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Colombo, April 4 (newsin.asia) – A 44-year-old COVID-19 patient who was receiving treatment at the Welikanda Hospital, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 5 in Sri Lanka. Reportedly, the patient had been in quarantine upon returning from Italy recently. He had no other ailments. A total of 159 confirmed COVID-19 patients...

San Francisco, April 3 (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis is beginning to do something the city of San Francisco has been unable to accomplish for years - move homeless people off the streets and into shelters, including some of the city’s now-empty hotels. Faced with the prospect the virus could rip through the nearly 10,000 people who live on the...

Colombo, April 2 (newsin.asia) – A 58-year-old COVID-19 patient who was under treatment at the IDH, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 4 in Sri Lanka. Reportedly, the patient had passed with the worsening of a pneumonia condition. A total of 151 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been reported in Sri Lanka...

Manila, April 2 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. In a televised address, Duterte said it was vital everyone cooperates and follows home quarantine measures, as authorities try to slow the...

Satara, April 2 (Reuters) - As hundreds of millions of Indians remain locked down to stem the spread of coronavirus, some of its cattle are getting treated to strawberries and broccoli that farmers are struggling to transport and sell in cities amid the three-week lockdown. Demand for such premium farm produce typically jumps in the summer, but with India’s farm...

Madrid, April 2 (Reuters) - Spain’s social security data showed on Thursday that close to 900,000 workers lost their job since March 12 when the country went on coronavirus lockdown. Some 898,822 workers lost their jobs since March 12 in Spain, social security data showed on Thursday, more than half of which are temporary workers. The number of people officially...

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Colombo, April 2 (newsin.asia) - A 72-year-old COVID-19 patient who was under treatment at the IDH, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 3 in Sri Lanka. The deceased was admitted to the IDH earlier on Wednesday and he was a resident from Maradana. He was a travel agent by profession.

Nairobi, March 31 (Standard) - A virus-threatened nation turned to God for help yesterday as it entered a defining week in the ongoing fight to keep the killer coronavirus at bay. Leading the prayers, President Uhuru Kenyatta, in his own way, let Kenyans have a peek into the state of preparedness of the country over the pandemic. Streamed live from...

Jakarta, March 31 (The Straits Time) - Indonesia will temporarily ban all visits and transits by foreign nationals to the country to curb the further spread of the coronavirus. "President (Joko) sees that our current policy needs to be made stricter. We have decided that all visits and transits by foreign nationals to Indonesia will temporarily be banned," Foreign Minister...