The Philippines still needs to hire 95,000 contact tracers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Wednesday. Vergeire said the ideal number of contact tracers is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes fresh $1.1 trillion stimulus to combat pandemic pain
Japan will compile a fresh stimulus package worth $1.1 trillion that will include a sizable amount of direct spending to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, a draft of the budget ... ( read original story ...)
Correction: Virus-Outbrak-Japan-Murakami story
In a story May 23, 2020, about Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's radio show, The Associated Press erroneously spelled book titles ... ( read original story ...)
Airbus Experts from France Begin Probe into Pakistan Air Crash
The team of experts from an Airbus facility in the French city of Toulouse reached Pakistan on Monday to carry out an independent probe into Friday's mishap. ( read original story ...)
Asia virus latest: SKorean jailed for breaking quarantine, Indonesia deploys troops
A South Korean man was jailed for four months on Tuesday for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules, authorities said, in the country's first such prison sentence. The man, 27, left home while under 14 ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia, Major Advocate of Hydroxychloroquine, Told by WHO to Stop Using It
A nurse shows a pill of hydroxychloroquine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Nossa Senhora da Conceicao hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Diego VaraReuters ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: South Korea cases rise, India crosses 150,000
South Korea reported 40 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days, causing alarm in a country where millions of children were returning ... ( read original story ...)
Mumbai: How Covid-19 has ravaged India’s richest city
With more than 31,000 cases, Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's coronavirus infections and nearly a quarter of deaths. The BBC's Yogita Limaye finds out why India's financial capital is ... ( read original story ...)
India Promotes Hydroxychloroquine, Despite WHO Stopping Trials Over Safety Issues
The director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday insisted there is "no harm" in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, despite the World Health Organization halting a ... ( read original story ...)
India’s contact-tracing app is going open-source
India said it will publicly release the source code of its contact-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, to the relief of privacy and security experts who have been advocating for this ever since the app ... ( read original story ...)