly three months as part of measures to fight the spread o…
The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment released data on April 6, 2020, that showed air and water quality across the country significantly improved during the first three months of 2020. The pollution levels fell during mass city lockdowns put in place to try and slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus tha…
The novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China in late 2019, and took only a few months to spread into a global pandemic. Health experts say modern advanced transport including air travel has greatly increased the pace of the pandemic. Though governments around the world imposed lockdo…
Many people in Thailand are selling their gold jewellery as the economy plunges amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses affected by the country’s lockdown are also forced to sell their gold valuables.
Hong Kong’s government has unveiled its most expensive coronavirus financial relief package so far, earmarking HK$137.5 billion (US$18 billion) to save failing businesses in the city. The financial secretary of Hong Kong Paul Chan Mo-po told the South China Morning Post in an interview on April 15, 2020 that he is “…
Medical product manufacturers in China are seeing an increase in overseas orders, as the nation begins to return to work and the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate other countries and regions around the world.
On April 15, 2020, the number of Covid-19 infection cases recorded worldwide surpassed 2 million, with deaths topping 127,626. More than 33 per cent of all infections were reported in the United States. As the coronavirus case tally passed the grim milestone, countries and regions across the globe were weighing the …
Many devout Muslims in Pakistan have been ignoring a government ban on religious gatherings of more than 5 people to halt the spread of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. The disease had infected more than 5,900 people and killed at least 100 in Pakistan as of April 15, 2020. More than 60 per cent of the cases we…
Actors based in Los Angeles are feeling the strain as the coronavirus forces the famous entertainment industry in the US west coast city to suspend production. LA is home to the world's largest entertainment hub including the iconic studios of Hollywood, and generates billions of dollars a year as it employs hundred…
More than 4,000 judges in China have become live-streaming hosts as court auctions have gone online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
World’s top luxury brand Louis Vuitton has retrofitted five of its high-end fashion workshops in France to non-surgical mask production sites. The transformation came as medical workers in the country faced a shortage of the protective gear amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
India had reported at least 358 deaths from Covid-19 as of April 14, 2020, but the pandemic may also be indirectly killing patients who do not have the coronavirus that causes the disease. A public hospital in the capital New Delhi has reportedly pushed out some patients with serious medical conditions to make room …
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, Malaysia is in partial lockdown until April 28, 2020. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered tighter border controls to prevent the entry of imported Covid-19 cases. In the capital city Kuala Lumpur, health authorities have set up testing zones to look for hidden cases amo…
Newborn babies at the Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, are given face shields in an effort to protect them from the coronavirus. The tiny face guards were designed by the hospital in the Thai capital to help protect babies from the virus that causes Covid-19 as they make their first journeys home.
Vietnam has been praised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its fight so far to contain the deadly coronavirus that causes Covid-19. As of April 13, 2020, the country had reported 262 confirmed infections and zero deaths. Despite a lack of resources, Vietnam reacted quickly and focused on enforcing strict qu…
Local authorities in Yokohama, Japan, set up a shelter in a martial arts stadium to house people who have nowhere to go amid the Covid-19 pandemic. More than two dozen people have registered.
The season opener for Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League got underway after nearly a month of delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with some help from robot drummers and cardboard “fans” in the stands. A rain delay forced the game to be moved from Saturday to Sunday, April 12, 2020, but still in time for i…
The Chinese town of Yiwu, just outside Shanghai, is known for making everything from Christmas trees to toys and souvenirs for export to international clients. But as the world struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic, orders for goods from Yiwu have plummeted.
