Category: Asia

Wed 18 March 2020: In his address to nation, Imran Khan warns of spread of virus in country, if people do not ‘act responsibly’ Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pledged to fight the coronavirus and warned the nation of a possible spread of the virus in the country, if the people did not […]

Tue 17 March 2020: Malaysia reported its first death from coronavirus: a 60-year-old pastor. The state of Sarawak said 193 close contacts of the victim were in home quarantine. The country has reported 553 coronavirus cases, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Sri Lanka bans all incoming flights for two weeks Sri Lanka banned all […]

Sun 15 March 2020: (Reuters) – Malaysia reported 41 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, most linked to a religious event on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur that was attended by about 10,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infected people in the Southeast Asian country to 238, the health […]

Sat 14 March 2020: Officials in Pakistan have blamed coronavirus cases on returnees from Syria, despite Damascus not reporting a single infection. Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province, Syed Murad Ali Shah, alleged that nationals returning from the Middle East had imported the disease. A World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the COVID-19 virus published […]

Fri 13 March 2020: India and Pakistan continued to receive new coronavirus cases, prompting authorities to take emergency measures to contain the further spread of the coronavirus. Declared coronavirus an epidemic, India on Thursday closed all schools, colleges and cinema theaters until March 31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a travel ban on his Cabinet […]

Tue 10 March 2020: Pakistan on Monday confirmed eight new novel coronavirus cases, prompting authorities to further tighten the screening at the airports and borders. All new cases were reported from the southern city of Karachi, raising the total number of patients across the country to 16, according to a statement from the health department […]

FILE PHOTO Mon 09 March 2020: Indian officials confirmed Monday that a 3-year-old child has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala, making it the first such case in the country. Two more cases of coronavirus were confirmed in India, taking the total infections in the country to 41. This […]