Malaysia’s PM announces formation of Emergency management technical committee
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16, 2021, Malay Mail. The National Security Council has agreed to establish…
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV – Covid-19)
Colombia’s main cities shut down as Covid-19 threatens to collapse healthcare
BOGOTA, Jan 16, 2021, Colombia Reports. Residents of Colombia’s three largest cities woke up to…
PM Modi to address the nation on vaccination campaign on Jan 16
NEW DELHI, Jan 15, 2021, HT. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on…
Decision to halt all business travel to Japan an abrupt about-face for Suga administration
TOKYO, Jan 14, 2021, The Mainichi. To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government…
Philippines to tighten border after first case of coronavirus variant detected
MANILA, Jan 14, 2021, ST. The Philippines is tightening its border after the first case…
Brazil results show Chinese Covid-19 vaccine 50.4 per cent effective
BEIJING, Jan 13, 2021, BBC. A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac has been found…
Malaysian PM Muhyiddin sharply criticised for emergency declaration
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13, 2021, ST. The move by Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to…
Malaysia’s king declares state of emergency till Aug 1
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12, 2021, ST. Malaysia has declared a national emergency to battle the…
WHO experts this week arriving for virus origins probe in China
BEIJING, Jan 11, 2021, AP. Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive…
Taiwan’s new passport hopes to banish confusion with China
TAIPEI, Jan 11, 2021, Reuters. Taiwan rolled out a newly redesigned passport on Monday that…
Singapore to legislate on contact-trace data use for crimes
SINGAPORE, Jan 9, 2021, Bloomberg. Singapore’s government plans to create urgent legislation to formalize the…
Bangladesh’s biggest international trade fair to be held at new Chinese-built venue
DHAKA, Jan 9, 2021, Xinhua. The 26th version of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF),…