Japan reopening borders from October – but not for tourists
TOKYO, 24 Sept 2020: Japan plans to ease travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus for foreign travellers from around the world – excluding tourists – …
Covid-19 has killed more Americans than last 5 US wars
WASHINGTON, 23 Sept 2020: Deaths from coronavirus in the US surpassed 200,000 yesterday – which makes the pandemic more than twice as deadly for Americans than the country’s five most …
Russia to carry out mass Covid-19 vaccinations in next 1 year
MOSCOW, 23 Sept 2020: Russia plans to vaccinate between 70% and 80% of its population against Covid-19 within nine to 12 months, its lead developer said yesterday. Alexander Ginzburg – …
Indonesia’s Covid-19 infections still on uptrend
JAKARTA, 19 Sept 2020: Indonesia has reported 4,168 new positive Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, its highest since the pandemic virus was detected in the republic on March 2. Based …
Singapore reports just 11 new daily Covid-19 cases
SINGAPORE, 18 Sept 2020: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed 11 new cases of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, with one case in the community. “Based on our investigations so …
S Korea approves advanced clinical trials of Covid-19 cure
SEOUL, 17 Sept 2020: South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety today said it has approved advanced clinical trials for Celltrion Inc’s CT-P59 treatment material that could be used …
China’s Covid-19 vaccine trials on children starting Sept 28
BEIJING, 17 Sept 2020: Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotech today said it would start clinical trials for its potential Covid-19 vaccine on adolescents and children at the end of the month …
Battling for more bike lanes in Berlin (video)
BERLIN, 16 Sept 2020: Local authorities and environmentalists are pushing for more designated bicycle zones in Berlin as an increasing number of residents in the German capital turn to the …
Vietnam partially reopens borders for business travel
HO CHI MINH CITY, 16 Sept 2020: After more than six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam announced the reopening of its trade routes with four Asian …
Human rights groups lobby against Singapore drug case execution
SINGAPORE, 16 Sept 2020: Ahead of the imminent execution of a prisoner convicted of a drug offence in Singapore, human rights groups today launched an urgent appeal to halt the …