Myanmar Suspends Sending Workers Overseas as Virus Rages
YANGON (Xinhua) — Myanmar has suspended sending its migrant workers abroad amid COVID-19 fears at present, state-run media reported Friday.
Sen. Rand Paul Tests Positive for Virus, Forcing Quarantines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate and raising fears about the further transmission of the virus among Republicans at the Capitol.
2020 Campaigns Go Digital Amid Fears of Coronavirus Spread
WASHINGTON (AP) — No more rallies. No more door-knocking. And no more in-person fundraisers, raking in dollars from dozens of millionaires at once.
China Exonerates Doctor Reprimanded for Warning of Virus
BEIJING (AP) — China has taken the highly unusual move of exonerating a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease.
China, S. Korea Back Japan’s Plan to Hold “Complete” Olympics
TOKYO (Kyodo) — China and South Korea have expressed support for Japan's hosting of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in their "complete form," Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic casts doubt on whether the Summer Games can be held as scheduled.
Is Coronavirus a Bioweapon? New Evidence Says No
BEIJING (Xinhua) — As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, killing more people, questions about the origin of the virus are mounting.
Italian Death Toll Overtakes China’s as Virus Spreads
ROME (AP) — Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United States and other countries increasingly enlisted the military and improvised at every turn to get ready for an onslaught of patients.
Tokyo Disneyland Workers Seek Pay During Virus Shutdown
TOKYO (Kyodo) — A labor union for nonregular workers at Tokyo Disneyland on Thursday requested its operator to keep paying them while the major theme park remains closed over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Olympic Leaders Back Tokyo Games After Rare Criticism
GENEVA (AP) — Regional Olympic officials are rallying around the IOC and have backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled, as direct criticism from gold medalist athletes built amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Russian Scientists Say They Fully Decode COVID-19 Genome
MOSCOW (TASS) — Russian scientists from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza have managed to decode the first full genome of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Russian Health Ministry informed on Thursday.
