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Hubei relaxes personnel control as the number of COVID-19 cases drops

Hubei Province, the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak in central China, announced Tuesday it will adopt a differentiated personnel control policy, allowing healt

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COVID-19 infections in Vietnam rise to 32

Vietnam confirmed a new COVID-19 infection in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, bringing the total infected cases to 32, according to the country's Ministry of Hea

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Mongolian president resumes work after quarantine

Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga has resumed work after a 14-day quarantine was lifted by the State Emergency Commission on Tuesday, the presidential press office

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Japan's Cabinet approves bill enabling Abe to declare state of emergency amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special bill to enable better provisions to be made to combat the COVID-19 outbreak and empowering Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Beijing reports one imported COVID-19 case

Beijing reported a new confirmed case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) imported from Britain on Monday, bringing the total number of imported cases in the capit

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Top DPRK leader guides another long-range artillery strike drill

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), guided another firepower strike drill of long-range artillery sub-units of the Korean Peop

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Death toll rises to 18 in east China hotel collapse

The death toll from a hotel building collapse in east China's Fujian Province on Saturday evening has risen to 18 by Tuesday morning, local authorities said. Fifty-nin

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19 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reported on Chinese mainland

Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 19 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 17 deaths on the Chinese mainland on Monday. The

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COVID-19 infections in Japan climb by 15 to 495 cases, death toll at 15

Japan's health ministry and local governments said that the number of COVID-19 infections increased by 15 on Monday to stand at a total of 495 infected people in Japan

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Death toll rises to 11 after hotel collapses in east China

The death toll from a hotel building collapse in east China's Fujian Province on Saturday evening has risen to 11 by Monday afternoon, local authorities said. Fifty peo

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Urban renewal can mitigate higher urban temperatures: research

Chinese researchers have verified that urban renewal can mitigate higher urban temperatures led by the heat generated by human activity, according to a recent study pap

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Shanghai Disney Resort partially resumes operation

Shanghai Disney Resort partially resumed operations on Monday with a limited number of shopping, dining and recreational experiences available in Disneytown, Wishing S

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All COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital in east China province

Three people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been cured and discharged from hospitals in eastern China's Anhui Province, bringing the numb

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Philippines' Duterte declares public health emergency to curb COVID-19

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the executive order and declared a state of public health emergency after the country's Department of Health (DOH) conf

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COVID-19 infections in Japan climb by 33 to 480 cases, death toll at 14

Japanese local governments said Monday that the number of COVID-19 infections increased by 33 as of the latest tally to stand at a total of 480 infected people in Japa

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China's Hubei reports 36 new confirmed coronavirus cases

Hubei Province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 36 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 21 deaths on Sunday, the provincial

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Saudi Arabia suspends schools, universities over COVID-19

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that schools and universities in the kingdom are suspended in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The decision, to be e