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'Lockdown', Japan-style: Pressure to conform, not penalties for non-compliance

Some other experts said the move would was already too late, since Tokyo was already seeing an explosive increase in cases

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Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia as country's death toll hits 39

Australia is among numerous countries around the world negotiating arrangements with cruise ships unable to find somewhere to dock

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South Korea reports fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases for first time since Feb. 29 peak

South Korea has largely managed to bring the epidemic under control for now, with around 100 or fewer new daily cases

Apr 6, 2020

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Italy starts to look ahead to 'phase two' as COVID-19 death toll slows

Along with the health crisis, Italy government is also grappling with the economic devastation caused by the sudden halt to business across the country

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Coronavirus: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hospital

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, is the first major governmental leader known to have contracted the disease

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Coronavirus: While the living are grounded, the dead are being flown out of Dubai

The UAE is repatriating bodies of those who have died due to natural causes, other than coronavirus, in spite of the airspace suspension

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New Orleans has highest coronavirus death rate in US as diabetes, obesity worsen patients' condition

New Orleans has twice the death rate of New York and four times of Seattle

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People walk near the Eiffel tower in haze in Paris, capital of France

It's April in Paris, but French told to stay indoors

The situation is still too serious in Paris to start thinking about lifting the confinement, Rottner's counterpart Valerie Pecresse, stated on the same channel

Apr 5, 2020

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Coronavirus

Singapore planning to provide additional support for the residents to fight Coronavirus

The country plans on more packages to support the public while combating the coronavirus and has begun a collection exercise to give out the reusable mask

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Malaysia confirms 179 new Coronavirus cases and 4 more deaths

The coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll around the world as the outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 64,000 people

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China releases noted human rights lawyer but places him in Coronavirus 'quarantine' away from family

Wang Quanzhang was detained in 2015 as a part of the '709' crackdown and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in 2019, and now is in quarantine as a precaution for COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Out of business, money, lockdown brings sex workers in Thailand, Singapore, Germany on streets

With brothels closed and no means of earning money, sex workers especially in Thailand, Singapore and Germany have come on streets

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Pope opens Holy Week amid pandemic; says now is the time to serve

The service, kicking off Holy Week events leading to Easter, normally attracts tens of thousands of people to at the St Peter's Square bedecked with olive and palm trees

Apr 5, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Two potential Coronavirus vaccine candidates enter human trials while 60 are in pre-clinical stage

Even though another 60 candidate vaccines are currently in pre-clinical studies, it doesn't mean that the vaccine will be available any time soon

Apr 5, 2020

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Coronavirus

Malayasia intercepts boat carrying 202 suspected Rohingyas

The nation which does not recognise the refugee status is a preferred destination for most of the ethnic Rohingyas who are fleeing the military crackdown in the country Myanmar

Apr 5, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

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