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Beijing to test 20 mln for COVID in bid to avert Shanghai lockdown misery 26 Apr 2022 - 10:50 am
A worker in a protective suit checks QR code on the phone of a resident for nucleic acid testing during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, April 26, 2022. Reuters/Aly Song
Beijing to mass-test most of city as COVID-19 cases mount 25 Apr 2022 - 09:44 pm
Residents line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang REFILE-QUALITY REPEAT
Child's body found after tour boat sank in Japan's far north 25 Apr 2022 - 04:49 pm
A helicopter searches for missing people onboard the tour boat
'Shanghai was a lesson': Beijing residents hit the stores amid COVID lockdown fears 25 Apr 2022 - 02:29 pm
Customers shop in front of a half-empty freezer for diary products, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a supermarket in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Philippines starts rollout of second booster dose against COVID 25 Apr 2022 - 01:40 pm
A hospital worker is inoculated with a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus in Valenzuela Medical Center, Valenzuela City, Philippines, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119 25 Apr 2022 - 01:29 pm
116-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka celebrates during a ceremony to recognise her as the world's oldest person living and world's oldest woman living by the Guinness World Records in Fukuoka, Japan March 9, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Search continues as 10 people from missing Japanese boat confirmed dead 24 Apr 2022 - 07:55 pm
An aerial view shows a Japan Coast Guard helicopter conducts a search and rescue operations for missing people boarded on the missing tour boat
Japan's Shionogi says Covid-19 pill shows rapid clearance of virus 24 Apr 2022 - 02:13 pm
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Ten people from missing Japanese boat confirmed dead: coast guard 24 Apr 2022 - 11:54 am
Japan Coast Guard's ship conducts a search operation for missing people aboard the missing tour boat
Nine from missing Japan boat found unconscious -coast guard 24 Apr 2022 - 10:25 am
Flotation devices from the missing tour boat
Shanghai fences up Covid-hit buildings, fuelling fresh outcry 24 Apr 2022 - 09:44 am
Green fences seal entrances to shops and housing units along a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 24, 2022. Reuters/Jacqueline Wong
Anger mounts among locked-down Shanghai residents as city reports more Covid deaths 23 Apr 2022 - 12:22 pm
Workers dress up in protective suits amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 23, 2022. Reuters/Brenda Goh
Shanghai vows to ease anti-virus controls amid food worries 22 Apr 2022 - 06:01 pm
A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a resident for nucleic acid testing, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 22, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
India plans new battery swap policy for electric scooters, rickshaws 22 Apr 2022 - 04:45 pm
Binota Gayen, 45, rides an electric rickshaw carrying passengers in New Delhi, India, October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Sri Lanka's economic crisis dashes hopes for post COVID-19 tourism recovery 22 Apr 2022 - 03:56 pm
A man drives his scooter as he passes by a protest demanding justice for K.D. Chaminda Lakshan, 41, who died after getting caught up in a clash as he went to the petrol station at Rambukkana to fill his motorcycle on Tuesday amid the country's ongoing economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Singapore to remove most COVID curbs next week 22 Apr 2022 - 03:20 pm
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Hong Kong to allow international travellers for first time since 2020 22 Apr 2022 - 02:53 pm
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Australia targets Putin's daughters, Russian senators in fresh sanctions 22 Apr 2022 - 01:39 pm
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