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WELLINGTON: A fifth person has died of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. New Zealand reported 15 new confirmed and four new...

Thousands of Wuhan residents went to airports, train and bus stations after the Chinese epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak ended its 76-day lockdown on...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a month-long state of emergency for seven prefectures in an effort to curb the COVID-19...

BEIJING: The global numbers for the novel coronavirus infections are growing rapidly and are clearly far from having reached the peak, an expert from the...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare announced Tuesday that the State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand government believed that the country can put COIVD-19 under control, as the country reported 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday,...

TOKYO: Japan will expand its entry ban to 73 countries and regions including the Americas and Africa in an effort to curb the continued rise in COVID-19...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said the nation is not yet at a point where it is necessary to declare a state of emergency over the...

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday declared a public health emergency status in a bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the...

MOSCOW: Russia is going to suspend border crossings via automobile, railway, pedestrian and other border checkpoints from Monday in a bid to contain the...