Paramount Pictures halts production of ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ in Italy due to coronavirus outbreak
VENICE, Feb 25, 2020, CNBC. Paramount Pictures has reportedly halted production on its anticipated action…
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Foreign-funded firms including Nestle, Louis Dreyfus Company and Trelleborg Wheel Systemresume production in China
BEIJING, Feb 25, 2020, China Daily. Foreign-funded enterprises have resumed production amid epidemic control efforts…
Japan announces basic policy to fight spread of coronavirus
TOKYO, Feb 25, 2020, Kyodo. The Japanese government on Tuesday announced a basic policy to…
Pakistan shuts down border crossing with Iran
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24, 2020, Pakistan Today. Pakistan on Sunday announced that it would as a…
Coronavirus disrupts S. Korean parliament, judiciary, gov’t operations
SEOUL, Feb 24, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s parliament, judiciary, and government on Monday scrambled to…
Japan reports 3rd cruise ship death, 57 more infected
TOKYO, Feb 24, 2020, AP. A cruise ship passenger who had been hospitalized after testing…
Tourism market hoped to recover in summer in Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Feb 24, 2020, VNA. The tourism market is expected to recover…
France has seen a 30 to 40 per cent fall in tourists following the coronavirus outbreak: Finance minister
PARIS, Feb 24, 2020, CNBC. France’s tourism sector has taken a beating following the coronavirus…
[Analytics] India firm races to create Covid-19 vaccine
It is a race against time to beat a virus that the World Health Organization…
First novel coronavirus vaccines begin animal testing
BEIJING, Feb 23, 2020, China Daily. The first batch of vaccines against the novel coronavirus…
S. Korea raises virus alert level to ‘highest’ as coronavirus cases spike
SEOUL, Feb 23, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea said Sunday it has decided to raise its…
North China city of Harbin puts four districts on lockdown in bid to contain coronavirus
HARBIN, Feb 22, 2020, SCMP. Authorities in one of China’s most northerly cities, which also…