Malaysia closes borders, schools and businesses as virus tally climbs
Malaysia will shut its borders to travelers, restrict internal movement, close schools and universities and order most businesses to shut after its number of coronavirus cases climbed on Monday to the highest in Southeast Asia.
Finland to close schools and universities due to coronavirus: PM
Finland’s government will pass emergency legislation on Tuesday to close all its schools and universities from Wednesday among other measures in response to the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Monday.
Crowded, poor South Asia sees steady rise in coronavirus cases
Health authorities across South Asia reported rising numbers of coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the prospect of rapidly spreading outbreaks overwhelming poor medical facilities in a region that is home to a quarter of the world’s people.
Patients, at least 1 with coronavirus, break out of Afghan quarantine
Dozens of Afghan patients held in isolation, including at least one confirmed to have the coronavirus, escaped from a quarantine facility in western Afghanistan on Monday after breaking windows and attacking hospital staff, officials said.
U.S. Supreme Court to postpone oral arguments amid coronavirus concerns
The U.S. Supreme Court will postpone its next round of oral arguments scheduled for later this month, including a high-profile dispute over President Donald Trump’s tax and financial records, in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus, a spok…
‘It’s okay to feel scared’: countries across globe tighten steps against Coronavirus
Bars, restaurants, theaters and cinemas were shutting down in New York, Los Angeles and other global cities to combat the coronavirus pandemic as countries tightened borders and central banks acted aggressively to cushion the economic impact.
Many Venezuelans can’t afford to stay indoors as Caracas enters quarantine
Caracas woke on Monday to quiet streets and military checkpoints on the first day of a quarantine ordered by President Nicolas Maduro to combat the coronavirus, while many of the Venezuelan capital’s residents who did go out wore masks, often improvise…
Germany edges closer to lockdown with church, shop closures: Bild
Germany plans to close shops, limit restaurants’ opening hours and ban church services in further efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus threatening Europe’s biggest economy, its largest selling newspaper Bild reported on Monday.
U.S. states plea for coordinated national response to coronavirus
U.S. states pleaded with the Trump administration on Monday to coordinate a national response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying patchwork measures enacted by state and local authorities were insufficient to confront the coast-to-coast emergency.
Bolsonaro says no legal room to close Brazil borders due to coronavirus
Brazil lacks legislation that would let the government close its borders as some neighboring countries are doing, President Jair Bolsonaro said in a Monday radio interview regarding measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