A doctor working at the Mount Sinai Queens Hospital in New York has offered a first-hand look at the intense battle under way against the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Erik Blutinger describes how doctors and nurses in the hospital’s accident and emergency department are struggling to help seriously ill patients who have co…
The remote city of Suifenhe in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang sits and at the border with Russia, is a new front in the battle against the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Border control measures have been tightened in the city and a new temporary hospital is being built as a lockdown goes into effec…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on April 12, 2020, more than two weeks after he was diagnosed with Covid-19. Johnson initially showed mild symptoms of the coronavirus that causes the disease, but when his condition worsened he was admitted to hospital on April 5, where he spent thre…
Easter Sunday is the one of the holiest days of the year in the Christian calendar. Pastors normally deliver sermons to packed church halls. But this year, many Churches around the world remain empty because of the coronavirus pandemic, as priests hold services online to allow the faithful to celebrate at home. Hong…
The Covid-19 pandemic hit another grim milestone on [insert date] as worldwide deaths from the disease exceeded 100,000. Many countries have enforced social distancing rules and even lockdowns in an effort to contain the spread of the virus, but officials in some countries warn it'll still be weeks before the number…
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world, a stark difference in attitudes is emerging between societies in Asia and in the West about the use of protective face masks. While mask-wearing has been an integral part of life in many places in Asia since the 2002-2003 Sars epidemic, in Western countries, ther…
1,000 drones were seen performing in southern China’s Shenzhen to celebrate Wuhan coming out of lockdown after months. The drones were in different colourful patterns and depicted medical frontliners, the Yellow Crane Tower and a slogan, to pay tribute to medical workers and send blessings to the country.
China announced on April 8, 2020, that it will arrange chartered flights to bring back Chinese students stranded overseas by the coronavirus pandemic. But Beijing is also weighing concerns about their return worsening the outbreak in China, where the number of imported cases of Covid-19 has been rising in recent wee…
A bakery in Finland is providing a bit of comic relief in spite of the pandemic by offering homebound customers some cakes that resemble toilet rolls. Inspired by a round of panic buying of toilet paper in March 2020, the novelty items have been enough of a hit to save the shop from financial ruin after business dri…
TJ Kim, a 16-year-old student from McLean, Virginia has been flying across the US state delivering medical supplies to rural hospitals in need. After lockdowns and school cancellations prematurely ended his studies and sports activities, the young pilot decided to make good use of his cross-country flight training l…
The Chinese city of Wuhan was the initial epicentre of what is now a global pandemic caused by the deadly new coronavirus. There were more than 50,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 2,574 fatalities recorded by China’s health authorities as of April 9, 2020. The city resumed daily life after a lockdown of 76 days.
Hong Kong’s government has announced its biggest coronavirus financial relief package so far, earmarking HK$137.5 billion (US$18 billion) to save failing businesses in the city. Chief Executive Carrie Lam unveiled the relief package on April 8, 2020, saying it also aims to ensure that some 1.5 million workers contin…
Animal cafes that had become a popular tourist attraction in South Korea are now mostly deserted because of fear about the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Research suggests that the microbe which causes Covid-19 originally emerged from bats and was spread to humans via other wild animals. There have also been conf…
Tens of thousands of people have left the central Chinese city of Wuhan after a nearly 2.5-month lockdown was officially lifted on April 8, 2020. The strict measures were put in place on January 23, in an aggressive effort by Chinese authorities to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the disease Cov…
A midnight light show brightened up the sky in the Chinese city of Wuhan to honour people who helped fight the Covid-19 pandemic on April 8, 2020. The display came as the former epicentre of the crisis lifted its outbound travel restrictions after 76-days of lockdown.
The Shah Cheragh shrine and mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz has been turned into a temporary workshop for local women to produce protective masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Farmers in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, hit by the coronavirus pandemic, are selling their livestock online, with “owners” able to watch their new pigs grow, before the animals are sent to the butcher and the meat delivered.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could threaten food security for the world’s poorest communities. Lockdowns and economic downturns that will affect developing nations the most, will make it difficult for the poor to access or pay for food. The UN food agency says food supplies ar…
When Hong Kong resident Lin Runqiao arrived in Wuhan on January 7, 2020, to celebrate the Lunar New Year with family and friends, he had no idea that his life would be turned upside down in the following two months. When the city emerged as the original epicentre of the deadly coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the g…
