Philippines bans chicken imports from Brazil on coronavirus scare
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday (Aug 14) after two cities in [...]
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New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 13 new coronavirus cases
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand officials were scrambling to trace the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus, reporting 13 new cases on [...]
New Zealand considers freight as possible source of new coronavirus cluster
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first Covid-19 cases in more than three months were imported by [...]
Philippine trash trawlers earn little from surge in plastics caused by coronavirus pandemic
MANILA (REUTERS) – Virgilio Estuesta has picked through trash in the Philippines’ biggest city for four decades, and is noticing an unusually large [...]
Coronavirus: Philippines denies it has the most cases in East Asia
Philippine officials yesterday disputed data that showed the country had the most Covid-19 cases in East Asia, insisting that previous “hot spot” Indonesia [...]
Philippines to update Covid-19 strategy as healthcare workers seek 'timeout'
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines’ health department vowed on Sunday (Aug 2) to update its game plan against Covid-19 within a week and [...]
Swiss mountains light up in a national day celebration to suit Covid-19 era
EVOLENE (REUTERS) – A section of the Alps turned amber on Friday (July 31) night in a massive pyrotechnic display as Switzerland marked [...]
France sees record 13.8 per cent GDP plunge in second quarter
PARIS (AFP) – France’s economy contracted by a record 13.8 per cent in the second quarter under the impact of coronavirus lockdowns, the [...]
North Korea tells foreigners in capital to follow rules amid coronavirus crackdown
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Following the announcement that North Korea is investigating its first possible coronavirus case, authorities reminded foreigners living in Pyongyang to [...]
Coronavirus cost global tourism US$320 billion in Jan-May: UN
MADRID (AFP) – The coronavirus crisis cost the global tourism sector US$320 billion (S$441.2 billion) in lost revenue during the first five months of [...]