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COVID-19: Japanese woman tests positive for second time

12:07 | 27/02/2020

A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, Osaka's prefectural government said on Wednesday (Feb 26), the first person in the country amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection.

COVID-19 spreads to Brazil, Greece as cases rise in Italy and other countries

00:28 | 27/02/2020

Italy saw a fresh jump in the number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Feb 26), with 12 dead and 374 infections. Meanwhile, Greece and Brazil have confirmed its first coronavirus cases.

COVID-19 travel bans trap South Koreans abroad

15:32 | 26/02/2020

The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newly-weds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus, according to Seoul officials.

Two new Thai COVID-19 cases confirmed

14:36 | 25/02/2020

The Public Health Ministry on Tuesday (Feb 25) announced two new Thai COVID-19 cases: a woman, 31, whose relative visited Guangzhou and a male driver of Chinese tourists, 29, as the total number of local cases rose to 37.

COVID-19: Global outbreak raises fears of pandemic

14:02 | 24/02/2020

Significant jumps in cases outside China have raised concern of the outbreak getting out of control.

Samsung confirms COVID-19 case at phone factory, facility shut

23:33 | 22/02/2020

Samsung Electronics said on Saturday that one COVID-19 coronavirus case has been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility there until Monday morning.

Ask the experts: Could warmer weather really help contain COVID-19?

01:11 | 22/02/2020

Public health officials, businesses and financial markets are looking for signs of whether the arrival of warmer weather might slow the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic. Here's what we know about seasonal features of disease outbreaks.

14 Americans repatriated from quarantined ship off Japan, test positive for coronavirus

16:22 | 17/02/2020

Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were among more than 300 US citizens evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said Monday (Feb 17).

Fancy felines hit Hanoi for first ever cat show

13:10 | 17/02/2020

Vietnam hosted its first ever cat show on Sunday, gathering around 60 pedigree cats with feisty stage names such as Angry Alice, Di Maria The Great and Timosa Sumo.

American passenger from MS Westerdam ship tests positive again for COVID-19 in Malaysia

17:38 | 16/02/2020

An American female passenger from the MS Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) a second time in Malaysia said on Sunday (Feb 16).

Three rockets hit near US embassy in Iraq capital, no casualties

17:24 | 16/02/2020

Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy early Sunday (Feb 16), the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country, reported AFP.

Countries to evacuate citizens on Diamond Princess ship while COVID-19 cases keep rising

14:20 | 16/02/2020

The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said Sunday (Feb 16). Coutries were preparing to evacuate some of its citizens from the ship.