Singapore reports 42 new coronavirus cases, taking tally to 844
Singapore reported 42 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, its health ministry said, taking total infections to 844.
Japan confirms 28 new coronavirus cases at disabled center: NHK
Japanese authorities on Sunday confirmed 28 new coronavirus cases from a cluster related to a home for the disabled in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said.
Tokyo coronavirus cases jump in record daily rise: NHK
Tokyo has confirmed 68 new coronavirus cases, a record daily increase, public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday, as the Japanese capital scrambles to prevent a wider outbreak, while a cluster of infections increased near the city.
China defends against incoming second wave of coronavirus
A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China, where the epidemic originated in December, risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had “basically been stopped”, a senior health official said on Sunday.
In China, walled up Wuhan awaits life beyond the barricades
The bright yellow barricades snake through the streets of Wuhan，dividing up the epicenter of China’s coronavirus outbreak into segments that can be easily monitored for people disobeying orders to stay home.
China says imported virus cases raise risk of new infection wave
The rising number of imported coronavirus cases in China have raised the possibility that the country will undergo a second wave of infections, a spokesman of the country’s health authority said on Sunday.
China guards against second wave of coronavirus coming from abroad
The growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections at a time when “domestic transmission has basically been stopped”, a spokesman for the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia shuts entry and exit into Jeddah, brings forward curfew: state news agency
Saudi Arabia shut down entry and exit into the Jeddah governorate and brought forward a curfew there to begin at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), state news agency SPA said on Sunday.
UK government ‘very concerned’ after coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000
The British government is “very concerned” following the latest figures which show more than 1,000 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, senior minister Michael Gove said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthis
Saudi Arabian air defense intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday night launched by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group toward Riyadh and the city of Jizan, the Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported on Sunday citing a spokesman for the Saudi-led …
