TOKYO: The shock postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has dealt a savage blow to Japan’s hotels and tourism industry, already reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many operators have seen bookings decimated by the virus and had been clinging to the hope that the Games would help …

The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported seven more deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday (Mar 29), bringing the national death toll to 34.  There were also 150 new COVID-19 cases, said the health ministry, taking the total to 2,470 – the highest in Southeast Asia.  The seven fatalities were all Malaysians. Six …

Malaysia reported 150 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total to 2,470, the highest in Southeast Asia.

BANGKOK: Dozens of prisoners broke furniture and smashed windows during a riot in a Thai jail on Sunday sparked by fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility. During the violence some convicts escaped from the Buriram prison where 2,000 inmates are held, the justice ministry said. Seven have …

BANGKOK: Thailand reported 109 new coronavirus cases and one death, bringing its total to 1,245 infections and 6 deaths, the spokesman of the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Saturday (Mar 28). The latest death is of a patient with some prior health …

Tokyo has confirmed more than 50 new coronavirus infections, a record daily increase, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday as the governor of Japan’s capital urged citizens to stay indoors.

Italy has logged a shocking spike in its already staggering coronavirus death toll, with officials warning the peak of the crisis was still days away, as the global infection rate surges relentlessly upwards.

At least 15,000 people who may have caught the coronavirus from a ‘super-spreader’ guru are under strict quarantine in northern India after the Sikh religious leader died of COVID-19.

Malaysia reported 159 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the total to 2,320, the highest in Southeast Asia.