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Eight COVID-19 patients die in hospital fire in western India 06 Aug 2020 - 09:06 am
Police officers and relatives stand outside a hospital where a fire broke out inside an intensive Care Unit (ICU) treating patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Sri Lanka counts votes from parliament election 06 Aug 2020 - 08:42 am
A health official takes the temperature of election officials who arrive with ballot boxes from a polling station to a counting center, after the voting ended during the country's parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuk
Heaviest one day August rain in 47 years slams Mumbai 05 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
MUMBAI, INDIA - AUGUST 4: People make their way through a flooded road due to heavy monsoon rain in Mumbai, India on August 4, 2020. ( Imtiyaz Shaikh - Anadolu Agency )
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge 04 Aug 2020 - 06:17 pm
Airline ground staff wearing protective gear work at the counter at the airport in Manila on August 4, 2020. More than 27 million people -- a quarter of the Philippine population -- were give 24-hours notice of the new restrictions that have shuttered man
South Korea floods, landslides kill 14 04 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
In a photo taken on August 3, 2020 rescue services help people cross a flooded field in a village near Cheonan, following heavy rain. Damage from heavy rain that pounded the country's central region earlier this week continued to grow, leaving 13 dead and
Indonesia eyes production of 250 mln doses a year of coronavirus vaccine 04 Aug 2020 - 04:47 pm
Staff are seen in the COVID-19 vaccine production facility area at the Bio Farma office amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia August 4, 2020. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament 03 Aug 2020 - 07:00 pm
Terumi Tanaka, a Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor and co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo, a country-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers, attends an interview with Reuters at the Nihon Hidankyo office in Tokyo, Japan July 30, 2020. Pictur
Philippine capital returning to lockdown as virus surges 03 Aug 2020 - 05:53 pm
Filipinos queue outside a pharmacy, a day before the Philippine capital goes back to a stricter lockdown amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections spike, at a public market in Manila, Philippines, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Indian restaurant offers 'COVID curry' to scared customers 03 Aug 2020 - 04:43 pm
A waiter carries 'Covid Curry' and 'Mask Naan,' two Covid-19 coronavirus-themed dishes, to serve to customers at their restaurant in Jodhpur on August 3, 2020. / AFP / SUNIL VERMA
Singapore's Universal Studios deploys facial recognition for entry 03 Aug 2020 - 12:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: People visit the largely empty Universal Studios Singapore, as tourism takes a decline following the coronavirus outbreak, in Sentosa March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack 03 Aug 2020 - 10:10 am
Afghan security forces transport detained prisoners who escaped from a jail after insurgents attacked a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, August 3, 2020.REUTERS/Parwiz
Millions return to lockdown in Philippines as virus cases soar 03 Aug 2020 - 08:11 am
A mural of a man wearing a mask is pictured on a sidewalk amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Philippines to reimpose stricter coronavirus lockdown in capital as cases spike 02 Aug 2020 - 09:11 pm
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Virus curfew imposed in Melbourne as S. Africa tops 500,000 cases 02 Aug 2020 - 07:39 pm
A group of police and soldiers patrol the Docklands area of Melbourne on August 2, 2020, after the announcement of new restrictions to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP / William WES
India's interior minister hospitalised with coronavirus 02 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
Home Minister of India Amit Shah (REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo)
Philippines' confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 100,000 02 Aug 2020 - 12:04 pm
A jeepney driver who lost his livelihood amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak takes shelter inside a jeepney, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Pakistan sees record-low daily COVID-19 cases, deaths 02 Aug 2020 - 11:13 am
Muhammed Semih U?urlu - Anadolu
Virus curfew imposed on Australia's second-biggest city 02 Aug 2020 - 10:57 am
A group of police and soldiers patrol the Docklands area of Melbourne on August 2, 2020. AFP / William WEST