CHINA-US MUTUAL SUPPORT NEEDED RIGHT NOW Beijing's top envoy in Washington expressed solidarity on Monday with people in the United States, saying China is doing its best to support the US and other countries in their battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. "In the fight against the
US VIRUS FATALITIES PASSES GRIM NUMBER AS UK DEATHS SPIKE The U.S. and Britain braced for what could be one of their bleakest weeks in memory on Monday as the human and financial toll of the coronavirus outbreak mounted. But new deaths and infections appeared to be slowing in Italy, Spai
DUTERTE APPROVES LUZON-WIDE COMMUNITY QUARANTINE UNTIL APRIL 30 MANILA - The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon is extended until April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Tuesday. In a late night address Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte's late night address where he said the
STATES IN NO HURRY TO EASE LOCKDOWN At least seven states, which together have reported 1,367 coronavirus cases - almost one-third of the 4,281 cases across the country so far - indicated Monday that they would continue to have some restrictions in place even after the 21-day national lo
CORONAVIRUS: TRUMP VOICES HOPE FOR 'LEVELLING-OFF' IN US HOTSPOTS President Donald Trump has expressed hope coronavirus cases were "levelling off" in US hotspots, saying he saw "light at the end of the tunnel". On Sunday, New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, reported a drop in the
COVID CASES JUMP TO 3,246; DEATHS AT 152 MANILA — The number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID) cases nationwide yesterday jumped to 3,246 while fatalities rose to 152, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 152 new cases
INDIA LIGHTS UP WITH HOPE India entered voluntary blackout for nine minutes today as lakhs stepped into their home balconies and compounds to light 'diyas' and candles in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call of unity against Covid-19. At several place across cities, sounds of
PRESIDENT XI ATTENDS THE NATIONAL MOURNING FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS President Xi Jinping on Saturday attended the national mourning period for martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and compatriots who died of the novel coronavirus pneumonia. Xi a
UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON COVID-19, CALLS FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT PANDEMIC The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution, co-sponsored by 188 nations including India, on COVID-19, calling for intensified international cooperation to defeat the pandemic
COVID-19 TASK FORCE: NO DECISION YET ON EXTENSION OF LUZON QUARANTINE MANILA — Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Saturday said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has not yet reached a decision on whether to extend the quarantine across Luzon and parts of the