14-03-2020 16:02
For reasons unknown, children rarely have severe symptoms when infected by COVID-19 and may even be a bit less likely to get the disease in the first place, experts told AFP.
13-03-2020 13:12
China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of COVID-19 fears, expedition organisers said Thursday (Mar 12), ahead of the spring climbing season on the world's highest peak.
10-03-2020 14:57
Locally-invested TH Group, which possesses the famous TH true MILK brand, has presented one million glasses of fresh milk to Vietnamese people quarantined due to COVID-19 and those working against the epidemic.
10-03-2020 10:56
South Korea, one of the worst-affected countries in the COVID-19 epidemic outside China, on Tuesday (Mar 10) reported fewer than 150 new cases for the first time in two weeks.
09-03-2020 15:02
ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus soared on Sunday (Mar 8), overtaking South Korea as the country with the highest number of fatalities after China.
09-03-2020 14:56
China has closed most of the makeshift hospitals opened to receive COVID-19 patients in the epidemic's epicentre as the number of new infections in the country hit a record low.
07-03-2020 10:45
China on Saturday (Mar 7) reported 28 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, bringing the nationwide toll to 3,070.
06-03-2020 10:40
Italy on Thursday (Mar 5) reported 41 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, its highest single-day total to date, bringing the number of fatalities in Europe's most affected country to 148.
05-03-2020 15:07
Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home on Thursday (Mar 5) with Italy the latest country to shut schools over the deadly coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out, global offensive against the epidemic.
05-03-2020 12:54
One month after makeshift hospitals opened to chaos and confusion at the epicentre of China's coronavirus epidemic, frontline doctor Ma Yonggang is finally seeing more empty beds as fewer patients arrive.
05-03-2020 09:00
Local suppliers of overseas fashion brands may have a bumpy road ahead as materials from China have been blocked due to COVID-19.
04-03-2020 16:14
South Korea's president declared "war" against the coronavirus on Tuesday (Mar 3), ordering additional hospital beds and more face masks to be made available as the country's total cases - the largest in the world outside China - surpassed 5,000.
04-03-2020 09:55
COVID-19 has claimed 77 lives in Iran, officials said on Tuesday (Mar 3), as the emergency services chief became the latest high-ranking official to be infected in the deadliest outbreak outside China.
03-03-2020 14:37
China reported 125 new virus cases on Tuesday (Mar 3), marking the lowest number of new daily infections in six weeks.
02-03-2020 20:39
With the COVID-19 outbreak disrupting supply chains and vexing producers to no end, a mounting number of businesses are looking to shift operations away from China, with giants Google and Microsoft both opting to bring production to Vietnam.