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African swine fever outbreak kills 3,000 pigs in Indonesia

Indonesia is tightening curbs on the transport of pigs and pork products after nearly 3,000 animals died in a new outbreak of African swine fever in an eastern province bordering East Timor, the agriculture ministry said in a statement released on Friday (Feb 28).

15:56 | 28/02/2020

COVID-19: Japanese woman tests positive for second time

A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, Osaka's prefectural government said on Wednesday (Feb 26), the first person in the country amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection.

12:07 | 27/02/2020

COVID-19 spreads to Brazil, Greece as cases rise in Italy and other countries

Italy saw a fresh jump in the number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Feb 26), with 12 dead and 374 infections. Meanwhile, Greece and Brazil have confirmed its first coronavirus cases.

00:28 | 27/02/2020

COVID-19 travel bans trap South Koreans abroad

The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newly-weds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus, according to Seoul officials.

15:32 | 26/02/2020

Two new Thai COVID-19 cases confirmed

The Public Health Ministry on Tuesday (Feb 25) announced two new Thai COVID-19 cases: a woman, 31, whose relative visited Guangzhou and a male driver of Chinese tourists, 29, as the total number of local cases rose to 37.

14:36 | 25/02/2020

COVID-19: Global outbreak raises fears of pandemic

Significant jumps in cases outside China have raised concern of the outbreak getting out of control.

14:02 | 24/02/2020

Samsung confirms COVID-19 case at phone factory, facility shut

Samsung Electronics said on Saturday that one COVID-19 coronavirus case has been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility there until Monday morning.

23:33 | 22/02/2020

Ask the experts: Could warmer weather really help contain COVID-19?

Public health officials, businesses and financial markets are looking for signs of whether the arrival of warmer weather might slow the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic. Here's what we know about seasonal features of disease outbreaks.

01:11 | 22/02/2020

14 Americans repatriated from quarantined ship off Japan, test positive for coronavirus

Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were among more than 300 US citizens evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said Monday (Feb 17).

16:22 | 17/02/2020

Fancy felines hit Hanoi for first ever cat show

Vietnam hosted its first ever cat show on Sunday, gathering around 60 pedigree cats with feisty stage names such as Angry Alice, Di Maria The Great and Timosa Sumo.

13:10 | 17/02/2020

American passenger from MS Westerdam ship tests positive again for COVID-19 in Malaysia

An American female passenger from the MS Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) a second time in Malaysia said on Sunday (Feb 16).

17:38 | 16/02/2020

Three rockets hit near US embassy in Iraq capital, no casualties

Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy early Sunday (Feb 16), the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country, reported AFP.

17:24 | 16/02/2020

Countries to evacuate citizens on Diamond Princess ship while COVID-19 cases keep rising

The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said Sunday (Feb 16). Coutries were preparing to evacuate some of its citizens from the ship.

14:20 | 16/02/2020