March 16, 2020

Malaysia tally hits highest in S-E Asia

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 Mar 2020 Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases yesterday, with most linked to a religious event at a mosque […]
March 16, 2020

Spain, France in lockdown

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 Mar 2020 afes, shops and restaurants shut down across France and Spain yesterday and travellers faced chaos at US […]
March 16, 2020

Saarc unites to combat COVID-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 Mar 2020 In a significant move to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Saarc countries yesterday agreed […]
March 15, 2020

UN non-essential staff to work from home

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 All United Nations staff at its headquarters in New York were told Friday to work from home […]
March 15, 2020

India and coronavirus: Lucky escape or emergency ahead?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 Despite being poorer and more densely populated than China and having a shakier healthcare system, India has […]
March 15, 2020

UK says virus needs to infect 60pc of Britons to ‘save lives’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 The UK government is battling criticism of a coronavirus plan that blends blunt talk of the pandemic’s […]
March 15, 2020

Super-spreaders: Myth or reality?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 Can a single COVID-19 patient infect dozens of others? Although transmission rates in the current outbreak appear […]
March 15, 2020

Airline crisis worsens as US quarantines Europeans

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 Airlines bore the brunt of a dramatic expansion of the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, as US travel […]
March 15, 2020

Italy tightens workplace rules in coronavirus crisis

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Mar 2020 Italy agreed a series of measures on Saturday to improve health controls in factories, offices and other […]