BRASILIA, April 9 — The Brazilian Ministry of Health said Wednesday that a total of 15,927 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the country with 800 deaths and the mortality stood at 5 per cent, reported Xinhua news agency.

NEW YORK, April 9 — New York, the hardest hit state in America, yesterday reported its highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day with even veteran doctors and nurses expressing shock at the speed with which patients were declining and dying.

LONDON, April 8 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to spend a second night in intensive care on Tuesday to help his fight against a coronavirus infection, as his designated deputy said he would pull through because “he's a fighter.” Johnson is receiving oxygen support but is stable,...

JAKARTA, April 7 ― Indonesia announced its biggest daily increase in novel coronavirus cases yesterday and a medical association said 24 doctors had now died after contracting the virus.

NEW YORK, April 7 — Oil prices slumped yesterday, pulling back from last week's gains after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting of oil producers aimed at resolving growing worldwide oversupply as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand.

NEW YORK, April 7 — Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough at the Bronx Zoo appeared to be on the mend on Monday after doses of medication and tenderness.

NEW YORK, April 6 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on governments to focus on the problem of domestic abuse amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced people to self-isolate in their homes, reported Sputnik news agency.

NEW YORK, April 6 — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian said yesterday.

LONDON, April 6 — The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests after showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive, The Guardian reported.

SHAH ALAM, April 5 — The Selangor Menteri Besar has urged for the people to prepare for the "new normal" as there won’t be an immediate return to the old ways after the movement control order (MCO) is lifted.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Police have increased control and surveillance of the country's waters following attempts to bring in illegal immigrants via the ‘rat lanes’.

PARIS, April 5 — Thailand and Malaysia have been banned from sending weightlifters to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of multiple doping offences, the Independent Member Federations Sanctions Panel announced on Saturday.

BANGKOK, April 5 — Thailand reported 102 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, the country's public health ministry said today.

WASHINGTON, April 5 — President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of the pandemic.

MADRID/ROME, April 5 — Spain's confirmed coronavirus case tally reached 124,736 on Saturday, more than Italy's total of 124,632, Xinhua news agency quoted latest figures from the two countries.

SEPANG, April 3 — Malaysia Airlines has deployed two rescue flights on Thursday (April 2) to ferry 176 Dutch nationals stranded in Nepal and the Philippines back home, after the two countries instituted stringent movement restrictions following Covid-19 pandemic.

JAKARTA, April 3 — The total number of Covid-19 deaths in Indonesia have gone up to 181 people since the first fatality was recorded on March 11.

SINGAPORE, April 3 — Singapore will close schools and most workplaces, except for essential services and key economic sectors, for a month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday, as part of stricter measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

PUTRAJAYA, April 3 — A total of 138 Ministry of Health (MOH) healthcare workers have been tested positive for Covid-19 as at noon yesterday, according to Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Effective tomorrow, the Express Rail Link (ERL) is suspending all its rail services for the duration of the current movement control order (MCO) extended period due to the very low numbers of ridership in the past eight days.