TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania reported 29 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the highest daily number in a single day, as 2.8 million Albanians started a third 40-hour lockdown to break the contagion’s chain. The country now has a total of 333 cases and 18 deaths related to COVID-19. As the map of infections
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. federal watchdog vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct “aggressive” independent oversight of government agencies, after President Donald Trump fired the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community late Friday night. Michael Horowitz, chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an independent agency
PHNOM PENH: The United States had returned to Cambodia two ancient statues after they were looted from the kingdom decades ago during the civil war, according to a joint press statement on Saturday (April 4). The statues arrived at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday and representatives of the two countries attended a Buddhist
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry said on Friday that the number of people who have died of coronavirus in the country has risen to 60, up from 50 a day earlier. It registered a total of 1,688 coronavirus cases, up from 1,510. (Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Sandra Maler) Source link
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) – Every day, Fontus Pierre Raymond wakes up at the crack of dawn to get in line to fill buckets of water at the communal tap in his densely-packed Port-au-Prince shantytown so that his mother and seven younger siblings can wash before work and school. Often, though, it runs dry and the 24-year-old
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Friday said the coronavirus situation in Russia could yet develop into a worst case scenario, and that the epidemic has not peaked there yet. “It is clear that the peak of infections has not yet passed, and we can’t rule out the situation developing into the
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The decision on congregational terawih prayers during this Ramadan depends on the implementation of the movement control order (MCO), says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri. “Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will announce whether there will be another extension of the MCO, and we
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday it had relieved the commander of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking Navy leadership for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard. Reuters reported earlier on Thursday that the commander, Captain Brett Crozier, was
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian doctors, nurses and other personnel dealing with coronavirus cases will receive a monthly bonus of about 500 euros (439 pounds) a month, President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday. “I demanded the government to reroute European (Union) funding, to give a monthly bonus of 500 euros to front line personnel dealing with
MANY corporations are stepping up measures to help alleviate hardships of those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and Sunway Group is one of them. The group’s staff are joining the battle individually and voluntarily. Some employees have come together in solidarity and support, asking for the opportunity to do their part and share their blessings
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries in the fight against coronavirus, as Brazil’s health minister warned that infection rates and lack of medical supplies were a big concern. The two presidents discussed medical and logistical cooperation on a telephone call but steered clear of
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks, ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus, governments told Brussels their healthcare systems were ready and there was no need to order more stocks, EU documents show. This rosy assessment is in stark contrast to the shortages of masks and medical
SRINAGAR, India (AFP): A Kashmiri villager faked his death and travelled more than a hundred kilometres in an ambulance with four others in a desperate bid to circumvent India’s coronavirus lockdown and return home, police said on Wednesday (April 1). Hakim Din was being treated for a minor head injury at a hospital in Jammu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers signalled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis, even as President Donald Trump called for $2 trillion (£1.61 trillion) in spending, this time on infrastructure. Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress needs to take up a
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow’s main coronavirus hospital last week has himself been diagnosed with the virus, the Rossiya 24 state TV channel reported on Tuesday. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital last Tuesday where he chatted to the doctor, Denis Protsenko. Neither of them were
KUALA LUMPUR: In a show of support for the nation’s efforts in tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, the Naza group of companies is donating RM1.25mil to the government’s Covid-19 fund. The cheque was presented to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday (March 30) afternoon at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya by Naza Corporation
SYDNEY (Reuters) – People in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Australia, could be heavily fined or jailed for leaving their home without a good reason from Tuesday under sweeping new powers designed to slow infection rates. The public health order, enacted late on Monday, comes
KOTA KINABALU: Nine youths playing sepak takraw and a farmer at a cockfighting session were among 40 people arrested so far for allegedly violating the movement control order (MCO) in Sabah. Sabah police chief Commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass said that the youths were caught playing sepak takraw at Kg Wonod in Sabah’s central Telupid district
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Malaysian embassy in Riyadh and Saudia Airlines are working to bring back Malaysians currently stranded in Saudi Arabia. The embassy said the airline was trying to determine the number of Malaysians there to arrange for a flight which would bring them home. It said Malaysians who want to return home are
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would not pay for security protection for Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, who, according to media reports, have settled in Los Angeles. Trump wrote on Twitter that “now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not
KUANTAN: The Pahang government is imposing stricter control measures in three districts due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases. State secretary Datuk Seri Dr Sallehuddin Ishak said the district councils of Pekan, Jerantut and Raub were limiting operations of food outlets, including fast food restaurants. “The number of Covid-19 cases in Jerantut and Pekan
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): With fake news on Covid-19 and related issues going viral on social media, the Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s quick response team is in contact with the relevant agencies to help clear the air. The following is a list of denials issued by the relevant agencies to the team on fake news relating
PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported 319 new deaths from the coronavirus on Saturday, up 16% on the previous day and taking the total to 2,314, as the government scrambled to increase the number of intensive care beds nationwide. The daily government tally only accounts for those dying in hospital but authorities say they
GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): Operations at Kompleks Sri Aman in Paya Terubong, near here, have been shut down effective Saturday (March 28) after visitors to the public market there failed to comply with social distancing requirements under the movement control order (MCO). The Penang Island City Council (MBPP), in a statement, said it viewed the non-compliance
PETALING JAYA: The government only has data on the B40 group and small traders but not on M40 for it to be able to quickly deliver the stimulus package promises, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. He said he recognised the need to do away with bureaucracy as people who lost their jobs want
JOHOR BARU: Malaysia Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) has foiled an attempt to smuggle RM23,000 worth of freshwater prawns into Singapore on Friday (March 27). Johor Maqis director Nur Afifah A. Rahman said that the lobsters were placed in some 50 boxes hidden within other frozen food products in a lorry. “The shipment, which weighed
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the spread of coronavirus, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. Only state and health workers will be exempted from the lockdown, Mnangagwa said. Zimbabwe has five confirmed coronavirus cases, including one death. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Writing by
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Basel Art Museum will pay an undisclosed sum to heirs of a German art historian, it said on Friday, concluding it bought works from his personal collection in the 1930s after he was persecuted by the Nazi government. The museum, now closed due to the coronavirus, has more than 100 drawings
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand reported 91 new coronavirus cases and 1 fatality, bringing the total to 1,136 cases and 5 deaths, a health official said on Friday. The latest death was of a patient in Narathiwat province bordering Malaysia, the health official said. The new infections consist of 30 patients linked to previous cases and
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental crisis-mode protocol some doctors worry is too risky but others deemed necessary as the coronavirus outbreak strains medical resources. The coronavirus causes a respiratory illness called COVID-19 that in severe cases can ravage
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