China says it must improve hygiene in markets after Beijing outbreak
SHANGHAI: Low standards of hygiene in China’s wholesale food markets and vulnerabilities in its food supply chain need to be urgently addressed after a...
New Delhi health minister hospitalized as COVID-19 cases surge in India
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain was hospitalised on Tuesday with high fever and was being tested for coronavirus as coronavirus cases continue...
Australia on track to see coronavirus largely gone by July, sport resumes
MELBOURNE: Australia is on course to have largely eradicated the coronavirus by July, a public health official said on Wednesday, as the country’s most...
New Zealand, shopping, parties and big hugs mark start of ‘COVID-free’ life
WELLINGTON: New Zealanders hugged and kissed, shopped, and planned parties on Tuesday as the country took off all coronavirus restrictions for the first time...
New Zealand clears its last COVID-19 case
WELLINGTON: New Zealand lifted all domestic coronavirus restrictions on Monday after its final COVID-19 patient was given the all clear, with Prime Minister Jacinda...
Saudi Arabia coronavirus cases exceed 100,000
REYADH: The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia exceeded 100,000 as the kingdom struggles to get to grips with a rise in the...
India’s coronavirus deaths jump 5,815, infections cross 200,000
NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus infections crossed 200,000, the health ministry said on Wednesday, and a peak could still be weeks away in the world’s...
India approves antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 patients
BENGALURU: India’s government said on Tuesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating COVID-19 patients.
Remdesivir is the...
US Marines undergo quarantine after landing in northern Australian city
SYDNEY: Around 200 US Marines arrived in the northern Australian city of Darwin on Tuesday for an annual military training exercise, but will first...
Schools reopen as Singapore eases lockdown restrictions
PULAO UJONG (SINGAPORE): With temperatures checked, masks fitted, and hand sanitizers at the ready, many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a...
