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China eases restrictions on exports of some coronavirus equipment 26 Apr 2020 - 12:14 pm
Two workers wearing protective suits check masks at Naton Medical Group, a company which makes medical equipment in Beijing on April 24, 2020. / AFP / WANG ZHAO
Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors 26 Apr 2020 - 12:12 pm
What is described by Washington-based North Korea monitoring project 38 North as a special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in a satellite image with graphics taken over Wonsan, North Korea April 21, 2020.
Japan government weighing need to extend emergency, reports Say 26 Apr 2020 - 12:09 pm
People walk along a shopping street leading to Tsuruoka Hachimangu, a symbolic shrine in Kamakura on April 25, 2020, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Australia launches app to trace coronavirus contacts 26 Apr 2020 - 11:57 am
:A photo illustration shows a new COVIDSafe app by the Australian government as seen on an Iphone to install in Sydney on April 27, 2020. More than one million Australians have downloaded a new government smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contac
India opens some stores as virus restrictions ease elsewhere 25 Apr 2020 - 06:52 pm
Border Security Force personnel (BSF) patrol a deserted street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the old quarters of New Delhi on April 25, 2020. / AFP / SAJJAD HUSSA
India sees biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases 24 Apr 2020 - 08:44 pm
A medical staff uses a thermal scanner at an information collection and awareness desk set up by the West Bengal Health Department of Darjeeling district during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavi
U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait, second time in a month 24 Apr 2020 - 03:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a Ministry of National Defense recruitment poster, amid concerns about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
Pakistan's Sindh province bans prayer at mosques during Ramadan 24 Apr 2020 - 03:09 pm
Municipal workers spray disinfectant at the main entrance of the Badshahi mosque ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Lahore on April 22, 202
Indians try to flee unsanitary, overcrowded coronavirus quarantine centres 24 Apr 2020 - 03:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: People are seen inside a temporary quarantine centre, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
Work smart, travel alone, eat out fast: South Korea's prescription for coronavirus recovery 24 Apr 2020 - 12:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks to protect themselves against contracting the new coronavirus walk on a street in central Seoul, South Korea April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo
Ninety-one crew have virus on Italian liner in Nagasaki 24 Apr 2020 - 12:17 pm
An aerial view shows Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica, which had confirmed 33 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, in Nagasaki, southern Japan April 21, 2020. in this photo taken by Kyodo. Picture taken April 21, 2020. Mandatory credi
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds 23 Apr 2020 - 02:42 pm
Artist Kong Ning, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, prepares for a portrait in a wearable art piece she made to mark Earth Day, during a Reuters interview outside her studio in Beijing, China April 22, 2020. REUTER
Chinese citizen journalist resurfaces after going missing in Wuhan 23 Apr 2020 - 12:09 pm
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus arrive to board a train heading to Shanghai at Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on April 21, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
'Mission Dharavi': Virus battleground in India's biggest slum 23 Apr 2020 - 11:41 am
Buildings stand in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during a nationwide lockdown in India to slow the spread of COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for govts eyeing lockdown end 23 Apr 2020 - 10:45 am
People in need sit maintaining social distancing after collecting free food items outside the Badshahi mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Lahore on April 21, 2020. / AFP / AR
Unnerved by new virus cases in navy, Taiwan debates lockdowns 23 Apr 2020 - 10:39 am
A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past Ministry of National Defense recruitment posters, amid concerns about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Viral content: Tokyo governor's distancing call is online hit 22 Apr 2020 - 03:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks at a news conference on Tokyo's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Coronavirus outbreak in Philippines jail sees 123 inmates infected 22 Apr 2020 - 01:48 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask rides a bike along an empty road amid the lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Metro Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez