The coronavirus pandemic pushed’s economy into its biggest contraction since 2008 in the first quarter, as self-isolation hit consumption and kept businesses closed and global trade slumped. Gross ... ( read original story ...)
Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve
As life begins to return to something like normality in Seoul and beyond, other countries are asking what lessons can be learned ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand reports 13 new coronavirus cases, one new death
Thailand reported 13 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and one more death, a 78-year-old woman who had other health complications. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live updates: Thailand’s foreign tourist arrivals dip; South Korea’s economy contracts
Japan has confirmed 14 more coronavirus cases on the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica currently docked in the western Japanese city of Nagasaki for repairs, reported Reuters. A ... ( read original story ...)
One-month-old infant recovers from coronavirus in Thailand
A one-month-old Thai baby, the country's youngest coronavirus patient, has successfully recovered from the illness thanks to a team of medics and the use of a cocktail of antiviral drugs, a doctor ... ( read original story ...)
Pentagon: Iran missile launch is ‘malign behavior’
Senior Pentagon officials are calling Iran's satellite launch a provocation after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched its first satellite into space Wednesday. (April 22) ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey says virus outbreak is ‘under control’
Turkey has got the coronavirus outbreak "under control" but should not relax containment measures, the country's health minister said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of Turkey's ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam relaxes virus restrictions as cases plateau
Communist Vietnam eased social distancing measures Thursday, with experts pointing to a decisive response involving mass quarantines and expansive contact tracing for the apparent success in ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines’s Duterte to decide whether to continue lockdown
Manila, Philippines -- With a little more than a week left before the scheduled end of the Philippines's strict community quarantine measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the country is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rejected lockdown because virus will resurge, says expert
The doctor leading Japan’s response to coronavirus has defended the decision not to implement a national lockdown, saying that elimination of the virus was impossible and it was necessary to limit the ... ( read original story ...)