(NST) - Singapore has put nearly 20,000 migrant workers under quarantine for two weeks after a growing number of Covid-19 coronavirus infections were detected in their dormitories, authorities…

(DW) - Police in the Philippines have shot dead a man for not wearing a mask and provoking officers. President Duterte has ordered police and military to kill anyone violating quarantine or…

(Nikkei) - The flu drug Avigan will be made available at no cost to countries that ask for it to treat the novel coronavirus, the Japanese government announced Friday. Chief Cabinet Secretary…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday in what Downing Street said was a "precautionary step" because he was showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus…

(Bloomberg) - President Donald Trump warned that deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. will escalate over the next one to two weeks, and could be on par with the number of fatalities seen in…

(SCMP) - As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic which has made more than a million people sick and caused more than 58,000 deaths so far, one issue has divided the international medical…

(Bloomberg) - The scarcity of safety equipment essential to the coronavirus fight is fueling tensions between longtime transatlantic allies, with local officials in France and Germany accusing…

(NYT) - Rarely has the schism between President Trump and his own public health advisers over the coronavirus pandemic been put on display quite so starkly. Even as he announced a new federal…

(Bloomberg) - China is moving forward with plans to buy up oil for its emergency reserves after an epic price crash, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The world’s biggest…

(NST) - North Korea remains totally free of the Covid-19 coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as known cases of infection topped…

(XinHua) - Xi Jinping led other Chinese leaders on Saturday to attend national mourning for martyrs who died fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and compatriots who lost their lives…

(Sky News) - Another 684 people have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus - bringing the total number of deaths to 3,605. The number of deaths, tallied in the 24 hours up to 5pm on…

(Reuters) - As many as 10 million people globally may have been infected by the new coronavirus, Australia’s chief medical officer said on Friday, with the under-reporting due to a lack of testing…

(TheJakartaPost) - Indonesia is set to release about 30,000 prisoners early as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to avoid a possible surge in coronavirus infections in its overcrowded prisons. A…

(CNA) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that…

(Reuters) - Thailand is to announce a nationwide curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. starting Friday to try to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said in a statement on Thursday.…

H&M , the world's second-biggest clothing retailer, reported on Friday a 46per cent plunge in March sales as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll and said it expected to run a loss in its…

The number of officially reported Covid-19 coronavirus cases worldwide topped the one million mark on Thursday, signifying a sharp acceleration in the number of infections and deaths over the past…

The United States Navy announced on Thursday that it had relieved the commander of the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public and that asked…

(CNN) - The world's thirst for oil has evaporated. Highways are empty. Planes are grounded. Factories are dark. The unprecedented collapse in oil demand has sent crude crashing to 18-year lows.…

The captain of the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, in a blunt letter, has called on Navy leadership for stronger measures to save the lives of his sailors and stop the spread of the…

(SCMP) - Henan province in central China has taken the drastic measure of putting a mid-sized county in total lockdown as authorities try to fend off a second coronavirus wave in the midst of a…

(Bloomberg) - Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through. Ming Lin,…

"Is that understood? Dead. Instead of causing trouble, I will bury you." (CNA) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot…

Falling readerships and the rise of Google and Facebook as dominant players in advertising has made news organisations less profitable.  (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch’s Australian flagship media group…

China is facing a public relations catastrophe that is only likely to deepen, writes Sky's diplomatic editor Dominic Waghorn. (Sky News) - We've long known about the dangers of a wild animal virus…

(NST) - Saudi Arabia’s Haj minister asked Muslims yesterday to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage amid uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Saudi…

(TheStar) - Thailand's government issued a warning Tuesday (March 31) that April Fool's Day jokes about the Covid-19 (coronavirus) are punishable by a law which carries a sentence of up to five…

(Reuters) - Russia is sending the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.…

(NST) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family on Tuesday, as they start a controversial new life in the United States. The couple…