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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…
To avoid large gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo held a “robot graduation” where students received their diplomas by remotely controlling their avatars from home.
Nurses protested against the lack of protective equipment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City, United States on April 6, 2020. The city has become the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak. It reported 68,776 infections and 2,738 deaths as of April 6.
About 150 doctors and other medical staff were reportedly arrested in the Pakistan city of Quetta on April 6, 2020, after they protested against a lack of protective equipment for hospital staff amid the coronavirus pandemic. The arrests in the capital of the border province of Balochistan happened as medics clashed…
As the global Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, China is reportedly getting its own outbreak under control. But as lockdowns are lifted and daily life resumes in the country's financial hub Shanghai, business is still far from usual in the city.
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has grown into a global pandemic, has been under total lockdown since January 23, 2020. The deadly virus that causes Covid-19 has infected more than 50,000 people and killed over 2,500 in the city alone. Strict lockdown measur…
Panama’s archbishop Jose Domingo Ulloa delivered traditional Palm Sunday blessings from a helicopter on April 5, 2020, amid the ongoing pandemic. The faithful are not able to attend church services because of a nationwide lockdown meant to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
A 21-day coronavirus lockdown was ordered for the Afghan capital Kabul on March 28, 2020, to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. But many residents of the city fear poverty and hunger more than the disease.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have started using drones to measure body temperatures of people in the central province of Qassim as the nation tries to slow the spread of Covid-19. Images released by officials show the devices checking shoppers in the regional capital city of Buraydah. The global coronavirus pandemic …
Bangladesh ordered a 10-day nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic on March 26, 2020, and then extended the measure until April 14. With factories closed, thousands of garment workers have not been paid their March salaries and many have been temporarily laid off or placed on leave. Bangladesh companie…
Normally bustling landmarks all over the Asia-Pacific region are now hollowed-out sites due to social distancing measures and lockdowns to fight the spread of the global Covid-19 pandemic. As of April 7, 2020, the coronavirus that causes the disease had spread to more than 200 countries and regions around the world,…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened. Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to assume British PM duties where needed, a spokesman said.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the country would declare a state of emergency on April 7, 2020 in a bit to stop the coronavirus. The declaration, expected to last for a month, will apply in Tokyo and six other prefectures.
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Queen Elizabeth has appeared on television to deliver a rare address to the British people calling on the nation to remain “united and resolute” to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. In her April 5, 2020 broadcast, the monarch also thanked the nation’s health care workers for their selfless efforts. On the same day,…
Hong Kong’s cemeteries are normally full this time of year, as families pay their respects to deceased loved ones during the annual Ching Ming Festival. But when the tomb-sweeping festival arrived on April 4, 2020, many graves were left unattended as people stayed home on the advice of the city government over conce…
The Chinese government has announced that April 4, 2020, will be an official day of mourning for people who died from Covid-19. The disease caused by a new coronavirus was first detected in China in late 2019, before it developed into a global pandemic that has killed more than 3,300 people in the country and infect…
People across Hong Kong paused on April 3, 2020, to applaud medical and other frontline workers for their efforts in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The evening cheering echoed in neighbourhoods from Hong Kong Island to the New Territories.
Hong Kong has ordered bars and pubs to close for two weeks from 6pm local time on April 3, 2020. The measure came as the city stepped up social distancing rules to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Millions of people around the world face joblessness and major companies are being forced to take major financial assistance from governments. Many small and medium-sized businesses have already closed their doors forever, as many others are forced to contemplate their immediate futures amid the continuing Covid-19 …
As the novel coronavirus spreads to more than 180 countries and regions around the world, reaching a grim milestone on April 3, 2020, of having infected over 1 million people, some places insist they remain free of the deadly disease. Among them is North Korea. As recently as April 1, the director of the reclusive s…
Zhang took his elderly father to a Wuhan hospital for a surgical procedure in January, just as the coronavirus outbreak started in the central Chinese city. Within days, his father had died from Covid-19. Zhang believeshis father contracted the virus in the hospital. He is now demanding answers from a government tha…
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to infect hundreds of thousands in the United States, some average citizens are volunteering to help make personal protective equipment for medical workers, including masks and face shields which are in short supply in many hospitals. One of the volunteers is Thomas Cheng, who spok…
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the survival of one of Taiwan's best-known cultural scenes, the night market. To avoid spreading the deadly virus that causes Covid-19, tourists and locals alike are staying home and away from crowded places. Some hawker stalls at the Ningxia Night Market in the capital Taipei…
Nepal has been under lockdown since March 24, 2020, and had reported only five confirmed infections of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 as of April 2. The country has extended the nationwide isolation until April 7. But officials admit Nepal lacks resources to fight the disease, and that fewer than 1,000 coronav…
A video that shows a group of migrant workers being sprayed with disinfectant to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in India’s Bareilly city has sparked anger online.
