The death toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday (Mar 4), as lawmakers in Congress agreed to provide more than US$8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease. Read More (channelnewsasia)
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise and spread around the globe, a man in Lithuania decided to lock his wife in their bathroom because he feared she may have contracted the novel coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Thai police made a revolting discovery when they raided a house in Saraburi Province in Central Thailand on Monday (March 2) and learned that at least 200,000 used face masks were distributed to the domestic market. Read More (thestar)
An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran's provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the official presidency website. Read More (thestar)
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased to 240 on Wednesday, up from 196 on Tuesday afternoon, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. Read More (thestar)
This brings the total number of cases recorded to date to 50. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said that the cluster involved Patient 26, who was an UDA Holdings Bhd board member. Read More (thestar)
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Air New Zealand confirmed on Wednesday (March 4) a Covid-19 case of the new coronavirus on a Feb 25 flight from Singapore to Auckland Read More (thestar)
Mei Zhongming, an oculist with the Central Hospital of Wuhan in Central China's Hubei province, died from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, according to a notice issued by the hospital. Read More (thestar)
After China and South Korea, the Sarawak government is now banning foreign travellers coming in from Italy and Iran to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Read More (thestar)
South Korea reported 516 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a day after a record spike in cases prompted the country's president to declare a "war" on the fast spreading pathogen. Read More (thestar)
PETALING JAYA: All seven new Covid-19 cases reported on Tuesday (March 3) were found to have been in close contact with the country's 26th patient, says the Health Ministry. Read More (thestar)
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Suvarnabhumi Airport immigration police today (March 3) found that eight Thai labourers returning from South Korea were suspected of being infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Malaysia has recorded seven new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases recorded to date to 36. Read More (thestar)
AS the Covid-19 coronavirus spreads quickly around the world, US health officials say they are “aggressively” assessing how long it can survive on surfaces to better understand the risk of transmission. Read More (nst)
South Korea reported 600 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths from the virus, taking total infections to 4,812, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. Read More (nst)