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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will allocate more resources to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its land borders, as the country still faces risks of a comeback after new … Read More

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish government plans to send draft legislation temporarily banning layoffs to parliament early next week, to curb an expected jump in unemployment due to the spread … Read More

HANOI (Reuters) – 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 Vietnamese capital’s … Read More

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The total number of Japanese novel coronavirus infections hit more than 5,300 on Thursday, NHK public broadcaster said, showing no signs of slowing despite … Read More

By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) – Driving to a factory in China’s southeastern province of Fujian to meet a friend, Ye Jing was stopped by a security guard soon after … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday reported a record one-day rise in cases of novel coronavirus, pushing the official tally to more than 10,000, a day after President Vladimir Putin … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand reported 54 new coronavirus cases and 2 more deaths on Thursday, including a 74-year-old French national. An 82-year-old Thai man also died, said a spokesman for … Read More

By Andy Bruce and William James LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths on Thursday, bringing the total confirmed number to 280 in the world’s fourth most populous country, the highest … Read More

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he asked Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to exempt all Polish firms from social security payments for three months. Duda also … Read More