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China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak 30 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on March 28, 2020, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) greets Chinese doctors upon their arrival at the Islamabad International airport in
Philippines reports seven coronavirus deaths, 128 more infections 30 Mar 2020 - 11:27 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask on his neck walks past closed shops in an empty street following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTER
India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle 30 Mar 2020 - 10:08 am
A deserted street and closed shops are pictured during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Amritsar on March 29, 2020. / AFP / Narinder NANU
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 09:16 am
A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past in front of a huge screen reporting death of Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavir
Ardern's online messages keep spirits up in New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown 30 Mar 2020 - 08:46 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference one day before the country goes on lockdown to stop any progress of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Parliament in Wellington on March 24, 2020. / AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Medevac plane explosion kills eight on takeoff from Philippine capital 29 Mar 2020 - 05:54 pm
Debris of the Lion Air medical evacuation plane, that exploded during takeoff, is seen on the runway of Manila International Airport in Pasay City, Philippines March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Malaysia arrests hundreds for flouting curbs on movement as virus deaths rise 29 Mar 2020 - 02:00 pm
Police officers stand guard at an entrance of a market, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Australia asks people to isolate more even as coronavirus spread slows 29 Mar 2020 - 01:16 pm
Signs on social distancing and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen outside a Centrelink office in Sydney, in the wake of New South Wales implementing measures shutting down non-essential businesses and moving toward harsh penalties to enforce self
China guards against second wave of coronavirus coming from abroad 29 Mar 2020 - 11:23 am
A Chinese customs officer in protective suit inspects documents of passengers on a Lao Airlines flight from Vientiane following a global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, Yunnan province
Be calm, follow what doctors say, advises cured Kerala resident 29 Mar 2020 - 10:47 am
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/P. Rav
Pakistan sees increase in positive virus tests 29 Mar 2020 - 10:07 am
Policemen wearing facemasks stand guard at a checkpoint beside the Grand Faisal Mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on March 27, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Uzbek doctor, 39, dies after coronavirus self-treatment 28 Mar 2020 - 02:46 pm
Units disinfect a vehicle in the Uzbek capital Tashkent at a checkpoint, built to control vehicles within the measures taken against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on March 24, 2020. Bahtiyar Abdülkerimov - Anadolu
South Korea considers enforcing self-quarantines on all passengers arriving from overseas. 27 Mar 2020 - 03:18 pm
Korean Air's passenger planes are parked on the tarmac as overseas flight routes are reduced following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo
China's Xi offers Trump help in fighting coronavirus as U.S. faces wave of new patients 27 Mar 2020 - 02:36 pm
People wearing face masks walk on an ancient city wall in Jingzhou, after the tourist attraction reopened as the lockdown was eased in Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 26, 2020. Picture taken March 26
Raincoats and rubber boots for Pakistani aid workers in coronavirus fight 27 Mar 2020 - 12:33 pm
Volunteers of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare programme, wear raincoats and boots as they pose during a mock drill on handling suspected carriers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar S
Top Philippine military official tests positive 27 Mar 2020 - 12:00 pm
Philippine policemen wearing facemasks man a checkpoint after the government imposed an enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila on March 25, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
'All we have left is to hope and pray': Travellers stranded in airport by coronavirus 26 Mar 2020 - 05:47 pm
People wearing face masks sit on seats with signs telling travellers where they may sit, in order to observe social distancing rules amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on March 25, 2020. / AFP / J
India:800 quarantined after Delhi doctor tests positive 26 Mar 2020 - 02:22 pm
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