The central Chinese city of Wuhan where the deadly new coronavirus first emerged is now preparing to return to some daily routines and lift travel restrictions on April 8, 2020. But concern remains about the spread of the deadly virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, so people in Wuhan have found an innovative way to k…
March 2020 will be 31 days that the world will not soon forget. A novel coronavirus that had infected tens of thousands in China, spread rapidly to many other countries, particularly European nations and the United States. Over the course of this one month, infections worldwide jumped more than sevenfold, pushed hea…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, the United Nations is warning about global food shortages as soon as April or May 2020. UN officials also predict soaring food prices as lockdowns in various countries slow down supply chains, and as some countries implement export restrictions to pre…
Nothing should stand in the way of love, according to American matchmaker Julia Bekker, who is telling daters not to give up on their quests for relationships even during the global coronavirus pandemic. Drawing on her more than 15 years of experience, Bekker shares tips on dating strategies that apply even while un…
A veteran puppeteer in Thailand has adapted a traditional puppet show to create lessons for local people about the dangers of the coronavirus and how they can protect themselves to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. As of March 31, 2020, Thailand had reported 1,651 infections and 10 deaths from the coronavir…
Scientists have identified more than 200 types of coronaviruses, seven of which are known to affect humans. Four of these coronaviruses are endemic respiratory viruses which cause 15-30 per cent of the common colds people experience each year. Covid-19 is caused by a deadly new type of coronavirus that has spread to…
Kenyan police officers used tear gas to disperse people in the East African nation’s third largest city Kisumu on March 30, 2020. A curfew ordering people off the streets between 7pm and 5am has been in place since March 27, in a bid to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus behind the global Covid-19 pandemic.
images from more than a half century ago show an aspect of the scientific research that is still in use today. In 1956, British specialists in a laboratory at the National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill, in London were filmed developing vaccines for influenza using eggs. But the approach to fight what wa…
A fitness trainer in Hamburg, Germany holds free workout sessions from a balcony for nearby residents as the government advised people to stay home amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Many countries in Europe and around the world have turned to China to find supplies of test kits, masks and other medical supplies to help them manage the coronavirus pandemic. As domestic demand eases in China, the nation has ramped up exports of the items to Europe where there are shortages. But in Spain, the Czec…
As Italy's coronavirus death toll surpasses China's, a main hospital in one of Italy's hardest-hit areas, Bergamo, is packed with Covid-19 patients and stressed doctors.
Hong Kong will ban public gatherings of more than four people for 2 weeks starting from March 29, 2020. They will also require restaurants to operate at half their capacity and to set tables at least 1.5 metres apart. Some places of public entertainment, including gyms, cinemas, gaming centres, were also ordered to …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for Covid-19 on March 27, 2020. Health Secretary Matt Hancock also said he has tested positive for the virus.
Covid-19 is now a rapidly evolving global pandemic that has forced countries around the world to order lockdowns and travel restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes the disease. The measures and anticipated steep falls in production have created major uncertainty for the global economy…
From Mexico to Argentina, a growing number of Latin American nations are confirming Covid-19 infections and related deaths. With autumn arriving in the southern hemisphere, the region that is home to about 8.5 per cent of the world’s population could be among the worst affected by the disease. In Brazil, far-right P…
People in New York City are flocking to hospitals to try and get tested for Covid-19 as the coronavirus death toll in the city reached 385 on March 26, 2020. Hospitals in the city are now reportedly at full capacity and in beginning to become overwhelmed with patients.
"Stay at home or stay inside" is the message fixed to coffins and skulls displayed on public roads in the Philippines. Authorities in Santo Tomas, north of Manila, are using the grim method to remind people about the consequences of ignoring home-quarantine orders put in place to fight the spread of the deadly coron…
The United States became the nation with the most coronavirus cases on March 27, 2020, after reporting that it had confirmed 85,505 Covid-19 infections in the country. The US is now the new epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic, with its case number more than any other country in the world, including China wh…
After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown starting this week, some of the country’s poor, including daily wage labourers and migrant workers, were suddenly put out of work.
China has closed the first inpatient ward at one of two temporary hospitals built to handle Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, the Chinese city that was the initial epicentre of what is now a global pandemic. The Leishenshan hospital ward was closed on March 25, 2020, after there was an increase in the number of patients b…
