Australian cruise becomes nation’s worst coronavirus cluster
Greg Butler was rushed to hospital with COVID-19 within days of getting home to self-isolate after being allowed off the Ruby Princess cruise liner in Sydney, one of more than 130 passengers who tested positive in Australia’s worst coronavirus outbreak…
After Trump request, South Korea checking if it can expand exports of virus test kits
South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they were looking at whether the country had sufficient stockpiles of coronavirus test kits to expand exports to the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump made a request for help.
Iran coronavirus toll rises to 2,077 after 143 new deaths
An Iranian health ministry official said on Wednesday that 2,077 people had died so far from the new coronavirus in Iran, with 143 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours.
Netherlands coronavirus transmission rate slowed, top health official says
The head of the Netherlands’ National Institute of Health (RIVM) said on Wednesday that based on its best estimates, growth in coronavirus transmissions had significantly slowed.
India struggles with coronavirus shutdown; Pakistan cases hit 1,000
India’s 1.3 billion people were under an immense lockdown on Wednesday to prevent an explosion of coronavirus cases as the government struggled to deliver essential goods and calm nerves.
160-year-old Vatican newspaper succumbs to coronavirus
The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called “the party newspaper”, suspended printing for only the third time in nearly 160 years on Wednesday due to the coronavirus.
Russia lifts tsunami warning after M7.5 quake off Kuril Islands
Russian authorities lifted a tsunami warning in the Pacific far east on Wednesday after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kuril Islands, the RIA news agency reported, citing a representative of the Sakhalin Tsunami Centre.
Tokyo posts biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections: Japanese media
More than 40 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in Tokyo on Wednesday, Japanese media reported, the biggest one-day increase in Japan’s capital which has overtaken much smaller cities to become the country’s epicenter of the virus.
Indonesia reports 105 new coronavirus cases, three more deaths
Indonesia has confirmed 105 new coronavirus cases, bringing the Southeast Asian country’s total to 790, Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Wednesday.
Philippines’ coronavirus infections reach 636, deaths up by three
The Philippines’ health ministry on Wednesday reported 84 new coronavirus cases and three deaths.
