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The Philippines introduced a more aggressive testing program for the coronavirus on Tuesday to locate as many as 15,000 unknown infections, despite having implemented some of Asia's strictest and earliest...

Leaders of Southeast Asian states agreed at their first video conference summit on Tuesday to fight together against the “gravest public health crisis” in 100 years. Coronavirus cases in countries...

Poland will gradually lift lockdown measures imposed to contain the novel coronavirus from April 19, starting with restrictions on convenience stores, the government said on Tuesday. It is also preparing...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will likely delay the election of a new chief until December due to the coronavirus, according to current leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. “The...

Taiwan on Tuesday reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than a month. Health experts have noted Taiwan's efforts, including introducing –as early as...

China has approved clinical trials for two coronavirus vaccines, Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing the country's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, potentially paving a path to a cure for the...

Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in Italy rose by 566 on Monday, up from 431 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said. The number of new cases dropped to...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the US welcomes an apparent agreement among Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish groups to form a new government. He added that...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed in a phone call on Monday coordinated action to fight the novel coronavirus and the necessity of...

The UN-recognized government in Libya said on Monday that its forces had seized two western cities on the coast between Tripoli and the Tunisian border from troops backing eastern military...

Officials in Greece expressed concern on Monday that migrants and refugees are gathering on Turkey's coast with plans to cross the Aegean Sea to Greek islands, despite movement restrictions in...

President Joko Widodo said Indonesia will be able to conduct more than 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day for the new coronavirus. The president rejected criticism that he...

Authorities in Singapore are preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from...

The United Nations will create a fund to prevent the spread of coronavirus and support the treatment of patients worldwide, Norway said on Monday. The purpose of the fund is...

Coronavirus testing has resumed in the Gaza Strip after Israel allowed five testing kits purchased by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the enclave. A Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf...

The US special envoy who negotiated a deal with the Taliban has said that an initial prisoner exchange between the insurgents and the Afghan government was an “important step” toward...

Japan's government said on Monday that it saw no reason at the moment to extend the state of emergency beyond Tokyo and a handful of other cities around the country....

The number of people crossing Chinese borders has been cut by 90 percent as part of Beijing's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, an official said on Monday....

Senior politicians in Germany have begun debating a potential easing of restrictions imposed over the coronavirus epidemic. Their meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled for Wednesday. Merkel and the...

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz says he is trying to reach a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after President Reuven Rivlin's office announced that the deadline to...

The Taliban will hand over 20 prisoners as part of the reconciliation process with Kabul, a spokesman for the militant group announced on Sunday. “Today, 20 prisoners of the Kabul...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown which was set to end next Tuesday, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has confirmed. The measure comes after several...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced an extension to current nationwide lockdown measures until early next month, as the country continues to struggle with the impact of the coronavirus...

The Indian government has ramped up coronavirus testing as confirmed cases there rose above 6,700 and topped 12,000 across South Asia, Reuters said. The Health Ministry said on Friday it...

Ireland is extending stay-at-home restrictions intended to slow the spread of coronavirus until May 5, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday. “The restrictions we introduced two weeks ago were...

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Friday that next week he will propose extending a national lockdown until May 1. The country has so far reported 15,472 confirmed...

Metropolitan Tokyo asked some businesses to close and the ancient capital of Kyoto warned tourists to stay away as Japan battles an outbreak of the new coronavirus. Tokyo Governor Yuriko...

The Philippines has stopped doctors, nurses, medics and other healthcare workers from going abroad while it needs their skills to meet the threat of the coronavirus spreading at home, according...

China tightened restrictions on exports of masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) on Friday, calling for shipments of the items to be subjected to a mandatory customs inspection. Beijing...

Less than one percent of Austria's population is infected with the coronavirus, a study published on Friday found. The first such study in continental Europe, led by pollster SORA, was...

The Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) of the world's chemical weapons watchdog has released its initial report on the three alleged chemical incidents in the Syrian village of Ltamenah on...

Restrictive steps have managed to slow the spread of coronavirus in Hungary but the “real test” is yet to come, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban said that...

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 1,786 in the past 24 hours, the country's largest daily rise so far, the crisis center said in a statement on...

Russia will send 24 military personnel and equipment to Bosnia and Herzegovina to help fight the coronavirus, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Three flights will deliver the aid...

The Italian government won a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday over an emergency decree that lays out measures worth €25 billion ($28 billion) to support an economy battered...

More than 1,000 healthcare workers and 14,400 others linked to a Covid-19 outbreak at a hospital in Hanoi have tested negative for the coronavirus, the ruling body in Vietnam's capital...

Polish borders will be closed until May 3 and the government will extend a lockdown for schools and businesses, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday. The decision means restrictions...

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, requested on Thursday that the government publish its exit strategy for the coronavirus lockdown, seen as the most stringent measures in the...

Iraq's President Barham Salih named intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi as prime minister-designate on Thursday, the third person tapped to lead the country in just 10 weeks. Iraq is struggling to...

Hardware stores and garden centres can legally reopen under new laws signed by Health Minister Simon Harris – but the Government want them to remain closed for the Easter weekend...