Before New Zealand began its four-week lockdown to fight the coronavirus, a reporter asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern what would happen if an earthquake struck while everybody was sequestered in their homes. “Why on earth would your mind go there?” Ardern quipped back. Every year, the ...
Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travelers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak. The National Health Commission said in a ...
Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to coronavirus
Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, with officials warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. With about 40,000 ...
China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world's most populous country observed a nationwide three-minute silence. At 10 a.m., citizens stopped, cars, trains and ships sounded their horns, and air-raid sirens rang out ...
Jump in Jakarta funerals raises fears of unreported coronavirus deaths
The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia's capital city said suggested that deaths from the new coronavirus may be higher than officially reported. Nearly 4,400 burials occurred in March, 40 percent higher than any month since ...
Australians rally online to support health workers on virus frontline
While social media has been blamed by some for spreading dangerous misinformation about COVID-19, tens of thousands of Australians are using their networks to support the health care workers that are risking their lives on the frontlines of the pandemic. When Chris Nicholas launched the ...
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in virus fight
Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India's poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and demand is booming. The virus at its most lethal attacks the lungs, making ventilators — which pump ...
100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand virus lockdown to leave
About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it began a lockdown last week were starting to fly to their home countries Friday. The initial problem for many tourists had been that they were banned from catching domestic flights during the strict monthlong lockdown, which ...
In Taiwan, anger at China over coronavirus drives identity debate
Anger at being confused with China amid the coronavirus outbreak and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty is stirring heated debate in Taiwan about how to further distance itself from its giant and often threatening neighbor. At its core is a debate about whether to ...
Wuhan official preaches vigilance as China plans to mourn coronavirus 'martyrs'
The top official in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, warned residents to strengthen self-protection measures and avoid going out as Beijing preaches vigilance to avoid a resurgence of infections. China, which appears to have curbed the epidemic through draconian travel and ...
Politics aside, U.S. relies on China supplies to fight coronavirus
U.S. politicians have voiced fury over Beijing's handling of the coronavirus crisis but they face a harsh truth — the United States desperately needs China's supplies. China before the crisis produced nearly half of the face masks imported into the United States — which in ...
The religious retreat that sparked India's major coronavirus manhunt
It was late on Sunday night when officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh received the alert. Federal authorities said they needed to track down more than 1,000 people linked to a large Muslim missionary gathering nearly 2,000 km away in the ...
