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A man wearing a face mask amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak walks across a street in Tokyo. (AFP)

Has Japan dodged the coronavirus bullet?

With infections sharply down, Japanese government is now hoping to lift the state of emergency declared in most of the...

14 May 2020 9:57 AM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks remotely during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Fauci warns of disaster if US reopens too fast

The blunt warning from the country's top infectious disease expert is a sharp contrast to Trump, who pushes to right a...

13 May 2020 10:17 AM IST

People buy vegetables at a market of the Khraicia district. (AFP)

Manage lockdown to relaxation transition carefully to avoid virus...

Government-ordered lockdowns have become increasingly unpopular as countries suffer economic activities grinding to a...

7 May 2020 1:24 PM IST

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia's capital worry its citizens

As Indonesia's overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some...

10 Jun 2020 2:12 PM IST