Archive for April 13th, 2020
Malaysia reports 153 new coronavirus cases with 3 new deaths
Malaysia’s health ministry reported 153 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, raising the cumulative total to 4,683, the highest in Southeast Asia. [...] » More
China reports 108 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 99 day earlier
Mainland China reported 108 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, up from 99 a day earlier and marking the highest number of daily infections in more than five weeks amid [...] » More
UK spy agencies urge China rethink once Covid-19 crisis is over
Britain’s intelligence community believes the UK needs to reassess its relationship with China after the coronavirus crisis subsides and consider if tighter controls [...] » More
Taiwan scrambles warships as PLA Navy aircraft carrier strike group heads for the Pacific
Taiwan scrambled warships on Saturday night to monitor the movements of a mainland Chinese carrier strike group after it was spotted by Japan heading towards the western [...] » More
COVID-19: S’pore confirms 233 more cases and 7 new clusters; 3rd straight day with no imported cases
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (12 April) confirmed 233 new COVID-19 cases – marking the third day running with zero imported cases – and seven new clusters, [...] » More
Coronavirus: HK to hand airlines including Cathay Pacific HK$268 million as Covid-19 batters travel
Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Cathay Pacific Group is in line to receive HK$236 million (US$30.4 million) from a one-off government subsidy handing airlines HK$1 million [...] » More
Coronavirus: Hongkongers rescued from Morocco spared double quarantine
More than two dozen Hongkongers rescued from Morocco on a government-chartered flight amid the Covid-19 pandemic have managed to avoid spending four weeks in quarantine [...] » More
Too early to abandon HK’s mask ban, government advisers say, while legal scholar suggests review is now in order
Hong Kong’s controversial mask ban should remain in effect beyond the city’s battle with Covid-19, just in case violent protests return, two senior government [...] » More
Coronavirus: con artists swindle thousands of Hongkongers in face mask scams totalling HK$48 million
Coronavirus con artists scammed a Hong Kong clinic out of HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) in a surgical mask fraud, police have revealed. The clinic was just one of more than [...] » More
How HK is catching up with Singapore in stimulus spending
Hong Kong is catching up with global peers in its fiscal response to the coronavirus outbreak with this week’s announcement of an “unprecedented” HK$137.5 [...] » More
HK commuters to get subsidy boost after government lowers threshold as part of coronavirus relief scheme
Millions of Hong Kong commuters will get a third more in their monthly public transport subsidies after the government temporarily lowered the welfare scheme’s [...] » More
Coronavirus: staff arrested as another HK bar raided, but customers let go for maintaining social distancing
The operators and staff of a Tsim Sha Tsui pub raided in the early hours of Friday were arrested for breaching the city’s mandatory closure of bars, though their [...] » More
Easter weekend disrupted: HK church services go online, pandemic hits plans for egg hunts, short trips
The four-day Easter weekend starts on April 10, but there will be no church services to attend, no fun egg hunts for children, no clubbing with friends, and no quick getaways [...] » More
Coronavirus: HK uses artificial lungs to treat Covid-19 patient for first time
Artificial lungs have been fitted to a coronavirus patient for the first time in Hong Kong, health officials said on Friday, as 16 new infections took the city total to 989. [...] » More
Stuck at home with a monster: more reports of violence against women, children in HK since start of pandemic
Staying at home may help to keep the coronavirus causing Covid-19 at bay, but the pandemic is taking its toll on victims of domestic violence in Hong Kong. After more than 30 [...] » More
