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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...

SEOUL: South Korea reported 146 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Saturday local time, raising the total number of...

Germany and other foreign governments stepped up their efforts to repatriate thousands of holiday makers who are currently stuck in remote locations across...