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2022-01-10 05:00:41 #ST #Asia
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear junta court's verdicts in delayed cases

January 10, 2022 8:56 AM

Ms Suu Kyi is set to hear the verdicts for allegedly importing and possessing walkies-talkies illegally, and for breaking coronavirus rules.
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2022-01-09 16:00:23 #ST #Asia
More than 400 Indian Parliament staff test positive for Covid-19: report

January 09, 2022 8:11 PM

India's capital New Delhi is witnessing a sharp surge in daily coronavirus infections.
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2022-01-09 10:00:44 #ST #Asia
Restrictions imposed in several states in India as Covid-19 cases rise

January 09, 2022 2:23 PM

MUMBAI (REUTERS) - India reported 159,632 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Jan 9), as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the country, nudging several state governments to impose fresh restrictions.
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2022-01-09 07:00:23 #ST #Asia
China reports nation's first community spread of Omicron variant

January 09, 2022 11:09 AM

Two people were confirmed with the coronavirus variant in the northern city of Tianjin.
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2022-01-09 05:00:49 #ST #Asia
India's Modi braces for tough local elections amid coronavirus surge

January 09, 2022 9:03 AM

Local polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will be a crucial indicator of sentiment ahead of the 2024 general elections.
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2022-01-08 12:00:33 #ST #Asia
US judge sets ex-Goldman banker's 1MDB corruption trial for February

January 08, 2022 3:35 PM

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - A United States judge has said a former Goldman Sachs banker charged in the 1MDB Malaysian sovereign wealth fund scandal will be tried in early February, expressing confidence the Omicron coronavirus variant will not upend the trial.
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2022-01-06 13:00:10 #ST #Asia
Indonesia survey finds 85% of population have Covid-19 antibodies

January 06, 2022 5:22 PM

JAKARTA (REUTERS) - More than 85 per cent of Indonesia's population has antibodies against Covid-19, a government-commissioned survey showed, but epidemiologists warned it was not clear whether this immunity could help contain a fresh wave of coronavirus infections.
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2022-01-06 12:35:17 #CNA #LatestNews
Coronavirus and flu is ‘flurona’: Should you be worried about it?

January 06, 2022 at 05:10PM


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2022-01-05 07:35:39 #CNA #LatestNews
Commentary: To live with COVID-19, we must plan for a permanent pandemic

January 05, 2022 at 11:57AM

If waves of coronavirus variants are likely to hit us regularly, we need a system of emergency responses entrenched in law and practice, says the Financial Times’ Martin Sandbu.
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2022-01-04 09:00:28 #ST #Asia
Philippines widens Covid-19 restrictions outside capital

January 04, 2022 12:46 PM

MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from Wednesday (Jan 5) to include more than 11 million people living near the capital as cases surge, the government said.
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